It was the worst of times. It was the best of times. I'm not exactly sure how to phrase my comments on the show. I'll begin with the pre-concert warm up. Chuck 7 Eagles, Nancy, my wife and myself showed up around 3. There was a bit of a mixup with Nancy's tickets and her and Chuck spent the next 4 hours trying to rectify the situation. In the interim my wife and I wandered around the venue. At about 7:00 the band members showed up at the KDGE interview booth to be interviewed by Jesse. Billy Morrison was the first one to appear accompanied by his girlfriend Jennifer. During the interview I met up with Urge111 Jon (not Taylor) We got our ticket stubs autographed by the band except everyone but Ian. Jon chased Ian down as he was leaving the interview and told him who we are on the chat board. Ian mentioned how much he loves and appreciates everyone here. Shortly before the show began we saw Jennifer and her friend. Jon and I introduced ourselves and had a very pleasent conversation with her and her friend. She is putting together a documentary with concert footage of the various shows. She was nice enough to tape Jon and myself introducing ourselves. I just hope we make the director's cut. The seats we had for the show were fairly good but of course we aspired for better. By 7, Nancy's ticket problem was solved and her and Chuck were up front. Thanks to a brilliant scheme and some magic, Jon, my wife and myself were able to join them. I had smuggled in my digital camera to take some pics during the show and began snapping photos as the show began. I had reeled off about 15 pics when I was accosted by gestapo security and escorted outside kicking and screaming. I yelled, "I'm a SunKing baby!" but it did no good. Once outside I noticed that these Neo-Nazis had also accosted Jennifer who was taping from the stage. She tried to explain what she was doing and that the video equipment belonged to the band but no dice. Security confiscated my camera but fortunately let me return back to the show. Once back inside I resumed getting my groove on. I must say the music was crisp. A friend who saw them the night before in Little Rock said Billy's guitar work was the best he'd heard thus far and last night was equally as good. I was extremely impressed especially during Sweet Soul Sister. Billy Morrison in my opinion is a perfect fit as a bass player. He fits the image nicely. He's much more energetic than Martin onstage, and seems firmly committed to making the most of this. I hope his tenure is a long and prosperous one. Ian's vocals sounded excellent. He was continually goading the crowd to participate more. The best part though was when he was trying to do the Cult Central Posse initation ritual with his hands. That was a proud moment for us all. The encore was brief. They were only off the stage for about 2 minutes when they came back. Ian said, "We would have played anyway" and stuck out his tongue. He announced the next song was called War and was a bit heavy. He yelled "this is for all you men out there, are you ready?" Things then turned sour. Billy launched into Love Removal Machine. I'm not sure what the mixup was, but needless to say, Ian was livid! He threw his microphone stand down and walked over to Matt. He then proceeded to pick up his microphone only to find it no longer worked which only outraged him even more. He threw the mike down to the floor and sat on his honches next to the drum kit as he waited for the road crew to get him a new mike. He finished the song vividly disappointed and quickly left the stage once the song was done. It was a sad ending to the climactic buildup of a really good show. I think the best shows are the ones where it's the Cult and an opening act. Shows like this do serve their purpose though. BTW, high props to Matt. He appears to have adopted Jamie's role of being the calm-headed stabilizing influence in the band and I feel confident things he will help things work themselves out. The new music I've heard has the same effect as Love and Sonic Temple. It immediately pulls you into its grasp and doesn't let you go. This album should be without a word exceptional. Can you say Grammy? I sincerely hope that last night's faux pas doesn't hamper the spiritual and emotional energy of this tour. I'm anxiously awaiting reviews from tonight's show in Tulsa and expect it to thoroughly kick ass! BTW if you'd like the few pictures I do have send me an email. Some turned out better than others due to people bumping into me. I'll see what I can do to clean some of them up. L8!

I saw The Cult at Edgefest at Smirnoff Music Centre and they were bad ass. I never was a real big cult fan until I heard them live. At the end of their preformance I got stoned and most of the last few songs got tuned out but what I did remember is the Cult rocked.

Hey all, I just returned from the Edge Fest in Dallas, and my oh my the Cult rocked the place. There were about 23,000 folks there, and it was HOT! Anyway, they opened with Rise which rocked the house, and also played Breathe. At encore Ian stated that the next song was going to be War, but someone messed up and the band began to play Love Removal Machine. Needless to say it was an awkward moment because Ian didn't even sing the first verse because of the bad timing or whatever. I'd have to say that all in all it was a great show, excect that every other band came by the Warehouse Music tent after their set to sign autographs expect the Cult. Needless to say I was pretty disappointed. The new Beyond Good and Evil shirts were also available at the stands. It has the new falling star logo on it, with "Beyond good and Evil" on the back. I picked one up for 30 bucks, and a ball cap that says Cult2000 on the back and on the front the image of Billy strumming the guitar from the Sonic Temple album cover (looks sorta like a Jordan image if you weren't familiar).

The show was an x-tacy trip gone horribly wrong. It started out fast and furious, and things were going along quite nicely. However towards the end, due to some mis-communications things ended with a wimper more than a roar. It seems that mis-communication was the under-tow of the day. Not only for us at the will call ticket window, but for the band as well.

Chuck 7 Eagles - adachi@networksplus.net

---

Right up against the stage, these guys blew me away. I saw them about ten years ago on the Ceremony tour. Just good, hard, guitar rock. Billy Duffy rules. The kicker, I caught Matt Sorum's drum stick after the last encore. Long live the Cult!!!!!!

Rise
Peace Dog
Rain
Wild Flower
The Witch
Edie (Ciao Baby)
Sweet Soul Sister
Breathe
She Sells Sanctuary
Love Removal Machine