The Shred Room or The In-Betweeners Club

rushfan4 wrote: The show was spectacular.

Awesome!

How long was the show?

rushfan4 wrote: For the most part, Benoit David sounded enough like him that I didn't really miss Jon as much as I expected.  And in certain ways it was kind of better that he wasn't there because I'm pretty certain they played songs that Jon would not have wanted to do.  And on the other hand they did nothing from TOTO, since Jon is the only one who likes that album.

Wow, interesting. Which songs did they play that you think they wouldn't have?

rushfan4 wrote: They played from 7:45 to 10:30, with about a 15 minute break.  At one point the power to Oliver Wakeman's keyboards went out, so they stopped the show mid-song, and Steve Howe played a 5 minute or so solo while they got the power back.  They ended up restarting the song that they were playing from the beginning so we kind of got a bit of a bonus.  Sort of.

That's pretty awesome.

Sounds alot better than I would have expected, actually.

rushfan4 wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: Wow, interesting. Which songs did they play that you think they wouldn't have?   I'd say Tempus Fugit for sure.  They also played Onward, which was Benoit David's request; although that is mostly about the vocals, so I could see Jon wanting to do that one.  They also played Machine Messiah, which I don't think I have seem them do with Jon; but I might be wrong.  They also played Astral Traveller, which was the song that Oliver Wakeman's keys went out on, so they actually played that twice.

Neat! Machine Messiah would have easily been my favorite of those, probably. That's such a great song.

They also did a Chris Squire sung song called Aliens are Us From The Future, which apparently is going to be on an upcoming solo album.

oh yes! How was it??

did it compare at all to any of the stuff from Fish out of Water?

I tried to get my friend to go with me, but she really didn't want to go, so I ended up going by myself.  I was going to buy 2 $20 seats, but since I went by myself I decided to buy a $40 seat.  The most expensive seats were $75.  My seat ended up being on the floor in the 8th row, center stage.  That made the experience that much more awesome.  I took a bunch of pictures with my cell phone.  I'm not sure how well they will come out though.  I had a hard time with Steve Howe, the way that the lights were on him he always ended up whited out. 

Edited by rushfan4 - November 26 2008 at 23:13

rushfan4 wrote: I tried to get my friend to go with me, but she really didn't want to go, so I ended up going by myself.  I was going to buy 2 $20 seats, but since I went by myself I decided to buy a $40 seat.  The most expensive seats were $75.  My seated ended up being on the floor in the 8th row, center stage.  That made the experience that much more awesome.  I took a bunch of pictures with my cell phone.  I'm not sure how well they will come out though.  I had a hard time with Steve Howe, they way that the lights were on him he always ended up whited out.

Awesome. I know that when I had seats on S&A tour for this year, as opposed to general lawn last year, it definitely helped the experience.

MovingPictures07 wrote: rushfan4 wrote: I tried to get my friend to go with me, but she really didn't want to go, so I ended up going by myself.  I was going to buy 2 $20 seats, but since I went by myself I decided to buy a $40 seat.  The most expensive seats were $75.  My seated ended up being on the floor in the 8th row, center stage.  That made the experience that much more awesome.  I took a bunch of pictures with my cell phone.  I'm not sure how well they will come out though.  I had a hard time with Steve Howe, they way that the lights were on him he always ended up whited out.  Awesome. I know that when I had seats on S&A tour for this year, as opposed to general lawn last year, it definitely helped the experience.

2nd row S&A seats here