I'll post pics and videos when I get back to the USA tonight. I videoed five songs, Hymn for Dudes, Angeline, Born Late, Mother and Moon Upstairs.
Those of us expecting special guests didn't get 'em. That was a flight of fancy on part of the fans. Only Joe Elliott back out for Dudes. It was funny when some guy came out with Overend's big, white bass (is that the T-bird?) and started playing it. Everyone's thinking, who's he? But it was just a roadie.
Support was Rumble Strips. No one famous, but the best of the three so far. Actually pretty good.
No major set changes again. They played a bit of Your Cheatin Heart and a Jerry Lee Lewis song I didn't know. Also played a couple of verses of Knockin on Heaven's Door.
Ian: That's a pretty good song. Who wrote that?
Overend: Me.
UPDATE: I want to reinforce just how classy Martin Chambers has been. There is his treatment of Buffin, which everyone has noticed. Also he stays in the background allowing the other four to have the limelight. When they come forward to the crowd during The Saturday Gigs, it's Ian, Mick, Pete and Verden, not Martin.
Sorry for the quick rehash, I'll have more later.
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ReplyDeleteLast night was brilliant. Go to my facebook face to watch photos from yesterday. i waited 37 years for watching them playing live, i was only 15 when i saw them on the UK telly!
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At Monmouth the early stuff stood at for me. On Saturday they really got stuck into the hits,although I also thought The Moon Upstairs was a highlight. The crowd were really going for it too - we're not dead yet! I would love to see them in a standing only venue though.
ReplyDeletei came over from Boston in the USA for Saturday's show, and wasn't disappointed! I thought it was solid, great stuff, and we ALL should look as good as Ian does at age 70! Tho i was sad the Buffin looked so frail-he seemed a tad out of it, but i hope he's better....i ended up having pretty good seats in the stalls in the center about 12 rows back, by complete accident.....i agree that Martin Chamber was classy and a real powerhouse, as his work in the Pretenders for these many years has shown-i would venture to guess even in top condition, Buff probably wouldn't have kept up so well, and thats no dis against him-drumming is hard, physical work.....anyway, i enjoyed myself, bought a few t-shirts as well as that live cd they were flogging as well......jim horan
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