Pj - 2000.05

05/29/00 - wembley arena: london, england [118m] attendance: 12,000 support act: the monkeywrench soundcheck: of the girl (x2), timeless (x3), god's dice, i got shit, not for you, leaving here, soldier of love, habit set: of the girl, breakerfall, grievance, god's dice, light years, corduroy, animal, given to fly, even flow, nothing as it seems, daughter/(the wrong child)/(androgynous mind), faithfull, mfc, wishlist, do the evolution, black, alive enc 1: timeless melody [the las], insignificance, rearviewmirror, better man, i got shit, go enc 2: soon forget, soldier of love, yellow ledbetter notes: ed's voice cracks at the end of 'god's dice.' he states afterwards, "it's a new song and i fucked it up." before 'corduroy' ed almost forgets to pick up his guitar. 'even flow'is introduced as 'don't let the sun go on your grievance.' ed sings a couple of lines of melanie's 'brand new key' ("i've got a brand new pair of rollerskates, you've got a brand new key ..."). during 'mfc' mike goes crazy running and jumping around and throws his guitar over his back at the end. during the last chorus of 'alive,' ed jumps down and is held up in front of the crowd. before the beginning of the first encore ed describes how he used to think of london as a different planet when he was younger. it was like a place where the gods hung out like zeus, athena, etc. and keith, pete, etc. of the who. during 'rearviewmirror' mike goes crazy with his guitar again. ed describes him as "mike mccready and his flying v. he usually doesn't behave this way," he adds. ed plays 'i got shit' as requested by a fan the previous night at the borderline (where the monkeywrench was playing). after 'go', ed walks off trying to balance a wine bottle on his head. ed begins the the second encore saying they're willing to play some more if the crowd's up for it. ed tells the crowd that matt referred to the instrument he plays on 'soon forget' as a "grungle-lele." ed flubs up the last "one more time around." the concert finishes off with a splendid performance of 'yellow ledbetter.'