11/05/10 Austin, TX "Fun Fun Fun Festival"

[minnick27]

I won't lie, I hate everyone that gets to go to this. That being said, have fun!!!

[OneWAY]

I'll be leaving momentarily. We'll be a little late, but we'll be there before Chris Hardwick takes the stage.

Hopefully I'll see some of you guys there! I'm wearing a Craigslist shirt today. Maybe a leather jacket too because it's been getting pretty cold around here lately.

[Hippielishus]

I am so excited for this! My friends and I are going to see The Apples in Stereo and stay at the orange stage until Al comes on.

I'll be wearing my Craigslist t-shirt also, and a jacket.

[RyanHippFTW]

Setlist?

[Alinite27]

Yeah, the concert should have ended 30 minutes ago. Hopefully reviews will start coming in soon. Although, Jon had mentioned to me a month ago that they would be doing the same setlist as the 2010 tour...What were the alternating songs? Also, the lead-in descriptions to different songs? Or were there any major suprises of new material?

Oh, and I think these Craiglist shirt posts are hilarious because that's what I wore today, too. Along with a jacket, since we had snow for the first time this year! Haha...C'mon people...quit having fun hanging out with Al...and talk to us!

[Vargas Chick]

It wasn't as cold as I thought it would be and parking was right across the street . We saw the two bands at different statges before Chris came on, and they had a skateboard ramp going too. Oh my god Chris Hardwick was so funny! I laughed so hard, but I forgot that he doesn't do a G rated routine. I got a little embarrassed tonight because my 14 year old daughter was with me, but she laughed a lot too. Couple of the jokes "Vegas is like a stripper pole. From faraway it's all bright and shiny, but up close it smells of poop and misery", and "strippers are like pidgeons. They flock around you, and then when you are out of dough, they scatter"! He really interreacted well with the audience too. He was just so funny!

This is the first concert that I attended from this tour. I don't know what changed from the beginning to what I saw tonight. That's my disclamer. I forgot the guys name who used to dress up and bring Al a hoe during "Fat". This time it was an older guy with a white beard dressed as Santa and saying "ho, ho, ho". Al did "Cell Phones" dressed in the "Yoda" costume. Some guy standing next to me kept saying "I can't believe he's wearing that and singing "Cell Phones"! And Al actually came into the audience from the stage for "I Wanna Be Ur Lover". No stairs coming down off the stage and we were all standing (no seats). It was really neat seeing him wander through the audience! Yeah, he sang to me too before he got back on stage. I have no idea which lyrics he sang to me. I just stood there and laughed and smiled. He smashed the guitar at the end of "You Don't Love Me Anymore". We had so much fun singing to "Dare To Be Stupid". This is not a complete list and II probably will miss something, but I think he did "White 'n Nerdy", "Another One Rides the Bus", "Fat", "Craigs List", "Bedrock Anthem", "Canadian Idiot" and the rest kind of escapes me right now. We had streamers and confetti rained on us. Al said that during the tour this summer he kept feeling like he was forgetting something, and it was Austin. Awhhh! I was surrounded by some very enthusiastic singers and "wooo!" yellers and they were just so much fun too! A guy behind me was totally off key, but he was having the time of his life!

I didn't stay to see if he would do a meet and greet. I had to get home.

My camera was actually working tonight, but I had forgotten to grab fresh batteries. I did get some pictures in shooting around tall people. I was about 4 people back from the stage. I'm not sure how to post pictures here? I'll see what I can do...

It was so much fun tonight! It really was a fun festival!

[Alinite27]

Glad that you had such a great time! Thanks for the review...Yeah, this tour's setlist really was a blast. It looks like they stayed true to Jon's word and everything was the same as the slightly edited setlist from the last two summer shows. Interesting that he would choose You Don't Love Me Anymore as the 2nd alternating song, as I think Good Old Days would fit more into the festival show atmosphere, but the guitar smashing usually brings a lot of energy and excitement. So cool that he still came down in the crowd for Lovr, even with the GA Standing set-up and that he sang to you!

Do you remember if he did Franks 2000" TV or You Make Me?

[OneWAY]

The setlist:

Polka Face!
Emergency Drum Solo & Audience Picture
Frank's 2000" TV
Drum Solo Reprise
You Don't Love Me Anymore
Smells Like Nirvana
Skipper Dan
You're Pitiful
Dare To Be Stupid
CNR
Let Me Be Your Hog
Canadian Idiot
Wanna B Ur Lovr
Medley: Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies, Whatever You Like, Confessions Pt. 3, eBay, Bedrock Anthem, Another One Rides The Bus, Ode To A Superhero, Trapped In The Drive-Thru, Gump, Eat It
Craigslist
Amish Paradise
White & Nerdy
Fat
Cellphones
The Saga Begins
Yoda

Pretty standard set list, Al ran into some technical difficulties during the beginning of the show which led into an early drum solo and audience picture. Bermuda was late to the regular drum solo because he had almost left since he doesn't play "You Don't Love Me Anymore." Al brought everyone up to speed about the difficulties and told us all to squeeze together for a group picture. It was great. Al's "Smells Like Nirvana" costume looked new. He "spaced out" during the song for the audience to sing along like many of the other North American tour dates this year. "Skipper Dan" was really good. "You're Pitiful" had the gold shirt, "I LOVE BACON," and "Atlantic Records STILL sucks." CNR was a lot of fun. The "Let Me Be Your Hog" intro was pretty standard, but a lot of fun to see since I had seen only a couple of different variations of it before this show. For "Canadian Idiot" Al simply said, "Okay, this is another song." During "Wanna B Ur Lovr" Al's mic went out. It was pretty bad, but recovered eventually and Al still played it off really well. Al walked right through the standing audience, having to come through and he ended up dividing me from my dad, and put his hand on my shoulder while he was trying to get back to the stage. The jacket was absent for "Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies" and "Whatever You Like," but I think that's just something they left behind while packing for this show, and not a permanent change for the UK Tour. Of course, Al and the band didn't do "In Luv Wit Da Skipper," but the transition between the songs was very smooth. "Craigslist" is always a blast to see live, and for this show was fantastic. "Amish Paradise" was pretty standard, as was "White & Nerdy," but both were strong performances and the audience of course was very into it. I got to see "Fat" with the refurbished fat suit, and from what I can tell, it really does look better, haha. The encore was pretty normal, except Al thanked the audience for being so great directly after "The Saga Begins," which I don't recall happening ever before, and Al asked Chris Hardwick to sing along to "Yoda." It was awesome!

After the show I bought the regular tour shirt, since I only had the Craigslist one to begin with. I decided against even waiting for him after the show, so I'm not sure if he did a meet and greet afterward.

This review doesn't seem as in-depth as I first thought, but this is all I can think of at 2:15 AM.

[Wizzerkat]

Thanks for the reviews, guys! I live close enough I could have gone if I had money but alas, no

[minnick27]

Was the Fat mask redone too? Its been looking pretty bleh this tour