Comments on: Concert Review: James, Phoenix Theatre, Sept 23

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Shows This Week – Sept 27-30th, 2010 | The Panic Manual — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:16:00 +0000

[...] will be playing the Great Elizabeth Theatre this Thursday. After the absolute brilliance of their last show here at the Phoenix, I expect nothing less then a brilliant performance by this band. First of three [...]

By: DJ

DJ — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:17:07 +0000

This was a greart show.
Definately worth the drive from Detroit. I was most pleased they played Fred Astaire.
I saw them in ’93 (15 years, wow) and am psyched they are back.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:38:48 +0000

Brilliant show, could have played a much larger venue but no complaints. Crowd was amazing, and I think the band were truly overwhelmed.

I also missed hearing Tomorrow — though a quick check here reveals that they’ve been playing it a lot on this tour, it just wasn’t our turn. I was hoping they might segue into it from the coda to Ring The Bells, which I’ve always thought of as the inspiration for Tomorrow. (By the way, anyone else ever come to that conclusion? Give it a listen and see; just sing the chorus lyrics to Tomorrow over the end of Ring the Bells…)

One last thought — I last saw James at the Opera House, I believe it was around ’94, and would welcome any confirmation of that. Thanks!

By: Ian Harris

Ian Harris — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:51:01 +0000

I was one of those 40 somethings at the show. There was no way I was leaving before the house lights went on.
The babysitter was asleep on the couch when we got home to Burlington at 1:00am.
Definately a great show.
Also, nice (and surprising) to see the great audience reception for a Toronto crowd.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:15:15 +0000

I saw them at Lollapalooza ’97 at Kingswood. Good show…

Man, I’m old… haha

By: stephen poy

stephen poy — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:14:48 +0000

sounds awesome – i saw them last thursday in washington at the 930 club. i had the same experience – except i saw them while they were promoting laid – so i knew what to expect. they almost did a second encore down here, but too many people left after the first encore. you could tell from the lights that they were thinking about it. their reception by the fans was incredible. you could tell from their expressions it was more than they expected – the members in the band kept exchanging surprised glances.

cant wait for them to come back.

cheers

By: Kathrin

Kathrin — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:48:56 +0000

Awesome show…BUT a very large ommission was “sit down”. Even during the 2nd encore the crowd was crying out for “sit down next to me” and we got…nothing.

By: Badger

Badger — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:57:33 +0000

This was the best show i’ve seen them do including the farewell show in manchester arena. More bands need to split up for 11 years if they can come back this strong. Nice to see some original fans and some new ones.
Looking forward to seeing them again next year. Security would’nt let us backstage, even with vip passes, so a little pissed about that but awesome show anyway!

By: stephanie

stephanie — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:45:26 +0000

great review of one of the best shows ive seen in a long while. “come on, dont be coool toronto” no one in the crowd was too cool, which is rare for screwface toronto crowds

By: Andrea

Andrea — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:24:07 +0000

Nothing from ‘Pleased to Meet You’, sadly, but Five-o made up for that. A great night!