Ok, now that my brain can actually function...
Pain of Salvation actually played a longer set last night, but not by much. Daniel came onstage first by himself and played the song Road Salt. It was beautiful and I'm so glad NY got that song (while I am not sure if any other cities did). The rest of the set was pretty much the same it's been all tour long.
Pain of Salvation is surely a different band now, but you're still watching Pain of Salvation, period. They are still one of the best bands on Earth. Daniel was extremely sick last night and still pulled it off an incredible gig. He even told me afterwards that he couldn't believe he actually made it. The crowd was also very much into it, sing most of the songs. 1979 was probably one of the highlights of the night for me. What a trooper the guy is...
Kingcrow looks much more comfortable on stage than what I hear they did at ProgPower. The band is blowing everyone away; night after night. The response they got from the crowd was unbelievable. There's a band that really needs to get back to the US as soon as possible to continue capitalizing on their momentum. Somebody needs to get a hold of their booking agent and... oh wait... shit. More work. Againnnnnnnn....
Imminent Sonic Destruction were total pros, handled themselves extremely well and sounded pretty good as well. These guys are working really hard on this tour and they truly deserve being on the bill. Kudos to them!!
On a personal/side note... I just want to thank from the bottom of my heart everyone that came out last night. We were between 300-400 at the venue, it looked nice and full. Putting this tour together has literally taken blood, sweat and tears. While I'm extremely happy that it became a reality (and I won't lie, I'm proud as fuck to have pulled this off too), if it wasn't for everyone who supported by either coming to the show or simply given words of encouragement this would not have happened. Thank you VERY much, guys.
And to those who didn't think I would bring PoS to the US...