Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, Hampton Beach Casino

Headlining, opening bands: Action Action, Brand New Sin

The Cult put on a great show last night. Ian was talking a lot to the crowd. He encouraged everyone to read Siddhartha by Herman Hess, he tried to get the people from the luxury boxes to come down and join the crowd, and he asked who likes the New York Yankees (in Red Sox country). Ian did ask who had the new album, and said to those who downloaded it illegally, "Naughty, naughty". Unlike earlier stops I've read about, Ian said they were selling the new CD at the show. Billy, like most shows I've attended, wasn't completely happy with the guitar prep. He motioned offstage quite a few times, while doing his best to fight through the issues, that weren't apparent to me or the crowd. Billy did put out a plug for Jaegermeister, which he encouraged during cold New Hampshire nights. Billy also dedicated Fire Woman to all the ladies. John Tempesta was great. I am more impressed with him the more I see him. Chris and Mike were both into the show, but since I was stationed closer to Billy, I didn't focus on them too much. The four songs from BIT sounded great. Everyone really seemed to like playing the new stuff. After the shows in Atlanta and NYC, I was hoping for Ian to appear with his accoustic, but the encore only included Born Into This and LRM. The Cult came to rock and they did. I went home happy.

Joe Mama

Setlist

Nirvana
Electric Ocean
Lil' Devil
I Assassin
The Witch
Revolution
Edie (Ciao Baby)
Rise
Savages
Fire Woman
The Phoenix
Wild Flower
Dirty Little Rockstar
She Sells Sanctuary

Encore

Born Into This
Love Removal Machine