Ed solo before opening band: Dead Man, Thumbing My Way (part), You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
Set List: Long Road, Grievance, Corduroy, Save You, Get Right, I Am Mine, Immortality, Given To Fly, Even Flow, Wishlist, Thumbing My Way, You Are, Breakerfall, Not For You, Untitled/MFC, Do The Evolution, Spin The Black Circle;
1st encore: Love Boat Captain, Better Man, Down, Black, Rearviewmirror;
2nd encore: Indifference

Last night was the high point of all my years following PJ. Firstly, 10C seats front row centre. Then Ed comes out as the crowd was slowly filtering in, sporting his new fave hat (the one from the pic opposite the lyrics for Thumbing). It's a surreal moment. He picks up his geetar and plays Dead Man! Brilliant! Only a handful of people there would have known it, but it's an amazingly dark and moving song. Actually I can't remember for the life of me whether Dead Man or Thumbing My Way came first, I think it may have been Thumbing, as after Dead Man, he forgot to tune back up his bottom string from D to E, which of course played havoc with You've Got to Hide Your Love Away. Hilarious moment.

Betchadupa and The Healers were awesome. It was especially great to see Liam and co. rock out, and so good that they've been added to the tour! But at 9.30 the lights went out and on come PJ, opening with the ever-stirring Long Road. I was in heaven. Grievance and Save You rocked hard, but a highlight of the set was Not For You. Damn it hit the spot. It's funny how when you see PJ and you love all their songs, but some more than others, that the lesser-liked ones translate awesome live. Anyway, the set proved to be an interesting mix: a slower-burning Immortality, with a psychedelic jam at the end, Get Right, which was a little rusty but I'm growing to like it more, a brilliant You Are, with fantastic lighting effects, and Even Flow. For a song that's been played more than a couple of times, it was as inspired as ever. Mike was ON. He was loving the crowd and even pointed to me and mouthed something like thank you after I saluted him! Ed was in high spirits too. During Spin the Black Circle he got down and lay on his back over his foldback speaker, looking at us upside down! His vocals were particularly intense.

Love Boat Captain was another highlight, sounding absolutely perfect (even when Ed broke a string!), as was Wishlist, the mirror ball producing the most amazing image. It ended with a slow, drawn out jam, as the crowd clapped along in unison. What was funny about it was that Stone seemed to be trying to play something else, totally in a different key, and he and Ed were laughing about it. Plus Ed once again trying out his little vocal improv of 'doo doo doo doo doo doo' (from the RS's 'Beasts of Burden'). The encore was great: Better Man of course brought the house down, and seemed a little slower than recent live versions. No tag, just an extended jam at the end. RVM of course had everyone manic, but if I may be overly critical for a second, the interlude wasn't as great as others. But hey, it didn't matter. The closer Indifference capped off a brilliant show, and sent home the message of the night. 'We can make a difference' said Ed, hands clasped together in a symbol of hope.

To top things off, after the show we met Mr. Vedder, who was so damn accommodating I couldn't believe it. He was a little drunk from the wine, and may or may not have got the bottle I left for him (he brought two on stage, and we hope one was ours!). But he said, 'Thanks for being so generous.'

No Ed, thank YOU.