This was the 22nd time I have seen our boys live and it was by far and away the worst show, although it was not their fault. I am 29 years old and been a die hard fan since the beginning. However, at this show, I felt old believe it or not. The stadium was full of drunken teenagers who could not hold their booze and threw up all over the place. In addition, the sound system was absolutely awful, way too much bass accompanied by echoing around the stadium. Fuel played before The Cult and they were delayed due to a thunderstorm. One of the radio station DJ's came on to introduce Fuel and the mic did not work. This delayed Fuel's set another 10 minutes but they did not seem to straighten out the mic, because you could not hear the vocals during the set. The only time you could hear the lead singer was in between songs when he addressed the crowd. Anyway, Fuel went off stage and they began setting up for The Cult. It started to rain again! Another DJ came on to introduce our boys, and once again, you could not hear a word he was saying. By this time, due to the rain, most of the crowd headed for shelter. The Cult ripped into Wild Flower to open, and you could not hear a word Ian was saying which made him visably pissed. After Wild Flower, he gave his speech to the remaining crowd about old school and how they were responsible for influencing most of the bands here that day. Ian remained in a pissed off mood for the rest of the short, very short set and tried his best to get this teeny-bopper crowed into the show, but it didn't work and nobody in the crowed knew the words appreciation or respect. A few things made their way on to the stage such as a toilet paper roll and various beach balls. Ian would actually stop singing and throw the items back into the crowd. A fuzzy golf club cover was thrown onto the stage and Billy Duffy picked it up and placed it on the end of his guitar with a smile on his face. Ian immediately walked over to Billy, grabbed it and tossed it back into the crowd much to Billy's suprise. The rest of the band looked like they were enjoying the show except for Ian. Billy Duffy gave the thumbs up a few times and seemed to get into the set, even hitting a couple of windmills on his trusty Les Paul. During She Sells Sanctuary, he brought out the White Falcon. Before they played Love Removal Machine, Ian announced that it was the last song of the set. When nobody responded, Ian said that they would leave the stage right now! When the sparse crowd seemed disappointed, Ian said he was just pushing our buttons, but if you ask me, I think he was serious because the crowd really sucked! Anyway, I have ordered tickets for the next DC show and Norfolk, Va. Hopefully, these will be much better shows as they are much smaller places and they will be using their own sound systems. Anyway, if the boys happen to read this, I wouldn't have missed your set for the world. Too bad the kids don't have a clue what respect means!

I had not seen The Cult since the early 90's and it was such a fabulous thrill to see them again. They were the best band on the line up. What made it even better was being able to be back stage and talk to Billy. He has aged so gracefully and is still a hot piece of ass! Now Ian was a little odd. He has changed his persona with cutting off his hair. He was moody, withdrawn, and very anti social. I was saddened to hear by other bands on the line up that he invited a "better than" attitude. No matter, The Cult kicked ass!

Wild Flower
Rise
Breathe
The Witch
Fire Woman
She Sells Sanctuary
Love Removal Machine