Vancouver show

[bitsy]

spending the holidays in vancouver with the fam, which means i get to see TLE again! Dec 17th, Richards on Richard. ho yeah!

[tiny_kim]

woo! someone else is actually going on here! 6 days!! :)

[Shifty]

Kind of an odd first post, but I'm going also. I asked for the tickets as a pre-Christmas gift since I couldn't think of much I wanted for after. I asked for two tickets and received 4. Since I got them today, I can't find people for the two extra tickets (especially for a Sunday night concert when pretty much none of my friends know the band).

I could sell them to some jackass scalper who I'd rather see lying in a gutter than standing or, being that it's Christmas and the tickets are only $40, I could give them away for free to someone who wants them. I doubt they're highly sought after tickets but I imagine there's someone who can't quite swing the price with all the gifts to buy or have friends who couldn't get them, whatever.

Because I don't want them resold I'd prefer to hand them off to you at the venue or a nearby restaurant, so anyone who could use em feel free to let me know at shiftoneslc at hotmail dot com, or via MSN at the same address.

[Shifty]

Just in case it was missed, thought I'd ask one more time.

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/9824/mo005id9.jpg

Otherwise I put the money towards Zelda. :D

[tiny_kim]

sorry, i don't need them. but have fun at show tomorrow! :)

[Shifty]

It's cool. Likewise. :)

[tiny_kim]

tonight!! ahh so excited :D

[Kacky]

Have fun. :)

[Shifty]

Most impressive show I've ever seen. More when I recover.

First Band: Decent, they had their style and played it fairly well. It looked like the bassist's head might topple off his neck.
Second Band: Not great, the first song was alright but nothing was very interesting. The crowd seemed to cheer only because they were the second band.

I'm not completely familiar with TLE's discography, I went pretty much on the strength of Roll On, State of Emergency and the great word of mouth, but even the stuff I didn't know too well was amazing to hear and watch. I'm certain it's been said a million times before but (as a sort-of guitar player) it's awe-inspiring to watch Chris play. Like the music or not, I think anyone could enjoy The Living End in concert provided they have an open mind and an appreciation for talent. The crowd was fairly good, I was glad to see there were a good number of fans that knew all the lyrics that I didn't. And the Australian girls behind us were loving it, IIRC it's been a couple years since TLE's been here. I don't think there were supposed to be minors in the venue but there were some clearly underaged girls at the front. Not that I care too much, but given some of the idiots pushing and shoving in the middle of the crowd (I'll never get that) it would suck for the venue's management to have to clean up the mess if one of them got hurt. I had to leave at the beginning of Wake Up, it took waaaay too long to set the stage and I "only" paid for 4 hours of parking. Did they play anything after? I wanted to hear Carry Me Home and I dread that they might've played it once I had left.

Does anyone have a setlist? My friend heard a few songs in particular that he liked and I'm not sure which ones he meant.

And then I received and invite from one of Vancouver's finest prostitutes, great night.

[tiny_kim]

oh man, what an amazing show! so much fun :D definately one of the best shows i've been to. so much engery! so cool to see them play for so long, unlike the warped tour, when it was half an hour. i'm sorry to tell you shifty, but they played carry me home right after wake up, and then west end riot. and i'm one of those girls that was in the front row singing along every word, and no i'm not underage.. i'm 20, i just look like i'm 16. haha. i also have bruises from being pinned to the stage, they hurt like hell. oh well, it was worth it!

here's the set list ( not sure if it's in the exact order though )

till the end
roll on
we want more
who's gonna save us
what's on your radio
all torn down
into the red
end of the world
second solution
e boogie
long live the weekend
prisoner of society
wake up
carry me home
west end riot


here are some of my pictures! (sorry, they're kind of dark)
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y163/horrorpop666/IMG_1617.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y163/horrorpop666/IMG_1618.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y163/horrorpop666/IMG_1619.jpg

more in the next post.. it says i'm only allowed to post 4

[tiny_kim]

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y163/horrorpop666/IMG_1625.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y163/horrorpop666/IMG_1621.jpg

[Shifty]

I can't believe I missed it, my buddy and I both really wanted to hear it (we're GH freaks). I wouldn't have appreciated a $60 fine though.

I was pretty far away, middle balcony, but I'd have bet money some girls there were like 14! There were some others behind you too. I'm only 21, so I should be able to pin down ages around my own, says a lot about me. I didn't get ID'd so I guess I just assumed they didn't check, and RoR isn't really known for quality management. ;)

Great shots though, especially the last two. As long as you weren't the girl with the hair band. :)

I ended up handing my tickets off to a couple when I was at coat check. People are really surprised when you offer them free things.

Edit: Thanks for the setlist, the long version of All Torn Down was the main one my friend liked.

[Jodez]

Nice pics :)

[tiny_kim]

thanks!


hahaha no i wasn't the girl with the headband. :p