October 25, 2004 - Hidalgo, TX - Dodge Arena

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General Information

Date: October 25, 2004
Location: Hidalgo, TX
Venue: Dodge Arena; 2600 10th Street (HWY. 336); Hidalgo, TX 78557; U.S.A. [ Venue website ]
Box Office Number: 956-668-7740
Additional Info: This was for Rockotoberfest feauring Earshot, Shinedown & Breaking Benjamin.

Thanks to CNNV for the set list info!

Set List

• Sucker Train Blues
• Do It For The Kids
• Headspace
• Spectacle
• Superhuman
• Falling To Pieces
• Big Machine
• It's So Easy
• Sex Type Thing
• Set Me Free
• No More No More
• Slither

Reviews (7) [ send in your own review/pictures of the Hidalgo show ]

Thanks to Amanda Gonzalez: It was the best concert ever!! I went with my brother, his wife and her friend Omar. I loved them they put on a great show. When they first came out the lights went out and Sucker Train Blues started. It was awesome, just the rush. I was about 3 feet away from Slash and Slash gave his pick to the chick next to me. I reached for it but he decided to give it to her. When Scott dove into the crowd to hit that guy that was throwing him beer I got to touch his leg! I was so close. I got great pictures and I will remember this terrific show till the day I die! I love you Scott, Slash, Duff, Matt and Dave!

Thanks to Albert Villarreal: One word.... kickass!!! Velvet Revolver put on one hell of a show. Everyone was very pleased with the set. Keep on rockin'!!!

Thanks to Erik: Great show, great bands, great performances. The Dodge has shitty accoustics and half of the idiots in the Valley don't know how to behave at concerts, which kind of dampened my experience. But Velvet Revolver picked my spirits up with great music. Lots of covers tonight, Earshot played Zep's "Moby Dick," Shinedown did Skynyrd's "Simple Man," along with Velvet Revolver's renditions of "It's So Easy", "Sex Type Thing" and "No More No More. Although they rocked some ass, I doubt we'll see Weiland around here anymore because of the idiots in the crowd.

Thanks to Omar: The show was fucking awsome all four bands kicked major ass. (Earshot, Breaking Benjamin, Shinedown and of course Velvet Revolver)

The crowd went crazy when each member of Velvet Revolver came on stage. Duff started playing the intro to Sucker Train Blues which kicked ass. I could not hear Scott vocals that much. Slash kicked ass also I was about 3 feet away from Slash and I almost got a pick from him but he gave it to a chick next to me. Fucking bitch!! Then during Superhuman some fucking bastard trew some cup at Scott and Scott reach over the crowd he was literally on top of me and he smacked that stupid bastard with the mic. I thought these was going to cause a riot but security got him and took the guy away. I could see the fucking anger in Scott's face. It was fucking crazy. At the end I was able to hear Scott better. Over all band was fucking great!!!

Slash if you ever read this you're my main inspiration to playing guitar and taking guitar lessons and wanting to improve every single day. Too bad I could not get your pick maybe next time you guys come down again.

Thanks to Allen: One of the best live shows this part of Texas has ever experienced. I hope the boys continue to rock on. South Texas has never experienced a show like this and would not know how to receive it. Slash as the rest of the guys played their asses of. I had a great time and hope we can have you back sometime. Excuse the bastards of tards that could not behave. Scott your the man bro!!

Thanks to Robert: Best show ever everything was going great until some idiot threw a beer to Scott and Scott hit the fan with the microphone. Scott was pissed security had to take him back, but everything came back to normal, everyone went crazy when they played It's So Easy. If you have a chance to see this great band go!

Thanks to CNNV: Best fucking show I have ever had experienced, Velvet Revolver blew the roof off the Dodge Arena tonight. These guys have some energy when they are on stage. Awesome chemestry between all of them. The show started off great with Duff center stage playing the intro to Sucker Train Blues.

During the song, Scott got hit with a couple of beer cups and got pissed. After the song he said something like, if he caught anybody throwing shit at him, he was going to kicked their ass. Better yet, he said he would instigate 10,000 friends to kick the ass of the 10 assholes throwing beer. Funny stuff.

Slash was spot on with every solo, Duff and Matt were in the pocket all night. And Dave worked the crowd as well The sound was perfect, I never imagined it to be that great. Then they played the songs Do It For The Kids, Headspace and Spectacle. I always knew these were great songs, but when experienced live, they are a totally different monster, I loved it.

Then during Superhuman, Scott was hit one more time. He got mad and got near the crowd, spotted the guy, jumped on the crowd and started throwing punches. It was great and got everybody going. They played FTP perfectly, then played Big Machine. The crowd went wild with It's So Easy, then they continued into Sex Type Thing.

They played an awsome extended version of Set Me Free, then left the stage, only to come back and play an encore that consisted of No More No More and Slither. I thought it was great that the crowd sang along to all the songs being played, I lost my voice somewhere in the middle of the fist song Sucker Train Blues.

All in all I got more than my money's worth, the show was priceless. I can't wait for them to come back.