Set List courtesy of gascott1@home.com
Miss World
Celebrity Skin
Pretty on the inside
Summer of 69' (Bryan Adams cover)
Northern Star
Dying
Violet
Malibu
Awful
Heaven Tonight
Doll Parts
--- Patrick Chalmers (insomniac9@hotmail.com) wrote:
This is a review for the July 1 show in Barrie
Ontario for Edgefest. I arrived late at 6:00 pm to pouring rain, but soon I
found all my friends and
the sky cleared and we stood waiting for Hole.
Moist was on before Hole was, but who cares.
Hole hit the stage at 11:15 pm, and I lost my mind!
I've waited 4 years to
see Hole! They opened with a killer version of
Violet....Courtney was
radiant in a long sparkly pink dress and angel
wings strapped to her back.
Melissa, showing her patriotism, was wearing a
Canadian Flag halter top with
knee boots and fishnets...think Ginger Spice's Union
Jack Dress. Eric was in
this really cool shirt that was blue and black, and
Samantha was out of my
sight range....but not for long.
They went through "Awful" and "Pretty on the
Inside", Courtney introducing it saying that "WE ARE HELIX!!" (a Canadian metal
band) and did many of my
favorite songs. When someone through a bottle at the
stage (which happened for every act before them) Courtney said:
"If one more person throws a bottle, I will leave,
you stupid little shit,
or, OR...I will beat you up...you're probably THIS
high right?"
Courtney did not play guitar for many of the songs.
Instead, she prowled the
stage, interacted with her fans, talking about "Our
Canadian Content" which
was Melissa, told us we were an attractive audience,
which caused huge
pushing when she came down to shake hands, and
constantly pulled people on
stage to sit. At last count there was about 10 girls
and 3 guys sitting. She
danced with some, made others sing, she seemed to
really love and enjoy
being with her fans.
I wanted to be there SOOOOO bad.
"Dying" shot out cannons of glitter, and it was one
of the best numbers of
the night, as was "Doll Parts," which was SOOOOOO
heavy and cathartic. The
band even did a cover of "Summer of 69" by Bryan
Adams, changing it to
"Summer of 99" with Melissa on lead vocals!
But the most amazing part for me, Patrick Chalmers
from Niagara Falls, a 20-year-old die-hard Hole fan, who has idolized
Courtney for years as a goddess
and role model, came for the encore, "Northern
Star." Courtney paraded
around the stage, singing a great rendition of it,
and throughout the whole
concert I tried to yell to her, tried to get close
so she could see me, but
I always got stopped and crushed. So I was inspired.
I asked my twin brother
and my friend Bill to hoist me on their shoulders,
which they did. I was
singing and waving to Courtney through the whole
song, but she never looked
in my direction......until the end. During the end
of the song, she saw me
waving and singing my heart out, and she POINTED TO
ME, and BECKONED ME TO
COME ONSTAGE. Now, I was pretty close, on Melissa's
side on the stage
(left), so i jumped down and tore through the crowd.
My friends were trying
to help me, cause NO ONE wanted to move. When I was
just a few feet from the
stage Courtney crouched down and frantically pointed
me out to the security
guy, saying "He's my cousin! Get him up here! RIGHT
THERE! The blond guy
with the twin! RIGHT THERE!"
But security coudn't see me, and they thought it was
a girl, and all the
people aropund me were screaming "It's MEEEE!!" and
I almost thought I would
never get onstage.
Then, mad at security, Courtney grabbed the
flaslight from the guy's hand AND
SHINED IT ON ME, BECKONING ME CLOSER. All I could
see was her, staring into
my eyes, telling me to come close to the light...I
said "Courtney, help me,
I can't do it!" She looked me in the eyes and said
"Yes you can! Come on!"
and I was determined.
Finally I was pulled over everyone and placed
onstage.....I was in heaven. I
sat, FLIPPING OUT SCREAMING AND SINGING to all of
"Celebrity Skin," the last
number, right behind Melissa, I could see my friends
just in shock. I told
Melissa she was making Canada proud, and she smiled
and shook my hand. I
waved to Samantha, who smiled at me and said
something I couldn't make out.
I took a picture of Courtney's back, and I was in
HEAVEN.
The last song
ended, and Courtney went on a little song rant, it
was cool. I just stared
at her. Then, out of nowhere, Courtney turns around
and says: "Where's my
guitar? I need my guitar!"
So I turn and yell to the roadies..."She NEEDS HER
GUITAR OUT HERE!"
And out of nowhere, came the defining event of my
life. Courtney grabbed her
cream coloured Squire Fender Telecaster with three
heart stickers, walked
over to me and said:
"You are the FIRST guy I've ever given this to,
here, you rock!"
AND COURTNEY LOVE GAVE ME HER GUITAR....i was the
first guy ever! I said
thank you and I love you Courtney....and they walked
of stage. I craddled
the guitar, walked up to Courtney and Melissa, and
they hugged and kissed
two girls while I screamed thank you...Then Melissa
said smile and TOOK MY
PICTURE!
Almost in tears, I saw the throng of people looking
at me with envy and
happiness, and I thrusted the guitar up in the air
and yelled out
"YEAAAHHH!" triumphantly. 15,000 people cheered for
me, and it was the best
moment of my life....I felt like a rockstar, and I
was so happy and in
shock. Security detained me, and escorted me to my
car so i wouldn't get
jumped, and I ran to hug my hysterically happy and
shocked friends.
The best
night of my life...I am still in shock..Hole is my
favorite band, and now I
have been touched by the gods...I am shaking as I
type this...Unbelievable.
Review by Mike Scott
When the band came out, (an hour late, because of rain) they came out to the
opening of Old Age (the begging part to "Credit in the Straight World"). Courtney Love
was wearing a pink dress and pink butterfly wings; she was very energetic,
constantly going out on to the front of the stage and touching the fans, etc.. During
the show she would pull people on stage til there were 10 or 15 people onstage.
During "Dying," there were fireworks in the form of pink confetti. She let a couple
of the fans on stage sing with her (one grabbed her breasts). She gave her guitar to a
guy at the end of the show. They did 2 or 3 songs for an encore. After the Bryan
Adams cover, Courtney said, "You may think his songs are really mainstream, but they're
really good songs." That wasn't it actually but close enough.
Thats about it.. She threatened to walk offstage if any more bottles were thrown. Melissa
was wearing a shirt with a Canadian flag on it (the concert being on Canada Day). The band
sounded good, and Courtney's vocals were great.