Ottawa Civic Centre, Ottawa, ON

Opening Act: Lenny Kravitz

It was a great concert. My first general admission experience. It was great. All the songs were great. They played Edie (Ciao Baby) accoustically; it was an amazing version. They played an amazing version of Peace Dog!!! At the end of Wildflower, Ian tossed his tambourine and me and my friends and a couple of other people got a piece of it!!! At the end of the night, Ian turned to a section of people in the stands and asked them to stand up for this last song, they didn't react so he said "Fuck it, I'll play this for my friends down on the floor then". They played Love Removal Machine and ended with a bang!!! It was great.

Patrick Lavoie - lavoiepatrick@yahoo.com


The first time I saw the Cult was during the Sonic Temple tour, same venue as this gig, but a few years earlier. at that gig, I was nearly crushed to death in general admission, and my friends had to slap my face repeatedly until I came to. Bonham was the opening act. As I crawled out of general admission to catch my breath, I landed on top of a guy in a wheelchair, who, much to my surprise, promptly stood up. At the gig in '92, Lenny Kravitz was the opening band, and the Cult blew him off the stage. The thing I remember most about both shows is how unbelievably hard they rocked. What I love the most about the Cult is that they owe much of their success to Canada. In a way, Canadians adopted the Cult as their own, and that's cool. The other amazing thing about the show in '92 was the depth of the song catalogue at that point. It was like every song they played was a show-stopper. These guys are great!

Jeremy Pletcher - japmfd@videotron.ca


For all the french fans, here some comments... Ma première expérience en admission générale! J'avais 18 ans...et je me croyais invincible! Kravitz donna une bonne prestation en première partie...et la foule commenca à se réchauffe. Quand Ian et Billy entrèrent sur scène, je perdis complètement la tête et je savais que je me laisserais porter par la foule. L'intro de de la chanson titre de l'album, la première qu'ils jouèrent, fue sublime! Je fesais maintenant partie intégrante de la Cérémonie! (Ceremony) Après une dizaine de minutes, je me retrouvais seul, mes amis dispersés un peu partout. J'ai pu savourer quelques moments savoureux: entendre Edie (Ciao Baby) accoustique fut magique.. Sans oublier les classiques Peace Dog, Love Removal Machine et Wild Flower... Un concert qui fut trop court! Ciao Baby!

PatrickD - patrickdesj@hotmail.com