20 September 2003
The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavillion,
The Woodlands, TX
Disc One 60:19
01. Begin The Begin
02. What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
03. Maps And Legends
04. Drive
05. Animal
06. Get Up
07. Bad Day
08. The One I Love
09. Beat A Drum
10. The Great Beyond
11. Sitting Still
12. Daysleeper
13. Electrolite
Disc Two 59:47
01. Losing My Religion
02. Find The River
03. She Just Wants To Be
04. Walk Unafraid
05. Man On The Moon
encore:
06. Everybody Hurts
07. My Oh My
08. Country Feedback
09. Final Straw
10. Galveston (Stipe a capella)
11. Imitation Of Life
12. It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
Timeline notes: 'Maps And Legends' and 'Beat A Drum' were requests of someone travelling with the band. 'Country Feedback' was a request of Ed Harcourt. Michael said that this was the first time on tour that they had played 'Beat A Drum'. Michael stopped after starting 'Beat A Drum' because he said he had been talking so much and that messed him up. Michael said that they played 'Sitting Still' for Bertis.
Notes:
-This show was attended by yours truly
-Light skipping & pops throughout
-Before Animal MS notes there "Were all these bugs flying around fucking. Love bugs. And I spoke to the stage manager and I said 'Please tell me that these bugs are not going to fly into my mouth halfway through the performance' because I've been through that before. It's not a pretty sight. Except last time it was moths. And I think that was in Baltimore. And the Baltimore audience did not want to have any part of a moth in my mouth in the middle of a performance. Lo and behold, all the love bugs went to sleep, had a cigarette, were watching Conan O'Brien on cable at 9, direct from Moscow".
-Before Get Up MS Deadpans that the song is very political in nature.
-MS references his appearance on CNN to debut the video to Bad Day before the song is played.
Before TOIL MS "Hey Houston, we have a problem. Does anybody say that?" He blames Ed Harcourt for giving him the idea "We do have a problem, it's called Whitney Houston". He adds that sometime during the week he pulled on of his singing muscles.
-After Beat A Drum, MS muses that "They say that's a good sign if you play a beautiful song and somebody lights up a big joint in the middle of it, that's pretty good. Wait, is that illegal? Who gives a fuck."
-Daysleeper is introduced as "A beautiful song about the great coming depression".
-After Electrolite MS "I love the way you guys scream. It's like being in Bavaria all over again". He adds a standard intro to LMR
-Country Feedback solo 2:33
Grade: D