Call in the Calgary

Calgary Alberta, Canada

Calgary Stampede

7/08/07

photo and show report by Lisa R.

The venue was really cool. It was an old theatre in downtown Calgary that has been totally renovated and is very modern but still has some of its heritage features. It was multi-leveled, including balconies, a mezzanine and some private suites up above, which they opened up for the concert. It was a very intimate space, with great sound and great lighting! The venue is pretty new - they had just had their first concert there the night before (Kool & the Gang).

The show was fantastic as always, but pretty typical set list-wise. The show started really late - Squirts at 10-ish and Rick about an hour later. He went out into the audience during the usual songs. There was a circular row of bar-style tables surrounding the dance floor/pit area and he mainly stuck to those. He asked for a beer and someone handed him a nicely wrapped bottle of red wine. He pulled it out of the package, asked for a corkscrew and opened it quite skillfully considering he was holding it between his knees while balancing on the table and holding a guitar! He poured it out to the people at the tables until it was gone. Then someone finally gave him a beer. Of course someone handed him a cowboy hat while he was out in the audience (though he only kept it on for a second or two...didn't want to mess up his hair I guess!) and he changed the DTTS line to "every man's a cowboy"!

The reported set list was as follows:

Who Killed Rock N Roll
Will I
Affair Of The Heart
Alyson
I’ve Done Everything For You
Rock Of Life
Red House
Don’t Talk To Strangers
Medley
Love Somebody
My Generation
Human Touch
Jessie’s Girl
Love Is Alright Tonite