Silver Jet (w/Cookie Factory as an outro)
Music
Grace
Darkest One
Bob C
Nautical
Fireworks
Good Life
Meridian (with the "Forgeting" rant)
Something On (It's true, it's you)
Springtime
A Beautiful Thing
Poets (Swim, not to me, not to him, swim!)
Dire Wolf
Locked
Ready
Bones
Ý
E#1
LTR (The lighters were incredible)
All Tore Up
50 MC
Ý
E#2
Scared
New O
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The "Gordisms" were actually really audiable in the lawns.Ý Quite the party up there tonight.Ý Far better than I was expecting.
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Another solid set.Ý 35 different songs played, out of the 44 done over the two nights.Ý Long Time Running quite possibly was the highlight of the two night stand.
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See you in the fall, probably at Massey :)
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PB
Bradford ON

Holy crap!!!!!!!!!!!! All I have to say is totally spectacular.Ý They really mixed it up compared to the first night.ÝÝ There were so many surprises and Gord was right on key.Ý The crowd down on the floor was really great.Ý I saw a buddy I waited in line with for Lee's Palace tickets back in February and I saw him at the Toronto Premier show as well.Ý I poked him on this shoulder and he remembered exactly who I was.Ý Great seeing ya Owen!!!

Well here's the songs from the night.Ý In order by album.

UP2Here:
NOIS

RoadApples:
Little Bones
Longtime Running!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Crowd was so excited!!!

Fully Completely:
100th Meridian!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Talking about Having to Forget or something like that again in the middle!!!!!!!!!!!
Locked in the Trunk of a Car
Wheat Kings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Ý Played it again as an encore!! Great stuff!!!
50MC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Definite crowd please

Day4Night:
Grace, Too
Nautical Disaster
Scared!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This was awesome!!! Lighters came out

TATH:
Springtime in Vienna

Phantom Power:
Poets
Fireworks

M@W:
My Music at Work
Puttin Down

IVL:
Are You Ready
Darkest One
Good Life
Silver Jet
All Tore Up
The Dire Wolf
A Beautiful Thing

I had more fun then the first night.Ý The setlist was totally awesome!!! Probably one of my favorite shows of all time!!! I can't wait til they're back again!!!!! Happy Hipping to you alls!!!

Jamie I.


Hi all...Setlist for night 2 (Thanks PB!) My thoughts as well...

Silver Jet (w/Cookie Factory as an outro)Ý (Cookie...very cool!)
Music (Surprised how well received this one was...maybe because its early with all the momentum going)
Grace (Smokin)
Darkest One (Surprised they didn't play this Night 1 as well)
Bob C (WOOO! Gord said "Toronto!" ;)
Nautical (Nice)
Fireworks
Good Life
Meridian (Is life all about forgetting?)
Something On (It's true, it's you) (And you and you)
Springtime (Gord seemed to be starting every set of lyrics early)
A Beautiful Thing (I could listen to the 3AM line all day lately...classic!)
Poets (Swim, not to me, not to him, swim!)
Dire Wolf (Quickly moving up my IVL fave list)
Locked (Always well received)
Ready (OMG....absolutely *KILLED* the crowd)
Bones (Instant CPR! Did Gord really fall off monitor or was it staged?...distracted by someone who almost got a brutal beating...;)

E#1
LTR (The lighters were incredible) (Yup)
All Tore Up (Uh oh someone fire up the oxygen...were losing them again!)
50 MC (I keep forgetting how rawkin this song can be...great version tonight!)

E#2
Scared
New OÝ (My g/f who isn't a huge Hip fan and was graciously invited/kidnapped to her 4th and 5th Hip shows loves these two songs so that was very nice indeed)

All in all I was very happy with our lawn seats for the 2 nights...I'd never been to the Amp b4 and was pleasantly surprised at the very decent sound we got out of it.Ý Much louder and boisterous crowd for night 2 (Friday of a long weekend of course it would be)Ý Loving IVL and the cuts played last two nights...find it funny when crowd dies down for the new stuff though.Ý And I don't want to be guilty of exaggeration but EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THE THEATRE stood in a trance for Are You Ready, arms stuck to their sides, mouths sewn shut...well maybe not every single one but man did it seem it ;)Ý And Michelle made a cute observation that Gord S. seems to try and give a little more on the IVL tracks and rocks harder...never know for sure but I thought it was a cute comment from a non Hip freak type.

OK I'm out...Later

Norm


Wow! What a great show! I think that was the best hip show I've been to. I brought along a friend with me who had never seen the hip live or even heard all their songs. He was so blown away!
The Molson Ampetheater is such a great venue because from no matter where you are sitting you still have a great view and the sound is excellent.
I was surprised at the variety of songs that were played like only one from TATH (*tear* no ABAC) and only one from M@W and UTH. GREEEEAAATTT show though. Locked was amazing but I think Nautical and Long Time Running definatly made up for the lack of TATH songs ;). Everything from In Violet Light was right on. What a great night!
I only saw one Canadian flag and one Toronto Maple Leafs flag being waved. There were a lot of drunken guys giving high-fives though, but that's alright.
Now that I've been to the Molson Ampetheater, next time they play, I know a great place to meet up with people (Roy and Sarah, once again we havn't met!)

Watchmen were AMAZING!

The only thing bad about Friday night was everyone trying to leave from the same exit. There's nothing like drunk people spilling their beer on you and yelling "ARGOS!!!"

Betty*


What an amazing night!Ý Didnít care much for The Dears but they did have poor sound quality.Ý Watchmen again put on a great show, they were really into it.Ý This was by far the best hip show I have ever seen and definitely the best crowd, down on the floor there was no pushing or shoving what so ever, everyone was just rockin out.Ý As for the hip, it was amazing, silver jet is a great opener and the energy and momentum never died.Ý I had never seen Rob that into it, I find he usually just stays in his position on the right but at the end of M@W he was right in front of Johnny looking at him rocking out.Ý Robby and Gord S. really played off each other too.Ý The sound was awesome and Gordís rants were really audible.Ý Intro to Beautiful Thing along the lines of ìYoure a wonderful crowd(cheers), this is like a beautiful thing).Ý Is it just me or does Gord screw up the part in Nautical about the dream ending like everytime, I almost expected it, classic.Ý Gord really has this whole ape walk thing going recently and its pretty funny, also he took a couple of breaks taking a seat on his monitor.Ý Memories of the New Years Day concert when Gord fell during Little Bones, I think he just fell, anyways funny and also funny to see the rest of the band laughing at him.Ý First time live for LTR for me and it was so amazing, by far the best song of the nite.Ý From looking through recent setlists was a little surprised to NOIS as a closer but it is such a great one at that.Ý Was a little worried when they played 50MC as the end of the first encore that they were done but nope.Ý Surprised not to hear ABAC, Gift, and Courage but Springtime, LTR, and Beautiful Thing were great.Ý All in all a great concert and nite, really wanted to hear 3 Pistols but what can you do?Ý

Clarke


The most fun I had at a Hip show to date. Ride down from Buffalo was pretty smooth, only a few traffic delays...but we were listening to some live shows the whole way down getting ourselves prepared for what I knew would be a great time. When we arrived I was lucky enough to find a great parking spot just inside the gates (which is why we got out of there in only 5 minutes after). The amphitheatre was beautiful, the beer lines were 30-40 people deep right up until the Hip took stage. The Watchmen sounded nice, the sun was just going down as they ended. Scattered "Hip, Hip, Hip" chants filled the lawn section as the crowd started to get a little anxious. Then the violet lights came on and the crowd erupted. The crowd was great back on the lawn, people dancing and singing along all night...we were dead center and a great view of the whole stage. The big screens of to each side of the stage were very nice to see some closeups of the guys. The lightshow aspect of the show was pretty cool, much better than NYC, but the bigger venue would probably be why. The sound, I thought, was very impressive, could hear almost every word. I was hoping the night would never end, but it did and on a great note. Two encores was more than I could ask for.
WHAT A SHOW!!!!!
-dRez

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