Setlist
Train Kept A Rollin'
SOS
Same Old Song and Dance
Love in an Elevator
Falling in Love (is Hard on the Knees)
Rag Doll
Dream On
Janie's Got a Gun
What Kind of Love are You On?
Lord of the Thighs
Pink
Draw the Line
Stop Messin' Around
Mother Popcorn/ Joey Solo/ Walk this Way
I Don't Want to Miss a Thing
Cryin'
Dude Looks Like a Lady
Encore:
What it Takes
Sweet Emotion/ Heartbreaker

Reviews

Guess it's my turn!!! Looks like everyone pretty much hit the highlights of the show. One thing that happened that i thought was funny, Steven asked the crowd "What would you do if you had an hour alone with Joe perry???" then after everyone started screaming he said "you can't have him!!" A few other things, I'm not sure if train will stay on the setlist, it looks as if it was a last minute change. I'm sure if the boyz felt it went well, they'll start with it again. Before the show started the monitors said back in the saddle. I know during the sound check they worked on train a lot. With this being the first show of this leg, things were a little crazy, plus the new management was there so I'm sure the boyz were a little nervous. Not to many changes with the new management with the exception of meet and greets, there's only a few planned for this leg of the tour and I doubt they'll have many aftershow's because they'll be based most of the time. The show started late last night because at the last minute they found out a few people had been given meet and greets so they went ahead and did one. The only bad thing about this for the rest of the crowd was they had to cut Mama Kin from the encore. btw, did anyone really like Afghan Whigs???? One of the guys looked like he was so stoned he didn't know where he was!!! Another highlight! Steven started “I Don't Want To Miss A Thing with the right words this time!! hehe and at one point when one of the bombs when off it about knocked over a few people in the front row, even Tom and Brad looked surprised

From what I seen the af1 seats were all pretty far back, all the people I knew were in row 10 and some as far as 13 and 14. Did anyone get af1 seats up front? I know a lot of people were pretty upset. One friend of mine that has been in af1 for a long time was in row 10 and he's almost always in the first 5 rows. There were 3 sections on the floor and the fan club seemed to be in the middle, center section. I'm hoping this was just for this show and it don't have anything to do with the new management. This might be a good question for someone to ask af1.

As of noon on Sunday, the semis carrying equipment were still in the process of shuffling around the stage entrance, so we wondered if they were late getting in. We cruised around in the car right next to the stage entrance about noon and saw crew and truck drivers (having an Ohio State President's Club pass for your car is a wonderful thing...a nice perk of my job which also payed off for parking at the show).

The guys must have been late getting in since sound check didn't start until about 6 pm. Not surprising since they would have been flying through the storms going their direction, and flying directly into a hellacious headwind. Bet they had a bumpy flight. In addition to what Brian Elder already posted about sound check (Hi Brian...nice to finally meet you!..you too Andi!) I also heard some snippets of Get the Lead Out...not guitar parts, just rhythm section. The two run-throughs they did of Stop Messin' were great, and when we heard SOS at sound check we were really hoping they would be playing it. The people waiting around us seemed totally oblivious to the fact that they were hearing sound check! Doors didn't open until just a little before 7 pm which was late for an 8 pm show.

As folks have already said, stage setup was the same with a small variation in equipment. Tom had two Hartke cabs set up on Joe's side (he's done this at a few other shows this tour too). Amps/cabs looked to be the same, nothing new.

Afghan Whigs were bland enough, not obnoxious, but nothing special. Got onstage late (about 8:15 or so) and played about 25 min.

During the intermission we saw the teleprompters turned on. With binoculars we could read the teleprompter on the stage right extension, and TRAIN was written in big letters so we knew there was a train a comin'....

Super energetic show....what lacked in tightness at points was more than made up for in energy, enthusiasm, and happiness. You could tell they were happy to be back on familiar territory in front of an over-appreciative crowd (as opposed to the Oscars...). Steven did not wear a knee brace, but did have his knee wrapped under his pants. He was a little conservative with it, but it didn't look like it bothered him at all.

Fashion notes have already been posted, but all I can say is Mr Perry looked mighty fine....

Guitar run-down: Onstage 9:23 pm

Train: Joe Gibson LP Black Beauty; Brad light green Strat (I believe he's had this guitar since PV days); Tom brand new blue sparkle 4 string Sadowsky
SOS: Joe same; Brad same; Tom same Same Old Song and Dance: Joe Gibson Country Gentleman; Brad same; Tom same
Love in an Elevator: Joe Joe Perry model Les Paul (JPLP); Brad same; Tom same
Falling In Love: Joe JPLP; Brad black beauty; Tom white fretless 4 string Sadowsky
Rag Doll: Joe same; Brad wood Telecaster; Tom woodtone 4 string
Dream On: Joe same; Brad gold LP; Tom same
Janie: Joe same; Brad red Strat; Tom woodtone 5 string
What Kind of Love are you On: Joe light blue Telecaster; Brad burgundy Rickenbacker; Tom same...the first of the big Joe Perry problems...he couldn't seem to find the right key for about the first half.
Lord of the Thighs: Joe black beauty; Brad new pale blue possibly PRS? (still need to check this one out); Tom purple sparkle 4 string Sadowsky
Pink: Joe 12 string Rickenbacker with built in lights; Brad acoustic; Tom same
Draw the Line: Joe Ampeg Dan Armstrong; Brad blue PRS(?); Tom same; I really thought Joe was going to get it...Joe was up front at the end and Steven was doing the screaming thing with the mic stand extended out sideways in back of Joe and Joe started backing up..luckily Steven moved the mic stand before Joe could trip over it
Stop Messin'' Around: Joe black beauty; Brad silver Strat-type with reverse-head; Tom woodtone 5 string; ...Steven did his harp solo sitting cross-legged on the floor in front of the fan
Mother Popcorn/Walk This Way: Joe black beauty; Brad blue Strat; Tom same...Joe was smoking either a cigarette or little cigar during this. He also had the crew relight his incense.
IDWTMAT: Joe same; Brad acoustic; Tom same....yes they looked bored
Cryin': Joe Gibson Country Gentleman; Brad 12 string white which I'm still trying to decide if it's a Danelectro or not...Tom same. Joe missed the entry to the solo, and when he did come in, it was really wrong....
Dude: Joe Firebird; Brad the red guitar that looks like a LP Jr but isn't a LP Jr; Tom same.

Offstage at 10:58 pm.

What It Takes: back at 11:02 pm. Joe blue Telecaster; Brad acoustic; Tom purple 4 string
Sweet Emotion: Joe blue sparkle Strat; Brad gold LP; Tom same. Heartbreaker was spectacularly horrible. Joe finally just bailed out of the solo.

Off at 11:25 pm.

I wonder if some of the Joe Perry problems were related to his avoidance of wearing ear monitors like the rest do. Tom did have two cabs set up on Joe's side, so Joe should have been able to hear bass really well, but one wonders how well he could hear Brad at points. A possible explanation? Who knows, but in a way it's nice to see that they're human and make mistakes too...Still a great show with way more energy than I've seen in a while...maybe cleaning house of management etc gave them a boost.

Joey didn't toss out any sticks, and Tom passed out a few fingers...I keep hoping to get one, or maybe I should say "forsooth Tom...wither thou goest? Giveth thine finger" oops there's that Shakespeare creeping in again....

you can tell sleep hasn't been in abundance the last few days, he he !!

I have to add my comments to what has already been said about the concert. First off, it was totally awesome! While there were a few minor glitches (nobody but us diehard fans would of noticed), I thought Joe was in top form -- he really gave it all on DTL and Stop Messin'' Round. Maybe it's me, but I thought those were the best performances I've seen out of him! Of course, he looked as hot as ever! Looks like he's letting his hair grow out a bit, it was almost collar length. As always, I love to catch a glimpse of his pearly whites ...

Tom looked a bit tired, I thought. I didn't think he had the normal enthusiasm and tons of smiles that I normally expect from him. A friend of mine who was closer to the stage than I said that some college kids sitting in front of her were mocking Tom and Brad. They kept screaming and waving at them all the way through the show ... doing anything to get a response from them. That sounds normal, but I guess it was overkill. She said she thought Tom and Brad picked up on it after a while, maybe that's why Tom didn't smile as much. But, on the plus side, I thought they were over on the JP side more than normal (the side I was on), so I can't complain. It did piss me off when she told me, though...

During DTL, right before Joe does his solo before 'collapsing' on stage, Steven went back to Kramer. He grabbed a towel, wiped down his face, and then fanned Joey w/it. Don't know if that was planned or not, but I thought it was great. Also loved the drum solo he did later. Wouldn't it be neat if they let each band member do a bit solo? I was surprised/disappointed that Joey didn't throw out any sticks at the end of the show, though. I'm always hoping to catch one! Tom did pass out 3 or 4 fingers, though.

It was great to see Steven playing w/no evidence of a brace on his knee. At one point, he did a kind of 'bunny hop' across the entire stage. The whole time, I kept thinking of his knee, praying that he wasn't overdoing it! :) His outfit was sooooo neat! I loved the colors and the design on his pants!

All in all, a great show! I expected there would be a few glitches, this being the first show and all. Steven at one point even said "You can tell we haven't played for a few months!" But I really don't think it was that bad at all.

Oh yeah, one more thing and then I'll shut up. Before Joe's part of the show (I think), Steven kept saying "What do you want? Joe Perry? Joe Perry? Joe Perry?" which of course brought the house down. Then he said "You can't have him!" Sigh, if only it was that easy ... LOL!

I can't say the show was mistake free. They messed up big time on Train, What Kind of Love are You on didn't sound that good. But those were the few expected opening night lowlights. Draw the Line was awesome as usual, as was the jam to lord of the thighs. All the messin around before walk this way was cool. The opening set of Get Your Wings songs was so awesome honestly they couldn't top that for me. They cut Mama King from the setlist which they had posted as the opening song for the encore. And I couldn't believe they didn't play anything from Rocks! Although steven did introduce lord of the thighs as from rocks!

The stage was the same as it has been all 9 lives tour. pyros tonight and all.

The merchandise was a little old a little new. They had an assortment of t shirts with the new set of dates on them. Two of them just had the aero logo and the dates on the back with the slogan "Try to Stop this Rock" on top. There was a tshirt with the aero force one logo and the dates. a couple with a pic of the band and the dates. They had the same old program.

All and all a great experience. Oh yeah security wasn't that tight and I snuck my recorder in, if anybody is interested the sound is pretty good other than I had some screamin' teenage girls in back of me. All I can say is that if the boys work the kinks out this is a damn good show.

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