Tour Dates 2013+

[MikeRMD]

Hi all,

setlist.fm has 'Rock Section' to start the show in Detroit, no 'Into Dust', and 'Umbilical' for part of the encore except that it notes that 'Hope walked off before she sang'. I haven't noticed any reviews for the Detroit show yet so don't know what that's about. One other show had 'Umbilical' on the setlist but these lists are posted by people who may or may not know MS songs that well.

[Hermesacat]

Glad to see the band appears to be broadening its set lists & including some other songs such as Rock Section, & Umbilical (unless some may be confusing this song with "So Tonight...", as Mike suggests)
I see on Mazzy Star's Facebook site some attending the Detroit show said Hope appeared to quit the stage early during the encore after complaining about camera lights. There are reports too of the Detroit audience doing a lot of chattering through the set.
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MAZZY STAR'S GOING PERFORM ON T.V. MONDAY, NOV. 25 - they're doing Jimmy Fallon's late night show!
http://headlineplanet.com/home/2013/11/ ... llon-gigs/
Since Hope hates the bright lights they like to shine on her for TV, I expected they wouldn't do any TV shows.
So we will get some good quality video of the band this tour, via TV at least. Good news.

[alas]

According to MS Facebook page, Mazzy Star will perform on Late Nate with Jimmy Fallon. It will air in the U.S. on Monday, November 25th.

[intodust72]

The Boston show was amazing, Hope's voice was beautiful and the band sounded great! The crowd was respectful, with a few screams of adoration for Hope and the sound system was perfect.

Setlist:
Look on Down from the Bridge
Cry Cry
In the Kingdom
Lay Myself Down
Ride it On
Does Someone Have Your Baby Now
Into Dust
She Hangs Brightly
Halah
Fade Into You
Blue Flower
Disappear
Encore 1: California, So Tonight That I Might See
Encore 2: I’ve Been Let Down

[Hermesacat]

Glad to hear the Boston audience at The Paradise Club was more pleasant this time than on Hope's past tour there with The Warm Inventions. I've never heard such hostility aimed at Hope before as one hears on the recording of that infamous 2002 Boston show. She was brave to venture back there. Luckily it worked out better this time.

The Brooklyn Vegan site, which did a good job of documenting Mazzy Star's 2012 tours & is covering the 2013 one, in their latest article on the Mazzy tour gives a plug to this Forum (citing the boots list), & my Seattle show yt upload:
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2 ... r_are.html

(later updates): Positive reviews of the Boston, Paradise show:
http://www.metro.us/newyork/entertainme ... -paradise/
http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2 ... story.html
http://digboston.com/boston-music-conce ... -11-19-13/
The Dig Boston review's major complaint about the show wasn't with the band but with the audience. The reviewer says there was lots of talking during songs, enough to prompt an audience member to yell out (hopefully between songs): “be quiet during the songs”.
A review of the Toronto show:
http://amusicblogyea.com/2013/11/21/con ... usic-hall/

[intodust72]

I was at the Boston show and the audience was fine, I'm not sure where they were standing but the band must not have minded too much, they played 2 encores.

[Hermesacat]

Right, maybe that Dig Boston reviewer was situated in a noisier part of the hall. Maybe people closer to the stage might tend to be more attentive than those in backs of halls.
Searching "Mazzy Star" on Twitter last night, I saw a bunch of instragram pics that got tweeted from last night's NYC show show, but they weren't very good. But here's a post with 4 pretty good photos from NYC's Nov. 20 Terminal 5 gig:
http://www.aheartisaspade.com/2013/11/2 ... the-ocean/
A review of the Nov. !6 Toronto show. The reviewer apparently got some small revenge on some doubly rude talkers behind him:
http://www.panicmanual.com/2013/11/21/c ... usic-hall/
NY Times review of the Nov. 20 show:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/22/arts/ ... .html?_r=0

[Hermesacat]

Someone posted a set list for the Nov. 20 NYC show in comments at Brooklyn Vegan
(later edit - but that set list is incorrect. I've deleted it from this post & am replacing it with the correct set list taken from the recording Yaz_Rock generously posted a DL link for in a post further down in this thread):
01. (Intro)
02. Look On Down From the Bridge
03. Cry, Cry
04. In the Kingdom
05. Lay Myself Down
06. Ride It On
07. Does Someone Have Your Baby Now
08. Into Dust
09. She Hangs Brightly
10. Halah
11. Fade Into You
12. Blue Flower
Encores:
13. Disappear
14. So Tonight That I Might See
15. California Intro
16. California

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The mystery of Hope's ipad:

She has it at eye level onstage this tour which unfortunately blocks views of her from some angles.
But what does she use it for, exacty? A Brooklyn Vegan commenter claims he had a clear view of the ipad screen in Boston:
QUOTE: " Her iPad on the music stand has the lyrics on it - karaoke style. I saw them at the Paradise in Boston on Tuesday night and because of that club's set-up I ended up on the side of the stage somewhat behind Hope. There were lyrics on the ipad and before every song she would scroll to that songs lyrics."

I'm skeptical Hope actually needs to read the words though, especially as the band's doing mostly old chestnut favourites Hope's sung scores, if not hundreds of times. Why would she need to read lyrics of songs she knows so well? So maybe it's mostly to help lessen her stage fright, so she knows she has the security of not having to worry about forgetting any lyrics, though she's probably unlikely to forget any, anyway. Other commenters pointed out it's not uncommon to see singers having lyrics visible onstage to refer to, usually on pages on music stands.

(I facetiously suggested maybe the ipad's delivering texted love notes from beau Colm O'Ciosoig [who, as we know, would be playing bass again on this tour if he wasn't touring with My Bloody Valentine] to make the stage-frightened one feel more at ease up there!)

(later updates): Another Boston show review:
http://www.gratefulweb.com/articles/maz ... 913-review
This reviewer thought both band & audience (with a few exceptions) were good.
The Brooklyn Vegan site's review of the Nov. 20 NYC show, plus photos & yt links:
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2 ... _fina.html

[Hermesacat]

Here's a fan review (by "Anonymous") of the Nov. 22 Philly show that appeared in the comments section at this Brooklyn Vegan piece:
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2 ... _fina.html

QUOTE: "I saw the show last night in Philly. I have to say Union Transfer is quickly becoming one of my favorite venues. Great site lines, sound was on point, and friendly staff. Mazzy Star were incredible. It was pretty much the same setlist and 1 hr 15 mins but wow, they were so good and did not disappoint in any way. Hope lip synching sounds like total nonsense.

The crowd was pretty well behaved in regards to not taking pictures with cellphones. I do have to say though, the show was somewhat marred by the jackasses at the bar in the back. How 20 or 30 some odd people can come to a show, pay $40 for a band that hasn't played in >15 years, and have full on conversations through the whole set boggles my mind. And it wasn't the case of the majority of the crowd being so quiet that you could hear people talk. It was a sizable crowd of people just laughing it up and talking really loud about stupid shit. Everybody around me noticed as well. Hope didn't say anything but on the last song So Tonight That I Might See, she stormed off the stage after her vocal parts were done. So a big fuck you to all the idiots last night that almost ruined a great show."

[Yaz_Rock]

I uploaded my tape of Terminal 5 to 4shared. I've never used that site before, and the .rar file seemed to upload pretty quickly, so I hope it worked.

http://www.4shared.com/rar/W_uMaMvI/Maz ... r_20_.html

Mazzy Star
November 20, 2013
Terminal 5, New York, NY

Set:
01. (Intro)
02. Look On Down From the Bridge
03. Cry, Cry
04. In the Kingdom
05. Lay Myself Down
06. Ride It On
07. Does Someone Have Your Baby Now
08. Into Dust
09. She Hangs Brightly
10. Halah
11. fade Into You
12. Blue Flower

Encores:
13. Disappear
14. Umbilical
15. California Intro
16. California

Digital audience recording:
Edirol R-09HR recorder>Sony ECM-719 microphone.
http://www.yazcountry.com/rob/concerts/

If not, I'll try again.

-Rob