7/27/01: Molson Montreal Center, Montreal And from Michel, courtesy of the Macca-L mailing list:

Just back from Ringo's concert in Montreal tonight. Unfortunately, it was impossible to meet him before or after the concert... Too bad. But it was a lot of fun. My son came with me as my wife couldn't.

All the musicians were good and the sound was super - which is not evident in such a big arena (Molson Centre - 25000 seats) But they had closed half of it to make it look like an amphitheatre.There was approx. between 8 to 10,000 people. Here's the set list:

  1. Photograph (Ringo)
  2. Act Naturally (Ringo)
  3. In the Court Of The Crimson King (Greg Lake)
  4. Cynical, Quisical, etc. (?) (Rodger Hodgson - I know the song but not the title) (Editor's note: Probably "Logical Song")
  5. No One Is To Blame (Howard Jones)
  6. Cleveland Rocks (Ian Hunter)
  7. ? (Sheila E. - don't even know the song)
  8. Boys (Ringo)
  9. A Little Bit Of My Love (?) (R.H.)
  10. You're Sixteen (Ringo)
  11. Yellow Submarine (Ringo)
  12. ? (Greg Lake - a song from ELP - don't remember the title)
  13. I'm The Greatest (Ringo)
  14. No No Song (Ringo)
  15. Back Off Boogaloo (Ringo)
  16. ? (H.J.)
  17. She's The One (Sheila E.)
  18. I Wanna Be Your Man (Ringo)
  19. Lucky Man (G. Lake)
  20. Everlasting Love (H.J.)
  21. A Long Way Home (R.H.)
  22. All The Young Dudes (I.H.)
  23. It Don't Come Easy (Ringo)
  24. The encore: Don't Go Where The Road Don't Go (Ringo)
  25. With A Little Help From My Friends (Ringo)
A most enjoyable evening as they all have fun and it really is unpretentious. Howard Jones on keyboard is real good. Sheila E. on drums is 'strong' and to my surprise, Ringo is really tight with her: a very good and clever drummer. The solos on guitar are provided by Hogson, cool; rhythm guitar, Ian Hunter; bass, Greg Lake and there was a saxophonist whom I didn't catch the name. In the audience, mainly old people... like me. My son only knew the songs from the Beatles era. He had never heard none of all the other songs. Still, he enjoyed the show because the atmosphere was so friendly. Check it out if Ringo performs near you. It's worth every second of it. Oh... and people are still smoking grass. Cheers. Michel PS: Ringo didn't mention anything about George either...


Here's a corrected and official set list from the Montreal show, courtesy of Michel, who had sent us his review:
  1. Photograph
  2. Act Naturally
  3. Court of the Crimson King
  4. Logical Song
  5. No One Is To Blame
  6. Cleveland Rocks
  7. Love Bizarre
  8. Boys
  9. Give A Little Bit
  10. You're 16
  11. Yellow Submarine
  12. Karn Evil
  13. I'm The Greatest
  14. The No, No Song
  15. Back Off Boogaloo
  16. Things Can Only Get Better
  17. I Still Love Rock n' Roll
  18. Glamorous Life
  19. I Wanna Be Your Man
  20. Everlasting Love
  21. Take the long way home
  22. All The Young Dudes
  23. It Don't Come Easy
  24. Don't Go Where The Roads Don't Go
  25. Help From My Friend

And from Roger Beaulieu:

Starr shines, Hodgson and Lake steal the show

Ringo Starr returned to Montreal Friday night after 37 years. The show started with `Photograph` and brought all 4000 fans on their feet. Ringo, aged 61, looked in great shape. Other songs Ringo performed were `Yellow Submarine`, `Boys`, `I wanna be your man`, `Act Naturally`, `It don`t come easy`, `No no song`, `You`re sixteen`, `Back off Boogaloo`, `I`m the greatest`, with `Don`t go where the roads don`t go` and `With a little help from my friends` for the encore.

With a little help from his friends, for sure ! Roger Hodgson and Greg Lake were the most applaused during the show up to a point that Ringo got a bit embarrassed and jokingly said after Hodgson`s `Logical song` performance `Hey may I have the spotlight please for this one ?` As Hodgson said earlier in the show, `This is were it all began for us`, Supertramp that was. Ringo also said `I heard that Montreal is a musical town` which turned the place wild. Greg Lake`s performance of `Lucky Man` was fantastic. Both Hodgson and Lake received long ovations after each of their songs. Ian Hunter certainly gave all that he had with energy and great guitar work. Howard Jones on keyboard, Sheila who was amazing on drums especially during a solo performance and Rivera who `played everything else` as Ringo pointed out when introducing members of the band were all a perfect combination to garanteed a splendid time for all.

No words of good recovery or mentions about George from Ringo were heard during the show.

Thanks Richie and the boys and Sheila!



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