June 15-16, 2000 Spodek, Katowice, POL

(15th)

setlist : Long Road, Breakerfall, Corduroy, Animal, Brain of J, Nothing As It Seems, Given to Fly, God’s Dice, Present Tense, MFC, Not for You, Better Man, Grievance, Thin Air, Even Flow, Nothingman, Insignificance, Rearviewmirror

enc: Do The Evolution, Go, Rival, Footsteps, Wishlist, Elderly Woman, Last Kiss, Alive, Rockin’ In The Free World

notes: The Spodek is simply full with the crowd. After the two first songs, Ed asks if everything is OK with the crowd in front since lots of people were jumping and lots are falling down. A bit later he notes it has been four years since they’d played in Poland and that they’d made a couple more records since then, “… so we’re gonna play some of that stuff for you as well,” leading to ‘NAIS.’ The crowd has fun during ‘Not For You,’ with almost everyone shouting the “this is not for you!” chorus. Before ‘Even Flow’ was a short

intro/improv including the lyrics, “We’re the world, the wicked world. We all are marching to hell….” During ‘Do The Evolution,’ Ed takes out a monkey mask, puts it on and then puts on his mic stand. Then he stares at the mask singing. He passes the mask to Mike and Mike puts it on and continues to play. Before ‘Elderly Woman,’ Ed says, “We met a girl called Magda, and later another Magda, and then a few other Magdas … so I guess this song is for Magda and all the Magdas.” Ed has a small mirror and is playing at catching lightbeams in it. ‘RITFW’ is a big finish, with Ed catching a Polish flag and singing with it on his mic stand while playing the tambourine. He walks from right to left in front of the crowd, pours wine over the crowd, kneels on the stacks and gives the tambourine to a fan. At the very end, Mike simply smashes his black guitar with fury. He uses the neck of his guitar like a hockey stick and smashes Ed’s wine bottle. Ed says, “Thank you … see you tomorrow.” He takes three photos with his Polaroid and departs, taking the Polish flag.

(16th)