Okay, I hope I am the first one to review this show... All of the first four bands played well, but I'll leave them in case anyone else wants to cover them.
Then came Sloan... Sloan played a really good set, playing a wide variety of songs. The sound at the St. Dennis centre was okay...I have heard better and I have heard worse. Energy-wise they were shy at first, but then they found their niche and rawked the house silly :). Actually, Jay told us earlier that he was a little bit nervous about the whole thing before the show. As far as I can remember, this is what they played (in this exact order :) Torn (I can't believe that they opened w/ this!), 500-up, I hate my Generation, Before I do, Penpals, Same Old Flame, I am the Cancer, Stood up, Coax me, Amped, Snowsuit sound, Laying Blame, Bells on, worried now, pretty voice, & lastly Underwhelmed. When they came out for an encore, they had to discuss what they were going to play :) Then they asked the crowd what they wanted to hear , and then they played TH's 25 all-right. It was freakin' wicked...I was screaming!!!!!!!!!!!! Then they played their famous extended version of People of the sky ;) and lastly they played Take it in (to appease a screaming crowd). I tried to tape the show, but upon listening to it I discovered that all I could hear was the screaming of this crazy groupie girl who was standing next to me for the show. I also got my much anticipated "validation" when criss publicly called me a nerd for whereing my Sloan Net shirt and knowing all the words to "Amped" ;) The only bad thing about the show was the stupid f**king security(?) who were acting like children. They kept standing up and getting in the way, and it was only to try and pull kids out of the crowd who were surfing. Normally this wouldn't be so bad, but they were making a game out of it and started pulling people out who didn't want to come out. They ripped this one kids shirt off, and then paraded it around like it was a trophy. Criss really let one of them have it, calling him a pre-maturely bald something or other (I can't remember). My friend Tony went over the fence and tried to run up on stage, but was dragged down by security. We were all rooting for him though :) All in all though, it was just absolutely wonderful that I got to see Sloan play one last time........again ;) Anyway, I'm signing off now because I have to learn to be less of a "Nerd" ;) Take care all.... Warren
