Our main purpose of stopping in Belfast was to see Pearl Jam with Ben Harper & The Relentless 7 at the Odyssey Arena; granted it was a great city to see for other reasons. We used Julie’s Ten Club seats for the show and they ended up being GA floor seats. In other words the best seats I’ve ever had at a Pearl Jam concert. We waited about 20 minutes before the gates open and then managed to hit the vendor booth for a poster before heading to the floor. By the time we got to the stage we were about 8 people back from it.
Ben Harper played about 7 songs during a quick set but it was good. Pearl Jam sounded really good but I wasn’t that into the set list. Maybe it was just the second encore but the first three songs of the show might have been may favorite songs from their respective albums:
Sometimes
Do The Evolution
Animal
Side Note:
* Being in General Admission we had to deal with people all night trying to move their way up to spaces that didn’t exist. Julie and I nearly had to throw down but luckily we made a strategic move. There was a group of girls behind us who were insisting on moving up and gettting in everyone’s way. About two people in front of us were two Italian guys who weren’t putting up with anyone’s shit. We stepped aside and watched the madness as these girls tried to get past these guys. They nearly smacked the girls in the face and the one guy literally did the ‘Momma Mia’ thing with his hands while saying “You don’t fuck with an Italian!”.
** I took this picture because of the amazing advancement in beer transport technology:
