2024-05-30: Seattle, WA

[Bammer]

I was spoiled with great tickets to earlier shows this month … last night’s seats were still pretty good but not great. Anyway, very dark on stage at the beginning and I’m not 100% sure but I am about 99% sure Ed was not wearing a hat for the first song.

Later he made a joke about doing a wardrobe change back stage (new not-so-sweaty hat).

Hurt was very cool to see, so if you didn’t like that - suck it.

Bumped into several friends/acquaintences around the arena and got several texts about the show. That’s always fun in Seattle.

Ed gave a little speech about each of the band members’ first job (barista, pizza shop etc.) and had a very enjoyable quip about how we’re all neighbors, pass each other in our cars on the way to school, grocery store etc. Mentioned that he will sometimes drive by another car rocking out to Pearl Jam and he tries to waive but they don’t see him.

Deep Sea Diver’s drummer played for about the second half of RITFW. Nice to see that Covid is officially over with like 3-4 people sharing each mic to sing the chorus. I thought we might get to see Kim Thayil up on stage for that. Oh well.

Bring back the Sonics.

[VinylGuy]

i should check out Deep Sea Diver

Also, i wish they play Missing again.

[E.H. Ruddock]

It never fails...they essentially have decided the two red headed stepchildren from the new record are my two favorite songs from the new record (Won't Tell / Got to Give)

same!

[E.H. Ruddock]

Pilate sucks

No but the song played after it does.

[dad]

Nice to see that Covid is officially over with like 3-4 people sharing each mic to sing the chorus.

if you never get it does it even exist?

[swan]

Bammer, yes I forgot he did almost all of Black sans hat. Funny how I immediately clocked it. Think he put it on during Mike’s solo. What an awesome opening to a show.

[Captain Termite]

Suspect is hatless. Repeat, hatless.

[Antelope]

I was just getting ready to comment that Ed went the first five minutes of the show hatless. I noticed it right away and my first thought was that he was purposely trolling the fans who’ve been commenting on his new hat trend.

[96583UP]

he should embrace this!!!

grow a gnarly accountant’s combover

[96583UP]

back to front in this case

grow bangs

[Johnny Turner]

[oasisfan35]

[Johnny Turner]

Kinda remind when they played this (at the time) unusual early Black in Key Arena in 2002:

[basically_infirmed]

I was just getting ready to comment that Ed went the first five minutes of the show hatless. I noticed it right away and my first thought was that he was purposely trolling the fans who’ve been commenting on his new hat trend.

It looks like he put it on during Mike's solo

[WtOB?]

wonder if eddie finally got the words to setting sun right.

he didn't.

[96583UP]

i thought Ed's other adaptations worked well though

And you can't have it all
My giant pile of cash
I lost my cat
In my pile of cash

[Leatherhead]

I bet Ed's not much of a NIN fan.

[Bammer]

It never fails...they essentially have decided the two red headed stepchildren from the new record are my two favorite songs from the new record (Won't Tell / Got to Give)

same!

It really is strange

[dprival78]

hatless for 3/4 of the first song??

[warehouse]

i dunno if this has been mentioned, but the whole set from the start seems to be have chris cornell in mind. when was the last time they opened with "Black"? EV dedicated a version of this song to CC on his solo tour. followed by immortality. "Hurt" was dedicated to him w/o really naming him at the show. "War Pigs" tag...mccready talked about how much fun it was to play this with CC on the temple of the dog tour (that I did not go to b/c i'm an idiot)

just a couple things I noticed when I looked at the setlist again.