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bman · #26 Post by **bman** » Sun Sep 25, 2016 4:06 am

Yeah that's a great story KV!

#27 Post by SR » Sun Sep 25, 2016 5:25 am

Have very fond memories of it. Love the venue. My first concert was a bday gift from my parents....like 6 tix to Kenny Loggins (I had much older siblings who introduced me to their music; Dave Mason, CSNY, Jackson Browne, Beatles, Stealy Dan, Elton John, Tull, E,W&F, and more) at the open air Universal Amphitheater. They dropped us off and picked us up. It was a really good time. My second was the Blues Brothers with G.E. Smith and the SNL band at the same place.....2nd row; I think I was still 13. Some dude rolled a cigar style J and passed it back to me; I refused.

Anyways, the Greek is great too. My point.....I much prefer open air venues except for the Bowl. Never enough volume there and the parking is intolerable.

bman · #28 Post by **bman** » Mon Sep 26, 2016 6:48 am

Irvine Sounds OK.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA7o03xJSeY

Vegas:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYYuX6sNwZY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLLJGc3A8-U

henry · #29 Post by **henry** » Mon Sep 26, 2016 2:26 pm

My friend Lina's review for the Weekly:

Jane's Addiction Say Goodbye to Irvine Meadows With a Poignant but Low-Energy Set
By Lina Lecaro
Monday, September 26, 2016 at 8:18 a.m.

http://www.laweekly.com/music/janes-add ... et-7423394

Irvine Meadows, also known as Verizon Amphitheater, will be closing next month, and last night saw its most bittersweet night yet, as Jack FM’s annual end-of-summer concert (Jack’s 11th Show) celebrated the 25th anniversary of one of the Meadows' most popular events — Lollapalooza. The venue, set to be demolished to make room for an apartment development, has long been an ideal off-the-beaten path locale for all-day concerts, offering great views and vibes whether one was close-up or in grassy hills of the amphitheater’s rear.

At the show’s close, with headliner Jane’s Addiction, frontman Perry Farrell was clearly emotional about saying goodbye to the venue. His voice wobbled as he invited fans in the back, including those who’d been sitting on the grass all day, to come forward “as close as possible,” to watch the band and bond a bit during their acoustic jam-flavored finale of “Jane Says,” and security didn’t appear to object when many did just that. Giant inflated silver balls were thrown out into the crowd and bounced above it as the band sat on chairs and played their hearts out one last time. It was a poignant, rhythmically charged, and pretty much perfect moment.

Unfortunately, before that, the band's set was uneven at best. Since Lollapalooza also marks the 25th anniversary of the Jane's second major label release, Ritual de lo Habitual, they understandably chose to play that album in its entirety, and it has several mid-tempo numbers that just didn’t translate very well live on Friday. The record opens with a bang: the band’s signature intro en español touting, “Juana’s Adicción!” leading into the bouncy “Stop.” But it has low-key moments, too; moody, atmospheric stuff that showed Jane’s depth on record 25 years ago, but was never really highlight material on stage.

The celebratory energy that was called for, especially for this milestone evening, just wasn’t prevalent, and Farrell’s vocals, while still uniquely seductive when he was able to hit the notes, were strained most of the time. Scantily clad dancers came out and writhed behind and beside the band for many songs as they have done for past shows, but it felt forced and proved distracting, especially the segment in which Farrell’s wife had another woman dress her (yes, dress, not undress), all the way down to her shoes.

Jane’s Addiction have always been a performance-arty band, but now that they’re elder statemen, the eye-candy just felt gratuitous. An exception was the still-intoxicating "Ted, Just Admit It ...", off Nothing's Shocking, which saw them flanked by two girls flying above via suspension (hanging from hooks by their back flesh), a fetish that Jane’s guitarist Dave Navarro is known to dabble in.

For his part, Navarro’s performance deserves props. His reality show stints and penchant for shirtlessness can come off a bit gauche, but that shouldn’t diminish his talent. He is one of the greatest guitar players in alternative music, and last night he proved it, turning in one of his most intensely intricate performances ever. Navarro and drummer Stephen Perkins kept the show from going full snooze during the slow spots. Still, the venue was got emptier as Jane’s set progressed, which ultimately made it easier when Farrell asked everyone to move up to the stage.

#30 Post by **JOEinPHX** » Mon Sep 26, 2016 3:05 pm

Does this reviewer post on this board? Because she nailed pretty much every single critique we always have about the band's shows.

#31 Post by **JOEinPHX** » Mon Sep 26, 2016 3:09 pm

"it felt forced and proved distracting, especially the segment in which Farrell’s wife had another woman dress her"

It's even more amazing in print.

#32 Post by **Romeo** » Tue Sep 27, 2016 6:34 am

bman wrote: 'I will miss you'....Seems like Perry may be shutting it down.

One can only hope

#33 Post by **JOEinPHX** » Tue Sep 27, 2016 5:01 pm

Romeo wrote:
bman wrote: 'I will miss you'....Seems like Perry may be shutting it down.
One can only hope

They'll keep this running for 5 more years. They'll celebrate the 30th anniversaries of NS, and the 30th anniversary of Ritual will be the farewell tour, and then Lollapalooza 2021 will be their final show ever.

Eric will be in attendance at the Hall of Fame, but he'll sit in the audience when he finds out Perry is inducting Etty as part of the band. Chaney and Martyn will both perform.

bman · #34 Post by **bman** » Wed Sep 28, 2016 4:12 am

In a perfect world, which doesn't exist, they would release 3 new songs and do a farewell tour next summer with news sets!
Beach
Whores
1%
NEW Song
Aint no Right
3 Days
NEW Song
Ted
Had a Dad
NEW Song
Mountain
Stop

Ocean Size
Chip Away

no suspension. No etty.

creep · #35 Post by **creep** » Wed Sep 28, 2016 5:36 am

bman wrote:In a perfect world, which doesn't exist, they would release 3 new songs and do a farewell tour next summer with news sets!
Beach
Whores
1%
NEW Song
Aint no Right
3 Days
NEW Song
Ted
Had a Dad
NEW Song
Mountain
Stop

Ocean Size
Chip Away

no suspension. No etty.

oh bman.....

you have to accept that there is no hope for this band.

the only thing perry can do that can get a few of us around here interested is to tour with porno for pyros. preferably with martyn on bass but that is unlikely.

bman · #36 Post by **bman** » Wed Sep 28, 2016 7:18 am

A couple of P4P shows with Watt would be cool.

Krink · #37 Post by **Krink** » Wed Sep 28, 2016 7:21 am

creep wrote:
the only thing perry can do that can get a few of us around here interested is to tour with porno for pyros. preferably with martyn on bass but that is unlikely.

thats exactly where im at with it - porno for pyros or bust

Mescal · #38 Post by **Mescal** » Wed Sep 28, 2016 7:47 am

creep wrote:
bman wrote:In a perfect world, which doesn't exist, they would release 3 new songs and do a farewell tour next summer with news sets!
Beach
Whores
1%
NEW Song
Aint no Right
3 Days
NEW Song
Ted
Had a Dad
NEW Song
Mountain
Stop

Ocean Size
Chip Away

no suspension. No etty.
oh bman.....

you have to accept that there is no hope for this band.

the only thing perry can do that can get a few of us around here interested is to tour with porno for pyros. preferably with martyn on bass but that is unlikely.

Yeah bman, please stop this. How many times have you posted 'I really would like them to play this setlist'.

Even if they played your preferred setlist, they would still suck. They're old, it's over. It's just not the same man, learn to live with it.

And I can only hope Perry never starts this over with PFP. There's no market for that anyway

Hokahey · #39 Post by **Hokahey** » Wed Sep 28, 2016 4:04 pm

bman wrote:A couple of P4P shows with Watt would be cool.

No. Can we have one Perry project he hasn't ruined the legacy of?

Pandemonium · #40 Post by **Pandemonium** » Wed Sep 28, 2016 8:32 pm

Hokahey wrote:
bman wrote:A couple of P4P shows with Watt would be cool.
No. Can we have one Perry project he hasn't ruined the legacy of?

Satellite Party reunion with Nuno!

#41 Post by **Artemis** » Wed Sep 28, 2016 8:58 pm

Pandemonium wrote:
Hokahey wrote:
bman wrote:A couple of P4P shows with Watt would be cool.
No. Can we have one Perry project he hasn't ruined the legacy of?
Satellite Party reunion with Nuno!

Doubt that Nuno would participate in that. He was already gone before the SP tour even finished. I remember when I saw the show another guy(don't recall the name)had replaced Nuno.

crater · #42 Post by **crater** » Wed Sep 28, 2016 9:06 pm

Artemis wrote:
Pandemonium wrote:
Hokahey wrote:
bman wrote:A couple of P4P shows with Watt would be cool.
No. Can we have one Perry project he hasn't ruined the legacy of?
Satellite Party reunion with Nuno!
Doubt that Nuno would participate in that. He was already gone before the SP tour even finished. I remember when I saw the show another guy(don't recall the name)had replaced Nuno.

Nuno knew it was over for him in that band when Perry ditched all the Satellite Party songs for Jane's and Porno stuff instead.

I remember when Satellite Party was on Howard Stern to promote their CD and the song they played live in the studio to do that was Been Caught Stealing

#43 Post by **JOEinPHX** » Wed Sep 28, 2016 10:54 pm

Pandemonium wrote:
Hokahey wrote:
bman wrote:A couple of P4P shows with Watt would be cool.
No. Can we have one Perry project he hasn't ruined the legacy of?
Satellite Party reunion with Nuno!

I was on Blabbermouth 2 days ago and apparently Nuno's phone got hacked and someone posted his dick pics to his instagram. LOL

I think he's unavailable at the moment due to all the embarrassment.

Hokahey · #44 Post by **Hokahey** » Thu Sep 29, 2016 5:13 am

crater wrote:
Artemis wrote:
Pandemonium wrote:
Hokahey wrote:
bman wrote:A couple of P4P shows with Watt would be cool.
No. Can we have one Perry project he hasn't ruined the legacy of?
Satellite Party reunion with Nuno!
Doubt that Nuno would participate in that. He was already gone before the SP tour even finished. I remember when I saw the show another guy(don't recall the name)had replaced Nuno.
Nuno knew it was over for him in that band when Perry ditched all the Satellite Party songs for Jane's and Porno stuff instead.

I remember when Satellite Party was on Howard Stern to promote their CD and the song they played live in the studio to do that was Been Caught Stealing

Yeah, at one point on that tour they were playing like 75% Jane's songs. That's when Nuno quit.

Why the fuck doesn't Perry ever work with Pete?

#45 Post by SR » Thu Sep 29, 2016 6:05 am

Hokahey wrote:
crater wrote:
Artemis wrote:
Pandemonium wrote:
Hokahey wrote:
bman wrote:A couple of P4P shows with Watt would be cool.
No. Can we have one Perry project he hasn't ruined the legacy of?
Satellite Party reunion with Nuno!
Doubt that Nuno would participate in that. He was already gone before the SP tour even finished. I remember when I saw the show another guy(don't recall the name)had replaced Nuno.
Nuno knew it was over for him in that band when Perry ditched all the Satellite Party songs for Jane's and Porno stuff instead.

I remember when Satellite Party was on Howard Stern to promote their CD and the song they played live in the studio to do that was Been Caught Stealing
Yeah, at one point on that tour they were playing like 75% Jane's songs. That's when Nuno quit.

Why the fuck doesn't Perry ever work with Pete?

What's the upside for PF?

crater · #46 Post by **crater** » Thu Sep 29, 2016 8:24 am

Hokahey wrote:
crater wrote:
Artemis wrote:
Pandemonium wrote:
Hokahey wrote:
bman wrote:A couple of P4P shows with Watt would be cool.
No. Can we have one Perry project he hasn't ruined the legacy of?
Satellite Party reunion with Nuno!
Doubt that Nuno would participate in that. He was already gone before the SP tour even finished. I remember when I saw the show another guy(don't recall the name)had replaced Nuno.
Nuno knew it was over for him in that band when Perry ditched all the Satellite Party songs for Jane's and Porno stuff instead.

I remember when Satellite Party was on Howard Stern to promote their CD and the song they played live in the studio to do that was Been Caught Stealing
Yeah, at one point on that tour they were playing like 75% Jane's songs. That's when Nuno quit.

I just went and clicked on a random show to check the setlist and this is what was played

Wish Upon A Dogstar
Superhero
Tahitian Moon
Mountain Song
Hard Life Easy
Been Caught Stealing
Pets
Just Because
Only Love, Let's Celebrate
Stop!
Ultra Payloaded Satellite Party
Jane Says

I don't blame Nuno one bit for bailing and not wanting to play a greatest hits set from two bands he had nothing to do with.

blackula · #47 Post by **blackula** » Thu Sep 29, 2016 7:48 pm

SP wasn't really a greatest hits band until Nuno and the drummer left and some young dude started playing guitar. I saw them twice. First time when the album came out. Songs were much better live and yes, they mixed in MS, Stop and ANR. The next time I saw them was without Nuno at a half full/empty Irving Plaza and it was terrible. I think it's the same set list you posted, best of PF and only 3 SP songs.

Lokus · #48 Post by **Lokus** » Thu Sep 29, 2016 7:51 pm

According to this interview with Nuno, it was all Yoko Ono's fault http://rushonrock.com/2008/10/22/exclus ... terviewed/:

rushonrock: Last time you were over here it was with Perry Farrell’s Satellite Party. It looked like a good fit but it obviously wasn’t?

NB: Satellite Party was one of those things that, when I started it, it actually felt like something special. I worked on it for two-and-a-half to three years on and off – I was very involved from the start with Perry. By the time the record came out it was just a few guys with Perry reclaiming the project as his own. He added his wife to the mix and suddenly she was up there every night and her face was on the front of the record. She’d never really sung on stage before but suddenly she’d hired choreographers and the whole thing turned into some kind of weird cabaret act. It was like Sonny and Cher and the rest of us were in the background. I felt a little embarrassed by it all but that’s what Perry wanted to do. I didn’t.

#49 Post by **JOEinPHX** » Thu Sep 29, 2016 7:58 pm

Lokus wrote:According to this interview with Nuno, it was all Yoko Ono's fault http://rushonrock.com/2008/10/22/exclus ... terviewed/:

rushonrock: Last time you were over here it was with Perry Farrell’s Satellite Party. It looked like a good fit but it obviously wasn’t?

NB: Satellite Party was one of those things that, when I started it, it actually felt like something special. I worked on it for two-and-a-half to three years on and off – I was very involved from the start with Perry. By the time the record came out it was just a few guys with Perry reclaiming the project as his own. He added his wife to the mix and suddenly she was up there every night and her face was on the front of the record. She’d never really sung on stage before but suddenly she’d hired choreographers and the whole thing turned into some kind of weird cabaret act. It was like Sonny and Cher and the rest of us were in the background. I felt a little embarrassed by it all but that’s what Perry wanted to do. I didn’t.

I'm so surprised guys!

creep · #50 Post by **creep** » Thu Sep 29, 2016 8:28 pm

Lokus wrote:According to this interview with Nuno, it was all Yoko Ono's fault http://rushonrock.com/2008/10/22/exclus ... terviewed/:

rushonrock: Last time you were over here it was with Perry Farrell’s Satellite Party. It looked like a good fit but it obviously wasn’t?

NB: Satellite Party was one of those things that, when I started it, it actually felt like something special. I worked on it for two-and-a-half to three years on and off – I was very involved from the start with Perry. By the time the record came out it was just a few guys with Perry reclaiming the project as his own. He added his wife to the mix and suddenly she was up there every night and her face was on the front of the record. She’d never really sung on stage before but suddenly she’d hired choreographers and the whole thing turned into some kind of weird cabaret act. It was like Sonny and Cher and the rest of us were in the background. I felt a little embarrassed by it all but that’s what Perry wanted to do. I didn’t.

that's great

he felt the same way i did about sp. it was interesting at first and quickly changed. don't worry nuno...we were embarrassed too.

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