October 20, 2000 Mesa del Sol Amphitheatre, Albuquerque, NM

setlist : Of The Girl, Do The Evolution, Hail Hail, Grievance, Corduroy, Off He Goes, Given To Fly, Nothing As It Seems, Evacuation, Wishlist, Untitled, MFC, Habit, In My Tree, Daughter/(WMA), Insignificance, Better Man, Black

enc 1: Go, State of Love and Trust, Even Flow, Elderly Woman, Whipping, Rearviewmirror

enc 2: Yellow Ledbetter, Rockin’ In The Free World

notes: An unexpectedly powerful show with a kick ass audience. “It’s nice to have a gathering like this in Albuquerque, New Mexico … thanks for being here,” Ed greets the crowd. ‘Wishlist’ has a major lyric mishap, and Ed ends the song with “I wish I wish I wish I wasn’t the guy who forgot the words, I wish I wish I wish I wish…I guess it could be worse.” (Even Flow by contrast was pretty damn perfect.) ‘Untitled’ is very extended, and the lyrics are modified to “18 minutes or so” tonight. ‘Habit’ is also oddly extended and Ed is “speaking as a child of the earth.” Matt nails ‘In My Tree.’ McCready causes mass panic by ripping out the opening riffs to David Bowie’s ‘Ziggy Stardust’ while the techs deal with some issues prior to ‘RVM.’ The highlight of the show was none other than Jesse, who is probably 9 years old, and is pulled out of the audience by Ed during ‘RITFW’ and gets to dance onstage, and then on Ed’s shoulders, and then Ed runs him around to Matt’s drum riser, Matt gives him a drum stick and they play drums together.