Chicago May 2, 2003
Set list (not in order, sorry):
Real World
3 AM- Huge crowd pleaser. Adam jumped around a lot.
Back 2 Good- What can I say? Fantastic! Adam was sitting on a high stage behind Paul. Sometime during the song, Paul threw a drumstick at Adam. Adam tried to catch it, but he missed it and started laughing.
Busted- Wow.
If You’re Gone- Just Rob singing and Kyle playing the electric guitar. They re-worked the guitar part, so it sounded completely different. Different, but great!
Mad Season- On the screens, they showed clips from the video (just the parts when they show the screaming fans).
Bent- On the screens, they showed clips from the video (the parts when Adam is driving the car, hitting things, and eventually hits Rob.) For a little part of the song, Rob went onto a high stage behind Paul.
Feel- The best damn rock song ever! Rob said he and Kyle wrote this song in a parking lot.
Disease- Lots of red light. Awesome.
Bright Lights- Rob played the piano. On the screens, they showed New York City.
Unwell- Kyle played the banjo for the beginning. On the screens, they showed the changing wallpaper from the video.
Cold- They opened the show with this song!
All I Need- At the end of it, Rob went over to Kyle’s mic, and they sang, “She loves me, yeah yeah yeah.”
Hand Me Down- Paul played the piano. Tony Adams, a drum tech, played the drums. Rob was talking about Tony and called him a guitar tech by accident. And Rob was like, “What the ****, you’re a drum tech! What the hell are you?!”
Could I Be You- Rob played the piano.
Downfall- On the screens, they had phrases like, “What’s so funny?”, “Do you trust your pets?”, and “Are you more than you think you are?”
Soul- On the screens, they showed a yellow silhouette of a women dancing.
You’re So Real- Last song before the encore. In the middle of the song, they all stopped and it got kinda dark. Rob just looked around. Then all of a sudden, they jumped back into the song.
Jet (Paul McCartney and the Wings cover)- Several times in the song, it goes, “JET!” Whenever it was time for that part, Rob would point to a section and they’d have to yell out, “JET!” Rob pointed to my section a lot. hehe. Also, Rob was saying how he felt old because he was talking to this one kid, and the kid was like, “Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings?” hehe
Encore (in order):
(after You’re So Real, they only took about a 2 min break before the encore)
So Sad So Lonely- Now this was awesome. Rob moved around a lot on stage.
Changes (Bowie cover)- Rob said he’s always wanted to live out his rock and roll fantasy of playing a Bowie song in an arena. They did a great job on this song.
Long Day- Rob went on the high stage again. He moved around a lot. He let the fans sing, “It’s me, yeah well I can’t get myself to go away.” That was fun.
Push- The last song. Rob kneeled down and started singing to a girl in the front row. Somehow, she got onstage. Rob did not seem to pull her up. She started dancing around him. He seemed kinda scared and moved to the other side of the stage, while Adam moved in to shield Rob from the girl until security got her off.
After they finished Push, Paul came out from behind his drums, turned his back to the crowd, and threw his drumstick! I was so close to catching it. The girl right behind me caught it. At least I saw it up close!
You would never have known that Rob was feeling a little sick on Wednesday and Paul’s hand was broken.
Some Rob quotes:
"He's the best f*cking guitar tech in the world...what the f*ck, what do you do again?" ~Rob Thomas (May 2, 2003 in Chicago, talking about Tony Adams, a DRUM tech)
"We're at that point in the show now where if you're not feeling good, there's nothing more we can do for you." ~Rob Thomas (May 2, 2003 in Chicago)
"I KNOW all of you weren't there, because that many people don't FIT in f*ckin' Schuba's!" ~Rob Thomas (May 2, 2003 in Chicago)