May 16th
Boston, MA :Orpheum Theatre
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Review donated by erica jane
hello fellow hole fans, the show here in boston last night was AMAZING!!!!
blew me away. i've seen hole back in the day of 95' and this was not
better but much, different. much more energy, karma everything. They
opened with "violet" which was excellent. courtney looked great donning a
sky blue halter top and matching skirt with several slits with a sparkly
cloth tied around it which she later gave to the audience. she made jokes
about being a WASP and harvard graduate. She also made jokes about not
writing songs and how "Cameron Diaz wrote this next song but then i later
found out that matt dillon wrote it. assholes! they always give the men
the credit." Then she continued to say (sarcastically) that she only sits
around and does drugs all day and doesn't write songs. i heard a
rumour from a worker there that miss love was looking for some vodka
earlier in the day and they ended up having to make a run to new hampshire
because liquor stores in mass. are closed on sundays. melissa was her
usual aloof self wearing a long red dress with cut out things in it. eric
may as well been non-existent remaining quiet the entire evening.
courtney was in quite a mood though. she was acting like jim morrison-
walking through the crowd singing but the best was when she climbed up to
this little private balcony during "malibu" and sat on someone's lap and
sang to them. i was dying. During the climax of "dying" there was a huge
pop and all the glitters fell from the ceiling. it was really cool, and an
amazing version of the song as well. i felt like crying. it was like old
times when she pulled about fifty people onstage and told them to sit
down. the security guards were trying to kick them off and love told them
"hey, i'm the teacher and i'll tell them if they can stay." the orpheum
theatre is all seats which sucks but everyone went buckwild and rushed
up front as did my sister and i. i kicked ass to get up there too. i can't
believe how close i was to courtney, she was singing "northern star" right
in my face. she looks as beautiful in person as in photographs. i touched
her arm but i didn't get onstage because security pushed me off . it was
ok though because i was close enough. all the kids onstage got guitar
picks and some lucky bastard got a guitar because courtney was just like"
do you want my guitar?" and gave it to them. all in all it was the BEST
hole show i have ever in my life been to. they were amazing blew me away.
i believe that is it but i could have missed something. anyway, thanks,
love. Review donated by Noelle
Just got back from the show, and i must say that it
probably was one of the most amazing hole show's or maybe shows i've been to.
Courtney and co. looked AWESOME. Clove was wearing this 2 piece thing it
was like hmmm... baby blueish, the top was like a halter top, and the skirt
was just this uneven skirt, short in the front long in the back. Melissa was
wearing a red long dress and she had this diamond sequined strap for her
bass, I don't know what sam wore, i looked like eric was wearing a black flag
shirt (not too sure) that was red w/a long sleeved black thermal underneath.
They opened up w/violet, and closed w/Northern Star. In no particular order,
they also played miss world, doll parts, a new song (no idea as to what it
was called), some cover, i have no idea what it was but Melissa pretty much
sang lead, cover of Twisted Sisters- Girls, Girls, Girls, it was awesome,
Heaven Tonight, reason to be beautiful, a different version of Good Sister
Bad Sister, well i don't think it was necessarily a different version, more
like a song w/some of the same lyrics, Malibu-longer version, Awful, Dying,
Pretty oN the Inside, Playing your song, She walks on me, and i'm not too
sure but i think that they also played I think that I would die and i'm also
sorry if i forgot anything or added anything untrue. but anyhow during the
show, courtney was pulling people up on stage, so my friend and i rushed the
stage, i got to sit on it and i was sooooo close to courtney and eric.
Courtney was wearing a wife beater a.k.a. white tank top at that point
w/spandex black shorts. And she is beautiful. Eric wouldn't look at me or
really anybody, I saw Melissa and waved and she gestered me to shhhhhhh... I
really didn't see sam all that much, but at that point, they were both taking
pictures. After the show, we tried to stock Courtney, but it didn't work.
Hole didn't take a tourbus. A Black Cadalliac. We had to leave to get the
subway back home, but i talked to a lot of interesting people who were for
the most part nice. Some who met courtney who won contests or had
connections, said she was a bitch and some said she was very nice. Also she
didn't quit smoking, but she cut down from last time, I saw them, and i think
it was on December 1st. Also one of the guys who worked there was that Clove
was on drugs??? I don't know about that. Also at the show, Courtney seemed
to be getting back to her old self, from what her makeup looked at the
beginning of the show... I don't know what else to say except that HOLE is
AWESOME!!! I hope you all get an experience with hole this good or
better!!!!! and they did play the remix of Malibu at the end of the show.
Courtney was running around a lot and
climbing A LOT. She also seemed to be kinda pissed off, it took forever for
hole to play after Imperial Teen finished thier set--they were o.k. almost
like Sonic Youth, but more POP. Courtney played the tamborine thing during
the end of RTBB and kept hitting her breast w/it. Said some stuff that was
hard to understand, and she did also say that Cameron Diaz wrote Pretty on
the Inside while she was in the same room w/her and Matt Dillion. And she
was also giving the Boston crowd shit for not knowing a song by the Lyres
(Local boston band whom i don't think exists anymore) I dunno, I'm tired and
I hope i've said enough!!!!
Review donated by Heidi
Ok, so I absolutely had to write to all of my friends about the experience
that I had this evening....absolutely unbe-fuckin-lievable!!!!!
I went to the HOLE concert tonite.....crazy concert, Courtney was OUTTA
CONTROL!!!!!! She looked great. No underwear (no surprise) Half naked but
still a knock out! Five minutes into the show she was threatening to walk off
stage, throwing her mike down, screaming at Eric Erlandson (guitarist),
telling the sound guy to turn it up, and saying that "I don't have to be
here, I could be making a fucking movie right now!",she climbed over an eight
foot speaker set-up and climbed up to the balcony...she was insane...swearing
at people, taking 10 minute "band meeting" breaks etc etc. Naturally she was
living up to her reputation.
I was to the very very left of the stage, in an "obstructed view" seat.
Couldn't see a damn thing, so I ended up standing on the railing for the
first few songs. It was such a spectacle, the crowd was going mad....and then
stuff went way out of hand!!!
She ran in to the audience and started dancing with a girl, she grabbed the
girl by the hand and tried to take her onstage with her....but the bouncers
at the front would not let the girl get up@!@ So Courtney starts swearing her
head off, saying "Let her up you motherfuckers!!" "What I say goes!@" "If you
want this concert to go on, you better let her get up here!!!"
Well, it was pure mayhem. I was screaming and just amazed at the situation,
people were getting stupid. Courtney started grabbing people from the
audience, pulling them onstage with her. At this point, EVERYONE RUSHED THE
STAGE. I have never in my life seen anything like it. All of a sudden, the
section that we were in was jammed with people, and I had nowhere to go but
forward, SO I JUMPED INTO THE CROWD!!!!! CRAZY ?!?!?!? I lost my mind, I
really did. This is not something that I would normally do , but I got so
carried away in the moment. I found myself practically swimming through the
crowd until I hit the chest of the bouncer at the front of the stage. This is
when things got very scary. Absolutely everyone in the theatre was rushing
the stage. All of a sudden I felt the weight of hundreds of people pushing up
against me....I really thought I was going to die. I couldn't breathe. The
bouncer had his hand on my throat and I was screaming at him to let go, to
help. It was terrifying to be in the situation and not be able to move, or
barely breath. The girl next to me was turning an awful purple color, the
bounce next to me had his arm hooked around her neck, and was literally
choking her. I was screaming at him and scratching him with my nails...trying
to do ANYTHING just so that we could be freed of the craziness. I couldn't
move my legs at all.
I was definitely hyperventilating, and on the verge of blacking out. My
vision was blurred and I felt like I was going to pass out any moment. I
looked up at Courtney who was screaming at the bouncers , and trying to get
people up and out of the first row.....she saw me, and I started
crying....(*If this gets cheesy now, then I am sorry,but the next thing that
happened was fucking scary and amazing all at the same time*)
I was crying, and Courtney started walking over towards me....I mouthed the
words "HELP" to her, and with that, she lunged forward and grabbed my right
arm. She was pulling with all her strength to get me up on stage. The bouncer
was pulling my left arm, so that I wouldn't be able to get up. Courtney had
the microphone in her other hand and started hitting his shoulder with her
mike. She was yelling at him to help me. she yelled into the mike "GET OFF OF
HER, YOU BASTARD!!!" She was trying so hard to get me out of the
madness....she kept saying "Hold onto me, I'm so sorry"...the bouncer was
pulling me the other way, I couldn't breathe, and all I could do was cry
because I felt like i was being ripped in two. She kept screaming at the
bouncer, threatening him...it was the scariest moment of my life. Finally she
yelled at him again to let me go.With that, he gave up, and let go of my
arm, she pointed to one of her own guys who was on stage with her, and he
came and desperately tried to drag me up onstage. OH MY GOD. It was awful
because the lower part of my body couldn't move, there were just so many
people all pressed up against each other, and only the top part of my body
was free. I had to use all of my strength to get up. I thought my legs were
going to break.When I finally got onstage I crawled over to where all of the
other "rescued" people were. Everyone was in shock, crying, shaking...it was
a surreal experience. I looked to my left and Eric Erlandson was still
playing....he looked down at me, I was in such a state of shock, he bent down
and said "Are you ok?" I nodded, and he smiled......WOW!! Melissa Auf De
Mauer had completely abandoned playing at this point, and was coming around
to all of us with a bottle of Poland Springs water....patting our hair,
telling us that we were "So fucking brave".
There were about twenty of us onstage. Things never really calmed down at
all. Courtney kept saying "This is America, EVERYONE gets to be on
stage"..."I'm the teacher, what I say goes". She kept telling everyone to sit
down, calm down, and behave...that she was going to get into trouble for this
anyway, but that we all needed to calm down. She continued with the set.
Singing to all of us, and still rescuing people from the audience. I was
onstage, sitting next to Eric Erlandson for 7 songs!!!!!!!!!!!! The whole
time i was just in a daze, I could not believe that it was happening...and
looking up at the audience, the two floors of people who were looking down in
amazement was so incredible. Courtney sang and sang. She was told repeatedly
to stop the show, she told the officials repeatedly to fuck off.
The show finally finished and everyone on stage got to hug Courtney. She told
everyone that they were brave, meanwhile her bodyguards were trying to pull
her away from the fans...she kept saying "FUck you, they aren't going to hurt
me, look at what they just went through...look at their faces, these kids
aren't about hurting anyone, they just wanna be here......"
By the end of the show there were roughly 60 peopl onstage.
The band thanked everyone and was ushered off .
I am still reeling.
I am completely black and blue from the waist down.
And that my friends.........is
rock'n'roll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review donated by Brenna
Ok... its monday morning.. hole was last night.. heres a recap:
Imperial Teen.. who cares
Hole... damn i cant even remember the set list... Anyways... Courtney was
wearing a bluish green halter with a gauzy kinda see through matching shirt
(which she later got sick of and ripped portions off and gave to the audience
saying "i found this in the dumpster..") Melissa looked stunning in a red
dress.. eric wore pants and a tee shirt he wore in the guitar world shoot and
sam was plain too.. during malibu courtney climbed in the speakers and
proceded to climb on the side balcony thingies... god i was so scared she would fall..
well she walked across the balconoy on a 6in wide edge and then gave some guy
a lap dance while singing. Before "Pretty on the Inside" courtney said that
hole is a cover band and they dont write any of their lyrics and that the next song
they were going to play was written by Cameron Diaz NOt Matt Dillion like
everyone thinks.. ok.. All i remeber for the songs is that there was no CS or
Violet... anyways towards the end courteny wanted people to come one stage but
the bouncers were ebing ass holes i she pulled them on her self. I got on!
Yea thats mee.. did anyone see me? I wore all black.. black glittery pants and a
black glittery shirt.. well i cant beieve i was teher... Courteny held my hald
through Northern Star, unfortunatlly i wasnt one of the lucky people who got
to stand up and hold her/dance kinda... she gave her black guitar to a girl who
didnt get up in stage and once again the boucers tried to take it away..
Throughout the show courteny kept going off stage to milgle and sing in thr
crowd... oh for the encore she cameout in black hot pants and a white tank
like in the versace ad. She also cut her hair.. its like it was when she went to
the oscars (white versace halter, blonde bob) but nobangs and more
dirty/rockstar like, there were also blue "gems" in her hair. She has the
softest hands....
Samantha was taking pictures during the whole stange thing.. cuz tehers no
drums in norther star... and melissa is incredibally beautiful.. it makes me
sick
I HELD AND KISSED COURTNEYS HAND! I also managed to scape up 2 cig butts of
hers and a bunch of the glitter shot out during the show.
All the shirts that had tour dates (there were 6 shirts, 3 with dates 1 new
babytee, all new shirts) had the manson hole tour dates but it just said
celebrity skin tour.
and everyone was singing along to everything, except the people in front of me
they only knew awful.... stupid jock and cheerleader... they were post
highschool not worthy jocks and cheerleaders too :(
If i think of more ill write more mail ... oh yea, i smuggled in a camera :)
*brenna
Review donated by ... ~*LAURA*~ ...
OK THE HOLE SHOW WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. FIRST IMPERIAL TEEN OPENED AND THEY
PLAYED FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES. THEN THEY GOT OFF AND HOLE STATRED THE SHOW
REALLY LATE. LIKE AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF!!!!
WHEN HOLE ACUALLY STARTED, IM SO HIGH CAME ON OVER THE PAEKERS AND IT
SOUNDED SO BEAUTIFUL. IT WASNT EVEN A MINUTE INTO THE CONCERT AND I WAS
ALREADY IN TEARS.
COURTNEY LOOKED AMAZING. SHE WORE THIS LIGHT BLUE OUTFIT AND IT HAD CHIFFON
PIECES ATTACHED TO IT. SHE WAS TAKING OFF THE PEICES AND GIVING THEM TO
PEOPLE IN THE CROWD. MELISSA WAS WEARING A RED DRESS WITH JEWLES ON IT AND
FLAT MARY JANES. I WAS SO PROUD BECAUSE I WAS WEARING THE SAME SHOES! ERIC
WAS WEARING BLACK PANTS AND HIS RED SHIRT WITH THE CROWN ON IT. SAM WAS
WEARING A WHITE TANK TOP, BUT THAT WAS THE ONLY PART OF HER OUTFIT I COULD
SEE.
THEY OPENED WITH "VIOLET", AND THEN WENT INTO "AWFUL". I FORGET THE ORDER
AFTER THAT. ALL I KNOW IS THAT IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. DURING "DYING",
ALL OF THIS GLITTER FLEW OUT AND IT LOOKED SO BEAUTIFUL. AND THEN SHE PULLED
PEOPLE ON STAGE AND SHE WENT "I WANT ALL OF THE SHORTER, SMALLER PEOPLE TO
COME ONSTAGE CUZ I CANT FIT ANYMORE BIG PEOPLE." SO ME BEING UM SHORT AND
ALL, I RAN, I MEAN BOLTED FROM MY SEAT IN THE BALCONY DOWN TO THE BOTTOM,
SHOVED PEOPLE OUT OF MY WAY, AND AFTER MUCH STUGGLING, I GOT ON STAGE. =) =)
=) *BIG BIG GRIN* NEXT TO ERIC ACTUALLY. I WAS SO HAPPY. I HOPE I DIDNT LOOK
LIKE A FOOL TO HOLE. OH WELL. IT WAS DEFINETLY WORTH THE MONEY. IT WAS THE
BEST SHOW I HAVE EVER GONE TO IN MY LIFE.
~*LAURA*~
violet
awful
pretty on the inside
heaven tonight
reasons to be beautiful
miss world
dying
malibu
doll parts
good sister/bad sister
a cover
new song
boys on the radio
hit so hard
celebrity skin
come on feel the noise (cover)
i think that i would die
she walks on me
northern star
***princess erica jane***