*** Cincinnati Fanviews Here 10/1/14 ***

This was epic!!!! I travelled 20 hours on greyhound from Boston to be at this show. I got high fives after the show from Jeff, Boom and Mike. Ed was limping. I was on the side of the stage and he had trouble with the stairs, but, man he pushed right through it. He was a warrior last night. He knew tonight was special and the people of Cincinnati appreciate him pushin through. Shit he smashed a guitar on stage.....LEGENDARY!

Lost In Ohio said:

During Betterman, did anyone else:
A) Really wish Ed would have let the audience sing during the first part?
Have a really, warm happy feeling, thanks to the blue lights and the whole general feel?
C) Flash back to the "Tom Petty would never..." Gorge bit?

All, some, or none of the above?

I'm right there with you, Lost. Still loved it. I noticed that there was less prompting of the crowd by Ed, but there was really no need. Even with all of the reports of first timers in the audience!

BtownPJFan said:

. Dunno if others saw it, but during Mike's Star Spangled solo, Ed and Stone were off to the rear of the stage behind the drum kit watching. Ed was just staring around at the crowd like he'd never been at an arena show. Just soaking it in, ya know. He was behind Stone and put his hand on his shoulder and Stone patted him back. It looked like a genuine, "can you believe we have this job?!" moment.

I was in GA dead center, about 5 "rows" back, and noticed that too. I interpreted it as you did, but to me, it was also a simple gesture of genuine affection, in both directions. Seeing the look on Stone's face as he gently patted Ed's hand, and the love expressed without a word between both guys was one of the highlights of the night for me in a night filled with them. Member 167xxx, but have been shut out of 10c tix every time since the lottery system was implemented, so I requested GA 1st, and reserved seating 2nd, ended up with GA. Wife and I came down from Cbus the night before, got in line around noon-ish. Never been front and center pit for a show, and wanted to experience it, notwithstanding the wait in line and approximately 8+ hours I spent on my feet yesterday (3+ hrs for the show, 2+ hrs in line for merch tent, 30 mins for tix, 3 hrs between GA doors opening and start of show). Not sure what the complaints are about re the GA line, but we found it quite simple and organized enough while we waited. Took our chairs, merch and assorted other shit to the car around 5, and the GA line started entering as promised right around 5:30. The worst part was the 3 hr wait on our feet (with some sitting on the floor) after we entered the venue but before the show started. When the show started, all the waiting was worth it. Crazy energy from the crowd--as Ed remarked at least twice, it was just really positive energy that was palpable. Black is always an emotional song for me, and last night didn't disappoint. Stone slayed RITFW. Great to hear Of The Girl, even though I agree with comments on here stating the bass was not prominent. Was hoping they might play Future Days, and Come Back like they did in Cbus 2010. But the set list as a whole was a work of art itself--tent poles + some deep cuts + some covers that had meaning for the particular venue and city, with at least one song from each studio album to boot. I'll leave it to others to identify how often that happens, but it seems like that wouldn't be all that common at this point with so many albums to cover. Anyway, work today sucked ass big time, with only 2 hrs of sleep and no voice, but whatever--I finally got to experience the pit, and it was unforgettable. Thanks to the band, thanks to 10C for the tix, thanks to the great people we hung out with outside in line and in the pit...love to all, and safe travels to ya bastids who are hitting other shows on this tour!

alizmi said:

boilermcleod said:

How was the early merch tent crowd? Im just curious if the lines were crazy. Ill be at the STL show and want to get a poster ahead of time but dont really want to spend 2 hours in line.

Merch line was ridiculous. I heard it was 2-3 hours long. I didn't end up with anything.

We waited until we got inside. No issues at all maybe 5-10 minute wait. All four of us got shirts and two pins. Stickers were gone.

alizmi said:

boilermcleod said:

How was the early merch tent crowd? Im just curious if the lines were crazy. Ill be at the STL show and want to get a poster ahead of time but dont really want to spend 2 hours in line.

Merch line was ridiculous. I heard it was 2-3 hours long. I didn't end up with anything.

Was there any merch available inside the venue right before the show? (Never mind- I see people saying there was. I'll take my chances in Memphis, I'd rather enjoy the city and risk not adding to my extensive black PJ hoodie collection)

badbrains said:

Ladies and gentlemen, Mr McCready

https://instagram.com/p/toxr34BHo9/embed/

Haha yeah I'm used to that site glad you got to do it !!!

dogtown said:

alizmi said:

boilermcleod said:

How was the early merch tent crowd? Im just curious if the lines were crazy. Ill be at the STL show and want to get a poster ahead of time but dont really want to spend 2 hours in line.

Merch line was ridiculous. I heard it was 2-3 hours long. I didn't end up with anything.

Was there any merch available inside the venue right before the show? (Never mind- I see people saying there was. I'll take my chances in Memphis, I'd rather enjoy the city and risk not adding to my extensive black PJ hoodie collection)

Honestly once I got in the building I never left the rail til the show was over. I want to enjoy the city also. GA is amazing and I will try to get in many more times but it's an entire day to get the rail. Hit me up dog town. Let's plan Memphis!

alizmi said:

Thumbing my way back since 033 said:

Hey alizmi, my fellow PJ zombie, how was the flight home? Get any sleep yet? Have fun in TN!

I didn't get to sleep until about 6:00 and I had a 7:55 flight. Holy shit what a night! I wish that night would never have ended!!! MEMPHIS!

Safe travels, my man! Rock out in Memphis!