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Fiona Apple

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Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY..... An infamous show. Fiona had a nervous breakdown on stage. It was one of the most unusual concerts I've ever attended. Prior to the concert, I had dinner with a couple of people from Fiona's record label. ( Jurassic 5 was opening the concert, but due to my dinner engagement I didn't see them. ) One interesting item in the dinner conversation was one of the label folk chucklingly sharing a story about Fiona throwing a tantrum prior to a previous show in Chicago. That tale was on my mind after I arrived at Roseland Ballroom for the sold-out show. A couple of songs into her set, backed by five other musicians, Fiona started complaining about the sound mix--although whether her issue was with her monitor mix or whether it was something was unclear as everything sounded alright to me.  At one point, she stopped a song in progress and told the crew to make everything right. She was clearly getting very upset, and the fans in the audience shoute...

The Cure

Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY Setlist Out of This World Watching Me Fall Want Fascination Street The Last Day of Summer Maybe Someday From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea In Between Days If Only Tonight We Could Sleep 39 Prayers for Rain One Hundred Years Bloodflowers (encore break) A Strange Day A Forest (encore break) The Figurehead Disintegration

Joe 90

The Saint, Asbury Park, NJ sorry, Mike has not yet written about this show... add your own comments if you were also there!

Live

Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ Rescheduled from a 12/20/99 date. setlist: Where Fishes Go Operation Spirit All Over You Selling the Drama The Distance Voodoo Lady Shit Towne Pillar of Davidson Imagine [John Lennon cover] Sparkle Heropsychodreamer The Dolphin's Cry Lakini's Juice 1st encore: Run to the Water Lightning Crashes I Alone 2nd encore: They Stood Up For Love Dance With You ( source )

Travis, The Sheila Divine

Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY.... sorry, I haven't yet written about this show... add your own comments if you were also there!     Travis setlist: The Man Who Sold the World Writing to Reach You The Last Laugh of the Laughter Good Day to Die Why Does It Always Rain on Me? Turn Coming Around Slide Show Blue Flashing Light encore break 20 ...Baby One More Time Happy