Chicago, IL, March 24th 2007 Options

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LIVE will be performing in Chicago, IL on March 24th at the Riviera Theatre. Doors open for this event at 6PM with LIVE scheduled to perform at 7:30 PM. Tickets for this general admission event go on sale to the general public on Saturday, January 27th at 10 AM CT via Ticketmaster.

This info was lifted from Friendsoflive.com and will be posted to main site of our page and tour section in the very near future.

[Mercury46]

Great show, bad crowd.

my one complaint about the show was their choice of opener (Mystery). I like Mystery, but I'd have liked to have gotten off the ground with something like All Over You or Lakini's Juice. Ed sounded right on tonight.

The crowd was lame.. I was in the front of the balcony, and felt like I was one of the few people standing. Even the folks on the floor who were front and center seemed less into it than usual. They finally started to come around for the second encore.....

Pretty heavy on the new stuff.. didn't play anything off of V (i don't think, anyway.. correct me if I'm wrong) The Distance was well-represented. played Rattlesnake, which was cool. someone will post a setlist soon, I'm sure.

[kace]

You're right, the crowd was totally lame! We stood towards the front and were behind a group who obviously were part of a meet-and-greet (or something) because they had wrist bands on. They just stood there the whole time!! (and the couple who were slow dancing/groping during "Dance with You" needed to be thrown out!)

The band was great, despite the fact that they left us twidling our thumbs between songs. Ed said they forgot their setlist, so kept heading back towards Chad G. to check what was next. Pat and Ed seemed to be in an escpecially goofy mood.

[silentsinger]

(and the couple who were slow dancing/groping during "Dance with You" needed to be thrown out!)

Thanks for the review - but why that?

[brett]

well it just goes to show that everyone has a different perception.
last night was my 16th time seeing Live and I thought it was one of their best shows ever.
without a doubt Live loves Chicago!
being in the balcony doesn't give you a true perspective as being on the floor. there are 3 tiers and from the balcony you can only see the first.
and complaining about a couple in front of you during a song doesn't sum up the whole crowd.
the crowd sang along to songs, went crazy during Lakinis Juice and plenty of others, applauded after songs, and whatever else a good crowd does during a show so I thought I'd put my two cents in about that. And I was down on the left side of the stage by the speakers and could scan the whole crowd and the front of the balcony. maybe somebody else can back me up about the crowd.
and the wristbands are for proving you are 21. the after show passes were purple stickers that were 8 sided and had the bands pic on it along with the date of the show. I know because me and my girlfriend had them.
when somebody posts a setlist and I wake up a little more and my ears stop ringing I'll add a little more or comment to anybodys questions.
it was a great night and the guys in the band thought so too.

This post has been edited by brett: Mar 25 2007, 11:16 am

[kace]

well it just goes to show that everyone has a different perception.
last night was my 16th time seeing Live and I thought it was one of their best shows ever.
without a doubt Live loves Chicago!
being in the balcony doesn't give you a true perspective as being on the floor. there are 3 tiers and from the balcony you can only see the first.
and complaining about a couple in front of you during a song doesn't sum up the whole crowd.
the crowd sang along to songs, went crazy during Lakinis Juice and plenty of others, applauded after songs, and whatever else a good crowd does during a show so I thought I'd put my two cents in about that. And I was down on the left side of the stage by the speakers and could scan the whole crowd and the front of the balcony. maybe somebody else can back me up about the crowd.
and the wristbands are for proving you are 21. the after show passes were purple stickers that were 8 sided and had the bands pic on it along with the date of the show. I know because me and my girlfriend had them.
when somebody posts a setlist and I wake up a little more and my ears stop ringing I'll add a little more or comment to anybodys questions.
it was a great night and the guys in the band thought so too.

Were you they guy in the Dolphin's Cry shirt? Didn't know about the the wristbands as we didn't have them and were easily served. We weren't at the same concert if you don't think some of the people immediately behind you could have grooved a lil' more. I think the group immediately in front of me should have made use of those wrist bands! Don't get me wrong though, I loved the show!

[brett]

Were you they guy in the Dolphin's Cry shirt? Didn't know about the the wristbands as we didn't have them and were easily served. We weren't at the same concert if you don't think some of the people immediately behind you could have grooved a lil' more. I think the group immediately in front of me should have made use of those wrist bands! Don't get me wrong though, I loved the show!

nope Secret Samadhi shirt.
well I just wanted to clarify that the wristbands were for alcohol not meet n' greet.
I spent 99% of the time looking at the band but the other 1% of the time I glanced around everybody seemed to be dancing or singing and having a good time so...
at the meet and greet the band said they love Chicago and the audience and they feed off that energy.
regardless of the delay in between songs, which there was, all they guys were stoked especially Ed and it was obvious in their performance and how they acted and the fact they did two encores.
where the hell are the rest of the Chicago concert goers? maybe using Sunday to recover or do housework.

[PurdueSteve]

It was my first Live show so my opinion might not be warranted enough since I cannot compare it to other shows.

I think Ed sounded fantastic. His vocals were powerful and he was able to hit his high notes well. I didn't take and pics of the concert because I just wanted to watch uninterrupted and simply absorb. I had some meet-n-greet passes and just sat on the front row of the balcony watching. Here is the list of songs from memory in no specific order.

Mystery
Love Shines
All over you
Dolphins Cry
Selling the drama
The River
Wings
Voodoo Lady
Heaven
Mirror Song
They stood up for love
Sophia
I walk the line

Encore 1
Lakini's Juice
I alone
RattleSnake

Encore 2
Lightning Crashes
White Discussion
Dance w/ you

This is all I can think of. I'm exhausted and probably missing a few or have the songs in the wrong encore. Perhaps someone could build off of this list and correct it for me. I live in Louisville, been working in Tennessee and drove to Chicago this weekend for the show. 1200 miles in 5 days and I have to get up at 5AM

For those that were at the meet-n-greet I was the idiot with the acoustic guitar. In which I'm really inspired by Live to play and I wanted my guitar to be blessed by them. It might make me sound better . I won't be framing it or anything like that, I'm going to continue to use it for my small gigs!!

A quick little interesting story for Chad T. fans, when I walked near him he was signing a womans chest. When he was done, I showed him my guitar and said it's not a boob but it's the next best thing, he took the guitar from me and said. "Ya know, A guitar is built from the soul/essence of a woman." He then held my guitar up to a womans body and compared the curves of the acoustic to the curves of a woman, looked at me and said "See what I mean", smiled, shook my hand and then we chatted for a little bit.

Here are a few of the pics I took. I only took pictures during the first 10 minutes or so of the greet because I just wanted to hang out.















All in all it was a great first time experience for me, to not only see them in concert but to meet them too. I was sort of surprised by Ed's incredibly soft-spokenness.

This post has been edited by PurdueSteve: Mar 26 2007, 4:04 am

[brett]

It was my first Live show so my opinion might not be warranted enough since I cannot compare it to other shows.

I think Ed sounded fantastic. His vocals were powerful and he was able to hit his high notes well. I didn't take and pics of the concert because I just wanted to watch uninterrupted and simply absorb. I had some meet-n-greet passes and just sat on the front row of the balcony watching. Here is the list of songs from memory in no specific order.

Mystery
Love Shines
All over you
Dolphins Cry
Selling the drama
The River
Wings
Voodoo Lady
Heaven
Mirror Song

Encore 1
Lakini's Juice
I alone
RattleSnake

Encore 2
Lightning Crashes
White Discussion
Dance w/ you

This is all I can think of. I'm exhausted and probably missing a few or have the songs in the wrong encore. Perhaps someone could build off of this list and correct it for me. I live in Louisville, been working in Tennessee and drove to Chicago this weekend for the show. 1200 miles in 5 days and I have to get up at 5AM

For those that were at the meet-n-greet I was the idiot with the acoustic guitar. In which I'm really inspired by Live to play and I wanted my guitar to be blessed by them. It might make me sound better . I won't be framing it or anything like that, I'm going to continue to use it for my small gigs!!

A quick little interesting story for Chad T. fans, when I walked near him he was signing a womans chest. When he was done, I showed him my guitar and said it's not a boob but it's the next best thing, he took the guitar from me and said. "Ya know, A guitar is built from the soul/essence of a woman." He then held my guitar up to a womans body and compared the curves of the acoustic to the curves of a woman, looked at me and said "See what I mean", smiled, shook my hand and then we chatted for a little bit.

Here are a few of the pics I took. I only took pictures during the first 10 minutes or so of the greet because I just wanted to hang out.

All in all it was a great first time experience for me, to not only see them in concert but to meet them too. I was sort of surprised by Ed's incredibly soft-spokenness.

although I think somebody is gonna post a setlist, Rattlesnake was played during the original set as was I Walk The Line and Lightning Crashes which was the last song. They played Sophia and Stood Up For Love just not sure where.

congrats not only on your first Live concert but meet n' greet passes and the fact you got your guitar in and got it signed! I didn't think you were an "idiot". it was very cool. my girlfriend thought so too and she was the one Chad held the guitar up to.

your long journey paid off handsomely.