28 November, 2001, TJ's, Newport, Wales

review by Gareth

wow
we got there about 8 o clock, and mark was by the bar talking to someone, so i went up and asked if i could have my picture taken with him, and he said 'sure bro, we'll do it after the show' , so i was dead chuffed. (He's soo fucking tall!!). but by the end of the show, my m8 had used all the film taking pictures of his girlfriend. so im not happy. But the gig absolutely rocked. heres a very un-accurate set list.... pendulum, borracho, hmmm... someone shouted, 'mark can i have ur seed?', n he sed something like 'hey its free for the taking, be it man, woman, beast.. then something else i cant remember.. oh yeah setlist.... pendulum, borracho, one way street,she done too much/river rise, no easy action, ill take care of you, hotel, because of this, miracle, on jesus program, bell black ocean, the winding sheet, mockingbirds... after a lot of screaming from the audience, they came back out and did 'dont forget me' and 'gospel plow' which was amazing. watching them do gospel plow was the closest ill ever come to seeing the trees lol.

talked to gene for a while, he said he has left qotsa, brant bjork is now with them and will be for the next tour, and gene is staying with marks band for the moment. then we sort of edged our way round the side of the stage to talk to mike, who i couldnt see for the entire show because i was behind the speakers. he was a good laugh. all in all it was excellent. mark looked in top health, and you could tell they all really enjoyed it. well i got a t shirt ('deadslowrocknroll'), and a poster and got me ticket signed , so im happy.

oh yeah then i had a bit of a car crash on the way home..... but thats another story, and it didnt even ruin my nite.. nothin could have! :-)