Set List: Can't Keep, Don't Go, Save You, Hail Hail, Cropduster, Corduroy, I Am Mine, Nothing As It Seems, Given To Fly, Green Disease, Even Flow, Daughter/(War by Edwin Starr), 1/2 Full, Wishlist, Better Man, Black, Blood;
1st encore: Kids Are Alright, Small Town, Bushleaguer, Whipping, RVM;
2nd encore: Crazy Mary

Yo Jammers
Well the Brisbane first concert was one of the best freaking days of my life - there are no words to describe it. ;D I was in 9th row Stone's side, with my Jammer mate Mark. First of all, just wanna say the guys looked really good onstage, extremely pumped! :D Ed was wearing that white shirt with blue pants, and Mike has his hair back to good ol' bleached blonde, with black shirt and pants. Stone's hair is shaved to his skull so he looks... different ;) He had a Red tshirt on, and Matt had that 'Hate Me' Devil tanktop on I THINK. Haha. They didn't seem to come on stage with any music in the background, unlike other tours... the place went BALISTIC when they came onstage, and you could tell they were psyched. Mike was on fire the whole night, spinning, jumping, and he threw so many picks into the crowd I lost count! Definitely one of his *on* nights. Matt was the machine as usual, great drumming on Green Disease and of course E-Flow. Jeff was kinda stationary but *very* intense. Stone was lovin it, got a few duckwalks from him too yeha! Ed was brilliant, his vocals HAVE NOT gone to shit as some people suggest. He was very *into* the crowd, and mentioned about how they aren't touring NZ this time - you'll have to wait for the boot to hear it ;) Amazing night, just a spectacular performance - the boot is a necessity to any PJ fan (not just saying that cos I was there). The energy, the crowd, the opening songs...... and even though there were only 23 songs, it seemed fitting for it to end the way it did with Crazy Mary. Trust me - all Aussie fans and US fans, you WILL NOT be disappointed whatsoever. Sensational.
Read on for more detailed info on individual songs:
Can't Keep: The biggest roars I've ever heard when PJ took the stage. Amazing! Extremely intense, will be a great opener for the tour.

Don't Go: LOUD. Awesome transition from the first song, they just went off. The crowd was going apeshit, and we were still trying to contemplate whether it was reality ;) Cool Mike solo, he's still using his blue guitar for this one (from TB2K).

Save You: Freakin amazing - its great to see Mike, Stone, and Jeff in tandem onstage with this one. A few mistakes with lyrics but all is good :)

Hail Hail: A personal fav, and one I was dying to hear. Ed somehow muffed the lyrics, and I *think* he put the second verse in the first one and vice-versa.. I might be wrong, but that's the good thing about the bootlegs :)

Cropduster: Crunching guits, but not a huge crowd reception. My fav off Riot Act, so it was great to hear. Mike is all over the stage :)

Corduroy: MASSIVE crowd reception, as usual. Ed's guitar band broke so he decided to play on his knee in front of all the Ten Clubbers - great to see ;) Long solo from Mike, he's jumpin round everywhere!!!!!.

I Am Mine: Ed spoke for the first time prior to I Am Mine, he spoke for ages :) Said a heap of stuff about what they did that day (went on a boat out to the harbour of the Brisbane River) and then mentioned all the huge houses on the riverfront, and said "You're all spoilt little fuckers, you know that!" The crowd was so loud! Anyways, just before they started playing he said "This next ones the first single off Riot Act, and if we fuck it up it wont be the first time." (If you've heard earlier versions of IAM you'll know what I'm talking about ;) So, fittingly, they begin the song and Ed COMPLETELY fucks the words to the first line and everyone laughs, and Ed looks kinda embarrassed :-[ Haha he laughs it off and continues with great applause (it'll be kickarse on the bootleg hehe!).

NAIS: Great to see live, on of my favs from Binaural. VERY surprisingly, the only track from Binaural for the whole night. Pretty standard version, but nothing is really *standard* at your first PJ show ;)

Given To Fly: There was a cool intro to GTF by Ed, but I cant quite remember what it was... Of course, being my fav PJ song of all time, this moment was surreal! Awesome crowd singalong too, which is good :) Mike is using his black guit for this one (the one opposite the Save You lyric sheet it the RA booklet for anyone who wants to know!) Stellar.

Green Disease: WoW!!! Will be a huuuuge favourite, very very good live song. Just plain great, simple as that! Ed and Mike were jumpin' around havin a great time.

Even Flow: Well, what can I say! I knew from the moment Mike grabbed his Sunburst LP, and I heard the 3 taps of Matt's cymbal, it was EVEN FLOW! Amazing song tonite, the crowd goin apeshit. **At this point I would like to say the crowd was goin apeshit all night** So I don't need to say it again ;) Huuuuge Mike solo, the crowd clappin him along. Stone gave us some duckwalks, which is great hehe ;)

Daughter/War: Brilliant version, and as we all know, the un-Pj-educated portion of crowd all knew this one hehe. EVERYONE raised there arms on the 'rise above' part, and Ed did a 'the shades go down' singalong with the crowd :) He then proceeded to ask us to help him sing the next one, which was 'War' (same as Seattle shows). Great crowd response, will be a good one on the boot.

1/2 Full: Very powerful and surprisingly LOUD haha. Cool red/purple/green background on this one. Great stuff.

Wishlist: Ed fucks up lyrics on this one too haha, but its still a good version. The mirrorball was used to great effect, at the end Ed says "Thanks for watchin us rehearse for the tour" cos of the fuckups ;)

Better Man: Once again, huuuuuuuuuuuge cheers. Everyone singing along, and a very extended version - the lyrics "Don't go, go out now, out on me now" or something, cant quite remember :) Very long version, or so it seemed. Awesome ;)

Black: One of my favs for the nite, Stone on acoustic guitar, Boom on keys. Big singalong once again! Mikes solo is also great, with the crowd singing "doodododooo" at the end (I think that's how you spell it?!?!) Unreal guitar work, and just to see these guys combine their talent onstage is incredible.

Blood: !!!!!!!!!!! LOUD and HARD! That's all I can say, and it looks like this has finally made it back as a set regular. And by the way - watch out if they play this one at your show - you may get blown out of the door ;)

1st Encore:
Kids Are Alright: Ed dedicated this to Pete Townshend, and mentions his recent ordeal. I wont mention the case *again* but I must say Ed was very sincere with his words. Great boppy tune, lovin it!

Small Town: Big singalong as per normal, with Ed giving us a big wave at the "hellllllllloooooooo" part :) Simply great, perfect for the occasion.

Bushleaguer: Hilarious! Ed donned the old Bush mask, and put a sparkly silver jacket on too. He put the mask on the mic stand and kicked it repeatedly, much to the crowds satisfaction ;) Cool song, just funny watchin Ed do his thang! Whipping: There was a mini-improv prior to this one, kinda like the ones for Habit, but shorter. Very tight version, even though its late in the set. Kept everyone goin :) Good song to hear!

RVM: Ed muffed the opening chords, but the song was still recognizable to us diehard fans :) Our cheer was halted until he started again and we continued :) So powerful, I'm still amazed at the power of RVM even 10 years after its inception. The flashing "please give me a seizure" lights (!) were used like on 2000 tour :) They went off stage again, but we knew they'd be back ;)

2nd Encore:
Crazy May: Some of you will be thinking "Crazy Mary as a closer? Wha?!?!" But trust me, it was PERFECT! It looks as though Stone is using an acoustic a lot more, and this song is no exception. I screamed as soon as the first chord was struck, and the song branched out into a massacre of music. UNFUCKINGBELIEVABLE. At the songs peak, Ed grabbed his guitar and jammed along with them. He then proceeded to give his bottle of wine around to all the front row fans, similar to Atlanta and Boston 2000. :D Absolutely breathtaking. After the Mike solo and sincere good-byes, they left the stage to a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuge applause. What a perfect end to a perfect show.

Thanks Ed, Jeff, Stone, Matt and Mr. Michael McCready for giving us the music that we love so much. Keep doin it for years, we're all listening :)