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| 23 juin 2006
- Mellon Arena: Pittsburgh |
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Ed preset: Throw Your Arms Around Me |
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TFT Notes: Ed opened the show saying "I'll throw out the first
pitch" and played "Throw Your Arms Around Me" to a sparse
audience, then introduced Robert Pollard. Midway through Pollard's set
Pollard exclaimed "I need a cigarette" and launched into the
next song, only to have Ed dart on stage, hand him a lit cigarette,
then dart back off. Ed commented that when they came into the building
someone told him they were tearing it down (not necessarily true, although
the Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL) are trying to build a new arena but it's
far from a done deal) He said we should just enjoy it while we have
it. No songs from Riot Act or Binaural are performed. During the first
encore the lights in the sky boxes are blinking on and off seemingly
in rhythm. Ed comments that "You have some talented rich people
in Pittsburgh." Then laughs and says "You have some drunk
talented rich people in Pittsburgh. It's nice to see something new."
Before "Waiting on a friend" Ed tells the crowd that they've
been to a lot of places around the world, and "Pittburgh isn't
exactly our favorite place." Loud boos ensure, followed by "Here
we go Steelers, here we go!" chants. A few people throw joints
at him, he catches one laughing and says "These people are throwing
joints! Maybe I should insult you more often." Everyone in the
band laughs. Then he says "OK, well, I need a lighter." Lighters
rain down on the stage. More laughing. Then he notices someone threw
up a Marlboro Light and he complains and throws it back. Then he goes
on to say "What I didn't get a chance to say was, this is one of
our favorite places to play." He references their last time in
town opening for the Stones and how it was a great time, and says that
they're playing the next song in memory of that evening. During Alive
he climbs on the speakers on Stone's side to sing "We're all still
alive!" Ed's long sleeve shirt comes off which reveals that the
white t-shirt underneath is in fact a Robert Pollard concert t-shirt.
During "Rockin' in the Free World", Ed takes a running start
to toss a tambourine far to the right of the stage, and trips and falls
on Stone's guitar cord, unplugging it. He gets up rather embarrassed
with Stone buckled over laughing. Mike turned the final verse of "Yellow
Ledbetter" into the "Star-Spangled Banner" to end the
show. |
