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Dave Matthews Band July 16, 2004 ctnow.com Meadows Music Centre, Hartford, CT Ants Rating:  |
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User: 2000tarheel
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Pretty awesome...lately I have been slightly disgruntled about the Dave Shows (although the Central park show was amazing by the sheer number of fans there), but this was a great reminder of why I love Dave so much!
User: 41crush
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Dave and the whole band are sounding extremely tight this tour! The new music sounds great, and the whole band seems to be having a ball. This is #26 since December, '98.
User: ADCDMB
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My first show - well worth the 3,500 miles travelled for it!
User: aeroshady
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Good show tonight. Satellite makes its return! All the teases were sweet! can't wait for tomorrow night!
User: AF420
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loving the new songs and there were some great jams tonight!!! i called the BOWA opener!!! it was my first BOWA and I LOVED IT!!!!
User: anneelizabeth
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Powerhouse of a show! Everyday rocked! The energy of the crowd with the whole band was moving, a very zen experience. I love the jams and the song choices were so intense.
User: APDux40
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AMAZING!!
User: asimmonds27
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AMAZING seeing D&T can't wait for their next tour
User: AudioWarehouse
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If you download this, or B&P, you'll understand why this show is so great
User: bananaspaz056
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Awesome show! My first DMB show and it was unbelievable. Crush, The Stone, and Tripping Billies were my favorites. Amazing!
User: batleon
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This is the first time i've seen DMB twice on the same tour, and I picked the wrong year because they are just playing the smae songs over and over this year. Missed the opener thanks to long lines at the Meadows. Highlights were The Stone/Crush double whammy, Carter's solo on Hello Again, and the encore was pretty cool too.
User: bbrianblaze
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Great night! High energy! Loved watching Dave and Carter giving each other palm after a few jams!
User: bdufour
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Worst part of this show was the will call line right before. We missed the first 4 songs! Great seats, great crowd, great set. WWYS into Tripping for an encore? Amazing. Looking for an even better follow-up tonight!
User: bfrupp16
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pretty damn good
User: bgreig0718
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first ever dave show ever, was preoccupied with a beautiful girl. tailgate scene in hartford is wild
User: BigEyedDave
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BOWA opener
User: billies3641
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Awesome show last night, they didn't miss a beat all night. BOWA solid opener, satellite was a nice varity and i agree with the rest of yall def. a proudest monkey tease. DIDO was kickin, and Everyday was nice to hear as a closer. Finaly heard the new stuff, which rocked, Joy Ride and Hello Again my favorites. WWYS and Billies as encore was rediculous the crowd went nuts. DMB was on fire, can't wait for tomorrow
User: bluieri
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SUCH A SICK SHOW... I've seen DMB and D&T and D&F and all have been good but this single show topped them all... can't wait for the next tour.
User: Brett16
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BEST DMB SHOW I'VE SEEN SINCE 2001
User: brianrus
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Amazing
User: BustedJeff
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BOWA opener was cool, but the rest of the show had varying energy. Billies was SICK though. Crowd sucked.
User: Caitj1111
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So unbelievable! I could see the sweat coming off Dave's head... he really brings you in as if you're in your own living room.
User: cgrew
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Awesome closing, real old school
User: Chris1969
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Great Show
User: clarkbar_12
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I was so fucked up for this show, it seemed pretty damn sweet though. Rock on Dave.
User: cmk1983
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awsome show... long(but fun) bus trip to Hartford! Well worth the 12 hour drive!!
User: Cookie Monster
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Lawn Seat
User: crushme36
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originally had lawn seats, bought two tickets from someone off the boards, ended up in sect 400, had a great time, BOWA opener, billies encore, great show, the place was rockin
User: cryfreedom36
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Billies was such as sick closer. The stone was nice to hear, very good concert. Incredible energy from the band.
User: dahman45
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good show
User: danam404
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not bad, sat up close so it was cool
User: DaveMatthews5
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AMAZINGG SHOWW!!!!!!!! GRACE IS GONE, JOY RIDE, BEST OF WHATS AROUND, GRANNY, WHEN THE WORLD ENDS, AND EVERYDAY!!! WHAT MORE CAN YOU ASK FOR!!!!!!!!
User: ddewey07
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Everyday was crazy
User: ddtw26
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too much stand up
User: deer20032003
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first time at this venue. really enjoyed the venue solid show
User: Dmb420Fan
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First night was awesome. This was part of my wife and my honeymoon. She wanted the beach, I wanted to see DMB. So a few days at the beach, then to CT. for 2 days. A great venue to see them at if you've never been. Just don't get annoyed with the "Yankee's Suck" chant from all the Red Sox fans in the area.
User: dmbdiver
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damn glad i decided to go the day before, cant wait for day 2
User: DMBDP
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Awesome
User: DMBfan22J
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It was a pretty good show, DMB was on.
User: DmBFreaK323
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1st DMB concert. Haven't spent one day without listening to them since.
User: Dmbosstone
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"Hey my friend/It seems your eyes are troubled/Care to share your times with me..." with those words The Dave Matthews Band opened a two night stand at Hartford's ctnow.com Meadows Music Centre. The mood was right and the audience was grooving to the sounds of music from the very start. Dave opened with Best of What's Around, and it got the crowd to it's feet and dancing. Dave's selection of One Sweet World and Granny were smart choices in the set, however seems odly familiar to previous set selections. Dave did spice things up mid set by breaking out Satellite for the first time all year. Also like in previous shows this tour, Dave was sure to include his four new songs this tour, Crazy-Easy, Joyride, Sugar Will, and Hello Again. These songs were well played tonight and were a real treat for veteran fans who sought out to hear new material. Dave closed the show with an excellent performance of Everyday. Boyd, Carter, and the rest of them sang backup to the #36 lyrics that were sang by the crowd. This tour Everyday has become a real highlight in shows for this reason. All in all, Dave Matthews Band had a stellar performance tonight at the Meadows and only more excitement can be felt for the next night's set.
User: DMB_Treb
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Solid.
User: DoItForFenton
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Amazing show very good songs
User: Doors Allan Coe
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awesome fiunally got BOWA
User: dxmaverick
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mid summer tour, 3 more shows to go
User: EMTP579
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band was great, crowd sucked. Never been around a buch of disgusting, rowdy, nasty people. Fights, drunks puking all over, like nothing I had seen before . . . and I've seen alot.
User: erma_sue
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amazing!!
User: fanofdave
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great show....thanks to pops for driving me to the cape afterwards and especially for taking me to the concert. new songs are awesome esp. Joy Ride and Hello Again, they just need some getting used to. Carter solo on Hello Again off the hook, BOWA, Granny, Crush, and esp. Satellite were great. WWYS and Billies as encore.......AWESOME!~
User: fattyw
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This was one of my favorite shows
User: Fooltothink55
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Decent show, nice BOWA opener.
User: freespirit
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I will never attend anouther Meadows concert again. Seating tickets are sometimes not easy to come by so i happy to at least be there on the lawn. Mmm yea..no. For one i dident get in there untill 10:45 because of the lovely will call line. When i did get to the lawn i was shocked to see how many people were there, i mean it seemed to be oversold at least 5 times. During Drive in drive out a teenie bopper decded to loose her lunch all over my pants..i love those kids who go to dave shows to get drunk...all in all a great night i would say.
User: golfstudjmi
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Sick Opener...Sick Closer...Sick Show
User: goodgoodtime29
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the good old meadows
User: GraceIsGone23
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Oh My God!!! Best Dave show i have ever seen at the Meadows or at all for that matter. Excellent mix, new songs are awesome can't wait for a new cd. Definitly a good good time. One problem is Dave hardly talked at all. He said "Hello Thank You" after every song and that's it. But the show was great and i wish i was going to the second show.
User: greedylitlthing
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Dave's voice on "Bartender" make the show worth downloading by itself.
User: GreyGrace
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heady
User: gugaistheman726
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I loved the opener, and then OWS and Granny, and even crazy easy. But I wasnt's into the show until the Stone. That, followed by Crush, got me back into it and then there was no turning back from there. I called DIDO and loved it. A good encore to end it with. Not my best show, but then again, nothing will ever beat 3/19/03.
User: guinevere34
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I drove up from Jersey with my friend Pete, it took us almost 5 hours b/c traffic was crazy; an ex who I hadn't seen in 2 years was there, my CT friends hadn't gotten me a room, so we didn't know where we were going to stay. Then Pete and I had to stand in the will call line for-ev-er, with some crazy girl who was with our group, but who we'd just met. When we finally got our tickets, the show had already started and we couldn't find our friends, so Crazygirl literally dragged me by the hand through the lawn, screaming her head off for them. It was the first and LAST time I ever wore a skirt to a show, and of course, I wound up falling on my ass on the muddy lawn as Crazy Girl was pulling me up the hill. Mud soaked through all the way to my skin, I had to throw my skirt and undies away and buy--get this--a DMB concert SKIRT from one of the vendors(really, Vendors, you can't sell some DMB shorts or something?) I spent 20 minutes in the bathroom washing the mud off my ass with those rough, economy-type paper towels, all the while missing "BOWA," "OSW" and "Granny"--three of my favorites.
The point of my story is that this was shaping up to be the worst show of my life. I was in a pissy mood for the majority of the show. By then Pete and I had ditched Crazygirl and were down by the railing, as I was ready to make a break for it as soon as the show was over....But when they started to play Tripping Billies....it was like Dave was saying to me, "Girl, remember what you're here for." Everyone around us went nuts. Two people near us started to do-si-do. Pete and I just grinned at each other and proceeded to dance our goddamn asses off....
To this day, it's the best concert moment of my entire life. :)
User: hazeman
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Nice weather good show
User: Jasari2001
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Amazing show! One of the best I've heard out of the 9 I've been to. The setlist was real chill, which I was down for. Finally got BOWA. This was the song that got it all started for me back in 94-95. I couldn't stop listening to it back then. I definitely caught Proudest Monkey tease. Did anyone else notice Dave strumming Tears In Heaven before WWYS? I'm 99.9% convinced he was strumming that. I almost thought he was going to play it as a "quiet" song. Also, I went nuts when I heard the short Nature intro to Tripping Billies.
User: jbila05
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Great show! I love new music!
User: jcdmbmsg
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Great show really liking Hello Again, Joy Ride, and Sugar Will.
User: jef079
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my first; amazing
User: jeffbarb
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The insane amount of energy between the audience and the ban made this evening electric! I really believe that the Meadows is one of Dave's favorite venues.
User: jefftheturtle
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best dave show seen to date
User: jendean
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rediculous
User: Jennie4DMB
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This show was really interesting its my 3rd DMB show and as usual i was in awe, as i am anytime i get to see DMB..BUT i couldnt believe that he played new material..it sounded awesome but i was dissappointed because i was hoping to catch more of his older stuff. Also, i felt that in comparison to the other concerts i had been too he tended to play softer songs..still it was amazing although my fav concert was last year 8.31.03 at the meadows..absolutely fantastic if anyone has that recorded let me know thankss
User: Jewelryman
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1st of 2... dave 2004!
User: jfa87
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Nice to hear BOWA, SAT, both were first for me. Incredible Stone, and the encore was awesome. I would like to see the go back to the old OSW through...
User: JJWinni
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Good show!
User: jmcgrath
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Kurt and I in Section 100 last row. Good show although the ride to the cape after was a tad long. Billies rocked. Drum Solo on Hello again was cool and I loved Crush, the Stone and World Ends, 3 of my favorites. HAd fun in the lot before the show hanging out with Dan (thanks for the Ham Sandwich) and Mike.
User: Julia21
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SATALITE!!!!!
THE SHOW WAS GREAT BUT CT. SUCKS PARKING/COPS/ROADS
User: karedave
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The show was excellent tonight with a set list that didn't have a tired song (e.g. I Did It) in it. They busted out Satellite for the first time this tour and sounded like they've been playing it all tour. Carter was his usual out-of-this-world self tonight. During the last encore, Tripping Billies, his bass drums thumped so forcefully that it felt like it reset my heart beat. Many people have at least heard the new songs already, and tonight's audience was more into them than I've seen so far this tour. I think all of the new songs will become staples for years to come. Sugar Will, which some people have dissed in previous reviews, has some dissonant features but gets downright funky during Roi's and Butch's soloes in the second half. But Carter is my man in the band, and he adds unstoppable rhythm to most DMB songs. See y'all tomorrow!
User: KatieD420
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Ok BOWA into One Sweet World into Granny cannot get much better than that....hopefully saturday's show will be even better. And hopefully he won't play bartender again....sorry for any fans of the song but it's getting old, I've just heard that played far too much lately.
User: KindIntention41
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Yet another amazing show by the DMB. Just hearing Best of What's Around was awesome because it did set the mood for the whole night. A few classics like Satellite, One Sweet World, Tripping Billies, Bartender, What Would You Say, Drive in Drive Out and Crush were just well played all around. The Bartender though was out of control. As Dave belted out the "Bended Knees" scream, the crowd seemed to join with him as one mass voice seemed to shake the drums of these ears at least. Billies was simply an amazing closer that really followed 2 seconds after What Would You Say. Never had I heard a WWYS straight into Billies and it completely made me jump up and down, literally. See all who are coming tonight also.
User: kitkatgwu
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It was my first dmb concert, and I loved it, I couldn't have had a better first experience.
User: kris10haley
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freakin awesome
User: Lambs1
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Excellent show. A pretty laid-back vibe, with great performances, good energy, and an interesting setlist. Satellite sounded beautiful, Dave's voice was impeccable. The show was filled with highlights for me, despite the many repeats from the Tweeter shows the week before. I agree there was a Proudest Monkey tease, and I'm pretty sure Dave was teasing Seek Up before the set began with BOWA. We can hope...
User: lescard
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I like this show better than night 2, but not by much, I had the best seats I ever had a a Dave show. Billies was sick.
User: lizabelle
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the band was, of course, awesome, but the fans were completely rude and out of control....didn't go to the second night because of it!
User: mahoneym79
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The second best show I have seen. The band was on fire and you could tell everyone was excited!!
Set list was great, we had good seats inside it was fun and we wish we had a few more shows to attend of this tour.
Dave seemed pretty relaxed. The next night and even made up a funny song about the rancid smell that would ocationally take over the Venue.
The Meadows staff kinda sucked, and really were jerks when it was time to leave the venue.. oh well.. Thank you DMB!!!
User: mattlocke16
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I remember going online to see the names of the new songs and thinking New Song 1, 2 was pretty cool.
User: md91180
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25th show
User: Meesh440
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worst show i ever been to. once again josh ditched me and let me all alone. i didn't hear any of the songs. but now that i saw the setlist it would have been awesome. a security guard bought me 3 beers. i didn't find kelly until the last 4 songs. so i sat bymyself and cried. lets hope tonight will be alot better
User: meichler4
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One of the best shows I've seen.
User: MiKeB285
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My first and favorite Dave concert.
User: mikestric
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Real good. I had an awesome time.
User: Milenk
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I tripped on liquid acid before I went into this show. I didn't hallucinate or nothing but just felt intense energy with every note the band played. I couldn't stop dancing the entire time, kind of in a trance. I remember Dave and Stefan pumping their fists to the crowd when they came out, psyching everyone up, I never had seen them do that before. The setlist I can't really remember- but I feel like they played Drive In Drive Out. Stay too I think. I was just ecstatic the whole time. Pushed past a security guard to get into the pavillion, no one would stand in my way of seeing the boys this night.
User: MistyMorning
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Great performance! The crowd could have given more energy.
User: MrBen2222
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First Show I ever went to.
User: NealReal
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Ehhh. It was a decent show. Definately not one of his best. Everyone who went to the second night at ctnow said that compared to the first night, the second night was a lot better than the first.
User: Normanras
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awesome show, awesome opener, awesome closer, my friend and i said either bowa or billies would be the opener haha it was awesome. kinda wished the concert was a bit more intense and had more songs off of btcs, but its ok it was still really worth going to. i had a feeling that they were gonna play ddtw but i guess i was wrong, that woulda been sick if they played that. anyways good concert, wished it was a little more intense, but still good
User: notnews32
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AWESOME SHOW
The BOWA opener and the Crazy Easy are worth it.
User: NuclearKnight13
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so awesome
User: oasisfan35
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Fantastic show, Dave was definitely just feeling it tonight... Finally got BOWA so it was all uphill from there. #36 was not Everyday it was #36 according to the crowd so Dave just gave in to the pressure... and just look at the encore, no words necessary.
User: OFF2CDMB
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had way too many problems getting into this place. missed the first 5 songs because the will call window didnt open until the show had started. thats horse sh!t! i wouldnt recommend any newbies wanting to see a show to go to meadows. chances are you will walk away having a bad experience. Dave rocked, and after we got in I realized it was one of the best shows I've seen this summer. Cheers to hello again and joyride.
User: pnotine
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Yippee
Granny!!
User: rbriggz
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BOWA awesome opener - definitely one of my favorites. Great show.
User: RCProfit
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The show was great, I had tickets for Saturday but did not attend, what a bummer. I thought the setlist was awesome, Dave is really coming together after 10+ years, the band really gets there point across, just listen to the words, and the jams and you'll know what I mean!
User: rhanlon
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It was my first show... I will certainly be back.
User: RichieRockstar
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Only the best show..
User: rickyh24
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wow
User: RJNYC
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awesome setlist great time decent venue
User: Sadie1981
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Well, considering I missed half of it waiting in the will-call line to pick up tickets it was a great show! Way to go Meadows!
User: sarbear869
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it was my frist show but it was the best concert ive ever been too n i cant wait to go to others
User: saxman1083
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A pretty mellow set...Was blown away by night 2. Was good to hear Satellite again though..and they seemed to have fun playing it
User: shakesbeer23
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Hell of a show! Just like the dmb website said, there was an awesome energy at the meadows for this show. The band rocked as usual and the crowd was really into it. I especially loved the song "joy ride". Can't wait until tonight to do it all over again!
User: simonpb17
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Worst venue to be in the lawn. Ok show.
User: snyddogg430
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This was my last show of the summer, after two SPAC shows and Darien, and I can say that this was hands down the worst concert I saw this summer. Don't say it's because I've heard the same songs, but both SPACs and Darien had a lot more energy, variation of moods, and overall jams. When BOWA started, I thought the night was going to be incredible, but it ended up being not so great. The high points were the BOWA opener, the Carter solo on Hello Again, and the end of Billies. Low points were Everyday as a closer (ewwww not any energy in section 100) Grace is Gone, One Sweet World the fourth time I've seen it in five DMB shows, and WAYG. Don't get me wrong, it was a good show, but nothing compared to what I had seen before. I was sixth row and that is something I'll remember forever, it's just too bad that the boys couldn't have put out a better night one. I bet night two blows Hartford away, but I won't be there (live in Central New York and only could make night one).
User: TAlbe19
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Sec 400 Row TT Seat 415
User: TaylorMade
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Bartender - just when I needed a break from seeing this one live - the band nearly had me in tears with this version. Is this normal? Should a 26 yr old man be so moved by a song? Ehhhh, I guess it's alright. In any case - this was probably one of the most emotional renditions of Bartender I've seen. Sure, he always blows it up, but there was something different about it this time around. Maybe it was just me. Hello Again - great version for two reasons: a) he messes around before the song begins and sings something that almost sounds like the melody from the very beginning of Greyblue Eyes; and b) Carter throws down HARD at the end. You really need to download this show, seriously - do it. Everyday was one of the better tunes and a nice one to take you into the encore break. And yes, of course they worked in some #36.
The encore was one of the best I've seen. I know, you're looking at those songs and thinking, wha??? Again, the energy my friend. These guys were intent on playing their hearts out. WWYS got it's swagger back and the Tripping was unbelieveable. Not that it means jack, but Dave broke a string. Don't you love when he does that? And he doesn't just break a string like the rest of us, where it snaps at the head or in the neck. The man plays so hard that the string (nut and all) rips out from the base of his guitar and starts swinging around to the beat of the music like a live wire. I'm telling you, there are few things in life that are as sweet as this. I just read that last sentence again - I really need to prioritize my life.
User: tbholc
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What a great show, band is better everytime I see them.
User: Tookster48
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Fair show, not the best, but pretty good.
User: trippingb34
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i went to three shows during this tour, both mansfield's in mass. and i went to this one. out of all three, this one was by far the best. dave really had a lot more energy on this day and the crowd was really feeling the music more than any other show that i went to.
User: Trizza
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Great show, BOWA opening had to be the highlight for me. And Tripping Billies is top 3 for closers.
User: Trogdor2k
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Shelley
User: tsharky
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absolutely amazing!! one of the best shows i ever saw.
User: tvdude7
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Solid show. I had a gut feeling he'd open up with BOWA.
User: twodmbstep
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what another great show and getting to move up to see dave!
User: TwoStepper19
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Great show. My first and I loved it.
User: vburns01
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awesome
User: viking217
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great show. carter was on fire, and boyd brought the house down in the encore. encore was amazing. bowa, osw, granny and stone made my night.
User: Walkintime
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Well Played show lots of fun
User: Warehouse13
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Bartender, Stone & Crush were great
User: Warehouse21
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Very cool time. Meadows sucks, but the band was great. They started off mellow, with BOWA, OSW, and Granny. They played a mellow set, no doubt, but it was nice to see Grace is Gone come back, and Satellite debut So far, I've seen 3 songs debut his tour:Satellite, STJL, and Two Step.
User: WintyB
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Ryan, Shunna, Laura, Kevin
User: Yanks121482
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dave matthews shows are definately always a good time, and this one was no exception. the most fun ive had all summer by far.
User: yanks7533
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First show (parents finally allowed me to do stuff wit friends not in town)
User: yoda196
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Great Show .... Awesome version of Granny ... like the changes to Joy Ride
User: z911empire
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top few shows i've seen. perfect setlist considering what they have been playing this tour. SATELLITE, BOWA, CRUSH, THE STONE, EVERYDAY, and HELLO AGAIN are amazing. but BARTENDER was off the hook and the best song this tour. nothing could have prepared me for the unbelievable version of BILLIES they closed with. it was my first live billies after 10 shows, and it was the best version i've ever heard. really awesome. ps. thanks to the two girls who drove me to the top of the hill after i had to run back to the parking lot to put my gf's camera away, you guys rock!
