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Peterson Events Center, Pittsburgh, PA Setlist: "My Beautiful Reward," "Reason to Believe," "Devils & Dust," "Youngstown," "Long Time Comin'," "For You," "The River," "Part Man, Part Monkey," "All I'm Thinkin' About," "One Step Up," "Reno," "All That Heaven Will Allow," "Real World," "Racing in the Street," "The Rising," "Darkness on the Edge of Town," "Jesus Was an Only Son," "Two Hearts," "The Hitter," "Matamoros Banks," "Waitin' on a Sunny Day," "Growin' Up," "Homestead (with Joe Grushecky)," "The Promised Land," "Dream Baby Dream"

Amphitheater at Station Square, Pittsburgh, PA.... Elvis and Emmylou playing a lot of country -- of course it was a great time!   setlist: "Hurry Down Doomsday" "Clown Strike" "Everyday I Write the Book" "(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea"  "Clubland" "Man Out of Time" "Radio Radio" "Country Darkness" (Before the song, Elvis announced, "Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Mr. Larry Campbell!" Also, Elvis noted the railroad tracks right next to the venue and proclaimed, "We'll try to time one to a train passing by.") "Waiting for the End of the World" "Stranger in the House" (Emmylou came out on stage starting with this one.) "One of These Days" (Emmylou sang lead) "Sleepless Nights" (Elvis & Emmylou duet) "Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down" (Elvis & Emmylou duet) "Indoor Fireworks" (Elvis & Emmylou...

Festival Pier at Penn's Landing, Philadelphia, PA..... I moved to NJ in 2003 and somehow had lost the title to my car in the move. I finally had a stern warning from a law enforcement officer to get my shit taken care of, so I had to go back to NJ for a trip to the DMV. Why not pair it up with an Oasis concert on that end of PA. I went with my friend Chris and some of her pals. A tremendously fun night, despite a pissy review of the show in the Philly Inquirer (mainly complaining about Liam: "Listless Liam spoils the fun in Oasis" was the headline).    Oasis setlist:  Turn Up the Sun  Lyla Love Like a Bomb Bring It On Down Morning Glory  Cigarettes & Alcohol  The Importance of Being Idle  Little by Little  A Bell Will Ring  Live Forever  The Meaning of Soul  Mucky Fingers  Champagne Supernova  Rock 'n' Roll Star  [encore break] Songbird  Wonderwall  Don't Look Back in Anger  My Generation

Club Cafe, Pittsburgh, PA sorry, I haven't yet written about this show... add your own comments if you were also there!

Allegheny Landing Park, Pittsburgh, PA....   The WYEP Summer Music Festival   In Brief: The only old song Shocked played was "Anchorage"--everything else was new. But unlike many performers who are heavy on their latest material, she was so dynamic that no one seemed to mind. Erin McKeown sat in on guitar for about 4 songs. There were some technical troubles during Penn's set, but he still played well. "Long Way Down" was interrupted halfway through ("I'd like to soldier on," Penn explained when he stopped the number, "But it's hard to sing if I can't hear the guitar"), but I'm so glad he played it. He closed with "Walter Reed," one of my favorites of the new record.

Rex Theater, Pittsburgh, PA sorry, I haven't yet written about this show... add your own comments if you were also there!

Three Rivers Arts Festival, Point State Park, Pittsburgh, PA sorry, I haven't yet written about this show... add your own comments if you were also there!

Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, PA..... sorry, Mike has not yet written about this show... add your own comments if you were also there!    my ticket stub from the show

World Cafe Live, Philadelphia, PA A showcase-style show for a radio convention, the Seattle R&B band Maktub was scheduled to go on around midnight. They were pretty good--I was glad, since I had met frontman Reggie Watts earlier that day and it always sucks when a nice guy is in a sucky band. Robbers on High Street are a perfectly serviceable stripped-down punky rock band from New York. They rock out in a gaunt, London-laddish sort of way with a troubling style-over-substance subtext. post continues.... Detroit group The Sights performed as a trio, with keyboardist Bobby Emmett pummelling their Hammond organ into brutal submission and nearly shoving it halfway across the stage by the end of the show. Emmett also played Ray Mazarek-style keyboard bass, which, frankly, you just don't see much anymore. Actually, you never really saw it, so it stands this band apart. I'd be interested in catching them again sometimes. On top of the music, there was a lot of personal shit go...

World Cafe Live, Philadelphia, PA sorry, I haven't yet written about this show... add your own comments if you were also there!

Dowe's on 9th, Pittsburgh, PA Also attended an afternoon house concert with Mary Gauthier.

Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA sorry, Mike has not yet written about this show... add your own comments if you were also there!

Dowe's on 9th, Pittsburgh, PA sorry, Mike has not yet written about this show... add your own comments if you were also there!

Club Cafe, Pittsburgh, PA sorry, Mike has not yet written about this show... add your own comments if you were also there!

Dowe's on 9th, Pittsburgh, PA sorry, Mike has not yet written about this show... add your own comments if you were also there!