Madison Square Garden on the HAND tour

So which night was better??
I know the sets are nearly identical so I won't bother getting both of 'em, so I just wanted to know, in terms of the quality of the show and the bands performance which of the 2 nights is better?

Also, which night has the better quality bootleg?

Now, I'm not asking for a link so don't delete this, just opinions as to which night was the better show.
Thanks.

Aloha !

Both nights were taped by the same person if I remember correct, so both bootlegs are just as good. I think one of them is incomplete though, I'm sure Kathleen can tell you more.

Night 2 is a bit better though, it has a slightly better flow but still both nights were merely "okay" than really spectaculair.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

Just compare the screenshots on Don's website:

WWW.BONJOVIDVDS.COM.

Night 2 would be better because night 1 had a screen outtage for quite a few songs. They had major technical difficulties I guess. The same person did film both those shows - the same guy that filmed the last Giants show in 2006 and he did a great job of filming the digital screen. The DVD from night 1 uses footage from night 2 to patch (which is about all he could have done).

Dons comment on night 2 is:

The best quality audience recording I have ever seen. This is due to the combination of excellent quality DV equipment on the filmer and high resolution screen they are using this tour.

So night 2 is the one to get.

As another note - night 2 is when Richie cut a finger (his thumb?) badly somehow and bled all over his nice white guitar - it was quite a sight to see. All the concerts that I've been to, that was something I had never seen.

Not to mention the crowd being incredible and pretty much drowning the band out, especially during Prayer!

I remember the crowd being just as loud the first night though. Madison Square Garden is always like that (it seems). The recent Bruce concerts there were over the top too - especially if you compared them to the New Jersey shows. Similar setlists but a much more enthusiastic crowd in New York.

Richie cut his finger open doing the Pete Townsend "windmill" move during the outro of HAND.

The way it was bleeding all over the place, it must have f**king hurt like hell when he did it - I think he caught it on the bridge of his doubleneck tele.

All I know is I was front row for that show and man oh man, was he bleeding but he soldiered on and kept playing but the blood was splattering, lol!

deb

I read (somewhere) that the shows after that gave him a problem for a while since it continued to hurt. It wasn't just a superficial cut.

I wasn't front row like Deb but I was very close to the front and yeah - it was a bloodbath LOL.

Great DVD Javier - you're gonna love it