Pristine. Vivid. Somewhat Vanilla. TMS Rating: 7/10. Photo by Jamie Divine.
(Setlist) Voicething. Crystalline Green. I Wanna Life. A & E. You Never Know. Head First. Number 1. Dreaming. Believer. Alive. Shiny & Warm. Train. Ride A White Horse. Ooh La La.
(Encore 1) Utopia. Black Cherry.
(Encore 2) Rocket. Strict Machine.
100% MAGNIFICENT! A flawless performance. Official TMS Rating: 10/10!
More photos, the setlist & a Kylie selection AFTER THE JUMP…
First, a note from Adam Duritz about the new tour:
A Note from Adam – Get Ready for the Saturday Night Rebel Rockers Traveling Circus & Medicine Show
Dear Everyone-Who-Happens-To-Read-This,
I know you’re all used to showing up at 8:30 or 9PM for concerts that started at 7. It’s understandable. You’re there to see Your band and you’re showing up when you think they’re gonna play, right? Well, starting on Thursday July 16th at Marymoor Amphitheatre in Redmond, Washington, that’s all going to change. Ladies and Gentlemen, at 8:00PM, when the curtain goes up on The Saturday Night Rebel Rockers Traveling Circus and Medicine Show, Augustana And Counting Crows are all going to be walking out onstage together and that show is going to start with Every Single One Of Us onstage singing and playing our brains out. We’ll do a few songs together and then it may be Counting Crows that plays the first set alone. I don’t know exactly how the shows going to run every night. It’ll definitely be different a few days later in Friant, Ca when Michael Franti and Spearhead join up. It’ll probably be different every night. The only thing I know for sure is that Every show on this tour is going to start with Everyone onstage together and we’re going to all be running on and off stage all night playing on each others songs and playing songs all together and basically just playing whenever we feel like playing. So you get my point, right?
GET Here On TIME! When the curtain rises, IT BEGINS
And that’s basically how it went. It was an interesting concept. It showed how collaborative music is with all of the bands singing and harmonizing together and it also basically forced the audience to show up for the entire night and not just for the Crows. I’m not entirely certain how I feel about that. On one hand, it’s great for the other bands to be able to play in front of an audience every night but on the other, I felt that there weren’t enough Crows songs. I’m sure that’s not true in retrospect, they did play a lot of hits, but the back and forth nature of the show created the illusion that you were not able to get enough alone time with the band you really came to see. And let’s be honest, when you buy a concert ticket, it’s like getting to go on holiday with the people you love. You want some quality face-time. You want to catch-up and talk about the good old days. And damnit, you want to hear ‘Mr. Jones’.
Which we did. Along with…
Caravan
Omaha
Good Night Elizabeth
Come Around
Mrs. Potter
Black And Blue
Hanging Tree
Washington Square
A Long December
Miami
Have You Seen Me Lately
Mr. Jones
Why Should You Come When I Call?
Hangin’ Around
Rain King
To name a few. The show ended just as it began, in a group singalong with the openers, Michael Franti and Augustana. They sang ‘This Land Is Your Land’, which I hadn’t heard since Inauguration and was a great choice.
Overall, it was a great show. I appreciated the out of the box thinking when it came to presenting a tour. It showed real passion and an effort to create community whilst still being conscious of entertaining an audience.
more photos after the jump (Read the article)
Nowadays, the term ‘epic’ is thrown around rather loosely. However, there’s simply no other phrase to describe last night’s mind-blowing two hour set. Grace Jones is a force of nature. I’m still in absolute awe! EPIC indeed.
More photos, the full setlist & a Grace Jones tune AFTER THE JUMP…
In spite of a supremely generous set length (3+ hours and roughly thirty songs), I left last night’s Ryan Adams show sorely disappointed. In fact, out of the near-dozen times I’ve seen Ryan over the past few years, I would easily place this gig at the bottom of the list. I’m not certain if it was a lack of energy, the reinterpreted versions of Ryan’s older tunes and/or a general longing for Ryan’s incomparable stage banter, but something seemed slightly off. With that said, some highlights of the evening included flawless renditions of ‘Nightbirds’ and ‘Wild Flowers’, from 29 and Gold, respectively, in addition to a spry take on ‘Two’ from this year’s (magnificent) Easy Tiger LP. Enjoy some photos and a live Ryan MP3 below.
Setlist: [Set 1] Peaceful Valley. Blue Hotel. Mockingbird. Beautiful Sorta. The Rescue Blues. The Sun Also Sets. When The Stars Go Blue. Goodnight Rose. Cold Roses. Freeway To The Canyon. Off Broadway. Please Do Not Let Me Go. [Set 2] Bartering Lines. A Kiss Before I Go. The End. Dear John. Nightbirds. Wild Flowers. Shakedown On 9th Street. Everybody Knows. Why Do They Leave. Two. Halloween Head. Goodnight Hollywood Blvd. I See Monsters. [Encore] Let It Ride. Down In A Hole. What Sin Replaces Love.
How much longer until I can do that all over again? Enjoy a YouTube best-of below.
Night 3: ‘The Loop’
Night 4: ‘Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want’
Night 2: ‘Sister I’m A Poet’
Night 5: ‘Why Don’t You Find Out For Yourself?’
Night 1: ‘Last Night I Dreamt Somebody Loved Me’
MP3: Morrissey – Interesting Drug
The strongest of the bunch thus far? Quite possibly. Pics by me & video by Abbey B below.
Setlist: Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before / The Last Of The Famous International Playboys / You Have Killed Me / The Boy With The Thorn In His Side / Irish Blood, English Heart / I Like You / Jack The Ripper / I Just Want To See The Boy Happy / The National Front Disco / Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me / Why Don’t You Find Out For Yourself? / All You Need Is Me / The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores / Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want / I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris / Sister, I’m A Poet / The Loop / Death Of A Disco Dancer / Stretch Out And Wait / Dear God, Please Help Me / How Soon Is Now? // First Of The Gang To Die
MP3: The Smiths – Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before
Three down, two to go! Check out my other photos, from earlier this week, here.
Setlist: Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before / Billy Budd / All You Need Is Me / Irish Blood, English Heart / Shoplifters Of The World Unite / Ganglord / That’s How People Grow Up / Tomorrow / I Just Want To See The Boy Happy / Death Of A Disco Dancer / The Loop / Jack The Ripper / The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores / Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want / Why Don’t You Find Out For Yourself? / Sister, I’m A Poet / One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell / I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris / Stretch Out And Wait / Life Is A Pigsty / How Soon Is Now? // First Of The Gang To Die
MP3: Morrissey – Tomorrow
Dare I say that ‘Jean Jacket Night’ was even more glorious than ‘Electric Blue Night’!
Setlist: Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before / Billy Budd / All You Need Is Me / Irish Blood, English Heart / The Boy With The Thorn In His Side / Human Being / I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris / Tomorrow / That’s How People Grow Up / Jack The Ripper / One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell / The Loop / Sister, I’m A Poet / Stretch Out And Wait / The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores / Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want / Why Don’t You Find Out For Yourself? / Death Of A Disco Dancer / Disappointed / Dear God, Please Help Me / How Soon Is Now? // First Of The Gang To Die
Setlist: Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before / Tomorrow / Sister, I’m A Poet / London / The Loop / That’s How People Grow Up / Jack The Ripper / I Like You / Why Don’t You Find Out For Yourself? / Stretch Out And Wait / The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores / Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me / Billy Budd / All You Need Is Me / Death Of A Disco Dancer / Irish Blood, English Heart / Shoplifters Of The World Unite / One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell / You Have Killed Me / How Soon Is Now? // First Of The Gang To Die
