*** Newark Fanviews Here 5/18/10 ***

Just a few random thoughts as I sit here trying to wake up from only a few hours sleep and ringing in my ears, in no particular order

Very cool seeing EV sport a Walter Payton themed Bears shirt. Made me think of Dirty Tom!

Dont go on ebay and buy a PJ/Devils shirt. It is a bootleg shirt sold outside the venues only from guys with trash bags full of these shirts. They did not have them inside at all.

Footsteps, Alone, Got Some and some other songs were really neat treats. I hope to see the setlist scan as I have a feeling we definitely missed some planned songs. Getting Jersey Girl was a neat treat although I would have preferred something a little more fast paced and energetic.

I can see what folks are talking about regarding the crowd. We sat 8th row, dead center EV, and with being a short guy, I never had a show before where I didn't have to stand on my toes the entire time. The crowd in general was inconsistent with their levels of energy and bouncing around. Maybe it was the weather, maybe it was from being tired from Boston, etc. I don't know. You could definitely sense the lack of energy for certain portions of the show.

It might just be me, but I thought the sound changed during the shows, after the 1st encore. The first half of the show, the sound was amazing. After the 1st encore, I think something was turned up too high or too loud but again, it may be just me. not a complaint, just an observation.

Definitey a lot of audibles by the band. I am not sure if the guitar techs were having an off night and couldn't keep up with the band or what but there were lots of huddles and conversations where I felt some of the momentum was lost. EV even got pissed at one point where his guitar wasn't ready and threw his pick out in the crowd as he no longer needed it, out of frustration.

A new thing I experienced last night was watching people's reactions when they realized they won the lottery. Very cool and nice to see their faces when they realize they are row 1 and 2. Not winning the lottery but seeing their reactions is a nice 2nd prize and I really think the lottery thing is a good thing, giving those a chance to sit where they dont sit normally without affecting the more senior members too much. I will gladly move back 2 rows in exchange for seeing the faces light up with excitement for more recent 10c members. A pretty cool experience.

I loved EV changing the WMA lyrics to White Male Arizonian. Very clever and relevant.

Very cool to see EV give a tambourine to that youngling sitting between Mike and EV, around row 5. His father looked like they had the best night of their lives.

Very glad to hear EV dedicate Just Breathe to the father and son on this forum (the ruggiero's). Getting that letter to EV only reconfirms that the pen is mightier than the sword.

Special thanks to Laura and those who ran the Wishlist Pre Party. The odds were against you with this show being added late but you did a great job and provided everyone a nice place to get dry and hang out before the show.

After all of the philly 2009 shows, this was it for me in 2010 (unless they want to come back to Philly this fall!) so thank you PJ, thank you 10c, and thank you everyone else for last night's opportunity to go to Newark and see my band. I realize the show almost didn't happen so I am grateful.

Enjoy the rest of 2010's shows everyone. They are a gift.

Show was great, but I have felt more energy watching Beaches with octogenarians in a retirement home...

nice night...they sounded great...

What a great show music wise. Im so glad I heard Immortality and In Hiding. YOU ARE WAS SICK.

Alone was awesome.


Crowd was a let down, I was rocking all night in my Rangers jersey.

Can't wait for Friday.

EV even got pissed at one point where his guitar wasn't ready and threw his pick out in the crowd as he no longer needed it, out of frustration.

I saw that- he flung it SO far too, i couldnt beleive how far he got it out there.

I had a blast. While I can appreciate why people would be bummed about the crowd, it didnt affect me one bit, I was psyched to see pj rock out as usual - it was my 16th show and i dont know what it is, after every show i feel like that was the best show ever- theres just a way you feel during it, and the song selection was fantastic. was it the best ever, no, but it was phenominal- i feel them this tour.. really excited for msg!

thanks ten club too for the seats. row 4 in section 8. amazing seats!

i actually thought I won the lottery for a second there - pretty embarassing! I don't know the seating chart too well, and I was thinking of the Izod center in jersey, where section 8 is on the floor. I started going crazy and went to the guard to go on the floor and he thought i was crazy! ha! got so excited!

Solat13 wrote:

Some pics from tonight:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=1 ... 2a11e7eb5d

Great pictures! I love the Payton jersey and the Nike sneakers for Eddie. Looks like he just walked off the street from a game of pickup ball or something

Great setlist, amazing 10th row seats thanks to the 10C lottery, horrible crowd. I was bummed that even the people in the front of the floor seemed dead by and large, which really hurt the experience for me. Still a great show, though - my friend and I snapped some great pics, too (the one benefit of the crowd being dead was that we didn't feel like idiots for using the camera once in a while). Here are the pics:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=1 ... aaac2724fd

nycrats wrote:

EV even got pissed at one point where his guitar wasn't ready and threw his pick out in the crowd as he no longer needed it, out of frustration.

I saw that- he flung it SO far too, i couldnt beleive how far he got it out there.

I had a blast. While I can appreciate why people would be bummed about the crowd, it didnt affect me one bit, I was psyched to see pj rock out as usual - it was my 16th show and i dont know what it is, after every show i feel like that was the best show ever- theres just a way you feel during it, and the song selection was fantastic. was it the best ever, no, but it was phenominal- i feel them this tour.. really excited for msg!

thanks ten club too for the seats. row 4 in section 8. amazing seats!

i actually thought I won the lottery for a second there - pretty embarassing! I don't know the seating chart too well, and I was thinking of the Izod center in jersey, where section 8 is on the floor. I started going crazy and went to the guard to go on the floor and he thought i was crazy! ha! got so excited!

and that was one of the 2 i found after the show

I thought it was an amazing show. Energy was great where I was, section 7. We stood the whole time. Everyone was really into it. No one seemed to be worried about going to work tomorrow as far as the imbibing was concerned.

I'm another who had never gotten "Of the Girl" as an opener, I knew we were in for a dazzling evening.

It was bizarre but the sound seemed smaller on some songs than others. But not the band nor their energy.

I blogged on the show: http://maximumtuneage.blogspot.com/2010 ... g-was.html

Hope everyone enjoys theirs! It definitely is a gift.

Laura in NJ wrote:

hailhail50 wrote:

The show was great, #14 for me and I'm pretty sure my first Of the Girl, great setlist, just seemed like something was missing from some of the crowd, I don;t know if it was because of the weeknight or what? Lots of people bitching about not enough songs they knew in the lobby. I would have to say if that was in fact the venue that turned the lights off early at Indifference, I hope the band doesnt play there again, between that, the $40!!!! parking, and the freaking high end like VIP areas, it certainly didnt make for a great vibe. That being said, well worth the drive from Philly, last row in section 17 was rocking for sure!!

You picked the wrong parking. It was $25 on Mulberry Street, right across from Verizon Tower entrance.

I got that beat... Parked at Iberia (a restaurant on Ferry St)...$7 and only three blocks to the arena.