Gov't Mule @ Hammerstein 12/31/08

I got there at 11:30 and they were into their 2nd set. I accidentally gave them my 12/31 ticket the night before and it scanned. The same ticket worked again last night.

It wasn't sold out. There were enough people to feel like a show and there was enough room to be comfortable. It was good. It was a great show. They did a lot of Nirvana tunes. There was a lot of audience singing along with the Mule tunes for the 3rd set. I enjoyed it and was happy I decided I wanted to be out after all. It was also a very nice crowd of people.

The setlist is already up on mule.net:

12.31.2008 Hammerstein Ballroom New York, NY

Set 1
Wandering Child
Slackjaw Jezebel
Thelonius Beck
Temporary Saint
Birth Of The Mule
About To Rage
Brighter Days
Thorazine Shuffle

Set 2 with Pete Thorn
Rooster
Say Hello To Heaven*
Black*
Nothingman
Indifference
Fell On Black Days*
Black Hole Sun*
All Apologies
Where Did You Sleep Auld Lang Syne Jam
New Years Countdown
About A Girl
Lithium*
Hunger Strike

Set 3
War Pigs trio without Danny Louis
Afro-Blue
Bad Little Doggie
Brand New Angel
Straight To Hell with Kevn Kinney and Pete Thorn
Rockin' In The Free World with Kevn Kinney and Pete Thorn

Encore
Can't You See with Kevn Kinney and Pete Thorn

*1st Time Played