The Cult - August 21st, 1999
House of Blues, Hollywood


Setlist (approximate):

In the Clouds
She Sells Sanctuary
Revolution
Rain
Edie (Ciao Baby)
Sweet Soul Sister
Lil' Devil
The Phoenix
Wildflower
Sun King
Wild Hearted Son




This was a great venue to see this band , because you can get pretty close to the stage.  The crowd was 
pretty rowdy so I couldn't stay near the front, but I had a good view of the whole thing.  They started out in 
complete darkness, with the Star Wars battle music from The Phantom Menace, which was really awesome 
to build the anticipation! The backdrop had the words Cult Rising with a triangle and flames behind it.
I was impressed by Ian's vocals, hes a great singer.  He wore a black shirt , brown leather jacket and brown 
leather pants and he still has long hair.  He also brought out a tambourine and some maracas during the set, 
which is a nice addition to an otherwise normal set.  Billy Duffy was quite good, but didn't play as many 
solos as I would like, but he did a great job.  I also liked the bass player, he did a short solo during the 
Phoenix.  I didn't like the rhythm guitarist that much, but he played pretty well, he wore a cowboy hat.
The crowd was pretty wild, and Ian nearly stopped the show when he saw someone trying to pick a fight in 
the crowd.  That was not very "cool" at all, it seems like a lot of shows have unfortunate stuff like that 
happen.
Matt Sorum was great or even better than before, no mistakes at all that I could hear, and he was easily able 
to adapt to the spontaneous changes in the set, and during the show.  He did do a short drum solo in the 
Phoenix when they introduced the band.  He was really into the show and also sang some backup vocals, 
this man has a lot of energy!!  
For the encore, Ian changed into a nashville pussy shirt and painted his face red and put his hair up, it was 
cool!  I liked the tribal feeling that was in the air.  Unfortunatly, no cover songs, but I guess that's 
understandable since this is basically just a warmup tour.  Even though I didn't know all the songs, I loved 
it, since there was so much energy in the room, but of course you always enjoy the songs you know more.  
My favorites were: Lil' Devil, Wild Flower, Sweet Soul Sister, Phoenix.

Well, if you didn't get to see them this time, hopefully you will when they tour again, since I heard they are 
recording a new album sometime soon!