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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Antispam question: How many total fingers does a human have? Answer: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by PJK[/i] [br]Someone requested I post this so here goes. It was one of the most amazing shows I have ever attended.The set list was pretty much the same. Set list: Here Comes The Flood Darkness Red Rain Secret World Sky Blue Downside Up The Barry Willinams Show More Than This Mercy Street Digging in the Dirt Growing Up Animal Nation (complete with aromatic scents!) Solsbury Hill Sledgehammer Signal to Noise ****Some lucky audiences got to hear Shock the Monkey Also at the Minneapolis show some fan took a leak on the PA system and shorted it out...Peter ended up doing a jam on the drums!!!! Don't know if the "pissing" part is true but the part of the PA going out and Peter doing a Jam on the drums is true Encore: In Your Eyes Family Snapshot or Come Talk to Me (which is what I heard) Father /Son As you can tell a truely amazing set list! Mix of old and new. I was second row from the stage and the energy level was temendously high!!! I was so quiet and mild at TIM's show in Trenton, because I am shy...can you believe it?... but at Peter's concert I went totally wild!!! At one point I had my head down and was shaking it to the music and I closed my eyes for a moment and when I picked up my head and looked up Tony Levin was right in front of me smiling at me...When I saw that, I smiled and he sort of winked and nodded as if to say "Yeah, you're into the music! Tony was Amazing...full of energy and awesome on both the bass and stick! Got to see those funk fingers in action up close! (He is supposed to tour this spring and I will be there wherever it is!) Again all of you who are interested in the bass should check him out! David Rhodes was equally good and when he got together with Tony they upped the level several degrees. Ged Lynch was good at the drums but made me wonder what he is capable of .He is no Manu, but very good all the same. I don't think the format allowed him much freedom, but I could be wrong. Rachel Z was good on keyboard and Melanie Gabriel did a fine job backing up her dad on vocals. Both Peter and Melanie sang Downside Up, upside down.....they literally hung upside down and walked around on a hanging platform upside down. That is one thing about Peter's performances, there is quite a bit of theatrics involved. One friend who saw the DC show said he'd like to see them put more money and energy into the sound and music than in all the theatrics and I will say I have to agree. Peter also got inside a huge clear ball, like a hamster rolls around in and he went all over the stage in it, at times rolling over equipment. Peter's energy is still the same. His voice is still perfect! For those of you who have had close floor seats you will know when I say how the whole concert experience is raised many levels due to the interaction with the musicians. All of the band members were constantly interacting with the crowd! It was by far one of the best concerts I've ever gone to. Definitely felt that rock show rush! I should mention the Blind Boys from Alabama were great....could have listened to them longer! Did a great job opening the show. Might also add the concert started at 8:00 and Peter took stage about 8:45 and they didn't finish until almost midnight!!! Worth every cent I paid for the tickets![:D] [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.