December 13, 1998
All quotes are by Steven Tyler, unless otherwise noted.
My seat: Section 28, Row OO, Seat #22. It was a floor seat, about 20 rows away from the stage. Once the big rock show started, I could actually feel the heat from the pyrotechnics.
7:30pm The opening band, Seven Mary Three, hits the stage.
8:05 Seven Mary Three announces that they only have one more show with AEROSMITH. They thank the audience, and leave the stage.
8:35 The curtains on the stage fall. Egyptian-type music starts playing. The curtains begin changing colors from the lights. Six silhouettes appear on the curtain. One, who was standing with a microphone, starts making shadow puppets of a bird in flight…
Back in the Saddle starts playing. The curtains go up, revealing Aerosmith and their awesome stage setup, when the singing starts… “Good Evening Huntington!” Love in An Elevator… After the song, “Uhhh…. I can’t believe it, I’m at a f%#$ing loss for words! As this guy (Joe Perry) says, we’ll ‘let the music do the talking.’” Falling in Love (Is Hard On The Knees)… “This is off our new album, ‘A Little South of Sanity.’” Eat the Rich. I could have sworn it was on “Get a Grip” before it was on “Sanity,” but who am I to argue?! “Burrrrp.”… Seasons of Wither. “That’s what we call old school, boys and girls.”… Rag Doll… Dream On… Janie’s Got a Gun. Apparently Joey Kramer had a gun too! The opening drum beats could almost knock you off your feet they were so loud!… “What kind of love are you on, baby?” What Kind of Love Are You On… Kiss Your Past Goodbye… “Time for a little more old school.” Same Old Song And Dance… For the next song, Steven has on a top hat that he took from someone in the front row. Pink. Complete with pink lights… “This one is not old school, and it’s not new school. It’s somewhere in between.” Some Kind of Lady. I’m assuming that was the name of this one. I had never heard it before. It was a cool blues song… Draw The Line. “More old school for you.”… “Ladies and gentlemen, on the guitar, playing his a$$ off, and singing his a$$ off, Mr. Joe f#$%ing Perry.” Joe Perry: “And this is your brain on the blues.” Stop Messin’ Around. At the end of the song, the band went into a cool jamming instrumental… Steven then goes into the Intro from “Eat the Rich,” “Wake up kids…etc.” Walk This Way… “This next one is about some guy who was f#$%ing around with my daughter.” I don’t Want To Miss A Thing… Cryin’… Dude (Looks Like A Lady). “Thank you Huntington. Goodnight.”… Chants of “We want more” feel the arena.
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The band walks back out. “Now I look like a big rock star.” Steven has a pink feathered scarf on. “Yeah right… s#$t.” Big 10 Inch Record. “Let’s just lock the doors, and play all night!”… “Let’s see what this young lady wrote for me: ‘Steven, I have a red corvette. If you can beat me, you can eat me.’” He then stuffs the letter down his pants… What it Takes. “And I still remember that one’s phone number!”… Instrumental. “Ladies and gentlemen, on the bass guitar, Mr. Tom Hamilton.” Sweet Emotion. It had a medley of more older tunes that I did not recognize toward the end… “Goodnight Huntington, God bless you, we love you!” The audience, for some strange reason, get up and start to leave before the band even left the stage. “HEY!!! Sit you’re a$$es down, the show’s not over yet!” Steven introduces the band; Tom, Brad, Russ Irwin, Joey, and Joe. Joe Perry then introduces Steven: “And last but not least, weighing in at 145 pounds, the screaming demon, Steven Tyler.” Steven: “Goodnight Huntington, we love you.” I think they were probably going to do another encore, but the audience acted like they were in a hurry to get out, so Aerosmith left.
