*** EV Tour - Detroit Fanviews Here 06/26/11 ***

killer show totally blown away. minus the few drunks around us it was great. ill keep the seat location bitching to myself

that is all

JasonE wrote:

I am so jealous of those who got to go to this show. Best set by far. Are you kidding me? And a Mike solo project in the works?!?!

I believe Eddie was just joking around about this, wasnt he? He said solo tour first, then said a "solo-ing" tour as in when he plays with Pearl Jam.

I dont know, maybe im way off

BH198990 wrote:

Just want to add my .02....
... Was just odd to see the 2 different kinds of PJ fans: the inebriated post-frat crowd, and the ones who were living inside the music.

Pretty huge difference between the two, for sure! That he abandoned Arc (loop version) was a huge disappointment and hard not to think the knuckle-heads didn't factor into that. The "un-mic'd" experiment was a fail too due to the dummies who couldn't keep their traps shut during a time that demanded it.

Still great show overall and worth the 4 hr drive from Toronto.

^ from where I was sitting "The End" seemed to be a tuning issue. Looked like he was trying to get the guitar in tune but just gave up in the end. Another bummer cause I was really hoping to hear that one.

PeterED wrote:

^ from where I was sitting "The End" seemed to be a tuning issue. Looked like he was trying to get the guitar in tune but just gave up in the end. Another bummer cause I was really hoping to hear that one.

Definitely a tuning issue--he called for Dr. George C. Webb, his guitar tech, who never came because he was retuning the guitar EV had just used.

Had a fantastic time with the wife and brother. Fox Theater is a beautiful venue and the sound quality was gorgeous. Strong set list and performance from Ed and Glen both. Fun had by all

Surprised no Edmund Fitzgerald!!

This was my first EV solo show and I loved the set list, the venue and Glen Hansard was amazing. Could have done without the jackasses that couldn't shut up when Ed and Glen turned off their mics or lacked patience during moments where Ed was trying to work out technical kinks. We had decent seats (2nd row Gallery), I am short so I appreciated that up in the balcony I could see pretty much see unobstructed the entire time. Highlights for me were Guaranteed, Forever Young, Let My Love Open The Door and Falling Slowly (actually shed a freakin' tear on that one!!). Ed and Glen rocked the Fox, some of the fans sucked but oh well ...had an amazing time anyway!

Last night was amazing! I'm new to the fanclub and am very grateful to everyone who organized the preparty. . .it was great! Didn't win anything, but did get to see Chris Chelios come up and check out the bar. And, Cheli's chili was really good!

Loved hearing Glen Hansard telling the story of how Ed contacted him after hearing his band suffered the loss of a fan at a show. Ed told us a similar story in Cincinnati (2006) when the Who called to console Pearl Jam after the incident at Roskilde. What a great man, Ed is! Just being in the same room with him was pure magic. My husband did have to turn around and shut up some idiot behind us that wouldn't stop talking during You're True (one of my new faves). Come on people, when you go to an event like this, just sit and listen, and talk about it later! Our seats were in the balcony and yes, we did feel it bouncing during Hard Sun!

Wish we could have stuck around for the afterparty at Cheli's, but had to drive 4 hours back to Indiana! I will definitely be checking out Glen Hansard because he rocked. . .and I liked when he introduced the slower song he played and said he sometimes plays it as people are coming in, but it gets crushed like a little flower, so he saved it for the last song of his set. What a cool dude!

Thanks for a GREAT time in the motor city Eddie. . .so glad you came!

Great venue, great show, great setlist. Horrible drunks, horrible Ten Club seats.

Let me get my 10C rant out of the way. Why? Why? Why? Could I have bought seats from the Box Office 10 minutes before the show 15 rows ahead of me? Makes no sense. Also was told that scalpers were selling 10 rows ahead of us for $40. The people next to us have been members since 1996 and were a little disappointed when he learned from someone in the bathroom who joined 3 months ago got 8th row. Row LL sucks at the Fox Theatre by the way!

Positives: Glen Hansard...wow. He has a brand new fan! Ed was amazing, voice was magical. "Falling Slowly" was so good I just wanted to die. I knew the song from the Academy Awards, but you could just hear the people around me murmur things like "wow", "Glen is amazing" and "I'll be buying his stuff." I hope Glen benefits from opening for Eddie because his music is great.

Negatives: Drunks, drunks, drunks. I can handle drunk people, I can't handle "drinking/piss break/drinking/piss break." Some couple went out to get a drink during the first strum of "Immortality"...are these people really this moronic? Nobody could sit still. I make sure I piss before the opening act and I can hold it until after the show. Hated the Arc malfunction. I really wanted to see that. Was hoping for Speed of Sound (circa 2008), the version he played in Hawaii is so much better than PJ's or the cut we heard two years ago.

Does anyone else think that the pump organ song WAS NOT "The Wolf," but more like "The Canyon" in WATER ON THE ROAD? In fact I think that is exactly what it was.

Much different than a Pearl Jam show, and at times I kept saying "god, I wish the band was here to just take it up a notch." For as odd as this sounds, I think watching EV solo, it makes you realize how good of a musician he truly is. Not just a vocalist, but a guitarist/ukuleleist/mandolinist/organist! He is a living legend in the music world.

Wish I was going to Chicago!