The Phoenix: Toronto - April 3rd

[ClumsyGirl618]

I've got my tickets. Who else is in?

[katshimmers]

Let you know on Friday Missed out today!

[xjsb125]

Ticket acquired.

[katshimmers]

I got screwed by Ticketmaster. Wouldn't accept my account details because I've used it in Australia in the past, but not Canada. I had a ticket and kept trying to pay for it, but the system just would not let the transaction go through.

[xoNoDoubt69]

Me!!!!

[rashondalb]

Ill be there!

[Long Jonny]

Just down the street from me.. I'll be there. No bells, though.

[ClumsyGirl618]

Just down the street from me.. I'll be there. No bells, though.

I hear they don't let you in if you don't come with bells on. New policy

[katshimmers]

Congrats to whomever won the War Child auction the other day, which included tix for this show! I bowed out when the bidding go to about $130. But in the end $157.52 (!) went to War Child.

I see other tickets for this show up for grabs on ebay as well, one of them is at $350+postage for four tickets. Driving me bonkers!

Hmmm maybe War Child will auction more tix for this show and I'll get lucky!

[faninor]

Yay for Warchild! It looks like there are some on tickets on stubhub.com for just under $70, which is not too ridiculous of a markup from the original cost through ticketmaster.

[katshimmers]

Oooo! thanks Josh! I hate to buy from them, but if its close to the normal price then ya I can live with myself! Cheers!

[faninor]

I think the original price would have been about $50 after fees, so about $20 goes to the scalpers... hopefully stubhub doesn't add any fees on top of the listed prices, I've never bought from them. If it were me, I'd go for it.

[ClumsyGirl618]

Yay for Warchild! It looks like there are some on tickets on stubhub.com for just under $70, which is not too ridiculous of a markup from the original cost through ticketmaster.

I think the people that purchased them are probably starting to realize very few people were going to pay the 100 something they wanted for the 200 tickets they nabbed and had to lower the price.

[Smooke]

Congrats to whomever won the War Child auction the other day, which included tix for this show! I bowed out when the bidding go to about $130. But in the end $157.52 (!) went to War Child.

I see other tickets for this show up for grabs on ebay as well, one of them is at $350+postage for four tickets. Driving me bonkers!

Hmmm maybe War Child will auction more tix for this show and I'll get lucky!

I finally purchased my tickets on ebay over the weekend. Total price was about $154 for (2) tickets. If I would've known about he warchild auction I would've bidded!

But yeah, I'll agree with you, the price of tickets through scalpers are ridiculous. I saw the same ad on ebay four tickets for $350. Who in their right mind is going to pay 350 for four tickets? That's basically $175 per pair. No way Jose!

[xoNoDoubt69]

one week!

[katshimmers]

Hope you all had an awesome time tonight! Looking forward to hearing all about it!

[neoncrossing]

Home from the show....very tired...just wanted to post the setlist

Allowance
Fire In The Hen House
Clumsy
One Man Army
Superman's Dead
All My Friends
The Birdman
Is Anybody Home?
Julia (Acoustic)
Find Our Way
In Repair
Innocent
Heavyweight
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As Fast As You Can
Paper Moon
4am
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Starseed

Thats right....Toronto called OLP back out for a second encore

Thats all for now....work very early in the morning

[Smooke]

http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/O/Our ... 591471.htm

TORONTO - Veteran Toronto alt-rock band Our Lady Peace celebrated the release of their effects-heavy yet fresh-sounding new album, Curve, on Tuesday night with a sold-out show in front of a chanting, sing-along-happy hometown crowd at the Phoenix.

It was part of OLP’s so-called Urban Grind tour which began last Thursday night in London, Ont., but even lead singer Raine Maida, who’s been playing in T.O. for the last two decades, couldn’t believe the reception he, drummer Jeremy Taggart, bassist Duncan Coutts and lead guitarist Steve Mazur were getting from the audience sardined into the downtown theatre.

“You guys are quite the crowd,” said Maida as he began the first of two encores with one of Curve’s best songs, the percussive-fuelled As Fast as You Can, which is also the next single.

“I was born and raised in Toronto and you couldn’t have told me the hottest show of the tour would be right here in this room,” he said earlier.

It certainly felt after a rocky last decade during which OLP has had both commercial success and failure, near breakups and split from their longtime record company, the band - and their fans - were in full celebration mode.

“OLP! OLP! OLP!” chanted the audience before the group, touring with a female keyboardist, played a single note.

“This is the day Curve is officially here,” said Maida. “We’re proud fathers today and happy you guys are here.”

The band opened their hour-and-35-minute set with two more appealing Curve songs, Allowance, and Fire In The Henhouse, with some nifty visuals projected on a screen behind them, before digging deep into their back catalogue with crowd favourites Clumsy, One Man Army (during which Maida brought out the bullhorn for the first time) and Superman’s Dead, which prompted the first three major sing-alongs of the night.

Similar responses occurred to Is Anybody Home?, Innocent, and encore songs 4am and Starseed, the latter where it all began for OLP.

There was also a more intimate stripped down moment in the show during the song Julia featuring just Maida and Mazur on acoustic guitar - he gets the evening’s MVP award for his stand out playing on electric guitar - but the crowd really came to rock.

Curve boasts a vintage black and white picture of now retired Canadian heavyweight boxer George Chuvalo on its cover and you can hear him speaking on the last song, Mettle, so Maida - a longtime martial artist and boxing and UFC fan - dedicated the album’s first single, Heavyweight, to him before the band performed the song, even though the fighting icon wasn’t in Tuesday night’s crowd.

Maida said the 74-year-old Chuvalo was busy continuing to set an example by “teaching little kids to box” but was represented by wife Joanne at the show.

SET LIST:

Allowance

Fire in the Henhouse

Clumsy

One Man Army

Superman’s Dead

All My Friends

The Birdman

Is Anybody Home?

Julia

Find Our Way

In Repair

Innocent

Heavyweight

Encore:

As Fast as You Can

Paper Moon

4am

Second Encore

Starseed

[twiqz]

Wow, that's one hell of a artist. They threw in all my friends too... Damn wish I was there last night

[xjsb125]

Awesome show. Crowd was hot for this one. The double encore was awesome, probably the best version of Starseed I've ever seen live. The extended intro to Find Our Way continues to be a high spot in the show for me.