At the beginning of the show Dave, Flea, and Stephen came out on stage, but Perry was no where to be seen. You could feel the anticipation growing and then the worry that maybe Perry wasn't coming at all. Just when the crowd couldn't wait any longer out waltzed Perry, wearing his red outfit (same one as Halloween show) and his hair was sectioned off into dread like ponytails, wrapped in shiney plastic flowers. The rest of the guys were also wearing the same outfits as the show on Halloween, Dave had a skirt and robe, Flea had a bright colored coat and pants, and Stephen had a skirt type thing (hard to tell since he was behind his drum set).

The vocals were really hard to hear all through the first song, but when Oceansize started they had improved a bit. I was right up front, as close as you could get, from what I could gather Perry looked a bit sick, his voice was shakey and he looked tired, still he managed to sing an awesome set. The guys all seemed to be working well together, no problems as far as I could tell. The major distraction would have had to be the crowd, worse than any concert I've ever been too. When Perry talked it was quite obvious that no one knew what he was saying, probably because everyone else was screaming so loud. Even during Summertime rolls people were violently moshing, but I know that I was pretty worked up too. The acoustic set was better, but some people attempted to start another huge mosh pit right near the second stage, luckily the music had a calming effect.

Over all it was a great show, the best I've ever been to (of course I never saw Jane's before they broke up). I talked to one of the security guards before the show and was quite amused. They still hadn't decided how to get the guys out to the second stage when Goldie was finished! From what I saw it looked like Perry just started walking through the hall, and the guards followed. I know this is what happened when the rest of the band joined him because I was standing in the hall and all of a sudden Stephen was headed straight towards me shaking bells. There was definitely a lot of energy, but I would have to say that on the crowd's part most of it was negative. If I were to rate the show on a scale of 1-10, ten being the best, I would give it 100, even though I did lose my shoe and get pretty bruised up.

Sarah

Experience
By: Kelly