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Ottawa '11

Small Town opens here, Ed changing the opening lyrics to "I swear I recognise your face..." and later "My god its been 6 years, never dreamed you'd return". Last Exit isn't as strong as it could be, Mike late in his solo. The intro to Evolution is abit messed up, whether Stone went to early I can't tell. This starts off abit of a Yield section to the set - 4 of the next 5 songs are from Yield; Evolution, MFC, Lowlight and Given To Fly with Unthought Known being the odd one out in the middle of that section. Setting Forth is played again and this time combines with Whipping. Grievance makes it's 2nd and last appearance of the tour, then the guys rip into Lukin. Breath is a strange but good choice to follow. Better Man closes a main set that I didn't really get into - the 2nd half of the main set just didn't flow for me.

A beautiful The End opens the first encore. The first chords of Inside Job open up barely before Ed finishes The End. After Just Breathe, Ed asks the crowd do they want another campfire song or a rocker. He teases them with the first few chords from Off He Goes and the crowd cheer thus Off He Goes is next in the set. An excellent choice too. The 'rockers' eventually appear in the encore in the form of Why Go, The Fixer and Rearviewmirror.

Come Back starts the second encore and is played by request. The Real Me is next and initially starts a bit weary I thought but grew in performance as the song went on. Alive is just the anthem; it's difficult to say anything else about Alive! Yellow Ledbetter closes the show.

From the 4 shows of the Canada tour so far, this is easily my least favourite. Nothing wrong in terms of performance, just simply the boot didn't grab my attention too much. Lowlight and Off He Goes are my favourites here.

Boston 98 onto San Jose 95.

Brooklyn II 2013

Stockholm 14

penn state. rvm during the 03 tour was unreal.

papa_pearls_jam.pj20 said:

Seattle 98

Hey I never bought the gorge box sets.... Worth buying?

Leeds 14

Winnipeg '11

No messing around here as the set starts at a quick pace with Why Go, Animal, All Night and Corduroy. Ed then talks about the next song and introduces Amongst The Waves only to realise the next song is supposed to be Arms Aloft! They do as intended with first Arms Aloft then Amongst The Waves. The tempo then drops for Small Town, Wishlist and Daughter which features WMA and It's Ok tags. Green Disease makes it's first appearance in 2 years. Following Even Flow is I Got Shit. Ed again tags in Cinnamon Girl and Down to follow is a great sequence. Unfortunately this doesn't keep up due to Ole and Unthought Known - 2 songs I really dislike. Once ends the main set.

Inside Job starts the first encore with Just Breathe to follow. Present Tense is immense. The intro to Comatose is fucked up and has to be restarted. Porch closes the first encore. The second encore starts off with Search & Destroy, again with Mark Arm and Steve Turner. I enjoyed this one more than the one in Hamilton I have to say. Crazy Mary is fantastic, Boom's soloing with Mike very enjoyable. Alive and Rockin' In The Free World take the roof off and its let to my favourite closer - Indifference to close the show.

Gorge II 2006