Sunday, January 2, 2011

New Year's Eve, December 31st, 2010: The Grand Central, Fernie BC

A full house, packed to the rafters, with a sold out (pre-sales) event. Wow. This may well have been the best live set for the band ever. They played for over 90 minutes, and all of it was at 110%. From the old standards like 'Utopia', through 'Peanut Butter Tongue' and a selection of new songs ('Wonder woman Theme Song', 'Song of the Pig Dog' and others) with the crowd's favourite covers 'Like A Virgin', 'Personal Jesus', and of course 'War Pigs', this was a show to see. Troy used about a full year's worth of confetti, and the amount of smoke from the (3?) machines, and the full on laser light display made this a memorable experience.

Yes, the crowd was calling for their favourites from the get go, and they were still screaming as the band hit the last notes of their last song....

I think I'll scan YouTube to see what I can find...

For the entire show the dance floor was packed with dancers.... I can't think of a way to suggest any improvements to the event.

Rumour has it the band played through the front-of-house sound board, and it was recorded... maybe this will amount to something special down the road?

More show this winter at 'The Grand Central' in Fernie BC as well as a show in Lethbridge (date to come to this blog very shortly).