TS Fan Forever - 2006-07-10 1:13 AM

Hello Fellow SMF's

I just returned to Westchester County NY from the Quebec City Canada show that was held yesterday July 8th. I must give everyone a thorough review of the show and post the set list (although it may not be in chronological order). So here goes....

I drove up to Quebec City on Friday morning with 2 other SMF's (SMF Cyndi from this board & my friend Steve) and got some flack going across the border into Canada. Once in Canada, the drive and the adrenaline rush was there knowing that I was going to see the band play at the Quebec City Festival. Friday evening we met up with another board SMF Cindee and went to dinner, hung out, etc. Saturday afternoon we all met at the festival and it was such a beautiful Summer day in Quebec City. The language barrier was there as most locals there speak French and very little English. But we all survived. The festival was tremendous. Alot of people, alot of beer, alot of food etc......

We got on line to get into the stage area around 2pm and waited until about 5pm when the gates opened to let everyone in. At about 6:30pm, a band called Phychotic 4 came on and they were pretty good. Alot of teenage girls were screaming their heads off. You all get the picture....lol

At about 7:45pm, It's A Long Way to the Top blares over the sound system and I turn around (I was 3rd row center stage) and there was literally 30,000 + people there. I took a deep breath and said "WOW" and the boys ran on stage to begin their show......

Before I post the setlist, let me just say that the boys were awesome as usual. They looked great, they played very tight, and they were all just in sync with each other. There wasn't a glitch that I could find. Dee was really ripping on the group of people who were seated in the VIP section and the dining area. He basicalled said that they all should stand the fuck up just like everyone else and pump their fists in the air. Classic Dee! For the 1st time ever, I got to see the red light onstage with Dee crawling to it for the Burn in Hell song. PRICELESS! Dee's rants just blew me away. The spontaneousness of them as well as the voice and energy he put into it was just phenominal. Jay Jay came out and ranted about the American Idol stuff. Eddie and MAM just looked great and were both laughing and smiling throughout the show.

The only regret was that TS was opening for The Scorpions so there was a short setlist and no encores and no drum solo. With that said, here is the setlist (again, I'm not 100% certain of the chronological order)

What You Don't Know, Sure Can Hurt You
The Kids Are Back
Stay Hungry
Captain Howdy
You Can't Stop Rock N Roll
I Am I'm Me
We're Not Gonna Take It
Burn In Hell
The Price
The Fire Still Burns
Under The Blade
I Wanna Rock

There will be a ton of awesome pictures posted in the photo gallery of the site in the next few days.

One last thing.....a BIG shout out to a certain someone who was supposed to be at the show but due to stupid, unforseen reasons was not able to make it to the show yesterday. You know who you are my friend! We were yelling for you!

SMFWebmaster - 2006-07-10 11:45 AM

JJ called me this morning to tell me about it - they were expecting 30,000...

80,000 SMFs showed up.

The old record was 75K, set by ZZTop back in the day. Consider it smashed.

The show was the headline in all the papers and local TV the following day. I'll be getting copies of the local papers to add to the site.

Check the home page to get a feel for the crowd. JJ's niece took the picture, and it's awesome. Congrats to the band for rockin' the provinces!

On to Greece.

- D

- D

SMFWebmaster - 2006-07-10 11:45 AM

JJ called me this morning to tell me about it - they were expecting 30,000...

80,000 SMFs showed up.

The old record was 75K, set by ZZTop back in the day. Consider it smashed.

The show was the headline in all the papers and local TV the following day. I'll be getting copies of the local papers to add to the site.

Check the home page to get a feel for the crowd. JJ's niece took the picture, and it's awesome. Congrats to the band for rockin' the provinces!

On to Greece.

- D

- D

Rami - 2006-07-10 6:57 PM

Holy shit! That's their largest crowd ever then. A video clip and photos from the show are posted at Blabbermouth:

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=54882

Jaysin - 2006-07-10 2:07 PM

That is really something.

Mitch, I just remember you called me! I can't remember if it was Friday or Saturdaywhen you did...Had a good of a time as possible without being at the show. I even ended up singing Karyoke Saturday night in the Upper East Side. Song title, WNGTI. I think I represented and put myself in the TS spirit.

Thanks for checking in, bro, I wish I coulda been there with you guys. I'm sure it was a blast.

Hope to see you all real soon.