Well, been to a few of Ringo's shows... and had some things to report. The set list is the same, however, at Jones Beach in the spot after Karn Evil, Ringo announced "solo spots" Actually he announced it before Karn Evil and then came back on stage after saying, well, obviously THAT wasn't a solo spot so we are going to do that now, etc. ... After Jones Beach the "solo" spots weren't done at Mohegan Sun in Connecticut or at Fleet Pavilion in Boston. A shame, really, as we were treated to a most beautiful rendition of "Even in the Quietest Moments" at Jones Beach, and a song Ian Hunter did is called "Irene Wilde." Perhaps it's being done because the show is long as it is, even without the solo spot(s). It clocks in at about 2 1/2 hours without that spot, almost 3 hours with them. Perhaps there were too many people to visit with backstage and they were stretching? Also cut out at the CT and Mass shows, they didn't go off stage after It Don't Come Easy. Ringo made up this story about ... pretend we've gone off and you know, we get in the van and we are hearing all this noise and we are about to get on the freeway but we say, NO! we have to go back! And then of course he asks us to make that noise... Also worked into the schtick now is Ringo being called out on the rug for his "I love these guys..." which of course includes one gal. The first night they did this I think was Mark just taking the mickey out of him for it, but the next time they've done it Sheila puts her head down on the kit in the "no, no, I'll be alright" kind of thing... Mohegan Sun sound was bad in spots. Too bass-y and often could not hear Howard's keyboards and Roger's guitar, and they suffered some pretty bad feedback. Ringo made comment about the three hour trip (must've been a good day on I-95!!) was LONG from NYC. Today Show, the soundcheck started at 5:45 and they did Yellow Sub, Give a Little Bit and WALHFMF. They had to run through the latter ones at least a couple of times each. I don't quite remember as I was up most of the night...as was the band. RS made a point of saying the trip from Mohegan Sun was long and they didn't get in until 2 AM (must have been in the same construction and accident traffic jam we were...) and had a 4:45 AM call to prep for the Today Show. He mentioned it again during the interview. One of my friends who has gone to the Today Show concerts in the past said bands usually do soundcheck until 6:45, but the All Starrs went off by about 6:20. She also said that the front section for the public was pushed back about 50 feet more than normal, even for the big name artists, and of course we could see that section was reserved for NBC bigwigs and their families and pals, Century 21 people (tour sponsor, etc.) Watching the next day when they did their Broadway spot on the plaza, we could see she was right, as the public was right up to the stage! When the actual time came to do the music, it started at about 8:35. The TV audience only saw two numbers at the time, but all three were done; i.e. on the actual broadcast WALH was saved out for the 9:30-10:00 slot, but it was performed before 9:00 AM. We asked the stagehands if that was it (not knowing until later that the one song was reserved for the last half hour; you often don't see on the monitors what is actually going out. I think during WALH they had turned off the monitors on the plaza...) and they told us yes, so we booked out of there for breakfast and hit the road home for some badly needed sleep. The shows I've been too start no later than 5-10 minutes after the advertised start time BTW, so be advised... In Boston we saw Barbara Bach. She looks quite well, her hair is cut to the shoulder. She sat in about the 7th or 8th row in the center section. She got up and went backstage during Karn Evil when Ringo goes off for his break. I didn't see her Boston based relatives, but I'm sure they were there someplace. Roger has gotten tremendous recognition in NY and Boston. Supertramp was pretty big on the east coast...and he did make mention that he hadn't been back in many years and was really appreciating the audience response. In my opinion there are a few problems with pacing, and I think they ought to move, shorten or dispense with Hunter's "I Still Love Rock and Roll" (he was probably guaranteed a certain amount of numbers...), but otherwise it is an excellent show. I have to admit, the lineup on paper sounded dubious, but the show exceeded expectation. Got to run!