Eddie Vedder - Lyric Opera House - Baltimore, MD

Uncle Eddie is in town again! Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh! I feel like a little kid and he is going to play us our favorite songs on a stool and tell us a few jokes and stories. Always a great time when Uncle Ed comes over. Eating, drinking, and merrying! The wifebot and I met the brobot in Baltimore at the Lyric Opera House. Nice venue, simple, semi-modern exterior, old, great sounding interior.

Liam Finn opened again for the solo tour and if you havent seen him yet, go, he is good. We didnt see him this time since we have seen many times before and wanted to explore Baltimore's sights and sounds (and beer, food, and parking lots).

So we go there right when Eddie was going on and there was a good vibe in the house. Turns out right cux Uncle Eddie kicked ass with amazing energy and emotion. The sound was really good at the venue, in my tiny opinion. Ed mumbled some jokes and quips and rolled out great song after great song along with some surprises like Santa Cruz, Golden State, and Gone.

Similar setlists from last solo tour but with some new surprises. Sucks for you if you dont experience this, setlist is below, salivate :

Set list : Walking the Cow, (Brain Damage intro) Sometimes, Don't Be Shy, I Am Mine, I'm Open, Man of the Hour, Gone, Far Behind, No Ceiling, Guaranteed, Rise, Broken Hearted, Soon Forget, Atlantic City, Driftin', You've Got to Hide Your Love Away, Small Town, Porch!!!!!

1st Encore: Society (with Jerry Hannan), Golden State (with Eliza), New Song, Arc (stopped), I am a Patriot!!!!!

2nd Encore: Santa Cruz (with Liam Finn), Hard Sun (with Liam Finn and EJ)

Eddie Vedder at The United Palace Theatre

Eddie Vedder East Coast Solor Tour with Liam Finn. at The United Palace Theatre in NYC, August 5th 2008. Wow. Fresh off of 2 nights at MSG with Pearl Jam a few months earlier, EdVed embarked on an east coast solo tour and played uptown around 179th and Broadway at an old vaudeville theatre which was cool and ornate on the inside. It had a Buddhist-themed Broadway theatre feel, but old and authentic. Really cool. Liam Finn opened, this is where I first discovered his music and have seen him twice since. So Liam ran through his usual set, albeit abbreviated. Then the 'man of the hour' took the stage after a bunch of 'scientists' in lab coats set up the stage for Ed's 'experiment' as he would put it. They setup the stage with various items to make it look like a living room of sorts. Nice twist. Although most of the tour had similar setlists, he tended to change it up every night with a few goodies that werent played the night before.


The treat of the night for me was 'Picture In A Frame', for some others, it was 'Here's To The State...' Lets hope some of these shows get an official bootleg release as they were some of the best acoustic, solo performances ever by EdVed. Hopefully we all get a chance to see Ed and Company next year as well as another solo Tour. Setlist below
Set list: Walking the Cow, Trouble, Sometimes, I Am Mine, Dead Man, Man of the Hour, Setting Forth, Guaranteed, No Ceiling, Far Behind, Rise, Millworker, Picture in a Frame, Goodbye, Broken Hearted, Driftin', Hide Your Love Away, Girl from North Country, Thumbing My Way, Porch
Encore 1: Wishlist, Here's to the State of Mississippi, Society (w/Liam Finn), No More, Arc
Encore 2: Hard Sun (w/Liam Finn)

C-BOT