Review of Show in Quebec City, Quebec by magalie
Excellente performance, un son médiocre mais de l'énergie à revendre, un spectacle de Sloan comme on les aiment. Revenez à Québec SVP. Et Jay, merci de m'avoir fait découvrir My Bloody Valentine...
Excellente performance, un son médiocre mais de l'énergie à revendre, un spectacle de Sloan comme on les aiment. Revenez à Québec SVP. Et Jay, merci de m'avoir fait découvrir My Bloody Valentine...
When I went and saw this show, I only knew some past Sloan singles and the tunes off of Pretty Together, and I was still blown away.
The guys were great live; making jokes, getting the crowd into it, and they were very interactive with the audience, which is always great at a concert.
Me and my posse of friends were at the complete back of the theatre, up on the balcony, but that didn't diminish the show one bit - we had a great view and we were having such a great time at one point Chris pointed up to us and said "Yea, we see you guys up there!" which was very cool.
After the show we ran into people we knew, including a math teacher from our school, and everyone agreed that it was a great concert.
I still wear the Sloan shirt I bought at that concert at least once a week, even after two years of wear-and-tear have taken its toll on it!
I was not there for the Tea Party nor Grindig or (Ugh) Edwin. I was there for Sloan and thanks to those lovely people at Tickmaster they stuck me near the 'small stage'. When Sloan ran on stage complete in Animal and Shark suits it made up for the crappy seats. However, the folks behind me didn't understand that it was alright to stand and support your favourite band. Forced to sit down I still managed to wave my hands and scream SLOOOOOAAAAAAAAAANNNNNN! (to their horror).
After harassing Jay for a picture in front of the Edge studios I marched over to Massey Hall, smartly dressed in my very own Sloan t-shirt, to catch the show. The Flashing Lights opened and got the crowd fan happy. As the Lights left the stage the chants started and short after Sloan appeared. This was my very first Sloan concert and I enjoyed every moment of it. Watching the band move around the stage from song to song in smooth transition and have Jay croon ‘Waiting for Slow Songs” was worth every cent of the $28.00 ticket. Seeing them live and kicking I now realize how talented the band is and thank my lucky star that they are still together after all these years. My only regret of the night is not being able to get the fans (You know who you are!) out of their seats on the balcony (I blame it on Massey Hall’s reclining seats).
Sloan had to be the biggest hit of The Festival Of The Islands that year, I had a blast. I got to meet the band momentarily before the act, me and my buddies will never forget when they signed our beach volleyball!
I was at this show as well and couldn't believe the general lack of enthousiasm. I took the day off work cuz it's not too often your favourite band plays around the corner from your house!!! They sounded great (like usual), but the best part was after the show. They all stuck around and hung out with about the 10-15 fans that were hanging around. This was my first opportunity to meet Andrew, which turned out well. They had a bit of time to kill because they were playing in London that night. Over all, it was a fabulous experience, with or without enthousiasm from the other concert goers!
good show i met them and talked to chris and patrick before hand.they were cool guys and i asked them to play lines you amend which they then said was "for the all ages section" which was me and some guys.i asked chris before hand to play chester the molester but he doesnt remember the lyrics anymore.i suggested i am the cancer for the firts encore.
The 2 photos of the guy with the black shirt on, with Chris and Jay are me. I am just looking now, and it seems my friend has sent them in. I never knew! Awesome!
It was the second best night of my life, the first being the next night, when I got married. This show (unofficially) served as my bachelor party. My wife and I brought about 30 people up to Jack Rabbitts from our rehearsal dinner (which we left kind of early). Tim, the owner of the club, had put aside the tickets for us(we knew him from playing there). So there I was, with all my best friends, some family, my wife-to-be, and Sloan. Christ, what else could one ask for? And I got to sing People Of The Sky!
Highlights-The best ever live version of The N.S.....The Lines You Amend (my wife's favorite SLoan song, as well as a fave of mine)....Money City Maniacs (with the Hey You!! part being changed to "I Do!!").....and finishing the set with a blistering "Friendship".
THose guys are a class act and certainly an incredibly special group. I have loved every show I have seen them play, but for obvious reasons, this one stands out for me.
this was my first time seeing sloan after many years of waiting, and it exceeded my expectations. the setlist was amazing, but the encore was even better. after a lovely performance of "life of a working girl" with only andrew on keys and chris singing and sitting on the keyboard, chris asked me to come up onstage and sing a song. i ended up singing my favourite sloan song, "500 up," with one of my favourite bands. it was an amazing night.
First Sloan show I had ever seen. Drove about 600 miles to get there. It was pretty odd seeing them all come out and talk to the 50 or so people who were waiting in line to get in. By the time Sloan took the stage, there were maybe 75-100 people there, in a small room, we were pretty much all within a few feet of the stage. I remember Jay didn't sing very much, maybe he was sick? But the show rocked. I just wish I would have remembered my camera.
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