*** Sacramento, CA, Fanviews Here 5.13.24 ***

Another great setlist!

Can't wait for the UK shows 

Some thoughts before I go to bed:

Took my 9 year old girl and 11 year old boy to their first concert (at least since they were babes with earmuffs). It was a bit long for my boy but my girl was standing on her seat and whooping 'til the end.

Pendulum was such a nice and unexpected opener. Really, the first four songs were so great to have on the setlist. I'm open was really nice but it's a weird version Ed does now. No bother. Elderly was great. I don't know what the hell went wrong with Faithful, but it sounded like the chords were wrong in the intro and outro and Ed was doing his best to cover for it. Bothered me, but the rockin' middle was great. The four song stretch of DM songs was fun, but definitely took the crowd out of it a little bit. This crowd felt mediocre to me- really showing up at moments, but mostly classic old stuff.

Garden was great. I don't know what AIC riff Mike was supposed to be playing lol, but Ed sang Man in the Box to it for a second. Lukin was better than I would have expected (I don't love the song but it was fun). After that there seemed to be stretches of the show where they just kinda were plodding along. Was excited to hear Waiting For Stevie but I think the Portland version may have been better. Light Years was a treat as it is one of my favorites of all time. Ed had a hard time playing it at first, and mentioned he was getting emotional. They were charging thru it, but like many songs it felt like it lost a little steam in the middle.

The overhead projector stuff was cool, and I dig Ed's fancy handwriting, haha. Crowd seemed to match his politics pretty well when he made a comment about gun control and abortion. Glad he's still using the platform for good.

Picture in a Frame was beautiful and I think a highlight, even though it was just Ed. Even though I've heard them a million times, I thought Jeremy and Black were very spirited, with Black having one of the best Mike runs at the end I can remember.

Oh yeah, I should mention that on Evenflow earlier, my kids got to see Mike do the behind his head soloing. That was rad.

Ed badly messed up lyrics on Do The Evolution, and said I'm sorry if I heard him right. Kept charging ahead and it was a pretty good version.

Porch had one of my favorite moments of the night: as Ed was leaving the stage to go into the crowd, Jeff, Mike and Stone were all in a circle around Matt and jamming their asses off. Maybe they always do that, I can't remember, but it was beautiful and sounded fresh and inspired.

Setting Sun is a great closer. Ed sang a few parts of it slightly flat, but whatever. I have to kind of turn the critical part of my brain off sometimes. There were many great, powerful moments in this show. There were also some sloppy spots (I really am nervous for how Faithful will sound on the bootleg, but sometimes what I hear live and what it sounds like later are two different things entirely). It was a fellow next to us's first show, and the song he had really wanted to hear was Upper Hand, and he got it and loved the show so much, a total dream come true that exceeded expectations. A couple rows back, I could hear another fan saying they were garbage tonight. It wasn't the best PJ show I've been to, and it was undoubtedly the most expensive. I can see how things like that would be frustrating to a lot of people. I had a great time, and gave my kids something they asked me for, and something they loved and will remember for the rest of their life.

I look forward to seeing them again in a couple weeks at Bottle Rock, and reading other reviews of tonight's show.

Show #24 for me. Feel incredibly lucky to be able to keep doing this. IDC what the set list is or how much it costs. Thank you PJ.

Wow!! Can't believe I high fived Eddie and he stood next to me and sang porch. He did a selfie with the guy next me. I had an incredible time. I took my best friend to his first PJ concert which was also his first rock concert. I set the bar high for him, lol. This was my 49th show. I have to say the crowd energy was weak, though(IMO). I'm genuinely shocked. GA barely moved. I kept looking all around and majority of people were not moving or singing. Never experienced that before. Especially at PJ.Betterman was a perfect example. I haven't heard Eddie sing that much of the beginning in over 20 years I brought it all night and loved the boys energy tonight, though. So glad for a "home show". The new songs are awesome. They did a great job mixing them in. Mike's solo during Waiting for Stevie was epic. Running is my favorite from the new album and my next favorite is Wreckage. Both are even better live. Still can't believe interacted with Eddie. Looking forward to Bottlerock and Ohana. Thank you Pearl Jam. 

Cenelson43 said:

Wow. Can’t believe you guys got to hear Picture in a Frame. It’s atop my bucket list. Didn’t even know it was still something they’d put in the rotation.

First since Phila, 4/28/16. Someone had gotten married in one of the boxes. The wife surprised the husband, brought the officiant to do the ceremony at the show. Then it all got overshadowed by the Ten show. 

Does anyone have a video of slow Faithful?

Dear Ed, please play Picture in a Frame for LA2. For reasons please & thank you 🙏

Thanks for the free promo of Pismo and the local surf shop Ed.  Didn’t go to the show as work kept me from Sac this week but recognized one of the two local Pismo surf shops immediately.  If this guy is from Pismo and surfs the local breaks, even more props.  

DTE had a different set of animations- I’m not sure how much if any was from the music video. Similar style, but R rated (nudity).