Notl Winery Show

[i'm indestructable]

So, managed to get free tickets for this (long story) last minute, so I was really stoked on that since tickets were $65, which as great as Matt is, is a bit ridiculous in my opinion. But that's neither here nor there...

 

I was very apprehensive about him playing a winery, since that screams "adult-contemporary" to me, a territory that I'm not a big fan of Matt venturing into. However, as soon as the sun set and Matt took the stage at the beautiful outdoor amphitheater and began his 18 song setlist, all of my fears were squashed. Despite him being sick recently, he sounded fantastic, and he was very jovial (or maybe just drunk... he had lots of wine during the show) throughout the entire thing, telling hilarious stories for a fair bit of his set time. The crowd wasn't so great, although they were respectful, but it just seemed like there were lots of older people who maybe knew a few MG(B) songs at most and just came because of the setting. Better than drunk assholes, I suppose...

 

Setlist was (in order):

 

Metal Airplanes

Avalanche

Born Losers

Strange Days

Load Me Up

Alert Status Red

Silent Army In The Trees >

Black Helicopter

She's In It For The Money

99% Of Us Is Failure

I'm A Window

Prime Time Deliverance

Hopeless

Apparitions

Champions Of Nothing

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Encore:

Fated

Suburbia

True Love Will Find You In The End

 

He started Girl In The War before Suburbia, but messed up and just did a really moving version of Suburbia. The setlist I got has Advertising On Police Cars and Tripoli before Fated in the encore, but unfortunately he didn't do those, probably due to time constraints. It was a really fantastic show, and despite my apprehensiveness about the venue, it was one of the best times I've seen Matt.

[soundless_space]

Sweet set list, sounds like it was a good time.

 

And yeah in his latest blog entry he states: "...primarily because I

Edited August 31, 2008 by soundless_space

[Jane Belinda Smith]

Jeez you guys are so lucky. I would pay $65, no problem. I am desperate for Matt to pack his guitar and come to Europe... ;)

[i'm indestructable]

Jeez you guys are so lucky. I would pay $65, no problem. I am desperate for Matt to pack his guitar and come to Europe... ;)

I mean that first part in a relative way, with how often Matt comes around, and how most of his shows are about $30 cheaper, $65 is a bit much to pay just to see him at a winery, imo.

[here is no why]

was a great show. lovely venue for an intimate performance.

[jenni_suburbia]

I went up to the winery in the afternoon to check the place out, after being in Buffalo the night before. I didn't have tickets to the show though. I saw Matt walking around the grounds of the winery, it was gorgeous and peaceful there. After seeing the set list, I'm really sorry I missed it!

[billykyjoe]

Looks like an awesome set list. Sounds like an amazing show.

[bishopx]

So was this acoustic or full band?

[RicardoObviouso]

i'm thinking solo

[bishopx]

I was too, but I wanted to be sure.

[RicardoObviouso]

my word is my bond

[bishopx]

Word...

 

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[i'm indestructable]

Yeah, it was acoustic.

[austintexas5597]

i was supposed to go to this show! but i had to help my girlfriend move into her dorm:(. thanks so much for posting the set list. however i still NEED to see him play Suburbia acoustically, in my opinion it is one of the best reworked acoustic songs i've heard.

Edited September 17, 2008 by austintexas5597