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Montreal May 26 concert

It was great. The place was packed and the crowd was enthusiastic. The back-up act was supposed to be 3 but only the lead singer showed up and did a remarkable job of a one man band. He has a great theatrical flair where his songs tell a story similar to Chris de Burgh. The crowd laughed when he pointed out, after the first song, that his band didn't show up. I think that everyone thought that he was joking. It was nice to see how supportive the crowd was to this 1-man unknown act.

Porcupine Tree opened their concert with Fear of a Blank Planet. The vocals seemed too low during this song, which was fixed later on, but my focus was on Gavin. Wow!! Can he play! Just a rhythm machine so strong throughout.

I won't go through the playlist but songs that stuck out for me were Lighbulb Sun, Anaesthetize (sp), and Way out of Here, which was probably the best song of the night. The crowd really responded well to the metal parts possibly indicating a younger group than the previous times that I saw them.

Go see them if you can. As I tell my older son, we are so lucky to like these bands that are not popular since we can see them in such intimate settings.