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Review 1 for Porcupine Tree

5 / 5

Porcupine Tree- Best Live Show Ever!!!

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Favorite moment: Random setlist incorporating many old songs that haven't been played live for years.
Mindblowing video footage on the big screens @

Opening act(s): None @

Posted 09/26/2010

by Anonymous

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I highly recommend this band to any music lover period. You WILL NOT be disappointed. I have attended over 300 live concerts in my lifetime and can honestly say that this was the greatest show I have ever seen, clocking in at almost a full 3 hours! Precise playing, excellent sound, and a real honest performance by a band that has very little exposure and is so overlooked by the media. Attended with almost 20 others (who have never seen the band live) and they left the show stunned; not only by the music and caliber of musicianship, but the overall experience of the additional video footage that is absolutely the perfect compliment to the performance. If you haven't seen or heard of Porcupine Tree, you are really missing out on one of the greatest bands that ever existed!

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Favorite moment: Random setlist incorporating many old songs that haven't been played live for years.
Mindblowing video footage on the big screens @

Opening act(s): None @

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Review 2 for Porcupine Tree

5 / 5

It was unforgettable!!!

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Favorite moment: Full concert @

Setlist: no matter, all songs are excellent @

Posted 10/18/2010

by dorosber

Location:Santiago, Chile

Travel from chile to view for the first time and it was amazing, everyone played brilliantly. hopefully can come to Chile once for Chileans have the privilege of seeing a great band.

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Setlist: no matter, all songs are excellent @

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Review 3 for Porcupine Tree

5 / 5

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Favorite moment: The band did their own opening act!! @

Opening act(s): Themselves. @

Posted 10/05/2010

by ge0pan

Location:new york

Amazing concert,definetely one of my best experiences!!!!!!!!!
The band is unbelievable,beautiful songs,the sound was clear,great performance and the visuals kept my attention!!!!
Overall excellent!!

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Favorite moment: The band did their own opening act!! @

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Review 4 for Porcupine Tree

5 / 5

Best Band Ever

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Favorite moment: All of it. (Duh?) @

Setlist: Fantastic @

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Posted 10/04/2010

by DerBearTheBigBanana

Absoulutely incredible! We thought that it was and will be the best concert that we will ever go to!

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Favorite moment: All of it. (Duh?) @

Setlist: Fantastic @

Opening act(s): None @

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Review 5 for Porcupine Tree

5 / 5

Unforgettable show!

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Favorite moment: Let's Sleep Together, Even Less, Lazarus, @

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Posted 10/03/2010

by ProgBluesFan

Location:NC

This was such a special show. From the unbelievable ambiance and sound quality of Radio City Music Hall to the incredible performance on both acoustic and softer songs as well as the songs the crowd just wanted to head bang along with. The setlist was much different than any I've seen from PT and I couldn't get enough. I couldn't believe it was over when they came out for the final song. No complaints whatsoever, although I have to admit I was craving Radioactive Toy. Still, I'd love nothing more than to relive the moment again. Please come back!!! I traveled from NC for the show and would gladly do so again.

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Favorite moment: Let's Sleep Together, Even Less, Lazarus, @

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Review 6 for Porcupine Tree

5 / 5

PorcupineTree + Radio City Music Hall = Perfection

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Favorite moment: EVERY MOMENT !!! @

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Posted 10/03/2010

by PorcupineTreeHugger

Location:New York

PORCUPINE TREE DESERVES A SIX STAR RATING NOT FIVE. Absolutly a band that qualifies to be heard in an acoustically designed venue NOT a converted warehouse. Their music is so very intricate and amazing. Porcupine Tree is abovove and beyond a five star rating!!!. I have a goal to never miss this band at a quality venue in the area in which I live. Furthermore the prices for seating at this venue for this band were very well matched. No regrets at all........................PorcupineTreeHugger

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Review 7 for Porcupine Tree

5 / 5

Porcupine Tree + Radio City = Perfect Match

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Posted 10/03/2010

by PorcupineTreeHugger

Location:New York

I am just getting into Porcupine Tree @ 54 yrs. young. Now that I took in the show at Radio City Music Hall I will attempt to never miss this band when they play a quality venue. Their music is so intricate they deserve to be heard in an acoustically built venue due to the very high quality music they play. Seeing Porcupine Tree in a converted warehouse would be a waste of superior talent. PORCUPINE TREE DESERVES SIX STARS NOT JUST FIVE !!!!!!!

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Favorite moment: Every moment at Radio City Music Hall. @

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Review 8 for Porcupine Tree

5 / 5

Porcupine Tree was awesome!!

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Favorite moment: Futile (unpluged) @

Opening act(s): The Softer Side Of PT @

Posted 10/03/2010

by IDTH

Location:Brighton, MI

What is there to say... It's Porcupine Tree at Radio City Music Hall!!! The show was unbelieveable, the band was amazing, the song choices were unforgettable!! The band surelly stepped it up above and beyond the perfect 10 we are so used to seeing from them! Gavin behind the three piece kit, Colin going old school for the opening act was an unforgettable sight!! Steve, well whats there to say?? He's Steve Wilson... The mastermind and voice behind it all!! Thanks for the memories guys!!

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Review 9 for Porcupine Tree

5 / 5

Porcupine Tree was Outstanding!!

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Favorite moment: I thought ending with arriving somewhere but not here was a perfect way to go @

Posted 10/02/2010

by smith567

Location:Bethel, CT

This was easily one of the greatest concerts I've been to in a while. The audio was setup to perfection that you could crisply hear the bass line and Gavin's bass rhythms. The setlist was pretty good, they mixed it up with older songs and not just the entire The Incident which was pretty cool. The opening set was awesome; they did just acoustic to really showcase their talent.

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Review 10 for Porcupine Tree

5 / 5

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Favorite moment: Acoustic session @

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Posted 10/01/2010

by Perception

I go to 10-15 shows a year, different venues, different cities in tri-state area, this was one of the best musically organized concerts this year. Great acoustic session with excellent setlist throughout the concert. I love when band performs their songs in it's entirety from first to last note just the way it is on the album. I have great respect for artist who can show live, that their studio material was not a product of sound engineers but their own.

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Favorite moment: Acoustic session @

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Review 11 for Porcupine Tree

5 / 5

Porcupine Tree at Radio City Music Hall

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Posted 10/01/2010

by Anonymous

Absolutely phenominal!!!!! An outstanding show, from start to finish!

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Review 12 for Porcupine Tree

5 / 5

Game changing performance

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Favorite moment: The encore performance of "Arriving Somewhere" @

Setlist: Opening acoustic set:
Stranger By The Minute; Small Fish; Pure Narcotic; Black Dahlia; Futile
First electric set:
Even Less (parts 1 & 2); Open Car; Lazarus; Tinto Brass; The Sky Moves Sideways (Phase One); I Drive the Hearse; Bonnie the Cat;
Second electrict set:
Occam's Razor; The Blind House; Great Expectations; Kneel and Disconnect; Drawing the Line; Dislocated Day; Time Flies; Fear of a Blank Planet; Up the Downstair; Sleep Together
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Arriving Somewhere But Not Here @

Opening act(s): Porcupine Tree Unplugged @

Posted 09/30/2010

by scooter59

Top 25 Contributor

Previously playing on the smaller theater and club circuit, with the occasional abbreviated festival performance (most recently at London's High Voltage Festival), this "evening with" performance at the prestigious Radio City Music Hall was a real game changer for Porcupine Tree.

Lighting was pretty standard for the most part, but almost half of the songs in the 2nd and 3rd sets utilized stunning films by Lasse Holie, projected on a huge screen behind the band. "Time Flies" and "Arriving Somewhere" benefited most from these time-lapse studies in motion.

The sound was one of the best live mixes I've ever heard, which is no surprise given Steven Wilson's heavy involvement with this end of production (witness his recent remixes of the King Crimson catalog).

And what can you say about the historic Radio City Music Hall, situated in the middle of the greatest city in the world. Besides being a quick hop across the Atlantic, there is no better place to have staged this showcase performance in the U.S.

Steve Wilson certainly seemed feel the same as the audience did about the evening's performance, given the very happy look on his face has he walked across the stage waving goodnight.

A flawless performance.

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Review 13 for Porcupine Tree

5 / 5

highly recomended

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Posted 09/30/2010

by ichi

Location:Spain

Great band at great theater, you can´t miss these guys.

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Review 14 for Porcupine Tree

5 / 5

A terrific show and one of the best I've seen

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Favorite moment: The whole show..... buying new soul, Even less, the real old songs and the newer ones as well. @

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Posted 09/29/2010

by stringman

Location:Livonia NY

They started out slow with a 4 song semi acoustic set. Then took a little break. They came back and blew the audience away with the big audio as they worked there way through their large and impressive catalogue. The sound was a tad rough at first (at least for us on the first level mezz) to much bass drum volume. As the show went on they seemed to lower the volume a little and sounded fantastic. I was amazed at how tight this band is and how well they played. They built the concert slowly, but at the end, there was no where else they could go. They are the best band you never heard of.
Great show
Fantastic graphics and light show
Would see them again in a heartbeat.

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Favorite moment: The whole show..... buying new soul, Even less, the real old songs and the newer ones as well. @

Opening act(s): none @

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Review 15 for Porcupine Tree

5 / 5

PT in Radio City Music Hall

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Posted 09/29/2010

by Theodossi

Location:Bremen, Germany

Super event, super location. It was very nice. Not good- at the end of the concert was not enough T- Shirts available ;-)

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Review 16 for Porcupine Tree

3 / 5

Band was Great Fans were Rude

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Posted 09/29/2010

by jaynemo

Location:CT

Was disappointed with the opening acoustic set. I thought it was a lame way to open a high energy show. Most of the concert for me was spent trying to see the stage thru rude self centered fans who would not sit down. Typical rookie concert goers. People constantly yelling at each other to sit down was a complete distraction to the music to the point of it being unbearable. This was Radio City ,not some arena rock venue. For the price it took me to get to NYC to see this show next time I'll stay home.

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Review 17 for Porcupine Tree

5 / 5

Amazing!!!

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Posted 09/28/2010

by LRAR

Great Band, Great venue....what more can i say!....

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Review 18 for Porcupine Tree

5 / 5

PT at RCMH

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Posted 09/28/2010

by JB51

Excellent show....the band was fantastic, great setlist, perfect venue, loved the acoustics of the historic hall. Came from Philly for the show and had a great day, capping it off with the most underrated band in the business. Had very high expectations and I'm not surprised they were met with ease.

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Review 19 for Porcupine Tree

5 / 5

Excellent Band, Excellent Venue

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Favorite moment: When Steven said the band was going to be as surprised as the audience as to what they would be playing. Not the normal show by any means. @

Setlist: Acoustic to start, and a lot of old stuff! @

Opening act(s): NONE!! Which was awesome! @

Posted 09/27/2010

by DB311Fan

Location:Augusta, Maine

The end of Porcupine Tree's U.S. stint of their long tour was excellent. I had the opportunity to see them close to the beginning of their tour last year in Boston, and this show blew the Boston show away. Three hours of P.T. will always beat a regular set, but the song choices (to quote Steven "a lot of old s*&%") as well as the acoustic opening set (Gavin on a stand up bass = amazing!!) made the show phenomenal. And with total regularity, they started at 8 pm as planned (no 8:15 or 8:30 to allow late arrivals), had timed set breaks, and played the most music in the time they had. Just a great show!

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Favorite moment: When Steven said the band was going to be as surprised as the audience as to what they would be playing. Not the normal show by any means. @

Setlist: Acoustic to start, and a lot of old stuff! @

Opening act(s): NONE!! Which was awesome! @

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Review 20 for Porcupine Tree

5 / 5

Best PT show to date!

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Favorite moment: Encore song "Arriving Somewhere (But not here)", nearly 13 mins of bliss. @

Setlist: 1.Stranger By The Minute
2.Small Fish
3.Pure Narcotic
4.Black Dahlia
5.Futile
6.Even LessFull version
7.Open Car
8.Lazarus
9.Tinto Brass
10.The Sky Moves Sideways (Phase One)
11.I Drive the Hearse
12.Bonnie the Cat
13.Occam's Razor
14.The Blind House
15.Great Expectations
16.Kneel and Disconnect
17.Drawing the Line
18.Dislocated Day
19.Time Flies
20.AnesthetizePt.2: The Pills I'm Taking
21.Up the Downstair
22.Sleep Together
23.Arriving Somewhere But Not Here @

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Posted 09/27/2010

by burnmyshadow

I previously went to a PT show in Philadelphia PA for The Incident Tour of 09. At the time I felt it was the best concert I had ever been to, and that it was unlikely that it could be topped. However, I was proven wrong at this special show in NYC.
PT performed a semi-acoustic opening act...for themselves, as there was no opening act that night. They then went into a 3hour concert consisting of 23 tracks spanning the better half of the band's career.

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Favorite moment: Encore song "Arriving Somewhere (But not here)", nearly 13 mins of bliss. @

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