![]() ![]() The band went through largely the same set, beat by beat, as the December show, playing the same songs in the same manner (moving into the acoustic portion of the show at about the same mark as well as closing with the same songs) and left little to surprise. The band played almost all of the hits (ignoring "Swing Life Away" while playing "Give It All", “Prayer of the Refuge" and all of the singles from the band's newest record, Appeal to Reason) and a selection of older songs from their four prior full-lengths. Following that, Rise Against's set was largely a carbon copy of their December 2008 CEPSUM performance, only transposed to an outdoor venue. The headliners took the stage a little after dark, kicking things off with "Ignition", from 2006's The Sufferer And The Witness. They capped things off with their biggest hit, "Ruby Soho", which had several rows of excited teenagers singing along, shrugging off the newest torrent of rain that fell from the skies. The band continued to roll out the hits ("Fall Back Down" from 2003's Indestructible, "Time Bomb" and "Maxwell Murder" from 1995's And Out Come The Wolves) as the crowd ate it up, enthused to hear something familiar. These elements manage to win over fans by stepping over genres and grab equal doses of pop sheen and punk rock sensibility. ![]() The band has the ability to craft songs that hint at pop sensibilities, covering them up with a healthy dose of punk rock chord progressions and gravel-throated singer Tim Armstrong's near-conversational delivery. The midset trio of "Olympia, WA", "Salvation" and "Bloodclot" very clearly demonstrated why Rancid reached the level of popularity they've continued to maintain through the last decade-and-a-half. Kicking things off with "Radio", off of 1993's Let's Go, the band's mixture of ska and street punk kept the crowd going through their 50 minute set. Rancid divided up their setlist between songs from their latest record, Let The Dominoes Fall, and songs from their extensive catalogue. Tracks such as "Victory Lap" and "A Choppy Yet Sincere Apology" woke much of the crowd up as singer Mike Wiebe's version of a punk rock croon went to work, slowly turning a largely unanimated crowd into a slowly-swaying mass of partially-pleased concert-goers. The Riverboat Gamblers had the tough task of waking up a largely fed-up crowd with their brand of punk rock, pulling out multiple cuts from the newly-released Underneath The Owl. The crowd appeared to be predominantly youthful and seemed eager for the proceedings to start and jockeyed for position in front of the stage well before the start of the show. The constant, hours-long rain spell that befell Montreal did little to dampen the spirits of those who showed up for the Riverboat Gamblers/Rancid/Rise Against show at Parc Jean Drapeau, on Ile St. ![]()
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