Live Rocked Worcester too! Options

[DreamWalker]

The Worcester show was so much better than the Hartford show! Mostly because I just had to get out of work and walk two blocks to the venue, instead of driving an hour to Hartford
The crowd in Worcester was better also, there wasn't all the pushing and fighting. The show was pretty much the same, except they came on by 9:30 so the wait was much less. They played the same setlist, but they didn't play Turn My Head. It may have been because there is a curfew in Worcester (most of Mass I think) that they have to be done by 11:00. I got to meet a few people from here, which was very cool! Ed said they would be back! I can't wait

Here is the setlist posted from someone that got one at the show

I'll have to check what I put for the Hartford show and put the songs in the right order

All over you
Selling the drama
The river
mystery
Stood up for love
Run away
love shines
lightning crashes
sophia
lakini's juice
dolphins cry
I alone
Heaven
Show a little love

Encore's

Beauty of gray
run to the water
shittown
white disscussion

Here is the review from the local paper, a pretty good one for a change
from the worcester telegram:
Wednesday, February 22, 2006

Live at The Palladium

MUSIC REVIEW


By Scott McLennan TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
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WORCESTER— Live made its return to the concert stage throwing copper in the form of the one-two opening punch of “All Over You” and “Selling the Drama.”

Those were just two of many songs plucked from Live’s best-known album, 1994’s “Throwing Copper,” but the band dug deep into its catalog to sustain a crisp two-hour show Tuesday at The Palladium.

The hits-to-audience size ratio seemed out of whack, as roughly 600 people turned out for the band’s return to action. But that did not deter Live from unfurling a confident performance, one laden with new songs from the forthcoming album “Songs from Black Mountain.”

The Worcester stop was the last of a short tour Live embarked on before heading off to Europe for a spate of shows in preparation of the May 9 release of “Songs from Black Mountain.” And singer Ed Kowalczyk promised a full year of shows once the record drops.

Formed in 1988 when Kowalczyk, guitarist Chad Taylor, bass player Patrick Dahlheimer and drummer Chad Gracey were still in middle school in their native York, PA, Live has gone through various permutations ranging from angry alt-rockers to friendly adult-contemporary popsters.

In concert, Live looks and sounds quite comfortable, absorbing all the different textures of its music and weaving them into a cohesive whole. The five new songs
seemed like natural extensions of the band’s earlier work (or maybe the old songs are undergoing a graceful aging). The Latin rhythms of the new “Sofia,” for example, sounded like a close relative to the Eastern pulse of the older “Lakini’s Juice” that followed it.

Kowalczyk has never been a classic rock front man. Though he is a strong singer and engaging presence, he willingly hangs himself out in front of the audience
like a romantic, spiritual seeker who is at times wounded, at times defiant and always stuck in a to-and-fro between asking questions and positing answers. He tosses out big themes in songs but rarely seems like the sort of larger-than-life characters we are used to seeing in rock bands. This is a guy singing from the pews rather than the pulpit.

And he wasn’t necessarily that guy during the “Throwing Copper” days. Back then his confidence almost got the better of him. Today when he sings “I Alone,” the performance is one of torment and far more compelling than when it sounded like Kowalczyk was suffering a messianic complex.

Just as the singer has matured, the rest of Live has grown too. The band’s vocal harmonies are richer and its playing honed to razor sharpness. That went a long way in terms of making memorable tunes - “They Stood Up for Love,” “Run Away,” “Dolphins Cry,” “The Beauty of Gray” - even better concert pieces.

Live created a very uplifting show leading into its encores, which turned surprisingly political with a return to “Throwing Copper” that included the conservative-bashing “(Expletive) Towne” and “White, Discussion.”

But after so many songs about seeking beauty, love and truth, Live had to end on a positive note, and did so with the tender “Dance With You.”

The Rhode Island band Zox opened for Live. While sharing a positive vibe with the headliners, Zox’s music lacked the tension and fire necessary to make its competent tune craft memorable.

[NectarDan]

The hits-to-audience size ratio seemed out of whack, as roughly 600 people turned out for the band’s return to action.

That's all?

BTW - Thanks for the great review!

[DreamWalker]

I was suprised at the number of people being 600 too, it looked like alot more than that. The place was packed. It is very small though and they didn't have the upstairs balcony open. The place is an old movie theater. I don't know how they can make any money on these small shows, I'm just glad they play them

[Gertjan]

Nice review, thanks for sharing!

.... only 6 more weeks....

[sherocker]

Tell me about it

[mrmcpheezy]

The Worcester show was so much better than the Hartford show! Mostly because I just had to get out of work and walk two blocks to the venue, instead of driving an hour to Hartford

lol.