Set List: Sometimes, Hail Hail, Brain of J., Faithfull, Animal, Even Flow, I Got Shit, Wishlist, Corduroy, Given To Fly, Jeremy, Daughter/I Hope I Never, MFC, Improv in to Habit, State of Love and Trust, Off He Goes, Black, Alive; Encore: Do The Evolution, Better Man, Yellow Ledbetter

Johnny Smith (pearljamrule@hotmail.com):
Just some things from the Auckland show that were missed.

During Brain of J., I could tell Ed was getting worried about a group of people that couldn't get up in the front and I wanted him to stop so they could. Then, when they started again, the same group fell over and Ed was screaming, "Come on, Come on." and motioning with his hand to get everybody up. After that, most people realized they didn't want to be in the mosh and left and things settled down.

Before Even Flow, Eddie said that, "You guys probably won't understand this but, um, this girl I met a few days ago, she, um, hadn't had a shit for like 10 days, (everybody laughs) and we would like to dedicate this song to her.

SOLAT was a request, and Mike had an extended solo during Alive. As Eddie went climbing and waving, I was feeling sorry for him, he looked exhausted. Then near the end, Ed was complaining that he couldn't hear the vocals to the side of the stage and it took many songs until he was satisfied, but I thought nothing was wrong, sounded great. Then when the came back for the encore, Ed's voice was perfect for Evolution, sounding much better than before.

Then before Better Man, Stone grabs some uncooked sausages and chucks them into the crowd before Eddie stops him and says that he needs some, and then gets an Americian dollar from his pocket and says that he would like to donate this to the local surf lifesaving, apparently some tradition here? Then he gets a lifejacket and says that he always wears one of these when he goes surfing nowadays and that when he was rescued he ran up the beach screaming, "Stone, Stone I'm Alive, and then when he was rescued he said to the lifeguards, Thanks, I'm off for a smoke and a beer (and Mike holds up his smoke), and, um, I felt really bad for saying that and I, um, invited them all along tonight and I hope that they enjoyed themselves." Then once Better Man gets underway the rest of the band were looking out and smiling at everyone singing, and again during Ledbetter they were watching everyone looking at Mike and were all smiling.

One amazing show...