Friday, 06/29/2012
Klipsch Music Center, Noblesville, IN
Soundcheck: Mound, Life on Mars?, Joy
Set 1: Crowd Control, Dinner and a Movie, Sweet Jane, Limb By Limb > Possum, Mound, Life on Mars?, The Mango Song > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Strange Design, Birds of a Feather, Halley’s Comet, While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Set 2: Down with Disease[1] > Sand[2] > Twist > Rift > Bathtub Gin[3] -> Fluffhead > Ride Captain Ride > Run Like an Antelope[4]
Encore: Cavern > Sanity, First Tube
[1] Unfinished.
[2] Weekapaug teases from Trey.
[3] Twist quote, unfinished.
[4] Ride Captain Ride teases from Trey, Twist quotes, and a “Marco”/“Polo” band/audience call/response.
Notes: Sweet Jane was played for the first time since October 31, 1998 (352 shows). After Sweet Jane, Trey informed the sign holders in the crowd that the band sees them the first time they’re held up, so there’s no need to hold them up throughout the show and block other fans’ view. Page then dedicated Limb by Limb to the people behind the sign holders. Disease was unfinished. Sand contained a Weekepaug tease from Trey. Gin was unfinished and featured a Twist quote from Trey. Antelope featured Ride Captain Ride teases from Trey, Twist quotes, and a “Marco”/“Polo” band/audience call/response.


. Other than that the highlight was the Sweet Jane bust-out and the first one I’ve seen them play live. Really love that tune (and most VU tunes). But Dinner and a Movie, Mound, Life on Mars?, Mango and BBFCFM are all nice treats. This is the first Guitar Gently Weeps I’ve seen in 3.0 and I wasn’t thrilled about them playing it at first. All the other 3.0 versions I’ve heard I thought sounded pretty bad, especially in terms of vocals. While the vocals on this version weren’t much better, I really liked the guitar solo so I thought it was a good closer.