*** EV Tour - Long Beach Fanviews Here 07/6/11 ***

[lk178321]

WOW..... I'M ONE, one of the GREATEST Pete songs ever... i've been dying to see Eddie do it live. Was at Philly 5th row and NYC... no luck, Lg Beach: LUCKY LUCKY..that is an awesome set-list and Mike to boot.

[SpokenJeremy]

This was my best EV/PJ experience ever. The energy of the crowd, Ed seemed so playful and just on. Tim Robbins and Cameron Crowe were in the crowd, Mike walked by me before the show and gave me a high five. I couldn't ask for a better EV show. The setlist blew my mind. Blue, Red and Grey?! Are you kidding me?

Oh and thanks to Jesse (I think that's his name) for the free upgrade to front row center!!!! Ed walked up to me and handed me his pick after Porch. UNREAL!

[F Me In The Brain]

WOW> The last 4 songs prior to encore break were stunning.
Falling Slowly was absolutely amazing and I had a hunch Mike would be involved at some point since he is playing at the Angels game tonight - told me buddies before I was wishing against wish for Present Tense but that YL would be even better for the crowd.
It was.

[thumbin-my-way]

This was my best EV/PJ experience ever. The energy of the crowd, Ed seemed so playful and just on. Tim Robbins and Cameron Crowe were in the crowd, Mike walked by me before the show and gave me a high five. I couldn't ask for a better EV show. The setlist blew my mind. Blue, Red and Grey?! Are you kidding me?

Oh and thanks to Jesse (I think that's his name) for the free upgrade to front row center!!!! Ed walked up to me and handed me his pick after Porch. UNREAL!

Are you KIDDING ME??????????????????????????????????????? Right on.

[patrickcarson]

Great show! Ed clearly wasn't as hungover and moody as he was in San Diego.

I loved the story where Ed talked about the Uke being such a great songwriting instrument and then he went on to say how when you meet someone and fall in love - you go through the stage of inspiration and you'll write 20 songs..... then somewhere down the road she'll show up at your door step with a big dump truck full of shit and break your heart - then you'll sit down and write 40 songs (that was the 10 second version of the story). Then he went on to play the first verse of Goodbye before abruptly stopping. He then said, "so then you meet someone NEW and then you write This kind of song - and then broke into, You're True.

Yellow Ledbetter was one of the coolest surprises ever. I loved hearing the slower acoustic version... AWESOME.

For all the people complaining about 10club seats - C'mon, really? They told us upfront that there would not be preferred seating for 10 club members. You all sound like a bunch of whining victims and to make matters worse you're whining about something you knew from the beginning.

Oh, the poster was HUGE. It's the biggest PJ poster I've ever seen. The colors in person are a little glittery and it really pops off the print.

[norm]

it did seem like ed might have done another song with or without mike...it was only about 10:50...seems like people are so trained to leave after yl that they didn't think to egg ed on...ah well, we had just seen an amazing show

ed sounded great, the theater sounded great and is dark as shit! we came in after glen had started and it took a half hour before i could see (i apologize to row 25 for bumping into you when i was going to my seat )

06. You're True
07. Blue, Red And Grey-(Townshend)
08. Longing To Belong w/Rudy Stein playing cello
09. Brain Damage-(Waters)
10. Sometimes
11. I Am Mine
12. Thumbing My Way
13. Long Nights w/Glen Hansard
14. Unthought Known
15. Guaranteed
16. Rise

^^that just blew me away...so glad to see long nights

crowd was better than i thought but of course that doesn't mean they were perfect...here's a tip kids, you don't need your flash a) all it does is light up the people in front of you so your pic is the back of heads with the stage blurry in the background ans secondly, it tell the users exactly where you are...remove head from ass before entering next time...and to the dude with the brightest phone in the history of bright phone, yeah the guy that wanted to kick your ass was fully justified...you're a tool

and to the chick that yelled "take off your clothes" as arc was starting, contrary to what your friends thought, that was about as funny as a wet fart

and i'm i the only one that is surprised that rudy stien plays the cello?

[thumbin-my-way]

it did seem like ed might have done another song with or without mike...it was only about 10:50...seems like people are so trained to leave after yl that they didn't think to egg ed on...ah well, we had just seen an amazing show

ed sounded great, the theater sounded great and is dark as shit! we came in after glen had started and it took a half hour before i could see (i apologize to row 25 for bumping into you when i was going to my seat )

06. You're True
07. Blue, Red And Grey-(Townshend)
08. Longing To Belong w/Rudy Stein playing cello
09. Brain Damage-(Waters)
10. Sometimes
11. I Am Mine
12. Thumbing My Way
13. Long Nights w/Glen Hansard
14. Unthought Known
15. Guaranteed
16. Rise

^^that just blew me away...so glad to see long nights

crowd was better than i thought but of course that doesn't mean they were perfect...here's a tip kids, you don't need your flash a) all it does is light up the people in front of you so your pic is the back of heads with the stage blurry in the background ans secondly, it tell the users exactly where you are...remove head from ass before entering next time...and to the dude with the brightest phone in the history of bright phone, yeah the guy that wanted to kick your ass was fully justified...you're a tool

and to the chick that yelled "take off your clothes" as arc was starting, contrary to what your friends thought, that was about as funny as a wet fart

and i'm i the only one that is surprised that rudy stien plays the cello?

Seriously, that chick was out of control the whole show. RUDE

[sfearll]

thanks for the set list... what a great show, I'm still swooning today.
Highlights... too many, really... probably the same as everyone else's...
Porch
Longing to Belong
Can't Keep
Arc
Falling Slowly, what a gem performed by Eddie and Glen.

but he never did play that banjo!

thanks to 10 Club for the 10th row seats... just a few rows behind Mike, Jill, and Cameron Crowe

ps - when can I buy the bootleg of this show??

[BELLZDEEP]

Show was amazing! Also had the opportunity to meet ed after the show, so nice and humble....I gotta mention tho, I thought it was hilarious when he was talkin about how the uke is a small instrument and doesn't get in the way if you're on the bed f#ckin! Haha. Great venue!!

[SD Canadia]

Night two of my two shows for the year and it was great. Seems like every time I see back to back shows the second one somehow never lives up to the first, but tonight was in many ways better than SD (although SD had some great moments).

Brain Damage - I'm a huge Floyd/Roger Waters fan, so that was a great surprise.
Picture in a Frame - Second favorite Tom Waits song, awesome to hear Ed sing it. Also cool intro while waiting on the banjo and then deciding to play it for a couple in the audience's wedding anniversary.
Thumbing - First time to hear it live, so very stoked for that (somehow I always find myself singing this when out surfing, don't really know why).
Lukin - Love it fast with strings. Slow version is an interesting one off; I'll take the hard charging version any day.
Arc - Powerful. Really was hoping to get it the night before so glad I got to experience it tonight.
Unthought Know - I never really cared for this song on the album, but it's very quickly become one of my favorite songs live.
YL - In hind sight I guess I should have expected this knowing that Mike was in the building, but still got chills when they hit the opening notes.

The crowd was good tonight...minimal talking during songs and fun energy. The woman sitting next to me in row 10 with the PJ vans was a great seatmate. Cool to see a friend I hadn't seen in close to 10 years sitting two rows in front of me. Also cool to look up at the balcony during one of the songs when everyone was on their feet with the house lights up and see the nurse I was talking to pre-show in SD (she ended up with front row balcony for the second night in a row) rocking out (btw - if you read this, Dana was stoked for the extra ticket last night).

Would have loved to make it to the Wiltern and SB Bowl (why'd my sister have to schedule her wedding this weekend!), but these two nights were excellent so I can't complain.

PS - Pleasantly surprised with the area just north of the venue; I don't spend much time (any) in Long Beach, but it looked like a fun little area. Would definitely come back to see shows here.

[Time_Bomb]

Amazing show! the crowd was really into it and so was Eddie. Mike playing on Ledbetter was just incredible. Loved San Diego but Long Beach was clearly the better show.

Come back with the rest of the band Eddie!!

[cbrunelle783]

but he never did play that banjo!

Has he played that banjo at all? I noticed it on the stage in Boston(?) and I was kinda shocked and then he didn't end up using it. I was disappointed.

[Leezestarr313]

Wow, seems to have been an amazing night I'm so glad for all of you who could be there.
I'd love an official boot from that show!

[Sheik_Yerbutay]

Great performance, setlist, sound, and crowd!!! So VERY glad I scored tix for this show

[supersonicyears]

Show was amazing! Also had the opportunity to meet ed after the show, so nice and humble....I gotta mention tho, I thought it was hilarious when he was talkin about how the uke is a small instrument and doesn't get in the way if you're on the bed f#ckin! Haha. Great venue!!