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State Theater, New Brunswick, NJ...... sorry, Mike has not yet written about this show... add your own comments if you were also there!    

Irving Plaza, New York, NY My WHTG colleague Glenn Vistica urged me to come along to this show. I knew the New York alt-country band The Hangdogs (especially their song "Fools Rush In"), but neither of the other bands on the bill. But I figured, ok, why not? The Hangdogs were good, so my night was made. Then Whiskeytown came out on stage, with their sprawling richness of sound and entrancing melodies. The lineup of the band was then Ryan Adams and Ed Crawford on guitars, Caitlin Cary on fiddle, Jenni Snyder on bass, Skillet Gilmore on drums, and Mike Daly as the multi-instrumentalist. I didn't know it then, but the band's lineup was in a state of flux. Apart from Adams and Cary, the band members on their latest album Stranger's Almanac were no longer in the group; Adams and Cary had just done a few shows as an acoustic duo amidst rumors that the band was breaking up, and this concert was one of the first with the newly recruited players (I also didn't realize...

Giants Stadium, E. Rutherford, NJ sorry, Mike has not yet written about this show... add your own comments if you were also there!

Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, NY..... Oasis setlist: Be Here Now Stay Young Stand By Me Supersonic Some Might Say Roll With It D'You Know What I Mean Magic Pie Don't Look Back In Anger Don't Go Away Wonderwall Live Forever It's Gettin' Better (Man!!) Champagne Supernova Fade In-Out All Around The World Encore: Acquiesce external review: review by Peter Vamos for Jam! Showbiz >> In the intimate confines of the beautiful and ornate Hammerstein Ballroom in New York's Chelsea district, Oasis, the self-proclaimed "world's greatest band" arrived Tuesday night with only one goal in mind. To crank out their biggest and best tunes at such a volume that they crack the molded plaster lining the place. Playing the first of two nights in what will be their only headlining gigs in North America this year, the band thundered through most of their popular numbers, including Supersonic, Roll With It, Live Forever, Champagne Supernova and Wonderwall. Guitari...

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

Tradewinds, Sea Bright, NJ..... Catherine Wheel exploded onto the music world in 1992 with a 7-minute rock opus called "Black Metallic." This song synthesized the dance-rock of the Stone Roses, the moody riffing of Sisters of Mercy, and the simplified indie coarseness of the Jesus & Mary Chain into one epic expression of loosely-opaque lyrics. Its effect was anthemic on the alt-rock crowd, still reeling in the months after "Smells Like Teen Spirit" has dashed previous anthems to splinters. The band recognized the power of returning to full volume after its 90-second breakdown section, which stripped everything down to drums plus a little lead guitar and vocal noodling. The crashing conclusion of this breakdown was the song's secret weapon, the stunning amendment to the dance-rock Constitution put forth by the Stone Roses and ultimately the missing ingredient to "Fools Gold." I never had a chance to see the band live during the years immediately fol...

Tradewinds, Sea Bright, NJ..... sorry, Mike has not yet written about this show... add your own comments if you were also there!    

Surf Club, Ortley Beach, NJ sorry, Mike has not yet written about this show... add your own comments if you were also there!

Tradewinds, Sea Bright, NJ.... Songs performed included "Devil Inside," "Disappear," "Heaven Sent," "Don't Change," "What You Need," and then-new song "Searching" and "Girl on Fire." According to one reviewer, "Singer Michael Hutchence also shows he can still work a crowd, whether he dances under flashing white lights or lays atop speakers singing to the audience."     me with Michael Hutchence backstage at Tradewinds

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

Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, NY A broadcast for MTV's Live at the 10 Spot . setlist: Karma Police The Bends Exit Music Subterranean Homesick Alien My Iron Lung No Surprises Bones Paranoid Android Fake Plastic Trees Street Spirit

Birch Hill, Old Bridge, NJ sorry, Mike has not yet written about this show... add your own comments if you were also there!

PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ..... H.O.R.D.E. Festival '97. Neil Young's setlist: Hey Hey, My My Crime in the City Hippie Dream Jam Big Time From Hank to Hendrix The Needle and the Damage Done Ohio Throw Your Hatred Down Rockin' in the Free World Sedan Delivery encore break Mansion On The Hill

Surf Club/Planet Surf, Ortley Beach, NJ sorry, I haven't yet written about this show... add your own comments if you were also there!

PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ.... sorry, I haven't yet written about this show... add your own comments if you were also there!     me with Chad Taylor of Live my ticket stub from the show my meet and greet pass from the show