Opening bands: Queens of the Stone Age & The Mars Volta
Queens of the Stone Age Setlist
You Think I Ain’t Worth a Dollar, but I Feel Like a Millionaire
Go With the Flow
Do It Again
Quick and to the Pointless
The Sky Is Fallin’
Gonna Leave You
Hangin’ Tree
A Song for the Dead
Monsters in the Parasol
No One Knows
RHCP Setlist
By the Way
Scar Tissue
Around the World
I’m Eighteen [Alice Cooper]
The Zephyr Song
Suck My Kiss
This Is the Place
Parallel Universe
Otherside
If You Have to Ask
Don’t Forget Me
Warm Tape
Right on Time
Soul to Squeeze
Can’t Stop
Venice Queen
Give It Away
Writing this in 2019, the only memory I have of this show is that while I didn’t really care for her new album Home is where My Feet Are, I fell in love with it after hearing the live versions of the songs. That was a real turning point for me…I never dismissed someone’s recorded music until hearing it live after that point.
I have so many memories from this trip even 18 years later. Shawn had gotten me into U2 so when we heard they were coming to town we decided to head down to Montreal to see them.
My 1986 Calais broke down in the middle of downtown Montreal in the middle of rush hour. There was steam coming from the engine. Shawn and I had no idea what was going on. We called Lynn and he eventually told us to get a tow truck. I left Shawn downtown and I headed to the garage to drop the car off and the tow truck driver was nice enough to drop me off back at the Molson Centre in another bout of traffic since the show was happening.
Shawn and I missed the opener (Garbage) but we showed up just in time to get a sweet spot on the floor at the apex of the heart stage. It was (and still is) one of the top concerts I have ever witnessed. This is the concert that made me a U2 fan and I have been seeing them every chance I can get since then.
After the show we managed to find a hotel room for the night. I still remember Shawn wearing his Senators jersey and someone badmouthing the Sens and I thought “Are we going to get beat up here?!”
Setlist
Elevation
Beautiful Day
Until the End of the World
New Year’s Day
Out of Control
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of @Info[with “When Will I See You Again” (The Three Degrees) snippet]
Kite
Acoustic Set
Angel of Harlem
Staring at the Sun
Bad @Info[with “All Down the Line” (The Rolling Stones) and “40” snippets]
Where the Streets Have No Name
Mysterious Ways
Pride (In the Name of Love)
Bullet the Blue Sky
What’s Going On [Marvin Gaye]
New York
With or Without You @Info[with “Shine Like Stars” coda]
One
Walk On @Info[with “Peace on Earth” snippet]
Eric and I went to see Lifehouse and MB20. Lifehouse was excellent!
Memories written in 2019
I still remember going to supper beforehand and it was taking so long that we figured we would miss Lifehouse. We convinced Matt to drive us ahead of time. I don’t regret that move because we showed up JUST in time.
Went with Eric, Mike and his friends. Unknown, and Nickelback opened. Very hot.
Notes from my memory writing this in 2019
I’m pretty sure this was the concert where Eric came all the way from Kingston and forgot his tickets in Kingston. He kept telling me this and I didn’t believe him until the next day. We ended up buying a ticket off of someone (maybe Mike’s friend?). I’m pretty sure this was the weekend we also visited Jason and Mike at their residence and wreaked havoc.
Setlist
Song from an American Movie, Part 1
So Much for the Afterglow
When It All Goes Wrong Again
Your Genius Hands
Electra Made Me Blind
Everything to Everyone
AM Radio
Rock Star
Babytalk
The Good Witch of the North
Strawberry
The Honeymoon Song
Wonderful
Unemployed Boyfriend
Out of My Depth
Summerland
I Will Buy You a New Life
Santa Monica
