Ranch Bowl, Omaha, Nebraska

Just saw The Cult in concert tonight in Omaha. They were great. They played a lot of their new songs.

I've only seen them 3 times, but this was by far the best they've sounded. They played War, Nirvana and Love Removal Machine in the Encore. They just plain kicked ass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so glad they came here. A million thanks to the person you booked it. Too bad the venue was such a hole. I forgot how bad it really is.

SonicCult - duece9898@yahoo.com

We arrived way too early and decided to sit inside Matthew's Pub, which is the bar adjacent to the main show area. As we walked inside we got to see Billy Duffy signing an autograph just before he went in to do sound checks. I'm generally not the type that gets "star struck", but I must admit that seeing Billy not more than six feet away from me was pretty damn cool! Sitting inside the pub we enjoyed a couple beers while listening to the sweet sounds of The Cult's warm up set; which included Rise, Peace Dog, and Sweet Soul Sister. Of course this was just the beginning of what would be the absolute most enjoyable rock 'n roll experience of my life. And if things couldn't be more perfect, we learned from the bartender that there would be no opening act for tonight's show. FUCKING PERFECTION! Let's dispense with the opening act and get right to THE CULT! The Ranch Bowl is indeed a small venue--best suited for a crowd of around 300 people--but I would estimate that they squeezed between 400 and 500 people into that place. Despite this and the shows late start, the crowd was great. Everyone was there to enjoy a great show and I would say with great confidence that everyone most certainly had a great time! During the performance, Ian did take a moment to talk about the fans. I wish I could remember his exact words, but the gist of it was that fans of The Cult are just the best kind of people--best looking, best dressed, intellectual, etc. So true! I don't remember the exact order of the set, but they opened with Rise and closed with an encore of War, Nirvana and Love Removal Machine. And somewhere in between they played In The Clouds, Peace Dog, Rain, Sweet Soul Sister, Edie (Ciao Baby), Lil' Devil, Breathe, The Saint, Fire Woman, She Sells Sanctuary, and Wild Flower. The entire set went off with out a hitch. Well, one of the strings on Billy Morrison's bass did break during one of the songs, but it didn't bother him one damn bit! He just kept right on playing that 3 string bass guitar like the pro that he is. In case anyone in the band should happen to read this, I just want to say thank you so much for the incredible performance! And thank you for coming to Omaha. Please come back again.

Gerald - mines@tconl.com

Setlist:

Rise
In The Clouds
Lil' Devil
Peace Dog
Rain
Edie (Ciao Baby)
The Witch
Breathe
The Saint
Fire Woman
Sweet Soul Sister
Wild Flower
She Sells Sanctuary

Encore:

War
Nirvana
Love Removal Machine