Roger Waters Live In Edmonton May 28th 2012

Last night my Sweetie Janis and my buddy Buzzard and I went to the Roger Waters concert here in Edmonton at Rexall Place to see Roger perform the Pink Floyd 1979 classic concept album The Wall, in it's entirety, the first of two sold out shows here. This was my second time seeing this show and third time seeing Roger Waters in concert, as the first time was in Vancouver in December of 2010 doing The Wall. Which was an incredible show, hence why I had to see it a second time. I was interested in seeing if there would be a difference in the two shows. And there was. For starters, in Vancouver I had 14th row on the floor for the show as here I was sitting in the blues, which is the second balcony of the coliseum. This added a whole new perspective to the show. I found the visuals to be absolutelly incredible and different from the previous show I had seen. Cool, to see that they have changed up that part of the show, the visuals were way more 3D'ish then what I saw in Vancouver. The sound was incredible as well, with the quadrophonic sound system used,wow, unbelievable is the only word to describe the sound and music. Again Roger Waters out did himself, this show is worth every cent you may pay to see this performance. I was so tempted to go again this evening and see if it was yet again different. Unfortunatelly because of working later then I had envisioned I wasn't able to pull this off. An amazing show and one that you must see if you are any kind of fan of psychedelic music or music period.

After the show, I have to say, I had the biggest craving for munchies I have had in a very long time!!!

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KISS Tour Program 1985

Today's tour program is from the first time I saw KISS in concert. This show was in 1985 at the Kinsmen Field House in Edmonton. KISS were on tour for their 'Animalize' album.

This program is 26 pages in length and full of glossy pictures of the band members in all there glam glory. Actually kind of a lame ass program.

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Metallica Tour Program 1989

Today's tour program is from the Metallica shows I saw in 1989 in Edmonton and Calgary, don't recall at which show I bought the program at. Metallica were touring for their '...And Justice For All album', the tour was called 'Damaged Justice'.

The program is 26 pages in length and full of colour pictures and a 3 page article wrote by Mick Wall.

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In concert news...Metallica will be playing in Edmonton on Friday August 17th at Rexall Place, one of only two Canadian shows this summer.

Rush Memorabilia

Ok, it's a lame piece of memorabilia, but oh well, gonna show it off anyways.

It's a Rush lighter that Bic put out. The logo on the lighter is from their debut 1974 album. There are a few different lighters with other Rush logos on them available.

Rush Lighter.

Rush's debut album in which the logo on the lighter came from.

In concert news...The lighter may come in handy when Rush plays Edmonton on Sunday September 30th at Rexall Place on their 'Clockwork Angels Tour'. The concert is billed as an evening with Rush.

The new Rush album 'Clockwork Angels' comes out on Tuesday June 12th. You can hear the first single 'Headlong Flight' from the new album by clicking here. The song kicks ass. I am so looking forward to seeing Rush again.

Pink Floyd Tour Program 1987

Today's tour program is from the first time I saw Pink Floyd in concert, a concert I still consider one of the best I have ever seen.

The show was in 1987 in Vancouver at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver. Pink Floyd were touring for their 'A Momentary Lapse Of Reason' album, which was without original bass player Roger Waters.

The program is 26 pages in length. I find the program to be a huge letdown, as there are only 3 pictures of the stage. With the stage set up they had for this tour, I am thinking you could have put a lot more pictures of it. Overall the program is disappointing.

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In concert news...Roger Waters will be performing The Wall for two shows here in Edmonton on Monday May 28th and Tuesday May 29th at Rexall Place.

The Black Keys with Arctic Monkeys in Edmonton May 12th 2012

To cap off the weekend my buddy Buzzard and I went to the Black Keys and Arctic Monkeys double bill at Rexall Place Saturday night. This was a last minute decision, Buzzard picked up the cheapest tickets we could get, which were in the nose bleeds, but we had a plan.

After a few frosties before the show, we got there in time to catch the openers from England, the Arctic Monkeys. I really liked there first album 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not'. So I figured they would be worth checking out. We sat in out shitty seats for the Arctic Monkeys, the band was alright, nothing special, they got a pretty decent crowd reaction, but overall I think they would have been better in a club setting. They played for almost an hour, which is long for an opening band. I knew a few of their songs from the first album, like the song 'I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor' which is where I wish I was. But we stuck it out in the boonies.

Told you our seats sucked for the Arctic Monkeys.

During the intermission, I ran into a co-worker who also works at Rexall (Alex) whom upgraded us to seats on the players bench, which is basically on the floor without the hassles of dealing with knobs. These were great seats to have, maybe 5 of us on the bench, so no one bothering us,and a place to put our drinks without them getting kicked over. As well, you weren't allowed drinks on the floor, so this worked perfect for us. Great seats, sight lines and the sound was good as well.

This was my second time seeing the Black Keys. As I had just seen them 11 months ago here in Edmonton as well. So twice within a year. Where the hell were you guys for the first ten years of your career, nonetheless, here they were again. This time touring for their album 'El Camino'. They played for an hour and a half this time, about 20 minutes longer then last summer and to a few thousand more fans. I would say about 12,000 people.

The Black Keys started the show with a full band this time instead of just the two main guys Dan Auerbach on guitar and drummer Patrick Carney. They opened the show with the song 'Howlin' For You' and 'Next Girl' from their album 'Brothers'. Then of course a few new songs from their latest release. A third of the way through the show, they scaled down to just the two of them for three or four songs. It felt like they were more comftorable with just the two of them on stage and if you can believe it, it seemed more rocking too. One of my favorite songs of the evening was the song 'Thickfreakness' from their 2003 album of the same title. That's some raunchy fuckin' blues playing there. Another highlight for me was the song 'I'll Be Your Man' from their first album 'The Big Come Up'.

The biggest reception of the evening was for the song 'Lonely Boy' people went off during this song, and for good reason, it's damn good song. A great night of music and good times!!! Thanks again to Alex for the huge upgrade in the seats.

Setlist for the Edmonton show.

Howlin' for You
Next Girl
Run Right Back
Same Old Thing
Dead and Gone
Gold on the Ceiling
Thickfreakness
Girl Is On My Mind
I'll Be Your Man
Your Touch
Little Black Submarines
Money Maker
Strange Times
Ten Cent Pistol
Tighten Up
Lonely Boy

Encore:
Everlasting Light
I Got Mine