Baltimore, MD, August 5, 2008 Options

[crazy1]

LIVE has confirmed that they will be performing with Collective Soul and Blues Traveler at the Pier Six Concert Pavilion in Baltimore, MD on August 5th. Tickets for this show go on sale on Saturday, 5/17 @ 10am, via www.Ticketmaster.com

[tswart1]

I got my tickets. I opted for the $35 ones towards the back of the covered pavillion. Still came out to about $50 a piece. They were charging $4.95 for ticketfast...you gotta be kidding me.

[tswart1]

Opened with SC

Played TMH, Sophia, Wings, RTTW

Popper played harmonica on Waitress

Pat actually rocked the hardest of anyone in the band

Railo's sound was great in that it was not too loud

I enjoyed the megaphone

After LC I started to head out. I turned around and out of the corner of my eye saw a guy rush the stage. Ed then had him in a head lock of some sort and there was a scrum. The guy was drug off stage.

Thats it for me, I need to get up in 5 1/2 hrs. Good night!

[crazy1]

After LC I started to head out. I turned around and out of the corner of my eye saw a guy rush the stage. Ed then had him in a head lock of some sort and there was a scrum. The guy was drug off stage.

Interesting...I missed that part

[Merica]

Ed then had him in a head lock of some sort and there was a scrum. The guy was drug off stage.

Go Ed! All that beefing up paid off, it seems.

[Jennyfoo]

well, shit, that will teach me to leave early.

Hey, look, pictures:

[Jennyfoo]

[Merica]

What is Ed's acoustic guitar? Ibanez?

[Existentialist]

Takamine

[icewaterike]

Someone please get this popper/live duet recorded in audio or video!

[Good_Pain]

I was lucky enough to see Popper in Columbus, OH on Waitress with +LIVE+ it was truly amazing. I have pics like many, but sorry I don't have any audio.

[Merica]

Takamine

Cheers!

[Hoodstock]

Someone please get this popper/live duet recorded in audio or video!

I would check on BT websites. Don't fans record their shows?

[SJN1279]

http://www.examiner.com/a-1525263~Ed_Kowal..._at_Pier_6.html

Ed Kowalczyk knocks 'em out at Pier 6
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Live lives it up; Don’t judge the fanatic fan who rushed the Pier 6 stage and jumped for Live’s lead singer, the bald and surprisingly sexy Ed Kowalczyk, on Tuesday night. The rest of the delirious crowd, on their feet for the entire show, were two steps from tackling Kowalczyk out of admiration.

Live took them to the sacred place I like to call “band land,” where you’re thrashing about and scream-singing without realizing your body and lips are moving. In this musical ecstasy, you swear the group in front of you is a Rock and Rock Hall of Fame band and you’re going to pawn your belongings to follow it across the country on tour. In “band land trance,” you actually understand the urge to finger the strings on an invisible electric guitar. Gulping gigantic draft beers can also induce a trip to “band land,” but booze wasn’t needed for Live’s blow-away set.

Kowalczyk and crew’s unadulterated rock showcased thunderous guitar riffs, a perfectly planned set list and Kowalczyk’s distinct voice that slips into your head and stays there until you’re imitating it without trying. Their mainstream hits “I Alone,” “All Over You,” “Selling the Drama” and “Lightening Crashes” garnered screams and flailing arms from the majority of the middle-aged crowd. If any of Live’s members hate playing the decade-old songs, they didn’t show it. Each of the guys seemed amped from the opener to the legitimate encore.

Without seeming cheesy, spastic or rehearsed, Kowalczyk is the ultimate showman. His ‘McJagger’ swagger and pout, touch of soul and arousing stage presence would turn even the burliest, stoic dude into a gushing groupie. In a barely buttoned black shirt, Kowalczyk even made his exposed chest — an overplayed rocker look — appear effortless and natural.

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Cox to sell Austin American-Statesman Grinning to each other, Live’s members looked as if they were genuinely having fun on stage — a virtue audiences feel and then follow.

“This is an absolutely perfect night for music,” a sweaty and satisfied Kowalczyk said near the end of the show.

Bottom line: Next time Live comes around, buy a ticket. You’ll get your money’s worth.

[Merica]

That's a damn fine review right there, thanks for posting it up Nick!