Canadian Tour Dates, February 15th-18th, 2006 Options

[SJN1279]

Does anyone need 2 general admission tickets to the Live-Nickelback Ottowa show on Feb 18. I will charge face value to first response.

Thanks!

[MercifulOne]

Another great show last night in Ottawa, I made some good friends down on the floor. The guy infront of me had a sign which read "Please play Voodoo lady, Overcome." I tried to convince him that they haven't played that song for years now, and probably never will again...but he was determined! He had a really cool drawing of Nickelback on a big white flag that he drew himself - it was pretty impressive! Anyway, it was fun to dream of Voodoo Lady being played, but it was never going to happen. Chad/Adam/Ed all saw the sign, Chad and Adam made a little joke about it, and smiled.

In the end, we got the same setlist as the rest of the tour, but the new songs sounded incredible. I would say they sounded even better than they did the night before in Montreal. They just seemed heavier, more pumped up, more energy. I wasn't sure what to think of this new material we've been hearing from SFBM, but I've totally changed my minds on these new songs, they totally kick ass, even more ass live. They've really become "Live" songs for me now that I've seen them performed live. Show and Mystery were my favorites, I can't wait to hear what the strings add to Mystery.

It may sound a little cheesy, but Ed/Chad/Adam all saw me singing along to the new songs, (and was probably one of the only ones...) it was pretty cool to see the reactions on their faces. And I even think Ed recognized me from the night before and sang that part "Oh ya we meet again, its like we never left" right at me during TDC.

I got a very positive vibe from the audience about Live. Everyone I was standing around was really blown away. Some had come especially for Live, some had never really heard more than Lightning Crashes. But MANY said they were going to buy the new album, which Ed confirmed was coming out May 9th. You know that feeling you get during an opening band, like "get the fuck off stage, we didn't come to see you..." well there really was none of that (except during Danko Jones, who as far as I'm concerned, can STAY up on that mountain...). The audience was really loving Live's set, singing, standing, dancing, it was great to see. I think even Live were surprised at some points.

I was hoping Live and Nickelback would do a song during the encore together, being that it was the last show of the tour together, but no luck. Nickelback did put on two great shows though, which I enjoyed with the tiny bit of energy I had left after Live's set. It was a short set though, and a bit too much of a "we're cool cause we're playing old shit" type of show, but still a strong performance.

Oh ya, and Ed said that they will be coming back to Canada THIS YEAR (at both shows!!)

Patrick ~ MercifulOne

This post has been edited by MercifulOne: Feb 19 2006, 6:27 pm