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Great show, really cool venue. For me the best moment of the show was when a ferry pulled away from the pier during Jesus Etc. They honked their horn, folks on the deck were waving to us in the crowd, and the band waved back to the people on the boat mid song. Jeff looked like he was holding back some laughter at that point, big smile on his face. After the song Jeff said "I thought those people would never leave...freeloaders.." or something to that effect. It was a nice moment.

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I don't think I will ever attend another ballpark-style show again. The set up is pretty unforgiving and creates a real disconnection with band and the music. The sound in bleachers was close to terrible, and though it was better up front, I was only okay. The large space created with the entire infield open is just plain weird and not satisfying. I have heard the band really fill up (with their sound) large places like Merriweather Post Pav, City Hall Park in NOLA, and Red Rocks. They were able to make those bigger venues fell smaller and intimate. I know they enjoy playing new places and different venues, but if they want to play larger spaces in the summer -- they should stick with some of the older sheds like SPAC, Tanglewood, Mann Music Center etc...

 

It was fun to to finally hear some of the new stuff. Deeper Down is a total keeper, and One Wing is terrific. Despite the overall issues with the venue and sound - I thought they pulled off ALTWYS, Via, Nothing'sever, and IATTBYH well.

 

Really looking forward to heading to Portland on Friday. This will be a much smaller and totally gorgeous small city setting with the Casco Bay as the backdrop. It the weather holds - it should be an amazing night.

I thought the sound was actually pretty good. I was dead center in front of the soundboard for Wilco's set and both my girlfriend and I were impressed. From where I was standing I actually thought the sound was better than when I saw them at the Pavillion in Boston a few years ago, which is last time I saw them outdoors. The problem with this venue was the traffic and the "one way in, one way out" design of the stadium itself. Really difficult to get out of that place in the rain - kind of a frustrating end to an otherwise really enjoyable evening. I imagine the view and the sound wasn't good at all from the bleachers, either.

Portland should be great, although I know nothing about the venue or how it will be staged for a concert. Early weather forecast looks good, but I would have said the same for Lowell one week ago!

HI dcarter- I emailed you but I think my messages were bounced back to me (twice). My email is zkazan@gmail.com.

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Hi everyone - I'm looking for 1-2 tickets for the Portland, Maine show on 7/17. Please email me at zkazan@gmail.com if you can help out...thanks!