*** EV Solo - Melbourne 3 Fanviews Here 02/19/14 ***

This was an absolutely fantastic show and a great way to end my run of 5 solos and 3 BDOs - my first time of doing multiple shows. I hadn't even intended to go to that many - Melbourne BDO and the 2 Melbourne shows I saw (2 & 3) were last-minute decisions - I was very lucky to get a late release of tickets after committing to stay on in Melbourne in the hope of being able to attend.

The absolute highlight of this show for me was when Eddie and Glen played Smile. It's my husband's favourite song and when I met Eddie after the 2nd Sydney show I actually asked him if he could possibly play it the following night. I did acknowledge that I didn't think it was one he played solo and he said that yeah, he was sorry, but it is one he can't do solo.

So when a week later Eddie and Glen started playing it at Melbourne 3 (a show I wasn't even meant to be at), I was so surprised and thrilled I may have cried a little! I would like to take some credit for it being played (and I know it gets shouted out at least once each night) but it sounds from the posts above that Glen already knew it so I think the credit goes to Glen However it came to be, I was extremely happy to be there that first time it was played at a solo show, and huge thanks to Ed and Glen.

So maybe sometimes unrealistic requests can happen! I was also at the show where Eddie played Immortality for the first time solo (Canberra 2011) and the moment he agreed to play it and needed a reminder of the first line from a fan remains one of my favourite moments in live music.

Hope the Brisbane shows are fantastic too. Enjoy! And I hope Eddie/PJ come back again soon, less than 3 years please!!

Thanks again to Ed and Glen for putting on such amazing shows and their generosity to the fans, and to all the great people I've met along the way.

sloanedog said:

The fist bump... There's two times in my 36 year life a simple fist bump has mean the world to me. 1st one when my Dad came out out of a massive operation removing a third of stomach to get rid of cancer. I walk into his room hooked up to machines. He Smiles and just gives me a fist bump and says I made it never been so glad to get a fist bump before. The second was a raining Cats n dogs kind of a day Wednesday 19th feb about 5pm. A Van pulls up with four people in it goes behind some gates. A very cool guy jumps out to meet some of his fans who waited for hours just to get a climpse or even a hello. But Eddie does more than that he starts at one end of the fence and chats to every one. Gets to the middle of the fence where my girlfriend Panda and I are standing. All I can say to him is thank you for the last 20 years he turns to me and thank me then gives a fist bump thru the fence. I was completely stoked. Here's a guy who I watched on many occasions pierce my Soul with his music Arc on the Sunday night left me speechless. My father gave me life and gave me everything made me rthe man I am today. Pearl jam and Eddie Vedder have made me live let go and be myself. Like riding a wave of life the good the bad there's a song for every moment of your life. That's a lot of hours of pearl jam. Thru YouTube CDs vinyl concerts. So I guess it was fitting for all I could say was thank you Eddie for 20 years of music.

I'm pretty sure this is one of the best "1st posts" ever. Nicely done!

TJ25487 said:

sloanedog said:

The fist bump... There's two times in my 36 year life a simple fist bump has mean the world to me. 1st one when my Dad came out out of a massive operation removing a third of stomach to get rid of cancer. I walk into his room hooked up to machines. He Smiles and just gives me a fist bump and says I made it never been so glad to get a fist bump before. The second was a raining Cats n dogs kind of a day Wednesday 19th feb about 5pm. A Van pulls up with four people in it goes behind some gates. A very cool guy jumps out to meet some of his fans who waited for hours just to get a climpse or even a hello. But Eddie does more than that he starts at one end of the fence and chats to every one. Gets to the middle of the fence where my girlfriend Panda and I are standing. All I can say to him is thank you for the last 20 years he turns to me and thank me then gives a fist bump thru the fence. I was completely stoked. Here's a guy who I watched on many occasions pierce my Soul with his music Arc on the Sunday night left me speechless. My father gave me life and gave me everything made me rthe man I am today. Pearl jam and Eddie Vedder have made me live let go and be myself. Like riding a wave of life the good the bad there's a song for every moment of your life. That's a lot of hours of pearl jam. Thru YouTube CDs vinyl concerts. So I guess it was fitting for all I could say was thank you Eddie for 20 years of music.

I'm pretty sure this is one of the best "1st posts" ever. Nicely done!

Absolutely! Gave me a bit of a tear actually

BRILLIANT show! Me & my sis were there.. absolutely LOVE EV and he did not disappoint at all! There is no faults whatsoever with an EV performance.. funny stories, engages the crowd and plays every song with the enthusiasm of it being a new song, rather than in some cases it being the billionth time over the years. He's totally endearing, then rips out vocals that made me cry! First time I've seen him solo ... and I loved every minute! Wish I was one of the peeps though that he pulled onstage in Hard Road finale.. probably lucky I wasn't though, as I would have bawled my eyes out like a tard! BEST NIGHT EVER!!

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