Milwaukee,
Apr. 19, 1997
By PETE
WALTON (pwalton@monmouth.com)
silverchair's
first visit to Milwaukee took place at the Eagles Ballroom
-- a huge, oval-shaped hall with the stage at the short end.
The crowd approved of the opening sets by Handsome and Local
H, and when silverchair took the stage to the sounds of "Slave,"
the place rocked.
The new
stage set features the "heating coils" which were
used in the "Freak" video. The coils were not lit
until the band played "Freak."
Crowdsurfing
took place throughout the show, including during "Cemetery."
The set list was basically the same as previous shows on the
current tour. "The Closing" was played just before
"Israel's Son."
Some highlights:
During
"Tomorrow," at the part of the song where Daniel
is supposed to sing "You think you can go on living like
a king," instead he said, "I don't feel like singing
this bit."
The reason
Daniel does not sing "Me and shame..." during "The
Closing" is because he wants to go off on the guitar
part without distraction.
At the
end of "Israel's Son" Daniel repeated "Put
your hands in the air" many times, and at one point said
"Put your fucking hands in the fucking air."
The expanded
production crew (two buses and a semi are making the trip)
and the enhanced stage set make for a bigger and better show
than on the February promo tour. Musically, the band is tight
and playing better than ever. |
