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  • wolfamongwolves
    wolfamongwolves Posts: 2,414
    The_Giant_Midget wrote:
    June 19, 2008-Camden-1 Hard To Imagine
    June 20, 2008-Camden-2- Severed Hand
    June 24, 2008-Wash. D.c.- Hard To Imagine
    June 24, 2008-MSG-1 Hard To Imagine
    June 28, 2008-Mansfield-1- Hard To Imagine

    Remember the time when Hard to Imagine was THE Holy Grail song? When it had only been played a handful of times in 13 years?

    And then you see it 4 times in 10 days? As an opener every time!

    Crazy.
    93: Slane
    96: Cork, Dublin
    00: Dublin
    06: London, Dublin
    07: London, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
    09: Manchester, London
    10: Dublin, Belfast, London & Berlin
    11: San José
    12: Isle of Wight, Copenhagen, Ed in Manchester & London x2
  • AP30511
    AP30511 Lincoln, NE Posts: 120
    0 – 18 for Wash, still waiting for that one. At least I got to see Long Road’s debut

    Casper ’95 – Long Road
    Missoula ’98 – Corduroy
    Denver ’98 – Long Road
    Rapid City ’98 – Do the Evolution
    Kansas City ’00 – Release
    Seattle ’02 – Elderly Woman
    Denver ’03 – Love Boat Captain
    Council Bluffs ’03 – Arc
    St. Louis ’04 – Love Boat Captain
    Vancouver ’05 – Release
    Calgary ’05 – Oceans
    Edmonton ’05 – Release
    St. Paul ’06 – Last Exit
    St. Paul ’06 – Interstellar Overdrive/Corduroy
    Chicago ’09 – Long Road
    Chicago ’09 – Hard To Imagine
    Kansas City ’10 – Of the Girl
    St. Louis ’10 - Sometimes
    6/24/98: Rapid City, SD 10/12/00: Bonner Springs, KS 4/1/03: Denver, CO 6/13/03: Council Bluffs, IA 10/5/04: St Louis, MO 9/4/05: Calgary, AB 9/5/05: Edmonton, AB 6/26 & 6/27/06: St Paul, MN 8/23 & 8/24/09: Chicago, IL 5/3/10: Kansas City, MO 7/1/11: St Louis, MO (EV) 9/30/12: Missoula, MT 7/19/13: Chicago, IL 11/16/13: Oklahoma City, OK 10/9/14: Lincoln, NE 10/22/14: Denver, CO 4/23/16: New Orleans, LA 8/8 & 8/10/18: Seattle, WA 2/10/22: Chicago, IL (EV) 9/22/22: Denver, CO 9/18 & 9/19/23: Austin, TX 5/28 & 5/30/24: Seattle, WA 4/26/25: Hollywood, FL
  • edwho
    edwho Posts: 811
    Footsteps
    Release
    Whipping
    Walking The Cow
    Wash (acoustic and electric)
    Last Exit
    Long Road
    Sometimes (acoustic and electric)
    Hail, Hail
    I Got Shit
    Do The Evolution
    Corduroy
    Interstellar Overdrive
    Soldier Of Love
    Nothing As it Seems
    Of The Girl
    The Kids Are Alright
    Last Kiss
    Elderly Woman Small Town
    Present Tense
    Oceans
    Love Boat Captain
    Wasted Reprise
    World Wide Suicide
    Wash (acoustic and electric)
    Severed Hand
    Masters Of War
    Go
    Why Go
    Hard To Imagine

    Attending most of the Bridge School appearances helps this list.

    Three Fish

    July 1996 San Francisco

    June 1999 Chicago

  • Tully305
    Tully305 Posts: 103
    Pittsburgh '00 - Even Flow
    Cleveland '03 - Can't Keep
    Pittsburgh '03 - Elderly Woman
    Grand Rapids '04 - Breakerfall
    Cleveland '06 - Betterman
    Pittsburgh '06 - Release
    Lolla '07 - Why Go
    West Palm Beach '08 - Oceans
    Tampa '08 - Sometimes
    Chicago I '09 - Long Road
    Chicago II '09 - Hard to Imagine
    Seattle I '09 - Long Road
    Seattle II '09 - Sometimes
    Philly I '09 - Corduroy
    Philly II '09 - Animal
    Philly III '09 - Gonna See My Friend
    Philly IV '09 - Why Go
    Columbus '10 - Oceans
    Noblesville '10 - Release
    Cleveland '10 - Wash
    Pittsburgh ('00), Cleveland ('03), Pittsburgh ('03), Grand Rapids ('04), Cleveland ('06), Pittsburgh ('06), Chicago ('07), West Palm Beach ('08), Tampa ('08), Chicago (both nights) ('09), Seattle (both nights) ('09), Philly (all 4 nights) ('09), Noblesville ('10), Columbus ('10), Cleveland ('10), Toronto (both nights) ('11), Wrigley ('13), Pittsburgh ('13), Wrigley (both nights) ('18)
  • Raineman311
    Raineman311 Posts: 127
    Boston 2 '04 - Go
    Hartford '06 - Severed Hand
    Boston 2 '06 - Severed Hand
    Hartford '08 - Can't Keep
    Mansfield '08 - Hard to Imagine
    Hartford '10 - Unthought Known
    Boston '10 - Release (I almost cried)
  • gregkitefan
    gregkitefan Posts: 1,122
    Gonna See My Friend
    Unthought Known
    Of The Girl - 2
    Hard To Imagine
    Wash - 3
    Sometimes - 3
    Long Road - 2
    Severed Hand - 3
    Can't Keep
    Oceans
    Release - 8
    Why Go
    Corduroy - 2
    Go

    Happy for Unthought Known in Hartford.
    Corduroy was the opener at my first show and my last show.
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  • TheMaroonBelow
    TheMaroonBelow Posts: 25
    Crazy Mary
    wash 3
    Greivance
    Go
    Release 2
    Sometimes 2
    wasted reprise
    Hard to Imagine
    Animal
    Gonna see my Friend
    Why Go
    Of a Girl

    The Craziest one of those is Crazy Mary from 4/28/03 that came out of no where
  • Royals17
    Royals17 Posts: 91
    98: Barrie - Corduroy
    00: New Orleans - Long Road
    00: Saratoga Springs - Breakerfall
    00: Toronto - Sometimes
    00: Detroit - Go
    00: Phoenix - Long Road
    01: Bridge - Long Road
    03: Raleigh - Release
    03: Charlotte - Sometimes
    03: Buffalo - Love Boat Captain
    03: Detroit - Animal
    03: Detroit - Last Exit
    03: Toronto - Release
    03: Montreal - Long Road
    05: Thunder Bay - Present Tense
    05: Kitchener - Long Road
    05: London - Oceans
    05: Hamilton - Porch
    05: Toronto - Release
    06: Toronto - Severed Hand
    06: Toronto - Release
    06: Cleveland - Betterman
    06: Cincinnati - Long Road
    06: Arnhem - Release
    06: Honolulu - Oceans
    06: Honolulu - Interstellar Overdrive
    07: Vic - All or None
    07: Lolla - Why Go
    08: Hartford - Can't Keep
    08: Boston - Hard to imagine
    08: Boston - Wash
    09: Toronto - Of the Girl
    10: Jazz Fest - So You Want to be a Rock n' Roll Star?
    10: Cleveland - Wash
    10: Buffalo - Unthought Known

    Beyond the 6 Long Road and 5 Release it is quite a mix.
    98: Barrie
    00: Nawlins, Saratoga, Tor, Det, Phx
    01: Bridge
    03: Raleigh, Char, Buf, Det x2, Tor, Mont
    05: T-Bay, Kit, Lon, Ham, Tor
    06: Tor x2, Clev, Cin, Arnhem, Honolulu x2
    07: Vic, Lolla, Tor(EV) Body of War
    08: Van(EV) x2, Hart, Bos x2, Tor(EV) x2
    09: Tor
    10: Jazz Fest, Clev, Buf
    11: Det(EV), Tor x2, Ham
    12: FLL(EV)
    13: Pit, Buf, Cal
    14: Det, Den
    15: NYC
  • cutz
    cutz Posts: 12,303
    wolfamongwolves wrote:
    The_Giant_Midget wrote:
    June 19, 2008-Camden-1 Hard To Imagine
    June 20, 2008-Camden-2- Severed Hand
    June 24, 2008-Wash. D.c.- Hard To Imagine
    June 24, 2008-MSG-1 Hard To Imagine
    June 28, 2008-Mansfield-1- Hard To Imagine

    Remember the time when Hard to Imagine was THE Holy Grail song? When it had only been played a handful of times in 13 years?

    And then you see it 4 times in 10 days? As an opener every time!

    Crazy.

    Yea, i do remember that. I was at those 4 shows, and when i drove almost 5 hours to Mansfield ONLY to see it open AGAIN?? I couldn't believe it. What were the chances? It tokk me less then 4 1/2 hours to drive home> :lol: After 20 shows though, i"m still waiting for RELEASE!!!!
  • serpent boy
    serpent boy Virginia Beach Posts: 372
    Updated for the first four shows of the Europe tour.
    00: Va Beach, 03: Bristow, 04: Reading, 05: Atlantic City 2x
    06: Camden, Washington DC, 08: Va Beach, Washington DC
    09: Philly 2+3, 10: Bristow, 11: East Troy PJ20 1+2, 13: Baltimore, Charlottesville
  • jets521
    jets521 Posts: 804
    Wash - Philly 05
    Wasted Reprise>Life Wasted - Camden 06
    Release - DC 06
    Hard to Imagine - Bonnaroo 08
    Release - MSG II 08
    Animal - Spectrum II
    Gonna See My Friend - Spectrum II
    Why Go - Spectrum III
    Sometimes - MSG I 2010
    Wachovia Center, Philadelphia - 10/3/05
    Tweeter Center, Camden - 5/27/06
    Verizon Center, Wash. DC - 5/30/06
    Bonnaroo, Manchester, TN - 6/14/08
    Madison Square Garden, NYC - 6/19/08
    Spectrum, Philadelphia - 10/28/09
    Spectrum, Philadelphia - 10/30/09
    Spectrum, Philadelphia - 10/31/09
    Madison Square Garden, NYC - 5/21/10
    Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia - 10/21/13
    1st Mariner Arena, Baltimore - 10/27/13
    Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia - 4/28/16
    Enterprise Center, Saint Louis - 9/18/22
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,626
    Long Road (3 times)
    Realese
    Why Go
    Go

    Out of 6 shows, 3 Long Road... hmm... would love Can't Keep.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • jdelin
    jdelin Posts: 189
    Release x 3
    Long Road x 3
    Oceans x 2
    Sometimes
    Of The Girl
    Can't Keep
    World Wide Suicide
    Severed Hand
    Hard To Imagine
    Wash

    (note - Long Road and Can't Keep are both included from Mansfield 7/11/03 since they played them in 2 separate sets)
    NY 9/29/96; NJ 9/8/98; NY 9/10/98; NY 8/24/00; Mansfield 7/2/03; Mansfield 7/11/03; Boston 9/28/04 (VFC); Post-Letterman, NY 5/4/06; Boston 5/24/06; Boston 5/25/06; Mansfield 6/28/08; Mansfield 6/30/08; Boston 5/17/10; Dublin 6/22/10; Alpine Valley 9/3/11; Alpine Valley 9/4/11; Worcester 10/15/13; Worcester 10/16/13; Brooklyn 10/18/13; Philadelphia 4/29/16; Boston 8/5/16; Boston 8/7/16, Seattle 8/8/18, Seattle 8/10/18, Boston 9/2/18, Boston 9/4/18

    Mike Watt featuring EV, NY 4/27/95; Three Fish w/JA, NY 7/11/96; Three Fish w/JA, NY 6/11/99; EV Solo, Boston 8/1/08, Tres Mts. w/JA & MM, Boston 3/27/11; EV Solo, Boston 6/16/11
  • iwantmypie
    iwantmypie Posts: 48
    Unknown Thought is a great opener!! Keep an eye out for it opening more shows in the future.
    Hartford '08 | Hartford '10 | Worcester I '13 | Fenway 1 '16 | Fenway 2 '18 | Fenway 2 '24
  • SpinTheBlackHoleSun
    SpinTheBlackHoleSun Posts: 17
    Reading 2006 - Interstellare Overdrive/Corduroy
    Wembley Arena 2007 - Long Road
    O2 Arena 2009 - Release
    Hyde Park 2010 - Given To Fly

    Pretty good mix for my (first!) four shows... The place went nuts on Friday when they opened with GTF... Awesomeness!!
    Reading 2006, Wembley Arean 2007, O2 Arena 2009, Hyde Park 2010
  • CantKeepmedown
    CantKeepmedown Portland, Maine Posts: 3,125
    34 shows

    Release 8
    Sometimes 4
    Of the Girl 4
    Breakerfall 2
    Long Road 2
    Can't Keep 2
    Wash
    Animal
    Oceans
    I am Mine
    Gimme Some Truth (Groundworks)
    Hard To Imagine
    Why Go
    Severed Hand
    Go
    Crazy Mary
    Love Boat Captain
    Unthought Known
  • chime
    chime Posts: 7,839
    12 shows

    Sometimes 3
    Long Road 3
    World Wide Suicide
    Inside Job
    Interstellar Overdrive/Corduroy
    Rearviewmirror
    Release
    Given to Fly

    First 6 shows all had different openers.
    So are we strangers now? Like rock and roll and the radio?
  • serpent boy
    serpent boy Virginia Beach Posts: 372
    Fully updated for 2009/2010 tours.
    00: Va Beach, 03: Bristow, 04: Reading, 05: Atlantic City 2x
    06: Camden, Washington DC, 08: Va Beach, Washington DC
    09: Philly 2+3, 10: Bristow, 11: East Troy PJ20 1+2, 13: Baltimore, Charlottesville
  • ArmchairJammer
    ArmchairJammer Posts: 294
    Sometimes x2
    Long Road x2
    Given to Fly
    Release
    Unthought Known
    Public Image
    2009 - Shephards Bush, Manchester, London
    2010 - Belfast, London, Berlin, Arras, Werchter
    2012 - Manchester 1+2, Berlin 1+2, Stockholm, Oslo
    2014 - Berlin, Leeds, Milton Keynes
  • En La Clandestinidad
    En La Clandestinidad Telford, PA by way of Kansas City, MO and Milwaukee, WI, Phoenix, AZ and East Greenbush, NY Posts: 3,694
    My nine shows:

    1. Sometimes - LA 3 2009
    2. Long Road - LA 4 2009
    3. Last Exit - SD 2009
    4. Why Go - Philly 4 2009
    5. Unthought Known - Hartford 2010
    6. Release - Boston 2010
    7. Of the Girl - Newark 2010
    8. Sometimes - MSG 1 2010
    9. Corduroy - MSG 2 2010

    Release is so awesome live, I would never tire of hearing it as an open.

    I really don't care for Why Go as an opener, but it was Philly 4, so it was still good!
    Formerly Brew Crew Tix
    “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.

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