No audio-blog tonight because I have no voice.
Concert Review: An INXS love-in in Canada's Capital
Stabilo opened the show in style, and got us warmed up for INXS. They gave a big shout out to the Senators which made my sister very happy. She’s a huge Sens fan. I appreciate that INXS had a Canadian band opening for them on this part of the Canadian tour. Thanks to my sister I got some comp tickets in the stands closest to the stage in house left. I had a perfect view of the stage, and also a clear view of Jon all night.
Welcome back to Ottawa guys!! Thanks you for playing my hometown again after so many years. And I was so happy it was a good turnout, with hardly any empty seats in the first tier. And the crowd was very appreciative, and was cheering wildly when the count down began, with wild screams from about 30 seconds on. This may not have been as good as Montreal sound wise, but it ranks up there with the Bell Centre gig for the best Canadian show so far. The screens were a bit fuzzy tonight though.
JD was wearing his black lace-up pants, a black blazer and a delicious pink shirt and pink striped tie. I’ve never seen a man look better in pink. Jon had on black pants and a charcoal T-shirt. Kirk was wearing a striped dark plaid blazer, blue jeans, and a khaki dress shirt. Tim was adorned in the Celtic cross jacket, blue jeans and a long sleeve shirt. Garry was wearing jeans, a black leather jacket, and a brown T-shirt. Andrew had on a jacket, jeans, and a black T-shirt.
During ‘Suicide Blonde’ I noticed they had some cameras filming tonight. I guess we’ll find out what for later.
JD lit up a cigarette again tonight during ‘Devil’s Party.’ He had a really nice moment with Andrew during the song.
During ‘Mystify’ Kirk and Garry were rocking out, then JD joined the party. Tim had his legs splayed, rocking out, and JD played Tim’s guitar for a bit.
There was no intro to ‘Hot Girls’ tonight. JD joined the back-up singers on their riser, so we didn’t get any mic stand riding either. JD did a spoken word thing at the end of the song, but I couldn’t quite make it out.
And we got treated to an extra song in the set list tonight: ‘Perfect Strangers’!! JD asked if we want to hear another one off the new record, and I squeed in anticipation of which song we were going to get immediately after 'Hot Girls.' And when the drums started I recognized that it was 'Perfect Strangers,' and it was still really quiet in the arena so when I squeed really loudly everyone around me turned to look at me and even Kirk looked up into the stands. The vocals were excellent tonight. And Garry was a little more animated, giving us feck faces and rocking out on the risers, and singing along. It was especially hot watching him sing the “melting wax” line. Hell yeah baby! JD plucked a cowboy hat from the audience, wore it for a bit, and then Garry picked it up and put it on. As the song wrapped up JD said “We’ve been working so hard we forgot to say hello.” This got big cheers, and he mentioned we were a big crowd.
The bass dominated ‘By My Side’ tonight. JD said he was happy to be in Canada, and that we should all follow our hearts.
The bass was up really loud during ‘Afterglow ’and created a bit of sound fuzz. By this song it was getting so hot in Scotiabank Place that my straightened hair was curling up. JD finished the song on a lovely mini falsetto note. And at the end Andrew gave us an East Indian inspired keyboard piece.
We got a swivelling hipped Sultan of Bass down at stage left during ‘Taste It’. JD did a very funky rap intro to the band. He said “How you feeling right now?” and Kirk kissed JD’s hand. For Andrew he said “A man who needs no introduction.” Indeed! And he didn’t miss Garry tonight! JD was too busy laying down on the ramp, having a smoke, to have mic stand sex tonight. Honey, smoking comes after sex. There was some wicked guitar work by Andrew again tonight. Garry and Jon were rocking out together. Then JD went and hung out by Andrew for a bit, and gave him a drag on the cigarette before he started back in with the vocals. He trailed the mic stand behind him, showing her no love tonight.
‘Original Sin’ got a big crowd response. JD was twirling around the stage a lot tonight, and put his arm around Tim a few times. And Garry was rocking out stage left. We got an elusive Thirteen sighting, as we watched him tuning Andrew’s guitars behind a stack of amps.
On ‘Hungry’ JD’s vocals were much better tonight, but still a bit strained. Andrew kicked it up a notch on the keyboards tonight, and we got stick twirls from Jon.
During ‘Never Let You Go’, JD put his arm around Tim during the “could never let you go” part, and he proceeded to play Tim’s guitar with the mic. Kirk was down on the boxes near us at stage right, and JD's “Come on Kirk” preceded a wicked sax interlude.
‘Need You Tonight’ was another crowd favourite. We got more man love between Tim and JD on this number. And the “you’re one of my kind” was left out again tonight.
JD did a crowd romp right in front of our section during ‘What You Need.’ Tim and Kirk ended up on top of the ramp behind Jon, saxing and riffing.
It was fun to watch Jon singing along to ‘Kick’ tonight. Andrew was showing the tambourine who's the boss, and Kirk got away from Andrew again tonight, but we got a cool keyboard/sax dialogue going on there for a bit.
I love it when it’s “Time to go to church.” JD was doing a few standing jumps during ‘Devil Inside.’ And he was playing Tim’s guitar again. Kirk was wailing on the guitar tonight. It was hot.
During ‘Pretty Vegas’ Andrew was way out front, and he came right up to the front row at one point. There was a nice moment with Kirk and Andrew, and Tim and Garry rocking out. JD did a crowd romp stage left onto the floor and into the stands. And we got a big honking “whoo” tonight from Jon, and Garry pointed to him right at that moment. JD thanked us for being a great crowd, and said it had been an awesome time.
Before they started the encore, JD chilled on stage again, smoking. He said that it had been a fantastic ride, and then launched into the Chocolate Chip Orgasm Rap. Toward the end Jon came out moving to the rap to big cheers from the audience.
For ‘New Sensation’ Garry came out in a sleeveless T-shirt, and I finally got a really good look at all of the new tat. A very cool Chinese dragon wrapped around the Celtic Cross. There was a lovely moment where the cameras gave us a close up of Andrew grooving at the keyboard
My sister was impressed with JD’s vocals on ‘Amazing Grace.’
‘Never Tear Us Apart’ got a huge crowd response, as much as for ‘Pretty Vegas’ and ‘Need You Tonight’. The disco ball seemed extra glittery tonight. And once again JD’s vocals on this number were outstanding. My sister was particularly impressed. Kirk gave us another amazing mouth-watering sax solo. And Tim milked the moment for all it’s worth.
JD looked great in an open shirt during ‘Don’t Change’. We could see April taking photos stage left. At the end of the song Jon kept going, and everyone else joined in.
JD was really moved by it all at the end. And so were we. I hope you enjoyed Ottawa guys. We loved having you here. I went to sleep on cloud nine last night. And I woke up this morning to find that 'Devil's Party' had entered the top 20 charts here at #13!
Set List:
Suicide Blonde
Devil's Party
Mystify
Hot Girls
Perfect Strangers
By My Side
Afterglow
Taste It
Original Sin
Hungry
Never Let You Go
Need You Tonight
What You Need
Kick
Devil Inside
Pretty Vegas
Encore
Chocolate Chip Orgasm Rap
New Sensation
Amazing Grace
Never Tear Us Apart
Don't Change
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