Yeah we did seel lthe extra ticket to you...me and my friend did.. .hope you had a great show man.. mine was amazing
Stood by their semi for two hours in the cold... it was all worth it
lucky man...
did anyone posting here grab the snare head that danny threw out? (not the smaller head that he let adam throw out...)
i saw the guy in the lobby and was tempted to rob it from him and run away...i just looked him in the eye and said "you are one lucky bastard"...he threw up a huge grin, i nodded, and went on my way
that concert will go down as one of the most memorable nights of my life.
My friend and i both got tickets from ebay on 5/10 for +150, got them 5/12 and at 11 pm that night we drove from South Carolina to chicago straight 12.5hours, stopping only to feed and piss. Was first TOOL show for the both of us and definatly the most amzazing concert ive ever been too...the seats were not the best by far, balc 2 row f 30and32. BUT I dont think theres anywhere else i would have rather been after it was over. The people around use were great and i had a great veiw of the stage even though it was at a distance.
Keys and Stoned were a great starting choice, but when they went into Stinkfist i teared up...i admit it ok i did. Loved to experiance the extended/altered versions of some of my favorites songs too. I can tell you for sure my favorite performance was Right in two, favorite song on new album save for 10000 days. And we get to hear it live for the first time, wonderful. Jambi followed Right in two for fav. performance, I think Danny totally stole the show on that one during the solo, hes a King. the rest of the songs fall right in behind with no clear favorite, they were all totally amazing. I wonder if im the only one that rank 2 new songs as 2 favorites that show??? Maynard's jyroscopic performance while somewhat incoherant at times was also great despite his ailment, as were Adam and Justins performance. Would have loved to see both The Pot and Patient, but I was blown away by Right in two.
I thought we were gonna bring the house down during the intermission with all the stomping we were doin on the balconies i bet it was heard a mile away. In closing, Best show ever, CANT WAIT till fall... sorry if my singing along with nearly every song offended anyone close, i couldnt help it i was enthralled...maybe i will see some of you somewhere closer to SC in the fall
Did anyone here besides me and my buddy (deffinatezero) stay by the semi out back afterwards? Like my friend said after two hours we finally got to meet Justin and Danny. It was definatly worth the wait!
To the guy i sold the ticket to in line (bozobutts or something like that?)...the name is Steven...nice to meet you! haha
I was in the first balcony - first tool show for me & I had an amazing time. Right in Two was definitely the highlight for me - the tabla part danny plays with his pads is fuckin bad ass. Stinkfist was another highlight, and I don't even like Schism that much but the little jam in the middle of it rocked. As far as playing ability and sound, probably the best concert I've seen - but I think NIN spoiled me as far as concert visuals go. I liked the screens how they looked right when the band was walking out, but for a lot of it I thought it looked like tool playing in front of windows media player visualizations... Stinkfist being the exception, because the climax of that song fits very well with the video they use in the back. Kinda disappointed they didn't play The Pot & The Patient honestly, but Right in Two more than made up for that. All in all - great sound, great show, thanks a lot tool!
What a fantastic show. Great venue. Not a bad seat in the house. Very fortunate to have heavily rocked out from 7th row center. Great sound. Awesome set. Tight play...obvious that they enjoy playing together (and have enjoyed doing so for the last 16 years). Powerful concert. Chatted pre-show with fellow concert goers from from all over the country (many who already saw them more than once on this leg). Impressed by the knowledge and intensity of the fans (true). Unfortunately, all paid big bucks to be there (but, worth every red cent). Throughout the set, everyone around was singing, fiving and hugging (very synergistic). Cathartic for me...now ready to tackle anything (and anyone). Best song of the night...46 and 2.
wow what a show. the sound the visuals and Danny!!!!! it was my 11th show and by far the best one yet. i can think of 10,000 reasons why i love the new album. hearing the songs live put the final touch on a great album. if you are reading this and do not have the new album you have major problems. i want to thank spector for the great seats row L center. what an experience im still shaking and its monday. lateralus was the best song i had to sit down after the song it had drained me. security worried me at first but we were able to smoke everything. can't wait untill the fall when we try to break last tours record of attending 10 shows. i also want to thank Phil, Joe, and Steve for experiecing the best tool show i have ever seen. get well get well soon maynard we wish to get well
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First off let me apologize to Sean. We got caught up at the field museum and after having the 6 pass up our bus stop, we didnt get back to the hotel until it was time to head to the show. :(
All in all, very impressed with chicago. the people were great, i dont think we ran across one rude person (other than the cab drivers who dont talk) the entire time.
Now then, the show. We got the around 7:15 probably. A line was formed for will call I guess that we got in until someone told us if you already had tickets you could go on in. A quick search and we were in the theater....Holy shit was the place beautiful. The whole ambiance was perfect. We got in line to grab swag and realized we only had $70 on us and they didnt take cards. So after searching for an atm we found an ushed for the backdoor who was really cool. He ran us next door to another usher who was escorting people back and forth to the atm. By the time we got back, the lobby was packed. We got back in line and picked up some merchandise then grabbed a couple drinks and headed to our seats.
8:00 and no band. No big deal for me, but the wife is less forgiving for punctuality. We were in seats 401 and 402 row C in the first balcony. Met some people that came from atlanta that were really cool next to us and a guy who was from chicago but flew in from hawaii.
So the curtains start going up and the blue glow of the stage setup starts pouring out. The crowd goes nuts. Justin walks out, the crowd goes nuts. Adam walks out the crowd goes nuts. They start playing lost keys. Danny walks out and the crowd goes nuts. Maynard walks out and the crowd goes nuts.
Into Rosetta Stoned. My wife found Maynard in his getup sexy as hell. looks like i need to go buy a cowboy hat :P
So most of the concert has been covered. I'm not going to restate shit like Adam struggled with the talkbox and various maynardisms.
The highlights for me for the night were :
Right in two - Danny fucking killed the drums during the song. utter brilliance. all I could do was sit the with my jaw wide open and stare in amazement.
Aenima - If there was one song that rocked the Auditorium, this was the one. it definately rocked the place harder than any of the others.
Sober - I normally just skip sober when it comes up just due to the oversaturation of the song I've heard from radio play after radio play after radio play. but jesus, this totally renewed my faith in the song.
Schism - i watched adam look up at justin and then danny and they all kind of silently acknowledged each other, then they started jamming double time style. badass.
Intermission - The place got so loud it hit the threshold where you cant really hear anything at all. My wife was covering her ears, I was enjoying the few seconds of being deaf.
Was kind of dissapointed that they didnt play the pot only because its my wifes favorite song off the new cd (maybe favorite tool song period) and i wanted her to get as much out of the show as I did (they played many of my favorites).
Security was tight, got a couple flashlights to the face and they pulled some guy into the aisle to search him for a camera...that was a bit distracting, but was to be expected.
And to all those who think everyone should stand to enjoy the show, piss off. If I told you that you arent truly rocking out unless youre banging your head into the floor and punching the guy sitting next to you, you'd tell me the same thing. I've done the whole stand up and rock out thing before and I'll probably do it again this fall. But for this 'special' show, I sat and watched and enjoyed it ( I did stand for the "encores") and I had just as good of a time as you did probably. ;)
And if youre going to tell us where you sat, tell us which row. theres a ton of seats with your seat number, you need the row as well :P
That show was amazing. I was in the first upper box on the left side so we had a great view and we also were able to sit and relax and enjoy the show although we couldnt help but jump up every once and awhile. Also i would have liked to hear the pot but if we all think about it we were the only venue to hear right in two live, which means we were the only group of people to truely experience the majesty of Daney Careys drumming at a peak! I think that that is definately worth the trade off just to see him drum like that! it was simply amazing. Im glad i wore a diaper to that show cuz i crapped myself like 7 times! haha
And i managed to sneak some picture via the wonderful abilities of the handy dandy motorola razr! haha. At the entrance they tell us "Keep it in your pocket" i simply could not resist the temptation to capture that sheer amazement in a picture! i even got a few of maynard sitting down at that intermission sort of thing and a pretty good one of the whole stage but some of them came out half ass cuz i zoomed in i guess. well either way it will make a killer background for my phone haha!
Ok, I'll admit I'm OLD (a couple of years older tha Maynard, anyway) and I came to this show to keep an eye on my son and one of his friends (this was their first concert of any kind - they're 14, and tickets to the show were the ONLY thing my son wanted for a birthday present). I brought earplugs. Don't get me wrong - I like Tool. I like a LOT of music people probably won't expect me to like. But I hadn't been to a live show of any kind in eons - no idea what to expect...
WOW!! I never used the earplugs! I was BLOWN AWAY by the musicianship (I was in a bar band in college and I will not say how long ago that was), and the entire production! The people I sat with up in the Gallery were fantastic, and my son and his friend had the time of their lives in their box seats. I was nervous at first because I didn't see a lot of people their age in attendance, but everybody from the people waiting in line to get in, to the people who shared the box with them were GREAT! It was really a terrific experience -- makes me a little bit sad that my son will very soon be too old to have his mom tagging along to shows .... Sigh. But hey, that's life.... I just wanted to post to say that, as a person who really had virtually no idea what to expect, I left the Auditorium Theater extremely impressed with both the band AND the fans. Amazing band, amazing fans!
What was maynard's megaphone for he never seemed to use it? and i ddint notice it disappear off his back? also does anyone have any live recordings for this show? i dont know how someone would manage it but if anyone did please pm me or inform us because id really like to hear it all again! thanks a lot
What was maynard's megaphone for he never seemed to use it? and i ddint notice it disappear off his back? also does anyone have any live recordings for this show? i dont know how someone would manage it but if anyone did please pm me or inform us because id really like to hear it all again! thanks a lot
The megaphone was attached to a CB radio (truck driver) type thing and he had it in his hand and talked into the CB. You don't have to actually talk into the megaphone with that attachment. And I guess it dissappeared because he only used the extreme distortion for a few songs.
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WOW! WOW! WOW!
what an absolutely unbelievable show! I have seen tool one other time, it was in kansas city during there Lateralus tour and it was incredible, but this weekend in Chicago was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. to hear TOOL in a small auditorium like that was absolutley mindblowing. I have been reading all the reviews and it seems people really wanted to hear the pot, which I understand, but for me personally I really wanted to hear 5 songs and got all of them. I wanted to hear Rosetta Stoned above any song at this point and I got it as an opener (keys in to it obviously), I honestly could have heard just that song for the 150 I paid for my ticket at the back of the second balcony. THe other song I wanted to hear so bad was right in two, apparently from what i read we got this in place of the pot and maybe parabola, due to maynard being slightly under the weather, but I would never have noticed if he didn't say anything. This song absolutely brought the house down, the drumming was sick, and honestly at the part we MJK sings "Cutting it all right in Two" I really felt the most ecstasy of my whole life, just such a well put together show, and after those two I really wanted to hear Jambi, Lateralus and Aenima, which all were fucking fantastic. the song lateralus is so amzing to me and to end with a powerful song like aenima was just a perfect way to go out, the crowd was so into it and the vibe was mindblowing. Am i completely off my rocker or was Jimmy between vicarious and Aenima. somebody let me know, now i feel my memory is worse than i thought which is pretty bad. i have heard no mention of it, but swear i remember it between vicarious and aenima.
And i managed to sneak some picture via the wonderful abilities of the handy dandy motorola razr! haha. At the entrance they tell us "Keep it in your pocket" i simply could not resist the temptation to capture that sheer amazement in a picture! i even got a few of maynard sitting down at that intermission sort of thing and a pretty good one of the whole stage but some of them came out half ass cuz i zoomed in i guess. well either way it will make a killer background for my phone haha!
hey if you are one who got pictures of this awesome show, might as well share them with all these fans, right?
This theater was great, I couldn't see a bad seat anywhere. We were upper box 7, It was like I was watching them in my livingroom. Amazing seats!!!! I agree the sound in the first part of the show was low and muffled and the rest of the band was drowning Maynard. It did get better. Danny has to be one of the best drummers in the world. Every beat he hits is moving and I couldn't take my eyes off his playing. Someone posted that he looks effortless, I have to disagree. Adam looks effortless, Danny is working back there, for sure.
I have always wondered what it would be like to watch a tool show in a opera type setting, meaning the crowd and venue. I don't think the crowd had so much energy. I wasn't feeling the love at all. People around us were very dull and bored looking at times. Like they were all at a funeral. It's a bittersweet thing I guess. No mosh pit, good thing, people actually listening to the music, great. But the Chi town people lacked that certain something. when we saw them on there last mini-tour in Detroit, we had the worst seats, we literally were touching the ceiling. But that whole theater was literally moving. I went to the potty and the floor was moving from the energy in that place. I guess you can't have your cake and eat it too!
Loved the Coby Shoes on Danny, He was big pimpin some serious Laker Garb that night.
Ok, I'll admit I'm OLD (a couple of years older tha Maynard, anyway) and I came to this show to keep an eye on my son and one of his friends (this was their first concert of any kind - they're 14, and tickets to the show were the ONLY thing my son wanted for a birthday present). I brought earplugs. Don't get me wrong - I like Tool. I like a LOT of music people probably won't expect me to like. But I hadn't been to a live show of any kind in eons - no idea what to expect...
WOW!! I never used the earplugs! I was BLOWN AWAY by the musicianship (I was in a bar band in college and I will not say how long ago that was), and the entire production! The people I sat with up in the Gallery were fantastic, and my son and his friend had the time of their lives in their box seats. I was nervous at first because I didn't see a lot of people their age in attendance, but everybody from the people waiting in line to get in, to the people who shared the box with them were GREAT! It was really a terrific experience -- makes me a little bit sad that my son will very soon be too old to have his mom tagging along to shows .... Sigh. But hey, that's life.... I just wanted to post to say that, as a person who really had virtually no idea what to expect, I left the Auditorium Theater extremely impressed with both the band AND the fans. Amazing band, amazing fans!
I think my husband and I were next to your kids, they were great. I even took a few pictures for him,because I was in front. I have a 12 year old son who will be going in the fall. His first concert should be Tool, I think everyones first should be Tool. Glad your boys had fun.
2nd time seeing TOOL, and probably the best by far. I don't feel like posting a fucking manifesto b/c everyone else has pretty much summed up the "awesomeness" of this show. I had a great fucking time, well worth the insane amount of money I dished out, can't wait until the fall tour.
To the guy who got hooked up with the backstage pass and met Adam, dude that is fucking awesome. Kudos to the couple who scored 3rd row seats two hours before showtime. Cheers, friends.
WOW! WOW! WOW!
Am i completely off my rocker or was Jimmy between vicarious and Aenima. somebody let me know, now i feel my memory is worse than i thought which is pretty bad. i have heard no mention of it, but swear i remember it between vicarious and aenima.
i don't know if you are 'off your rocker' but they did not play jimmy. look at the first post for this show and any others to see the official setlist. don't think they've played that tune since the aenima tour, but i am sure somebody will correct me if i am mistaken.
People in the 2nd balcony were awesome. I was in the third row and no one in front of me stood up at all during the show, so we all got to sit and enjoy everything.
I have also never seen as much air drumming by fans as I did tonight.
how can you reciprocate the energy they give out when you sit down the entire time....you don't hear about performers saying "WOW!! That guy in the front row, I'm glad i've dedicated my life's work to making music this guy can sit down to." YOU DON'T SIT AT A ROCK SHOW!!! (unless you are handicapped and in a designated handicapable seating area) maybe all you sitters can get up early for the barry manilow tix that are going on sale tomorrow morning....apparently that is more your speed...anyways...the performance was great despite starting over 30 minutes late and ending on a short note....nice to be the first show to see right in two and an extended schism...thank you maynard for not cancelling the show like you did in normal, illinois the last time round...see ya down the spiral.
Just curious if anyone thought that it was amazing when the band sat down for a break and everyone just went completely nuts. The collective stomping of the crowd towards the end of that break was enough to seemingly give me the feeling that the gallery section I had, which was the top level in the back with only one row behind me (my seat was 39 J), was slightly moving.
I made the mistake of losing my mind a little before the show and after picking up 2 beers I had to stumble around and try to find my way to my seat. After asking probably 10 ushers where to go, I found myself on the 6th floor and had towalk up some more stairs to the very top overhang. The view was actually pretty good and gave me the felling that I was looking more down at the band than anything but it was also somewhat scary. Not that I am scared of heights but I couldn't seem to keep my balance and was very happy that no one stood in that section. The little bit of uneasiness that my seat gave me just made the experience more unique in my mind.
All together I could not have asked for a beter experience and I am curious if anyone else who found themselves at the very top had a similar experience or not.
looking up to the top balcony from the orchestra level almost made me dizzy. it looked like it was 100' high...almost as high as i was. anyways....
there was a post here lat sat night, early sunday am by a guy who recorded the show. before this post (mine) is deleted, i was hoping to find out who that was so i could trade with them. thanks. or, if YOU (reading this) want to trade the 5/13/06 show for an old one, lemme know. cool? cool!
The show was good, but not up to par for a TOOL show IMO. Don't get me wrong any Tool show is great, but this one was not as good as some of the previous times I had seen them (maybe because it's a warm-up tour, or maynard's cold).
We got to hear some extended versions, and of course Right in 2 was awesome. I still felt we were shorted a song, and I have never seen the Patient live(or the pot). So I was a little dissapointed with the shortened setlist.
That being said Tool is the best live band around, thus they have high expectation from their fans. They didn't disappointed with the quality, or effort in their shows. I just can't get enough of them. They could play for 3 hours, and I would still want more. I wish they would have released several DVDs by now, and also wish they would release bootlegs of their live shows, as Pearl Jam has done. This way we have something to remeber these shows by, besides looking at posts of the sets they played. Those of us long time fans are very loyal to tool, and again tool doesn't dissapoint with their live performances. However I think they need to provide us fans with something more. Again this is just my opinion. And of course I can't wait to see them when thay come back to the US.
so will sopmeone help my memory, was the encore just vicarious and aenima or was there a song in between, i could have sworn jimmy was between these, maybe that is just my memory playing tricks on me, just hoping to hear a response from someone who was there
so will sopmeone help my memory, was the encore just vicarious and aenima or was there a song in between, i could have sworn jimmy was between these, maybe that is just my memory playing tricks on me, just hoping to hear a response from someone who was there
No Jimmy, just those two encore songs. And they were great, weren't they? 9th TOOL concert. What a show!! We were in 10th row on Adam's side and it was just so cool to be that close. Almost hate to say $300 was worth it. But it was. Amazing band. Danny is always a beast, but wow what a bass player Justin Chancellor has become. The pre-encore break was the coolest thing I have ever seen. I hope they continue to do that. It gives fans a chance to see them together communicating without instruments, but still on stage; sort of like homage to their fans. It's really cool. They truly do appreciate their rabid fans. It is fun after all these years watching their legend grow to the point where many of us thought it might get to. It's good for the band when your favorite group becomes an "arena act", but it was a rare treat to see them in such an intimate setting like the Auditorium Theater. Beautiful venue. The big painting up in the balcony read "To melodious spring time first born of life and love". I think the boys are ready for Europe and we know the Euros are ready for them. I look forward to reading the festival reviews while waiting for them to come back home this fall. Right In Two: It was awesome to see them play that song live for the first time. It's an instant TOOL classic IMO.
so will sopmeone help my memory, was the encore just vicarious and aenima or was there a song in between, i could have sworn jimmy was between these, maybe that is just my memory playing tricks on me, just hoping to hear a response from someone who was there
No... I believe several people have already responded saying Jimmy was not played. I'm not sure how you could imagine an entire song like that being played, because it was not. No jimmy. just vicarious and aenima.
Dirty stup got me onto the orch and low and behold lady in front of me caught a skin. GREAT catch maam. Had the purple star and a sig so was way cool. Lat. is a moneymaker for them, an instant crowdpleaser...and thus why they work it.
First I want to express my gratitude to Tool for playing in such an intimate classy venue. I am completely humbled by this experience for it is one I will never forget. I've seen Tool three times and they all blow me away but at this one you could really see and experience the band. I did my share of rocking out but I also got the chance to see them so well and soak it all in. So if it seemed like people were relativly mellow, maybe it was because it was alomost like an out of body experience. So anyway I was the lady that caught Danny's drum skin. Orch row x seat 309. Tool to me is more than just a band. Their music resinates within me. So when I did the dive into the rail and scraped up my stomach to catch it, believe me I soo appreciate this token of Tool. I loved it when they all sat down and the crowd roared for more. It was a great chance to show how much they are loved. We couldn't of had a better concert experience especially only paying $66.66. It seems as though it all came together for us just like the 7 point star on Danny's Drum head. And by way, I was also sick Maynard. Chicago has that affect on me too.
Strange, I think peoples audio experience really varied from seat to seat.
About 15 rows back in the first balcony and I could hear pretty much everything perfectly. The only time I had trouble hearing Maynard was when the whole crowd was singing over him on quiet parts.
7th show!!got back to GA last night. had orchestra FF 206. great show, great sound.
Right in Two was really good! Danny Carey, once again was amazing, Justin
is a bad man! everybody was right on, from what i heard. great venue, Lateralus
was the shit! got my ticket trough ticketmaster.
Strange, I think peoples audio experience really varied from seat to seat.
About 15 rows back in the first balcony and I could hear pretty much everything perfectly. The only time I had trouble hearing Maynard was when the whole crowd was singing over him on quiet parts.
Well, then answer to us all, what in the hell maynard was saying when he was talking. All anyone on here heard was "I always get sick in chicago." There was a lot of talking in the middle that no one could make out.
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Back from Chi-town!!!!!!!!!!
The show was the shit. I can't explain in the English language how bad I was fiending for a live Tool performance. I really had no idea how bad I was Jonesin' for a great live show. All the shows I've been to in the last year have been a little lackluster.
The small amount of extra loot I had to pay was so fucking worth it! (Sucks for the guy I bought them from, he could have made a killing if he didn't sling 'em last second!)
I was correct as per my anticipation the full moon show would be slightly different. This was the 1st time RIGHT IN TWO was played live. Sounded album perfect...but better. It was traded for the slot where they had been playing the PATIENT, which I thought was a sweet trade. Not that I don't like that song it's just I've already heard it live and RIGHT IN TWO had never been played live until this point. Kinda special. Sell blood, plasma, sperm, eggs, whatever you have to score a ticket to one of the remaining US Dates. I think I might be able to wait until September now, but would have been dying had I not seen them last night. Sorry to rant but I still can't get over how good Jambi and Vicarious sound live. Infuckingcredible. The bass is still bouncing around in my chest somehow...
To all the beautiful people I met while I was up there, thanks for dealing with my toxicity level, as I am not usually that fucked up...But a good show is a good occasion...I'll be straight next time, maybe...Anybody playing pool at the bar right across the street b4 the show hit me up on MYSPACE (lookup Schwann in Cincinnati)If anyone wants to go to one of the arena date tours with me holla back. I'll probably tear up 3 or 4 of the closest cities to the 'Nati that they play so let me know what's up. Can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, then answer to us all, what in the hell maynard was saying when he was talking. All anyone on here heard was "I always get sick in chicago." There was a lot of talking in the middle that no one could make out.
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Paraphrasing here...
"It seems like I get sick everytime I come to Chicago. Maybe I'm allergic? I think a lot of smiling faces will help me feel better, hugs too."
Then he also said something like, "I apologize again for the sore throat. Of course to fix a sore throat that means no touring and no singing and that is not an option."
He said a few other things which I can't remember right now but I'll edit this post when I get home and listen to the show again...I believe the other thing he said was that Montana would be a good place to live, ya know, like, stategically speaking. I believe this was right before Aenima so I'm sure you get the joke. Then a couple of times he thanked everyone for coming out to the show, I think he mentioned the new album and also said "see ya next time, byeeee" while waving to us.
