9/2 Last Fling Labor Day – Naperville, IL

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posted by: hammeredyoung

I guess I'll be the first to post my review here.

The show was absolutely amazing!

The guys were in rare form and were joking around throughout the show. Especially when it came time to celebrate Bobby's birthday. Marty had him come out from behind the drum set, which was a definite first for any show I've been to. And he even gave Bobby the mike to actually talk! ;D ;D

They played for at least and hour and 20 minutes, if not longer.

I wish I had taken a picture of the venue so that you could see how large the outdoor area was. The stage was at the bottom of a hill, and people were sitting all the way up to the top of the hill. I think estimates were in the thousands.

During Bottle of Justus there was a good group standing around the stage. After they left, I decided to go down to get a good spot during Lovehammers. (My husband and I were sitting about half way up the hill - we got there sort of late).

I was able to get a spot about 2 people back on Dino's side. The center area in front of Marty's mike was packed! But I had a great view and got some great pics (to come later). About half way into the set I turned around and the crowd that was standing behind me was huge. It was great to see so many people rocking out to the Lovehammers.

From Lovehammers Heaven
Lyn

One other thing happened, which I'm sure we've all seen pics of (and I hope someone got one this time). After Marty climbed back on stage after walking through the crowd, his pants were definitely lower in the back.

For the rest of the set, whenever he turned his back and bent over .... you get my drift?

Even the DJ who was MCing the show mentioned Marty's "half moon." ;D ;D

One other story from the show. I met a woman from Madison (she went to the show there), who brought her family down for Last Fling. Her 4 year old son got to meet Marty before the show and got a picture with him.

When Marty said that he was singing Mr. Brightsides because a 4 year old had insisted, I immediately thought of her son. He was really excited to see them singing. She brought him up to the fence and was holding him up. We were on Dino's side of the stage, and at one point Dino takes off one of his wristbands (it looked like a wide brown leather one) and tossed it to him.

Dino is such a sweety!

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posted by penny74

Wow, what an awesome show! I am going to work on a review, but here are the songs that I remember (out of order I'm sure):

This Town
Call of Distress
Ultrasound (first part only)
Throw My Head
Wish You Were Here
Clinic
Hold On
Tunnel
Mr. Brightside - just Marty. Billy, Bobby, and Dino left the stage for this.
Clouds
Paint It Black
Better Off (Walk Away)
Ring of Fire
Low-Life Insurance
Straight as an Arrow
Trees

I may be missing some...

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posted by chitowngirl:


They also played "The Riddle"! I think Penny's list is otherwise complete. I was so excited to hear Mr. Brightside. That was a first for me and it sounded awesome!

The Bobby birthday celebration was REALLY fun! It was the first time I've seen Bobby come out from behind the drum kit and the first time I've ever heard him speak on stage!

Marty let him choose what song he wanted to sing for his birthday and he chose "Let's Get Wasted". Marty also said the Kourelis parents were in the house!

It was a HUGE crowd. Marty mentioned 9,000 people! I really hope they were able to expand their fan base because it was an amazing performance as always. I brought a friend who was a hammer virgin and now she is totally smitten!

What a great show!

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posted by dreaming1:


Very good show. The only thing I can think of to add (which was funny & cute).....When Marty announced that Dino/Bobby's parents were in the crowd, Dino says "Sorry I am wearing make-up" to them. He said it kinda quite with a shy look on his face.

It was exciting to have so many people experience the Lovehammers. Marty ran out into the crowd for awhile while singing. He referred to the lawn people a few times. Got the crowd going all the way back. They joked around a lot on stage, very fun show.

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posted by hammered:



Marty was certainly Mr. Talkative last night and he was HILLARIOUS!! I am guessing he had a few drinks before the show. Did anyone see the all out brawl in the grass for Bobby's drumstick? It was between a middle aged woman and a 14 year old boy-no joke. They were seriously rolling around on the grass beating the crap out of each other for maybe 5 minutes. It was insane! I couldnt believe my eyes!!! The boy finally gave it to the woman and then she left, probably out of embarassment......yikes!!
Hopefully it wasnt anyone here

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posted by uandme:



This was my first outdoor LH concert and I loved it! The crowd was big and the music was outstanding.

Penny, the only song that is missing from your list is Riddle.

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posted by lyrics:


We saw and met Marty when he played at the Chicago Theatre back with INXS, and I must say, the Last Fling show blew that away!! They played such a nice, long set, and his banter between songs was sincere, funny and very engaging. Wow, Bob is killer handsome and I liked the ways the guys in the band laughed at Marty's jokes...as if they haven't heard them before (maybe not?). We were way up front far left at the stage, and it was a killer view. My two young sons are spoiled now, for sure! We also saw Cheap Trick live last night, and we all agreed we loved the Lovehammers way better.

I liked when they brought out the birthday cake to Bobby and when asked what he wished for (and was reminded to keep it PG for the all ages show), he cleverly said something like, well I can't say or my wish won't come true, right? So sweet. Marty did this thing on the ground with his microphone to set up a great beat for one of the songs. He's an amazing performer!

One more fun thing...with just two songs left to play, Marty told the crowd that under USUAL circumstances and when they are playing internationally as headliners, they will leave the stage and the crowd will begin chanting "Love-Ham-Mers, Love-Ham-Mers"....and he got the crowd chanting that, while he explained that then when the crow was roaring they would return for another song, and he acted like he was returning and the band began their first "encore". Very clever and fun. Can't remember what song it was, though? They were even good sports while performing Trees, though I read he was tired of singing that song and preferred it acoustic.

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posted by cjspas:


Finally back home where I can post some pix--I thought I'd be able to do it from the road but a number of the pix needed cropping exposure adjustment etc. and duh! I forgot to load that software on my laptop.

It was a great show! I have to say the time on tour has made them even better as a band. I saw them at the Roxy and just six weeks later the show was even better and tighter if that is possible. Plus they all looked like they were having so much fun.

Glad I got to meet so many people from the board and sorry we didn't have more time to talk. I also missed saying hello to others--imagine that in a crowd of 9000-10,000!

Anyway here's a few pix from the show:

This is pretty much my view from the stage. I was second row right next to JS with a bunch of young children in front of me so my view was pretty sweet.