[thebends]

The most amazing, mind blowing, outstanding show I have ever seen in my life. Completely blown away by this 3.5 hour performance, 3 encores, blistering cover of CSNY's Ohio, and a wicked 15 minute cover of Zep's No Quarter. Also included a fab cover of PJ's Jeremy squeezed in the middle of Glory & Consequence. If that wasnt enough homage to some of the best bands in the world they also covered Queen's Under Pressure. Despite all the covers he still managed to hit songs from his entire LP catalogue including 1994's stunning Welcome to the Cruel World.

Ben also sang acapella during Where I Could Go with the entire house in a dead silence, you could have heard a pin drop for those precious few minutes. Chills! He did this at Massey Hall a couple of years ago and it was equally outstanding.

Combo of Ground on Down, No Quarter and Ohio sets the bar for the best ~30 minutes of live music I've experienced.

WOW!

*Edit*

Unofficial Setlist

07.05.11 Toronto

Ashes
Faded
Number With No Name
Diamonds On The Inside
Masterpiece
Forever
Burn To Shine
Rock N' Roll Is Free
Lay There & Hate Me
Give A Man A Home
Don't Give Up On Me Now
Ground On Down
No Quarter (Zepplin cover)
Ohio (CSNY cover)
*ENCORE 1
Vein In Vain
Clearly Severely
Glory & Consequence (with PJ's Jeremy)
By My Side
The Woman In You
Dirty Little Lover
I Will Not Be Broken
Fly One Time
Where Could I Go
*ENCORE 2
Burn One Down
Walk Away
Under Pressure (Queen cover)
Better Way
*ENCORE 3
Not Fire Not Ice

[aaronck]

Sounds like an awesome night. Mr Harper hasn't come to Calgary since the early 2000s which is sad. I caught him at Sasquatch a few years ago and it was the same thing-30,000 people outside on an amazing spring evening with the mountains and Columbia river as a backdrop, and at times, everyone was completely silent.