July 24, 2014: Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL

[dreamover]

woulda loved to see "fight" and "licorice" but it sounds like i attended the better of the two nights.

[Bob_Roberts]

The energy was very different. Jack was chatty. He talked about Frank Lloyd Wright, Chicago blues and complained that he couldn't order lunch at 2 pm at his hotel. Mentioned driving to Chicago from Detroit in a Ford Escort with Meg.
They closed the curtain after one song and when it opened back up, Jack was putting on his shoes. He played a lot from Lazaretto. Fight for your love and Black bat licorice.
Closed the show with Goodnight Irene with Booker. There was a little tension between the bass player and keyboards at the end of the song.
I only have the epic Chicago Theatre show to compare this to, so I would love to hear what others think. But to me it seemed a little off. Both the audience and Jack.

I told someone it was like a torrid first date ending in mindblowing fashion vs a date with your spouse of ten years. Both good, just very different. The crowd the first night was amazing. Clapping, yelling, chanting, really one of the best crowds I have seen at a show in a long time. Last night was enthusiastic, but not as energetic. Opening with Icky Thump made me think, "Holy Crap, this is going to be EPIC", but then the curtains closed and Jack changed his shoes. Odd. Then the song selection was more even keeled. It kept a steady pace, vs. the manic energy of swerving all over the place the evening before. I will say that the new record comes across really well. Lazaretto (which may be the best of the bunch live and should be a staple moving forward...it is that strong), Black Bat Licorice and Will you Fight for my Love are really fantastic, although I don't love High Ball Stepper as much live.

Daru was mellower. No standing and smashing. Jack was chattier, and not in the best way, although his bit about is Bob Marley was standing here, would you want him to talk about Instragram? Facebook? MySpace? was pretty priceless.

In all, I am happy I went to both, but that first night will be one of "those" shows that I think about for years to come. It was magnificent to see and artist at the peak of their powers, an untouchable ball of fire, scorching everything around them.

[dg36571]

So kind of like the Yin/Yang of shows. Funny how that is represented in the posters as well? Wonder if it was intentional as Jack always has a purpose behind everything. I just wish we had a high quality recording of the 2nd show so we would have the complete set. It seems as though a night off between these shows would have made the 2nd one better as his voice is clearly strained and it is extremely hard to recover at almost 40 from a show so high energy as the 1st one was. Thank god he has a day off between Detroit shows so they will both be epic.

He has an very tough week coming up with only today being an off day and 5 shows in 6 days. I would think this would send signal to make sure if you are going to a Detroit show it better be the 1st one.

[littleacorn]

We'll that was some fun besides trying to make it to lake shore drive to get back home and not knowing about Jay Z at Soldier Field.

[Sweetie]

I told someone it was like a torrid first date ending in mindblowing fashion vs a date with your spouse of ten years. Both good, just very different. The crowd the first night was amazing. Clapping, yelling, chanting, really one of the best crowds I have seen at a show in a long time. Last night was enthusiastic, but not as energetic. Opening with Icky Thump made me think, "Holy Crap, this is going to be EPIC", but then the curtains closed and Jack changed his shoes. Odd. Then the song selection was more even keeled. It kept a steady pace, vs. the manic energy of swerving all over the place the evening before. I will say that the new record comes across really well. Lazaretto (which may be the best of the bunch live and should be a staple moving forward...it is that strong), Black Bat Licorice and Will you Fight for my Love are really fantastic, although I don't love High Ball Stepper as much live.

Daru was mellower. No standing and smashing. Jack was chattier, and not in the best way, although his bit about is Bob Marley was standing here, would you want him to talk about Instragram? Facebook? MySpace? was pretty priceless.

In all, I am happy I went to both, but that first night will be one of "those" shows that I think about for years to come. It was magnificent to see and artist at the peak of their powers, an untouchable ball of fire, scorching everything around them.

I had the same response when the curtain opened and he ripped into Icky Thump. Good analogy about the two shows being like dates. Except for the odd bits that weren't expected, like the shoes and the extended chatting with Lillie Mae between songs towards the end. When my husband takes me out for a date, I usually know what he will order for dinner.

I really dug his rap about his brain being cut in two. Was he covering someone? Has he sung this before? That was one of my favorite parts of the show.

[littleacorn]

I told someone it was like a torrid first date ending in mindblowing fashion vs a date with your spouse of ten years. Both good, just very different. The crowd the first night was amazing. Clapping, yelling, chanting, really one of the best crowds I have seen at a show in a long time. Last night was enthusiastic, but not as energetic. Opening with Icky Thump made me think, "Holy Crap, this is going to be EPIC", but then the curtains closed and Jack changed his shoes. Odd. Then the song selection was more even keeled. It kept a steady pace, vs. the manic energy of swerving all over the place the evening before. I will say that the new record comes across really well. Lazaretto (which may be the best of the bunch live and should be a staple moving forward...it is that strong), Black Bat Licorice and Will you Fight for my Love are really fantastic, although I don't love High Ball Stepper as much live.

Daru was mellower. No standing and smashing. Jack was chattier, and not in the best way, although his bit about is Bob Marley was standing here, would you want him to talk about Instragram? Facebook? MySpace? was pretty priceless.

In all, I am happy I went to both, but that first night will be one of "those" shows that I think about for years to come. It was magnificent to see and artist at the peak of their powers, an untouchable ball of fire, scorching everything around them.

I had the same response when the curtain opened and he ripped into Icky Thump. Good analogy about the two shows being like dates. Except for the odd bits that weren't expected, like the shoes and the extended chatting with Lillie Mae between songs towards the end. When my husband takes me out for a date, I usually know what he will order for dinner.

I really dug his rap about his brain being cut in two. Was he covering someone? Has he sung this before? That was one of my favorite parts of the show.

Some of the lyrics were from Fell in Love With a Girl

[frankb_2]

To all those people saying that the crowd at the Chicago Theater was amazing, the fans were wallflowers in comparison to the show in Milwaukee. I am confident that if the Milwaukee crowd was at the Chicago theater show it would have gone down as one of the greatest shows in music history.

[Bob_Roberts]

To all those people saying that the crowd at the Chicago Theater was amazing, the fans were wallflowers in comparison to the show in Milwaukee. I am confident that if the Milwaukee crowd was at the Chicago theater show it would have gone down as one of the greatest shows in music history.

Were there seats in Milwaukee? For a seated show, Chicago Theater's crowd was pretty good. I would take them over NYC crowds anyday (I am a Brooklyn resident...)

[Coma16]

No Seven Nation Army? Has that songs been swapped out at some shows or was this the first? I won't be too upset if they don't play it at the show I attend (along with Dead Leaves). I won't be upset if they do play them either though. I just like the variety!

[Kali Durga]

YES!! Finally, a show without Seven Nation Army! I've been hoping he'd do that.

[Sweetie]

I told someone it was like a torrid first date ending in mindblowing fashion vs a date with your spouse of ten years. Both good, just very different. The crowd the first night was amazing. Clapping, yelling, chanting, really one of the best crowds I have seen at a show in a long time. Last night was enthusiastic, but not as energetic. Opening with Icky Thump made me think, "Holy Crap, this is going to be EPIC", but then the curtains closed and Jack changed his shoes. Odd. Then the song selection was more even keeled. It kept a steady pace, vs. the manic energy of swerving all over the place the evening before. I will say that the new record comes across really well. Lazaretto (which may be the best of the bunch live and should be a staple moving forward...it is that strong), Black Bat Licorice and Will you Fight for my Love are really fantastic, although I don't love High Ball Stepper as much live.

Daru was mellower. No standing and smashing. Jack was chattier, and not in the best way, although his bit about is Bob Marley was standing here, would you want him to talk about Instragram? Facebook? MySpace? was pretty priceless.

In all, I am happy I went to both, but that first night will be one of "those" shows that I think about for years to come. It was magnificent to see and artist at the peak of their powers, an untouchable ball of fire, scorching everything around them.

I had the same response when the curtain opened and he ripped into Icky Thump. Good analogy about the two shows being like dates. Except for the odd bits that weren't expected, like the shoes and the extended chatting with Lillie Mae between songs towards the end. When my husband takes me out for a date, I usually know what he will order for dinner.

I really dug his rap about his brain being cut in two. Was he covering someone? Has he sung this before? That was one of my favorite parts of the show.

Some of the lyrics were from Fell in Love With a Girl

I found a video of it is anyone is interested. It starts around the 2:25 mark. http://youtu.be/1tRxxWws-hA