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Neil Finn
Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide, Australia
10 July, 1998

A version of this review originally appeared on Tongue in the Mail, the mailing list for Crowded House fans.

Set List :

  1. Last One Standing
  2. King Tide
  3. Not the Girl You Think You Are
  4. Dream Date
  5. Faster Than Light
  6. Truth
  7. Suffer Never
  8. Fall at Your Feet
  9. Distant Sun
  10. Last Day of June
  11. One Step Ahead (partial)
  12. Try Whistling This
  13. Souvenir
  14. Sinner
  15. Private Universe
  16. She Will Have Her Way
Encore 1:
  1. Loose Tongue
  2. Twisty Bass
  3. I Got You
Encore 2:
  1. Don't Dream It's Over
  2. Astro
  3. You're the One That I Want (partial)
  4. Addicted

Other reviews of this show:

  • Benjamin Todd
  • by Darryl White

    Haven't been back long from seeing Neil tonight but I just had to comment on what a brilliant show it was.

    Highlights for me included "Last Day of Jun." Neil wasn't going to play it as he said he couldn't remember a couple of lines, and he asked if anyone could remember what they were, and sure enough someone near the front new it, so he played it! After that Neil asked him what the second line of "Sister Madly" was, which he got, but he stumbled when Neil asked him what the first line of "The Devil You Know" was. For the rest of the night there was a running joke that it was like a game of Mastermind, and he kept referring to the guy throughout the night.

    At one point someone shouted out for "One Step Ahead," so Neil obliged with the first verse (the band tried to join in but they obviously hadn't rehearsed that one).

    Before "Addicted" some guy shouted out for something from Grease, to which everyone laughed, and then all of a sudden Neil was singing "You're the one that i want, ooh ooh ohh' in his worst Olivia Newton John impersonation, and then the band joined in and went on for quite some time! They then started to play "Summer Loving" with the keyboardist and drummer singing the Olivia and John Travolta lines, needless to say it was hilarious!

    The keyboardist also told a rather sexist joke around this point which I'd tell if I could remember it!

    All in an incredible show, the band played flawlessly. I can't speak for the earlier Aussie shows but if they hadn't clicked before tonight they have now.


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