Yeah I put this in the Pearl Jam category, but it would be more accurate to put it in an Eddie Vedder category, as it was an Ed solo show. But I don’t have an Ed solo category…

Eddie Vedder
June 11th, 2009
The Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, PA
Opening act: Liam Finn

Setlist

Walking the Cow, (Brain Damage intro) Sometimes, Around the Bend, I Am Mine, I’m Open, Man of the Hour, Far Behind, No Ceiling, Guaranteed, Rise, Driftin’, You’ve Gotta Hide Your Love Away, (Uncle Eds Beer and Cigarette Story Time), The Kids are Alright, Last Kiss, Atlantic City, Lukin, Porch

Encore: Society, Throw Your Arms Around Me, Forever Young, ARC, Hard Sun

Review: Fuckit I’m keeping this brief. It was a fun show. I don’t like the Tower (I just don’t). But for a “sit down” kind of show, which this mostly was, it was decent. Ed was a bit frustrated w/ the sound, so tomorrow nights show will probably sound better. Regardless, it wasn’t bad at all. The Brain Damage intro threw me right off, that kind of came out of nowhere. The Bruce cover (Atlantic City) was well done, and one of the songs he didn’t screw up (well only a tiny bit). He semi-botched quite a few of the others, but recovered well every time (throwing in ABBA lyrics etc). This was the first time in ages that I’ve enjoyed a performance of Last Kiss. Something about it being a solo effort rather than the whole band… No pictures, sorry, I didn’t bring my camera because I figured I’d be too far back to get any good shots anyway. Search flickr, I’m sure you’ll find some.

To the fellow I arranged to purchase a ticket from via Craigslist: it’s common courtesy to at least call or text the person you’ve arranged to sell a ticket to if you change your mind. And I know you had my number, as I left two voicemails while standing outside the Tower wondering if you were going to show.

To the fellow I ended out buying a ticket from (not a scalper): thank you. It would have sucked to come from NJ to Philly only to end out going back to NJ w/o seeing the show. Selling at cost was very cool of you (though as an FYI to anyone else reading this, the idiot scalpers were stuck selling what they had UNDER cost).

I have no idea what I’m going to do with this site. I might just ditch it, or use it as a place to record the shows I attend etc. I haven’t posted anything in ages (Mountain Jam was AMAZING). But, I’m moving to NYC, so I will actually be attending a lot more shows, so who knows, maybe the site isn’t dead yet.