last night we went to go see echo & the bunnymen with she wants revenge at the nokia theatre. i was excited about this show for 2 reasons: 1. i've never seen echo & the bunnymen nor any of their members live before; 2. i've never been to the nokia theatre. as soon as we got to the venue, the cost of parking was ridiculous but what are ya gonna do, turn around and go home? no! then we go into the venue and immediately spot adam from she wants revenge just chatting with some fans. we decide to go meet him. he's nice. i was surprised at how short he was. am i taller? are we the same height? it doesn't really matter so who cares. the band went on 5 minutes earlier than showtime on the tickets, impressive.

setlist:
black liner run
red flags and long nights
sister
replacement
one hundred kisses
disconnect
these things
out of control
tear you apart

after she wants revenge was over, we noticed that both members came into the audience and sat a few rows behind us. adam left but justin stayed. twiddle thumbs was too damn shy to meet him so i really had to push her but i think she's glad that i did. yay, now we can say that we've met both members of she wants revenge.

then echo & the bunnymen went on with an orchestra and performed the "ocean rain" album in full and in order. meanwhile, period photos were being shown of the band on the huge screens on the side. that was pretty cool, to put it into context like that. i realized though that i'm not a huge fan of the bunnymen. i like the hits and a few other things but that's all. i really don't know their albums. if anything, i only know the last original album well. i don't have any of their reformed bunnymen albums. so it's a good thing that this tour was supposedly just playing the hits. but even still, i realized i don't know so much. i had to take a lot of notes and pay attention quite closely to what ian was singing so that i could later look up the titles of the songs. disappointing that they didn't play certain hits as i could've switched them out. they didn't play "do it clean", "never stop", or "the puppet", for instance.

setlist:
part 1 (with orchestra):
silver
nocturnal me
crystal days
the yo yo man
thorn of crowns
the killing moon
seven seas
my kingdom
ocean rain

part 2 (no orchestra):
rescue
show of strength
villiers terrace / roadhouse blues
stormy weather
bring on the dancing horses
all my colours
all that jazz
think i need it too
the back of love
the cutter

encore:
nothing lasts forever / walk on the wild side / in the midnight hour
lips like sugar