Lovehammers at Morton Arboretum, Aug. 21, 2009

[BBE]

Excellent show, and over 5000 people estimated there. Many new faces who were there for PWTs. LH made a great impression on them!

This show was my 50TH LH show! Holy moley! (Not even counting LAG and Marty solo.)
Getting caught in a downpour while the band was doing soundcheck was memorable, too.

They started the show right around 7 pm, and LH finished about 8:10 pm.

Set list:

Straight As An Arrow
Call of Distress
Your Time, My Time
Hold On
Find Your Way
Clinic
Clouds
Eyes Can't See
The Tunnel
Oh My Baby
Trees
This Town
Guns

Marty had the crowd sing Happy Birthday to his mom. Very sweet!!!

Marty got down into the photo pit to sing, and also got up on the fence, with people holding him up. He did a really nice thing and stood on the fence right in front of me. I think he could see that I had been having a hard time trying to get photos, because of the ridiculous restrictions they had--no flash, and no zoom lenses. Although flashes were going off everywhere behind me, because I was down front near a security girl, she kept hassling me about even the little built-in flash, and about zooming with my small telephoto. I don't have the best batch of photos ever because of that, so I appreciated that Marty helped me out a couple of times by coming over close by.

Although at first I was tempted to just give up and put my camera away, I decided that I wasn't going to let this get me down, and I did my best to find ways to still get some photos.

[henry]

Wow! Excellent crowd!!!!

Can't wait for the pics and some vid

[cfbj01]

Thanks for your review Nancy

Congrats on your 50th LH show

Looking forward as always to your pics

[nlovehammersitrust]

HI Nancy!
Thank you for the review. Great turn out. Sounds like you had an excellent time, despite the hassle of taking pics. Can't wait to see what pics you post later.
Glad the weather held out and it didn't rain, too.

aloha,
KP

[LisaBCanada]

You're my hero Nancy! 50 shows!!! You rock! Can't wait to see your pics.

[NeverFall]

Congrats on your 50th Thanks for the review & looking forward to seeing your photos!!

[swillis]

Wow-50 shows, and 5000 people? That's amazing! I hope to be in your shoes someday. Looking forward to seeing your pictures, and thanks a bunch for the review.....

[BBE]

Aug 24, 2009 17:46:39 GMT -5 swillis said:

Wow-50 shows, and 5000 people? That's amazing! I hope to be in your shoes someday. Looking forward to seeing your pictures, and thanks a bunch for the review.....

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Yes, this was a BIG show, and there were so many teenage girls there for PWTs who ended up getting thoroughly "Hammered".
The big group next to me started screaming and jumping up and down whenever Marty even looked their way, and when he leaned down and sang to them, I thought they were going to swoon! It was great to see!
The band played to the audience by making it a high energy, very professional show. I am so proud of them!

There was a loooong line for the meet and greet with the guys, and they were allowed to keep on having it while PWTs played. (Sometimes venues will end the opening act's meet and greet when the headliners come on.)

[mcmaniac]

Thanks for the review Nancy. Wow, 5000 people! That's awesome. And young girls were excited by them (who wouldn't be). Nothing like a bunch a screaming teenagers calling radio stations to hear songs by certain bands, and spreading the word to their friends. Hopefully they will help us older fans (I'm referring to myself) spread the word about this awesome band called Lovehammers in other parts of the states.

Congrats on 50 shows. How much fun has that been? I can only imagine, but if given the opportunity I would have been there too at all fifty.

[bostongirl]

This was the largest audience that I personally have been part of and it was amazing to see so many people rockin to Lh. We had a wet start


But the sky finally cleared


Marty was in great form and really played to the crowd.

All the guys are sporting new hair styles but Billy's really stands out.

Marty was up in the Trees for a while

ANd then tried to stand on my head

But finally found his way back to the stage


I have to admit that I spent alot of this show laughing b/c the teenage girls went GAGA over the guys. It was great to see them go nuts and scream when Marty or any of the guys did something. 5000 screaming fans and one Mad Conductor. It was quite a special evening.

[nlovehammersitrust]

Thanks for the pics, Boston Girl! I loved all your comments and a play by play with each picture! Thanks so much for sharing.


aloha,
KP

[hammeredham]

Great show at Morton in spite of the rain and a few other factors, and as BBE celebrated her 50th it was my 40th LH show. BG's umbrella shot above kinda captures the essence of the rain part....everybody was cracking jokes about it being Woodstock all over again and wondering if we'd have mudfights, etc. A couple times I looked back from the stage area and there was just this sea of colorful ponchos, umbrellas, and other assorted rain gear. The wild colors DID kinda lend a bit of a 60's atmosphere. But the music was pure NOW, great show !!!

HH

[rockfan]

Thanks Nancy and BG for the reviews and pics .

[cfbj01]

Thanks for the review and pics bostongirl and to HH for your review. I'm glad the rain didn't ruin the show

[hammeredham]

Hmmmm.......why didn't I think of this before.... "....clouds will clear and the sun will shine....." .......well, the clouds DID quit raining and the BAND shone..... :-)

HH

[BBE]

Photos!!!

[BBE]

And more photos! I'll post some photos of the other guys on the LH board, so be sure to check those out, too.














The teenage girls going wild over the band!






End of the show--wahhh!!! It's never enough!

[cfbj01]

Thanks Nancy for sharing your excellent photos

[rockfan]

Awesome pics, Nancy . Thanks for sharing .

[Missjanell2u]

Thank you Nancy for posting your awesome pics!!

Janell