Seriously .. I think they're bleeding

So, night one of Pearl Jam was a great show. My Morning Jacket as the opener was a fantastic choice. MMJ was much talked about in the bathroom and beer line following their set. I told April that I would like to catch them in a venue along the lines of Schuba's or the Metro.
Pearl Jam started nice and slow into a solid "World Wide Suicide" followed with a few more new tracks, hit some favorites, Eddie drank a lot .. I mean a lot of wine on stage (two bottles). Solid light and laser show, two enocores with a nice 'You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" solo with 20,000 in attendance singing in unison. "Baba O'Reilly" was a neat treat followed by "YellowledBetter" to close the night down.
Favorite of mine for the night was "State of Love and Trust" from the 'Singles' soundtrack. Long set for Pearl Jam ... 2 hours and 45 minutes and 31 songs. Too bad their set was as long as our drive home. Stupid construction zones and traffic stoppage.
I've been in the United Center three other times for hockey and the attendance combined on those three nights was probably half of what was there Tuesday.
It was pretty loud behind the stage where our seats were - staring straight ahead into a hanging speaker stack. I'm taking earplugs tonight ... I want my ears to be around long enough so I can rock out when I'm 75.
Anyway .. I'm off, heading home to meet up with Steve and his friend from West Virgina, Chris, and hope we get another solid show - with less traffic this time.