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Dave Matthews Band December 4, 2005 Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario Ants Rating: |
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User: aap4dmb
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Great Show. Pig was awesome. All along the watchtower was incredible too!
User: Antelope
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Very solid show from start to finish. Great opener in Don't Drink the Water. A very even spread of songs, only four from Stand Up and four from Before These Crowded Streets. So that was good to see. Solid setlist. Boyd tore open Lousiana Bayou. All Along the Wathchtower with Eric Krasno was sweet but the two biggest standouts was #41 and Seek Up, which clocked in at at least 20 minutes. Amazing amazing show.
User: AutumnRed
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This was a great night. First time hearing #41. Watchtower midset was completely amazing
User: avalanche44
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Support: Soulive
With: Tom
User: bansebe
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amazing version of watchtower, a little bit of a weak finish though... crush was really good too, boyd made the show, he had a number of unbelievable jams that just got the crowd bumpin
User: bgallow
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Excellent show. Top form. My first #41.
User: bigidfsh
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Amazing show!!. My US friends on the floors, level 17, were alive unlike you sitters in level 300. Lots of green; smelled great in there. Yes, 41, Seek up and Pig were played to perfection but Watchtower blew the roof off as did "bold and bright" from Grey Street. The boys had fun tonight and it showed. Glad us Canadians could host such an event. Boyd to it to a new level. Don't burn the day.
User: BigIphish41
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Wow!.....amazing show, one of the best I've seen. The guys were really having fun tonight and the crowd was into it. Went for 3 hours too! i cant wait for Rochester
User: blloyd
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one word: unbelievable.
User: BrahmaBull
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Seek Up!
User: brianb
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Front Row center!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
User: carterb
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Incredible..great atmoshpere and the band was at thyre best..Ive been to 33 shows and this is my top 5. Something about Carter was special that night.Great Setlist.
User: cfrancis
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Great show!
User: chris72
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Sweet Show DDTW!! #41 sweet song. Boyd was off the hook on Bayou. Seek up great song to hear. Crush and Don't Burn the Pig very good also. Good closing in Christmas Song and Ants.
User: chrisbigb123
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a sweet setlist but kind of a weak encore considering the amount of energy they had built up from the beginning - would have appreciated one more tune like two step or WWYS but was still an absolutely amazing concert, security guards were being annoying in front right but just ignored them and kept focus
41 and seek up were just ridiculous
User: Clairity
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My first show...what an introduction!
User: coreyg
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Good setlist... awesome show... awesome venue, of course the LEAFS play there!
User: czarzellers
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Amazing! The crowd was awesome, got fucking crazy for all along the watchtower, and thank god for the christmas song! Hunger for the great light is the best from the new album in my opinion, and this crowd agreed with me.
User: dancingstone
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Awsome Louisiana Bayou, great energy!
User: dancinmarly
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Amazing set list. The anticipation between each song was almost too much to bare. Waiting for more.
User: DaveMaiselsBand
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This was my first DMB show and despite being on cloud 9 the whole time, I could never forget the experience! Been hooked on DMB ever since!
User: deltachi1
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outstanding as always. Boyd was particularly entertaining tonight. great show.
User: diggitydave21
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Kick Ass
User: dmb642
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Great show. Carter was on and a smashing stlist overall.
User: DMBFan4ever25
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This was my first DMB concert and it was FANTASTIC! More awesome than I could have dreamed! My sister and I drove 5 hours to the ACC arriving to catch the opening act and drove 5 hours home right after the concert....it was soooo worth it! They played our top picks for sure! Can't say enough to relay how great it was.
User: dmbgreenday
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Seek up! peace
User: dontwalkaway
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unbelievable. aatw, seek up, crush, pig, christmas song.... loved every minute.
User: edge27ca
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The peson I went with had a freak out and bailed but I had great seats and totally danced my ass off.
User: evans41ny
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Awsome setlist! And played for three hours!!! Yeah three hours!
User: fatty
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never saw them in an arena before, thought it might not be as good, but i was mistaken, show as friggin deadly as always!!! Can't wait til Summer 2006!!!
User: Flschbrger
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sick show
User: Franchize41
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I was fearing a let down after heading to the gorge this summer but the boys came through with an amazing show. A strong CP style intro to DDTW, 41, Rashawn Ross on Bayou, Hunger & Stay and Eric Krasno on ODH and Watchtower were good, Krasno made ODH tollerable. Awesome version of Seek Up with a great Grey Street to follow it up. A suprising BTCS trifecta to end the set with Crush, Pig & Stay that made my night. Christmas Songs and Ants made the encore just as solid as the set. The boys owned Toronto after cancelling the summer show and they made up for it and more. The only downside was Dave teasing the chords of American Baby Intro before Old Dirt Hill, AB intro W/Krasno would have been sick. Either way, still my favourite of 6 shows.
User: frostia
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Great show from start to finish. Hearing Seek Up made the show for me.
User: funkydom
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Fucking amazing, nice setlist, the crowd was awesome, must've been deaf to have missed that...I love seeing the smiles as they play...It was cool seeing carter stick out is tongue at the camera too...phenomenal.
User: gmm6797
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My 1st show of this tour, and it feels like the guys are glad to be back on the road and indoors. Dave's voice is right on, and the band appears to be completely in sync with one another. The set list was above average with a bit more of the older songs and Bayou was different with the longer jam than I had seen all summer. Lastly, to end a show with Ants, what can be better? See you all @ PSU tomorrow
User: Gozz
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This was a great show to be at for everyone. I liked the fact the he played almost an equal amount of stand up as he did before these crowded streets. Amaizing watchtower with guitar player from soulive.
User: Guido
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Awesome songs... awesome seats... awesome show! :)
User: guyute777
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This show was excellent, though my copy of the show appears to be missing both Grey Street and Louisiana Bayou
User: houston93
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sick
User: INSPIREDbyDAVE
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2nd Row! Timmy from UTAH comes through again!
Not a dull moment in this 3 hour show. Love how Don't Drink The Water started off the show, and the set list from there was excellent. Highlights for us were #41, Seek Up, Grey Street, Watchtower and Pig. Lousiana Bayou is the best new song played live.
Good to hear Stay as the closer, its been a while. Christmas Song appropriate and Ants is Always Good. Missed Carter's drumstick by one row.
User: JarrieDMB
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amazing show, band was on indeed....they were alll rockin out
User: jdizz
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Can't get enough, we knew that!
User: JimiGee
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just amazing...every year he keeps getting better.
User: josephine
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All I can say is WOW...I had the best time. Setlist could not have been any better! The Dec. 4th slow was my fourth DMB concert and it was the best I have seen yet. Thanks to the Warehouse I was on the floor for the first time and was able to hang out with other warehouse members. Cool...very very cool...Looking forward to the next tour!
User: jr_cigar
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back from the show, i must say best show i've seen! Sometimes you get a great set but the performance is bland. This is quite the opposite. Amazing set, amazing performance. So much energy. Boyd was f'n nuts. I think when everyone hears this show they'll be blown away. Just amazing!
User: jyiii
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#14 for me, #8 for my wife. seriously could be #1 overall. great setlist, great energy from the crowd, great band energy, carter was god as usual...only thing that would have made it better is if i had gone thru the lottery and likely gotten on the floor within the 10th row AND if the idiot chick behind us would have realized that dave matthews sings lead vocals not her. even with her screeching, it was a crazy show. great trip to toronto, will go again. thanks for being a great host canada!
User: jyome
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Amazing! We were very close to the stage!
User: karmamanshel
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Phenomenal show - great setlist w/midset Watchtower. Wasn't happy to hear the lovely ladies "piped in" during Stay though
User: kvisser
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Wow....setlist will explain it all.
Waited 8 shows to hear Seek Up, but when you consider the other songs in the set (#41, Granny, stellar Bayou, Crash, Crush, Pig, Stay, Watchtower w.Krasno...etc)..then add Christmas Song (first time live for me) and the best closer DMB has...ANTS...this show could not have been better. Thanks DMB...for making alot of Canadian's Holiday seasons...before they even start.
User: luxton
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Awesome
User: matwostep
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AMAZING SHOW! I must say it ranked in the top 3 for me and it was my 10th show. I'll start off with the weak points about the concert. 1) The encore was the only thing that kept this show from being my favourite DMB show. Last time they came to ACC they closed with Ants and with Dave's fingers positioned for a D, and boyd not ready to strum the violin, I knew we weren't going to get a two step closer which really disappointed me, but still an amazing concert! Two Step would have just been the perfect ending to a perfect show. 2) The security on the Right Floor at the ACC was fucking pathetic. I mean come on. We're at a dave matthews band concert and they're TIGHT AS HELL on smoking. And I'm not even talking about weed, they kicked some guy out of the concert for smoking a cigarette people. I was very happy that I got 9th row floor seats, but to get shafted with two tight ass security guards like that was really really unfair. I mean I couldn't even get high without worrying about the fact that I was going to get kicked out.
Now onto the highlights of the show! WOW, there were so many. #41 was awesome, my first time hearing it full band, Granny was awesome, the crowd really got fired up on that, but not nearly as much as they did when Boyd got the WHOLE bulding rocking on Louisiana Bayou. Probably the highlight of the show. 20+ minute version of Seek Up, WOW!!!! A little slow at times during the slow jam, which took the crowd out of it, but when Carter kicked it in for the amazing outro jam it blew me away, WOW! SEEK UP!!!!! When Dave busted out the brown guitar (I don't know what it's called) but I know he uses it for most of the Busted Stuff/Lillywhite Songs, I thought we were getting Bartender which would have been AMAZING, and some chick yelled out JTR which would have been even better, but when we got an awesome version of Grey Street, there were most definitely no complaints there. All of the Stand Up songs were great except for Old Dirt Hill which I wasn't too excited to hear, although Krasno on lead vocals for the course was pretty neat. Now onto the highlight of the show. In the middle of the set, for the first time on the winter tour, WATCHTOWER! I couldn't believe what was happening. When Stefan busted out the intro on his bass, I knew it was the AATW intro, but I was like huh? 10th song? They're gunna close the set now?? HOW??? I thought they were gunna shortchange us with songs, but then they gave us Crush, Pig, and Stay to close the set. OMG!! What an unbelievable set! I don't think it was bad at all, but if we only got a better encore this show would've been the best DMB show ever. But because we didn't get the best encore (and we had brutal security guards) I don't think it takes the 09/03/03 @ Molson Amphitheatre. But all in all an amazing set, with so many unexpected songs! Great show. So much energy from Boyd, Carter, and Dave, and Stefan. Roi had some very good solos, but he wasn't intense (as expected). Rashawn Ross and Eric Krasno were nice additions to certain songs. And Butch was rocking the keys too, especially during Seek Up. Great Show.
User: MikeTdot
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Awsome night!
User: moondog
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AMAZING!
User: Mr. Vertical
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Another great show, the boys like to light it up in T.O. Great set of new and old,bayou smoked,#41 was unexpected.Was he singing Everyday lyrics on the outro? The 2 guys kept hooting(hoo!) on those pauses so I couldn't tell.seek up was 25 minutes, they blow me away every show. Dreamgirl dragged a bit I think its the weakest off SU,hftgl was great and I really dig Stand Up, watchtower again in T.O and pig and stay are happy returns to the set. still waiting for billies.
User: Mr.P
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Christmas with Dmb.. what a gift
User: mtldmbfan
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They pick there game up a ltttle when they come here to canada
User: Naaber3
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just an incredible set list. awesome concert
User: nessa_loves_dmb
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absolutely unforgettable!
User: nickolai
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AWESOME...danced like it was my last day on earth
User: onebignothing
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Great show!!!
User: outoftheblue007
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Best Concert I've ever been to, period. You can't beat that setlist. Watchtower was crazy. My first Dave show, and I swear I'll see every one that comes close to me from now on.
User: Rachelanne20
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Dave made eye contact w me!
User: rstepak
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This was an amzing show enough said
User: rugbysens
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dont drink the water, watchtower, dreamgirl louisiana bayou amazing!
User: ryanleszner
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unbelievebale. im speechless
User: Sandge
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Great show as usual...miss seeing them at the amphitheatre though.
User: seanc
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Dave was sick and had no voice
User: SheSaid41
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This show was seriously special. Went with the best people ever. Got #41 finally - my favourite song and my 8th show. Seek Up was a real treat. Crush, Stay and another Christmas Song made my night. And of course Crash, Crash into me...fall right in love.
User: SKDMBartender41
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Great set, Boyd had TONS of energy and really tore up a bunch of songs!
All in all one of the top 3 shows I've been to!
User: slymuthafuka
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Likely the closest I've been to the band... Amazing sound for an arena!
Great setlist!
User: snyddogg430
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Great show...my first Seek Up and Christmas Song. Stay was nasty with Rashawn, and the highlight had to be Watchtower with Krasno. Met Krasno after the show, really cool got, and got his autograph. ODH and Dreamgirl need to go!
User: SoccerFabs04
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FUCKING AMAZING!!! DAVE I LOVE YOU!! CARTER AND BUTCH POINTED AT ME WOOOOOOOO
User: sparky84
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Finally! After 6 concerts I finally got to see them perform #41 after I had given up all hope of ever hearing it live. Seek up was so good, and boy were they ever energenic even when the crowd wasn't...seriously people you are at a Dave Matthews concert show some love! Especially after performances like those ones. Probably one of the best setlists I've seen, Granny & Crash with the Dixie Chicken and Tennessee lamb thrown in for good measure I love it! Only thing that could have made it better was the audience energy, I'm just glad that Dave was having a good time and it showed! Oh and can't forget Carter's awesome drum solos.....really a memorable show.
User: stanger
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Awsome! Met alot of ants for the first time. was a pleasure to see a show in CA!
User: tara2step
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2ND SHOW
User: tarbender
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One of the best setlists seen ...
first time hearing #41, 2nd time Watchtower.
Grey Street, Crush and Stay are favorites.
Great show from the second row!
User: Tenessee Lamb
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1st DMB Show. Unreal. Absolutely unreal.
User: thelastop
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This was possibly the best show I've been to
User: Trevinski
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Watchtower mid-set, nasty
User: twostep66
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Awesome show. Maybe the best I've seen yet. DDTW, Bayou, Watchtower, Stay, all had awesome energy. Krasno's solo on Watchtower was killer. And I got his autograph after the show. Kickass.
User: Westallion
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Great show with a huge set!!! There were some amazing jams, with both #41 and seek up lasting over 10 forsure. Getting Crash and Crush were very nice as my girlfriend came up to the show to surprise me. The floor was rocking and everyone was having a great time!!! This is the best full band show that I have been to and that is saying alot without Bartender in the lineup. I have to say Watchtower and Grey Street really made my night, with Christmas Song getting me right in the spirit of the season.
Dave definatly made up for missing Canada in the summer!
User: Wildmoose31
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Better then 12/3
User: zic316
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Great Show!!! Still in my top ten of all time!!!!!