The set-list (songs are certain. order may be a bit screws up, but
should be pretty good):

Grace Too
Fully Completely
Springtime in Vienna
Twist My Arm
Gift Shop
Ahead By a Century
700 Ft. Ceiling
The Luxury
Courage
* New Song* - perhaps 'Hiccups'? - that's what it seemed to be about

   anyway
Daredevil
Flamenco
Stereo (aka Best Friends) - last verse was last verse of NOIS
    -"...pale as a lighbulb..."
New Orleans is Sinking
Don't Wake Daddy
Scared
Blow at High Dough
Nautical Disaster
The Wherewithal

First Encore:
Thugs
Everytime You Go
Fire in the Hole

Second Encore:
Locked in the Trunk of a Car
Little Bones

Put simply, the show kicked ass! This was the 3rd time I've seen the
Hip (all on the Henhouse tour) and this show was equal if not better
than the others. I'm American and seeing this show with 10,000
Canadians was a great experience. However, I would highly, hgihly
recommend seeing the Hip stateside sometime. I caught them once in
Boston and once in Philly this summer, and really it's just more
exciting to be 3 feet from Gordie than 300.
Other stuff:
Grace was pretty standard but I did hear Gord singing a few lines of
John Lennon's 'Imagine' toward the end. Twist was a nice surprise.
ABAC was a bit sped up and sounded really cool.  Courage was
incredible.  Stereo has changed a lot since I first heard a piece of
in Boston in May and is going to be a keeper. Scared was beautiful.
And with another Beatlesque reference Gord started singing Paul's
"Band on the Run" after a fan jumped on the stage at the start of
Fire. Locked was awesome! A very solid show, but I do have one
complaint. All the songs were very straight ahead with little of the
jamming/experimentation I saw in Boston and Philly. As I've said about
five times so far though, a great, great show! The Hip _are_ amazing.
See them! I can't wait until they come Stateside again. Thanks for
listening to me babble...

Scott Katz


I drove 9 hours from Montreal for the Detroit show, and I was fully impressed.  Even though it was my 7th hip show, it was the first from trouble at the henhouse.   I don't think there was 30 000 there, but that is besides the point.  I think I heard Gordo saying something like "It's snowing in Montreal...", but I'm not sure.  Can anybody confirm/clarify this?  The boys were in fine form.  As well, somebody posted the set list, which included Twist My Arm, the Luxury and the Wherewithal.  They omitted
Pigeon Camera, 100th meridian and 50 mission -- does anybody know if the set list in Detroit was a typical set or are they mixing it up every night?  Can't wait for the Montreal show on December 9th -- maybe I'll drive up to Quebec City this weekend...

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