The show Wednesday night at Rock & Roll Hotel in Washington, DC was probably the best Patrick Wolf show I've EVER seen! The audience was quiet and respectful and yet enthusiastic and thrilled about everything Patrick was doing. Patrick was ON the whole night. He came out with a very serious expression on his face and we were concerned that he was upset about something but then he sat down at his piano and played an incredible version of "The Messenger" while wearing a costume specifically for Washington, DC (a sort of "Founding Fathers" thing). Patrick gave the DC audience his best possible performance the entire night. He really poured out his heart to us!
He was very tight-lipped about talking in between songs, he says, because he's a musician and should just play music. He's apparently read some stuff recently where people accused him of being a diva or rude to the audience and of drinking while on stage. Personally, I don't think he's been drinking at all and the people who've written that are dead wrong. And I also think he's been VERY professional and tolerant of the kind of disrespectful jackassery that's been coming out at some of his recent shows. It really ruins the show for his real fans when people come to the shows and get drunk and blurt out idiotic things at inappropriate times and I think Patrick does his best to protect the experience for those of us who really love him and respect him and want to hear him perform without rude interruptions.
We had to wait for over an hour after Living Things finished before Patrick came on. They seemed to be having technical difficulties with mics and cords not working and the tour manager (Nik) and Marcello and a few other people were nervously testing and retesting all the mics and cords and instruments because they wanted it all to work right when Patrick came out. But OMFG was it worth the wait! Patrick came out and FLOORED me (and probably everyone else) with one of the most incredible performances I've ever seen.
Here's the setlist:
The Messenger
Kriegspiel
Vulture
Bluebells
Damaris
Pigeon Song
Oblivion
Tristan
The Bachelor
Paris
Railway House
The Libertine
Wind In The Wires
Who Will?
Accident & Emergency
The Magic Position
Hard Times
A Boy Like Me
I can't believe he did The Messenger, Paris, Railway House, Wind In The Wires and A Boy Like Me! Patrick said he was performing "Railway House" for Katty (Katty Besnard, lead singer of The Plasticines) and she was moved to tears as he performed it for her. Paris and A Boy Like Me are two of my all-time favorite songs so I was thrilled for those. Also, I'm so grateful that he continues to do "The Libertine" at almost every show because I LOVE that song! And Tristan too! Damaris is one of my favorites from "The Bachelor" as well.
I recorded the audio only for this show. I was going to use my dSLR to take pix but it appears to be broken, sadly. I'm getting ERR 99 when I try to take a picture, regardless of which lens, battery or memory card I'm using. It's a Canon 40D. I think it needs to be serviced but if anyone knows what might be suddenly causing this error, please let me know ASAP!
Here's the audio from the DC show in iTunes native format (AAC):
File Name: 2009-06-24 - DC (Rock & Roll Hotel).zip Size:
68MB |
http://www.sendspace.com/file/0b66idIt's nice to be back in my hometown (Carrboro, NC). I can't wait for the show tonight HERE!!! (less than a mile from my house!)
