***The VIC Fanviews Here, Aug 2, 2007***

augustwest wrote:

Wow that is quite a story/post. I too missed the show(didn't get the ticket icon till 25 mins into the sale) and although I'm not quite at your level of sadness I do completelt understand and empathize with your pain. It must have been very hard to post what you did, without having great greif in the writing of it.

Mistakes happen all the time. Good fate and karma will come back your way again

Having said that I have finally heard the VIC show and not to beat you down because of your story...but I will say that even when I listen to this Vic show it still brings me happiness. It's the first time I heard the band play Love Reign O'er Me and that has made my entire week/month. It has been the greatest gift the band could ever give me being a huge Quad/old Who fan.
I really hope they continue playing that song so one day I can see it go down.

Thanks for your kind response! I am sorry that the Ticket icon did not pop up sooner for you. The set they played at the Vic was amazing and the best I have seen in 15 years. It truly was a big Thanks you gift to all the fan club members that have dedicated their enery, love and respect for the band. I am with you about getting happiness from the few clips I have seen from the Vic. Listening to everyone sing In Hiding was so powerful and I had a huge lump in my throat. I am sure that everyone who did get in made the band feel very proud with all the love and energy they gave back to the band that night. I hope we all get another chance to see the band in a small intimate venue. It would be great if they did a annual show in one city only for 10 Club members. I am sure everyone from around the world would travel to get this chance of a lifetime!

Did you hear about the amazing set that Ed did with Kid Rock at Stanleys bar on 8/6? They played a bunch of Who covers and it was even more intimate that the Vic show. I think it is so cool that Ed would jump on stage with the House band and rock out!

See you Around the Bend...

Ok so I'm a little late here...but I still can't believe this actually happened...and I've heard the boot. Thank to the taper btw.

Before I begin I have to say THANK YOU SO MUCH HOLDEN! My Miracle man and concert buddy that night! I sooo owe you HUGE!

Ok on to the fanview. (Its a long one...sorry)

I don’t even know where to begin with the Vic. I got to the venue around 9:30-10am ish, and was about 40th in line, and knew a good percentage of the people holding up the front. The 10 club line was amazing. Everyone was friendly and chatting. People were giving out free waters, some gave out some food. Also Tim Bierman (aka Rubysdad) came out a couple of times and was chatting with different people. He stopped and chatted with the girls behind me. He asked him how the line was and stuff…(if everyone was doing ok in the heat etc). It felt like we were standing out there forever, but finally 7pm rolled around and we were let in. I got lucky in that they had a separate door for the ladies as they wanted us to be searched by women to avoid any kind of liability. I ended up getting in WAY sooner than expected…even mistakenly walked in with a half full bottle of water (which came in soo handy during the show). I got Holden and I a great spot, second from the rail on Stones side, behind these 2 short girls. Felt like we were on the rail cause we had a clear view of the stage. This place was amazing. SOO small. The smallest floor area I’ve ever seen. For Toronto people it looks exactly like the opera house only the floor area was 1/3 of the size and it had another elevated floor section in front of the soundboard, then the area behind and beside the soundboard. (where the opera house has a large floor area and the platform beside and behind the soundboard). I ended up being near a few people I knew so that made the night even more special. We had been told earlier in the day that Ed would be opening the show with an acoustic set so there was a buzz in the air. Many of us thought that perhaps we might get a sample of Eds solo album with a song like No More War thrown in there or something like that. We passed the time watching Oliva up in one of the side balconies. She was sitting by the rail, looking down at us and waving. She is/was soooo adorable. Jill liked Radiant. I LOOOVED her dress.

Anyways on to the show. Ed came out and opened with a beautiful rendition of Trouble after asking all of us to stop with the flashes. I can’t say as I blame him. When he walked out to the mic all you could see was flashes all kinds. I can only imagine how it looked to Ed himself. How blinding it must have been. Thankfully the new camera I bought last month doesn’t need a flash when I’m that close, so I never had to use it once. I really enjoyed the pre-set. Ed joked that he was the opener “that he came cheaply” Ed you can open ANY TIME! Eventually show time came around and in my wildest dreams I could have never predicted All or None to open the show. I about died! As soon as I scraped myself up off the floor I called my girl Lydia (Vedhead27) as that is one of her all time favourite songs. Some of the vets here may recall the All or None thread from GTF forum that had several thousand posts…most from her, Pjammin’ and I. My heart ached for Pjammin’ though as he got shut out for tix and was outside hoping to get let in. I was praying he found a way in (sadly he did not…but he told me he was ok with it…at peace so I’m glad about that). From there the rarities just kept coming. Education, Sad (ok this one isn’t that rare, but the crowd went NUTS! We sang SOO Loud!), In Hiding, Parachutes, I’m Open, Undone, Hard to Imagine, Off He Goes. This show was most DEFINITELY for us freaks!! I danced, and sang…took lots of pics…and just had the time of my life. It was such an intimate experience and I feel so blessed to have been there. To make it even more special we got to see the North American Premier of Love Reign O’r Me. OMG did they NAIL it!!!! Blew the Copenhagen version out of the water IMO. After that during Sonic Reducer Ed came up to the edge of the stage right in front of us and reached out for our hands. He stood there for a good 5-10 seconds slapping hands. He slapped mine twice (well first one he kinda got my pinky which is why I kept my hand up). Then Ed moved down the row and slapped hands all across the front row. To end an already perfect evening, Ben Harper came out and finished the evening with Ed doing their trademark Indifference. I have to admit the version on L@TG was WAAAY better (and I was at that show too)…esp Bens intonation BUT it’s a special thing to be in the presence of these two amazingly talented individuals and I’m soo happy I was there.
Alas the show had to end. None of us wanted it too…but we all knew we still had Sunday to look forward to so that made it a little easier. After the show I hung around for a while and my boy Ricky Ramone gave me Eds setlist from the stage (haha I wish I really knew him but I don’t. He’s just been very good to me over the years). LovetheJam and I split it as we were both standing there when it was given to me and we both thought it was for the other. Being the true fans we are we agreed on a compromise…which was to each take a page. I have page 2 here. I also found 2 Ed picks stuck to the tape. Both LovetheJam and I already had those picks from other shows so I gave one to Holden as a thank you for picking me as his +1 and the other to HardtoImagine801 as a thank you for the place to sleep. After the show I waited around the venue and was rewarded at around 12:30am when Eddie came out and walked over to us (there was like 7 or 8 of us including me and Holden). We were told no pics or autographs, but he took the time to Shake each of our hands, give each of us a smile and a few seconds to say hello or something quick. All I could muster was “amazing show tonight Ed, Thank you so much.” Holden and I then parted company and LovetheJam and I ended up partying till the wee hours with Speedy McCready, HardtoImagine801, MasterFramer, SouthofSeattle, EvilClosetMonkey, FoxyMop, etc. If I forgot your name I’m sorry.
I met soo many people last weekend and it was amazing to meet you all! I hope to see you at future shows.

To those that made it this far haha thanks for reading this.

Here are my pics from the weekend. The first link is the Vic Show and Lolla. The second is the Cubs game I went to. (When Ed sang)
Enjoy!

http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y172/ACCBootlegGoddess/Pearl%20Jam%20Vic%20Theatre%20Chicago/

http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y172/ACCBootlegGoddess/Chicago%20Cubs/

Hard2IMAGINE2007VIC wrote:

I have only been able to watch the You Tube clips from the Vic since I have had problems trying to download the Vic Bootleg from the website. I tried both the FLAC and Mp3 and still I get nothing? I am not sure what I am doing wrong but I am still dying to hear the Vic concert bootlegs so I can get some sort of closure for my huge mistake.

I'll put this out to you, or anyone else, who are having trouble with getting a audio copy of this VIC fan club show...I will offer up you a free copy and will take on as many others as I can...just PM me with your contact information and I will mail you a copy of the show right away

Nothing needed in return.

Royals17 wrote:

I couldn't believe or maybe never realized the vulchers out for posters who were around me and who they were already strategizing on how to get them and how to get more and what to sell them for on you know.

Really??? So they're the ones up on ebay at the moment? Some people are just bloody weird :mad:

Royals17 wrote:

Probably the very same. It was maddening because there was a lot of pushing going on and people trying to get their stuff and these are guys are talking about how much they will sell it for and how to squeeze in front of other people to get it. Kind of a downer when the show had such an organic feel to it and everyone was so friendly otherwise.

In future, shove them out of the crowd and report them to the line nazis that'll put an end to that ebay nonsense.

Royals17 wrote:

Probably the very same. It was maddening because there was a lot of pushing going on and people trying to get their stuff and these are guys are talking about how much they will sell it for and how to squeeze in front of other people to get it. Kind of a downer when the show had such an organic feel to it and everyone was so friendly otherwise.

Ya they are at every show. As long as people pay those stupid prices on e-bay..vulchers will be out there.
Did u see that douchebag that was walking up and down the line outside, offering people $100 to get him a poster.

bostonlou wrote:

took this out of my sig.. but wanted to immortalize it here



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to the clown at the vic from baltimore with the atlanta braves hat on
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i'm sure your wife knows the words to the songs... you didn't need to scream them in her face all night long
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in case you forget what you sound like .. 12 seconds in .. http://youtube.com/watch?v=prj2BQeaCwo

Damn dude...I thought you had taped said clown screaming lyrics in wife's face...I was disappointed, very misleading : )

my2hands wrote:

i think i blew my jeep's speakers with the boot the other night...

couldnt have blown them with a better cd

Lucky speakers

wow !! congratulations!!
how wonderful!!

my husband and i spoke to you guys after the show...
i think i showed you my poster because yours was rolled up nice and neat and mine was open.

we had to race back to the hotel because our sons were not answering their phones and we thought they were lost in chicago.
turns out they were sound asleep.


anyway... it was nice talking to ya for a minute or so..
and maybe you'll be like us someday, married for 20 years, still traveling to see our favorite band and dragging the kids along...

congratulations again!!!
and thanks for sharing