September 17 - Bristol

Fan comments:

"Great night, great band, better voice than ever."

"Totally fantastic.The new stuff sounded brilliant."

"I know he would be good... but hell not THAT good!!! The new songs sounded as strong as the rest of the set, and the vocal and the musicianship of these four forty-somerthings was magical."

An "At the gig" report by Todd Bishopp

Last night the original Joe Jackson Band (Joe Jackson, Dave Houghton, Gary Sanford, and Graham Maby) appeared on stage together for the first time in over twenty years at the Fleece & Firkin Pub in Bristol. Greeted with wild and enthusiastic cheers from the packed house, the band tore into "One More Time" from the classic album "Look Sharp!". For the next 2 hours, Joe and the boys delivered the goods - playing all the hits along with several new songs.

In all, seven brand spanking new songs were performed for the first time last night. The new songs are very strong and should become fan favorites in short order. Hopefully each of the new songs will appear on the new CD that Joe and the band will begin recording in October.

The Joe Jackson Band was in fine form as they rocked the Fleece throughout the evening. The crowd was in great spirits as well, bobbing up and down to each song and often singing along. "Awkward Age," "Love At First Light," an exquisite cover of Graham Parker's "You Can't Be Too Strong," "Dirty Martini," "Got The Time," and "I'm The Man" particularly stood out this evening. All in all, it was an excellent show. It will be interesting to see what happens in Brighton on the 19th.

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Set List:
New songs are annotated with "*", Joe solo songs are annotated with "#"

One More Time
Take It Like A Man *
Awkward Age *
Look Sharp!
Stranger Than You
Chrome *
Is She Really Going Out With Him?
On Your Radio
Love At First Light *
Be My Number Two #
You Can't Be Too Strong (Graham Parker cover) #
Home Town #
Dirty Martini *
Fairy Dust *
Sunday Papers
Little Bit Stupid *
Got The Time