Ween

Best concert experience of my life! WEEN was better than ever. I will definitely be going back to The Pagent! GA view was superb and I did NOT get there early.

The show started promptly at 7, which was not expected. I was walking through the gates when the first song began playing. So no opening band to lead us in, which is good. However the play time for Ween was way too short. As soon as the gorgeous sunset was over, I was just getting in the groove, but the show ended at 9:15! I paid the same amount for another show coming up this August, and there's an opening band, which tells me that the headliner will go beyond 9. So why couldn't Ween? I was pretty disappointed at the length of the show. I'm old too, but I was expecting at least another hour. This was the first show that I've seen at Thompsons Point, and the tickets were reasonably priced, but I'm also keeping in mind that I paid the same amount for the next show I'm going to, and there will be two bands. I guess I'll be able to make a better review after I can compare th shows, but for now, I wanted Ween to play longer!! Only recommending it for others because how often is it that Ween comes to New England, let alone Portland Maine?

One of the best times I've seen them. . ..........

Ween was amazing last night. My head hurts, legs ache, and i still can't hear right. They are the most under-rated and unappreciated band ever. Before you die you should see these guys at least three times. Also, Claude Coleman is out of this world on drums. Spaghett!

It's very rare that a band that can sell out much larger venues and has such a cult following would even play at a smaller place such as the bottle and cork...usually you have to catch those shows when a band is first starting out...luckily ween knows that bar venues are intimate and rowdy and they aren't afraid to downgrade their paycheck with less people in the venue...i'm sure some of it's about money...but after seeing that show i'm sure most of it is about having a damn good time shredding some serious tunes....could possibly be one of the best ween shows i have seen

Wonderful concert by an amazing band. Ween played a varied set with acoustic, rock and psychedelic tunes.

I love Ween and I love the people who go to Ween shows - such a fun (and nice!) crowd. The band did not disappoint with a really long, great show.

Best night since the reunion shows. The BOOGNISH has risen.

the time off from regular touring seems to have done these guys good, it was an outstanding show at a great venue. Do not miss.

So good! Will definitely see them again Raining outside but warm and dry inside! Venue acoustics were odd but it was WEEN!

This concert was ok. I love Ween and I have listened to almost all of their albums but they didn't play a single popular song. They played a lot of their punk songs which I'm not that into. Even my husband who is a die hard fan was disappointed at the music selection. They didn't play Banana's and Blow, they didn't play Gabrielle... etc. There was maybe 4 songs they played that I knew!? So, in all, they played pretty well but their song selection was crap. I wouldn't see them again.

Great to ween. Esp loved the massive wait, pat downs and rummaging through everyone's stuff. The only thing missing was taking our shoes off and body x rays.

Ween is one of the best live bands ever! If they are in town, it is your duty to see them!

If you love Ween you love their shows. Kind of applies to any band.

Ween brings it in the homeland with this killer setlist. Despite the rain many of loyal fans showed up and were rewarded with an evening of live entertainment.

Ween were great, as expected. They played some really great cuts on top of some deeper fan-favorites. It was great to see them, I've been a fan for years.

All the hits... I would've liked to experience some of the rarities. That being said... I highly recommend everyone go check a WEEN show. It was a blast!

I had the best time here. Besides seeing my favorite band,the venue was awesome and super convenient to get to/park at. 10/10 AMAZING

There was an awesome sound going down at Penn's Landing. Loved the venue and Ween, as always, was phenomenal.

Make america brown again! Ween was unbelievably good!! Festival pier might be the worst venue EVER!! Seriously... Everything about that venue sucks ass!!

Ween sounded great. Unfortunately I could barely see them because Terminal 5 is such an awful venue.

It's Ween, of course it's going to be epic. Top Notch, as always.

We had a great time and the show was awesome! Ween really held it together great over three days of rockin' and once again we were impressed.

Went to Thursday and Saturday show. Thursday was good, Saturday was better. I have seen the band a lot better but it was still great. Gean is a mess and needs to clean up his act.

You've got to see for yourself -- pick an adjective and insert here, ie. amazing, unforgettable, etc...

Sailor suits!Ween is always fun.It was great t o be in a Ween crowd and not just a festival crowd that wandered over to see Ween.Can't beat NYC for a place to see a show on Haloween.

I dunno what to say. First, they were on time with no cover band, which I guess is my fault for not checking, so I was very late. Then, they sell wayyyy too many tickets. There's no room at all to do anything. It's like being stuck in times sq on new years eve-nowhere to go. I can't stand that. Thirdly, I hate idiotic sound guys who think we need to hear bass up the wazoo. All it does is ring around the theater and you can't hear a damn thing unless you're in the front. When are we going to place speakers differently, especially in cacauphanous caverns like Hammerstein. I'll never go to Hammerstein ballroom again unless it's for an opera or something. It's a shame cuz ween is amazing and creative and obviously well-produced if you've heard any of their albums and the sound and atmosphere of at venue really mucks it up.

Unbelieveable encores: Licking The Palm For Guava, Mushroom Festival In Hell, She Fucks Me.

Great show from start to finish. A couple of the tunes, Voodoo Lady and Did you see me, were skull crushers. Bowie cover Lets Dance was well done and felt great. All in All a great show.

Excellent experience, awesome setlist. Only minus to the whole trip was the $115 parking ticket we got while trying to figure out where to park (about 20 minutes) and the line to get a drink took me away from the show for too long, but not Gene or Dean's fault at all. Would definitely do it all again, parking ticket and all.

Ween was great. If you like Ween, you will like Ween live. But the Hammerstein messed this show up big time. The show seemed oversold, as the venue was incredibly crowded and the bar quickly ran out of most drinks. The staff moved the crowd in very slowly. I wouldn't normally complain about this, but coupled with poor communication between the venue and a band playing a show with no opening act, it led to myself and a large portion of the audience missing the first 30 minutes or so of the show. The main act should not start playing until there is no more line waiting to enter the venue. Ween started playing when there was still a line around the block. The sound was okay overall, but there were a few big feedback goofs.

Ween delivered a nautical-themed show which revolved around The Mollusk and their Halloween attire. Halloween shows are spectacular, as the show is no longer only on the stage, but surrounds you. In this surreal and smoky setting, their eclectic sound comes full circle with waves of colorful verses and sensory saturation. This was my third show, and I must say that even though they do many shows per month, they always seem to be having fun up there, and this really transfers to the crowd. A common gripe though, as I've had before, is that it's just too loud. I love loud music as much as anyone else, but there is certainly a limit when it comes to enjoyment, and the mix was far beyond this. I bring earplugs, but do not want to use them. During some parts of the show, I would even consider the decibel level to be dangerous to the fans. You would not shoot flames into the audience, so why inflict this kind of damage to a crowd of people? All said, I can't wait for Ween to make it back into town for another show. Nobody, even the grinch himself, can help but to smile throughout these tunes. Ween attempts to be tongue-in-cheek but can't help being fantastic writers at the same time, and it's all very well appreciated.

Solid show. Couple of issues. The show started as people were still lined up around the block which wasn't very nice. I missed 7 songs because of this even though I arrived before 8 o'clock. The venue was good(2nd time at Hammerstein) but bad mixing on the board. A lot of Mid made the guitar sound like a big ball of noise. Last year i saw them in central park which dominated this venue all around. I think next time ill stick to outside or best buy theater around the corner. Don't get seats be on the floor is your better bet also.

Great band. Great venue. NYC/Event drink prices are always a disappointment.

Show time was listed at 8 and we arrived a little late at 8:20. We could hear Ween had already started up through the doors, our fault. But when we went to get in line for security, we found out that the line wrapped all the way around a Manhattan long block. Another 25 minutes of waiting we got finally got in. My group headed to the bar to get drinks. We expected to pay the usual extortion prices of $8/beer etc, but we didn't actually get to order our drinks until after waiting in "line" for a half hour. I'm never going to a show at Hammerstein Ballroom again. Way overbooked, way under-staffed. The pace the bartenders were moving at was just a slap in the face after all that waiting too. Ween's first half of the set was great, would have been better if we could have seen the stage from the massive crowd waiting for drinks at the bar. The second half and encore were thoroughly Brown, which is just Ween being Ween.

Venue was nice. Meandered everywhere. Had a really good time.

Had a blast. First time @ Aragon. Worth the last minute troubles.

Absolutely killer show!! Dare I say epic... Over 2 hours of classics and just a fantastic performance... Awesome sound.. Ween rules!!

Despite the torrential downpour before the show, this crowd was ready to get down n' brown. After nearly a decade Ween was back on home soil, or in this case the mud and sand around Festival Pier. The crowd was treated to some rarities and a huge surge of energy given the "homecoming of sorts".

WEEN!! is the greatest! They have a song for every mood you could be in! They go from one extreme to the other. I saw them at the Hangout Music Festival this year for the first time and they sounded amazing! I am obsessed with this band. I listen to them at least three times a week and if anyone doesnt agree with me, there obviously SQUARES!! WEEN is the best and if you ever have the chance to go see them, GO!!

What can I say, Ween is my all time favorite live group. What made this show so special was the fact that they covered songs from other people as well as their own. They played 33 songs in a row! I do wish that the Crystal Ballroom had re-entry. I needed a smoke.

Sound was a little muddy but the show was high energy and way fun.

Deaner and Gene played a great mix of songs, from beloved classics to new ones.

This show was the first Ween show I've seen at least two years. Saw Papa Gener last year in Charlotte...and that was awesome, but nothing like getting all the boys together, forumers and good music to kick of the summer concert season. The boys were in full effect and it, though you get the sense of deja vu during a few moments of the show (ie: "Hi we're Ween") that only serves to strengthen the craziness and "not right, but wrong in a good way" familarity which of come to look forward to when at a Ween show. Great show...encore was a little weaker than I'd like to see, but all around awesome time! I'm already making plans for my next one.

the show was so much fun, great play list, and Red Rocks is the best place to see a band.

I've enjoyed Ween since I first got into them in the 90's, and so I was really looking forward to this show. I think Ween is a very unique, ecclectic band with a wide variety of great songs. The weather was perfect and the crowd was really into it. I've had their music in my head even a week after the show. The song that really seemed to blow everybody away was "Transdermal Celebration." Other highlights included "With My Own Bare Hands," "The Mollusk," and "Don't Get 2 Close (2 My Fantasy)." Of course they also played one of their more popular hits "Voodoo Lady," which was also precisely and richly performed. I'm also a fan of the Meat Puppets, whom I didn't know was opening, and I thought they did an excellent job as well. One of my friends who came with me had never heard of them and was really impressed. Great job to the Meat Puppets and Ween. One of the best shows I've seen at Red Rocks. One of the best shows I've seen anywhere!

Sad to say that the boys looked a little wrung out on the last night of tour, though the venue was, as usually described, the best in North America. Beautiful setting, great crowd, great weather, but the band's performance and song selection were not up to the usual mind-blowing standards that spoiled Ween fans have come to expect. I traveled all the way from NY to see the show, and while I wasn't exactly bummed out, I was disappointed. Gener's voice lacked range, Claude flubbed the drumsticks a few times, Glenn's keys and vocal mike were not working properly the whole night, and the band left out quite a few staples of their live performance in favor of playing some of the stranger, less-groovy tunes from La Cucaracha and the other albums. It was kinda obvious that the show lacked any acoustic tunes, and was very short on tunes from White Pepper and the Country album, specifically. Gener looks way too unhappy about being the chubby sober guy these days, and almost phones in the performance...he took quite a few cigarette breaks mid-song, retreating to the open backstage area behind Claude's drums to just sit on the floor and smoke while the rest of the band plugged away and looked at each other strangely. Dener's guitar solos were a little off the mark, and not quite as mind-blowing as he is capable of on a good night. All that said, I love the band, I'm glad I saw them at Red Rocks, but I'm looking forward to seeing them again soon at a time and place where they have more energy and enthusiasm. This show didn't give me my fix....

I love WEEN so much and this was the first time I have ever seen them live. I have listened to them for almost 20 years. With that being said, I thought they were great and I would pay to see them again. However, I left feeling a tad disappointed that they didn't play more songs and some of my favorites such as Mutilated Lips, Baby Bitch...etc. This was more of a personal let down for me, had I not waited SOOO long to see them for the first time I'm sure this would have been a different experience. What they did play ROCKED! They sounded great and I feel very lucky to have been there! Worth the $$$$$

What a great show!! We arrived early and stood in line outside the Fox Theater and had the pleasure of listening to them rehearse inside!! The doors of the theater were left open, PLUS there were speakers that were outside so we could hear them both ways!!! It wasn't a problem at all waiting in line. They didn't start the show until 8:45 (give or take a few minutes), and they played until MIDNIGHT!! This was a totally jammin' show. A big variety from their library and it was a treat for any Ween fan!! I absolutely LOVE Dean Ween and he is fun to watch play his guitar. He seems to be part of the instrument and I love the faces he makes as he's playing. I also had the pleasure of going to The Grove show last night and it was equally as good, yet totally different. They played "A Song for Eddie" at The Grove last night, and it was AWESOME!!! They also did a Neil Young cover (Four Dead in Ohio), and they ROCKED IT! Dean also sang "My Own Bare Hands" at The Grove last night -- LOVE YOU DEAN WEEN!!!

This concert was an absolute blast... Three hours of Ween began the night with rain, which over-time turned into sunshine and rainbows. As the night got darker, the concert got even more exciting with their laser show. I could not have personally asked for a better set list. The Les Schwab Amphitheater was so fun, and full of happy and lovely people. As far as Ween is concerned, they were just pure awesome live. For any Ween enthusiast, I would say you have to complete your experience by seeing them live on stage.

Great show in an intimate venue. 'Wish they'd played Transdermal Celebration. People, some of us old timers and pregnant women in the audience can't stand for a 3 hour show without chairs. That and the disgusting large puddle of beer and funk splashing around us sucked.

The boys pulled out no stops tonight they did the HIV song, Boys club, Dr Rock and Wicked Fat Lenny. Everything was pretty spectacular. Dean and Gene are in synch as ever and the band is flawless in their execution. Bravo

Another excellent Ween show! They abandoned from the getgo and just seemed to have a really good time playing. They got weird at points, which the crowd loved, and they played some songs I hadn't heard live in a long time.

Amazing show! They could stand to play another 30 minutes or so. Less than two hour set with no opening band makes for a very short night. Go see Ween!

The set list was awesome everything I wanted. We had front row seats and so did two other groups of our friends. So it doesn't get any better than that.

The venue was extremely police-ridden, (The Pinewood Bowl) in Lincoln, Ne. That being said I was captivated from start to finish. I didn't even want to get up to get a beer. I will see them everytime I can. Truly a jam band with insane talent. All those people there watching and not one fight. Thats how I judge an entertained audience and we were definitely entertained.

One of the best concerts I've been to. Laser show, fog machine, and an outside venue. Perfect atmosphere. Ween rocked my face off. Extremely talented band. Loved it!

It was Like Psychedelic Jazz . I didnt know half the stuff they played but it was awesome !

They used to play 3 hours now it seems like 2. Guess they're getting old. Venue was pretty great.

Greasy Rock and Roll! If you have an open mind and like prog rock you will like these guys are for you.

Ween were awesome. Great seats. Easy entrance. Smooth ticket transaction.

They didnt play any songs off of Pure Guava. I was hoping for at least one. The guitar solos were boring. I have never seen Ween before and was hoping for a much better show.

Ween was, as always, awesome. Too bad the sound mix Thursday night was so poor. There were times where I could not decipher the song they were playing.

Great show! I enjoyed this night over the first night but both were great. The levels of the mics and instruments seemed better balanced on this night. Will see them again!

Ween once again prove why they are one of the greatest live bands touring right now: Insane chops, spirited, relentless, and all in for their fans. There's no 'phoning it in' going on here - full blown madness and exhausting for both the band and fans. One of the best set lists I've ever seen by them. So glad I went, highly recommended.

Fantastic show, great sound, always love to see a show at the Wiltern, good crowd, all was in order!

i hate to have to bring up the aging factor - i'm doing it right along with them, but since it's been a decade since i saw these - YES, GODS - of rock, rock my world, i worried. i chastised myself for being agist against my own generation, and rightly so, seeing as how these boys rocked the roof off the fox theater friday night. mr. freeman's voice is still in top form. on songs like 'spinal meningitis...' and 'nan' his voice hardly varied from its altered version on the album; it seemed obvious to me he was immitating the effect, and i was impressed. i was further amazed when he sang the female part in 'happy colored marbles,' and was spot on for pitch. then, da**ed if he didn't do a spot-on bowie voice for their almost tongue-in-cheek rendition of 'let's dance.' and though mr. malchiondo didn't sing but two (three?) songs, his voice never fails to wow me with it's power and gravely edge, particularly with the crowd-rousing 'blarney stone.' ween is NEVER a band to be missed. you don't have to smoke a bowl to enjoy this fantastically talented, multi-faceted, diamond studded little band of boys from PA. if recordings could capture the rapture, i would own them all, video and CD. you have to experience it in person, whether you're familiar or not. PS - i took a star off for the sound at the venue, and for the talking, which normally shouldn't affect my enjoyment, but somehow did. it certainly is no fault of the band. so, fox theater, i think y'all should look into that. er, the sound, that is. the talking...well, that was just weird.

Amazing show. Great Crowd, Alcohol is too pricey but OK.

Ween were in full effect this past Saturday night and everyone in the sold out Wiltern was treated to one of the absolute best shows of recent memory. The covers of 'Ace of Spades' and 'Let's Dance' were spot on and worthy entries into the Rock 'n' Roll Karaoke Hall of Fame. Dean's flaming fretwork was as muscle-bound as the He-Man poses he kept striking after every song. Gene's hair has gone into 'Gene Wilder in Young Frankenstein' mode but his vocal dexterity shows no signs of wear. Ween fans are some of the wackiest folks but always friendly and willing to share a story and/or a toke. Just the fact that this band hasn't released a studio album since 2007 and they can still sell out the Wiltern is a testament to what happens when the 'Brown comes to your town'.

Ween blew the doors of the fox theater. The most excited ween crowd I have ever encountered. Ween is a tour de force, with no one leaving unhappy (unless they were to wasted to figure out that greatness happened).

Ween are god. To go to a show like this is to join a religion, a cult, or at least a conspiracy... When Ween plays live, they make it seem as if all other rock bands before them have merely been imposters. All hail Ween.

even by ween standards. they were swingin'. gener was in perfect form (i.e. just loony enough), which was reassuring after hearing the reports out of vancouver. dean's solo on transdermal was sublime. they were relaxed and in control - when they stumbled slightly on blarney stone they turned it into this vocal back and forth (got welts on my arse... etc) that was cool. i got home and ate a chocolate brownie.

The show was just ok. Worse seats in history! Ween- love ya, but those jams are putting me to sleep! Have had better Ween experiences. I'll see ya next year!

Ween are at the top of their game. Great show! The Fox in Oakland is a fantastic venue, too.

Ween was 3 hours filled with "hit" and jams. The drummer had a long solo towards the end of the show that was great but a bit too long. I was out of my chair as was the crowd around me. This was my first time seeing Ween live and I'm sure I'll see them again.

Great show. Good energy, tight transitions, an acoustic set.... 3.5 hours of Ween playing great music. The band was very appreciative and came out and bowed as a band. Haven't seen that before. The boys keep maturing and getting better.

COOL!! COOL!! COOL!!! I DRANK BEER!!! IT WAS GOOD BUT PRICEY!!

Played for a reeeeaaaalllyy long time (over 2 hours)..... Maybe missed a couple old favorites but with so much material you couldn't go wrong... Sounded good - all instruments and vocals were clean....maybe could have been louder... great venue... it was sold-out but no problem moving around on the floor to any spot.... plenty of bars and staff was friendly and helpful

probably the worst ween show i have seen out 8 shows. a bunch of not funny, overwrought songs, low energy and drivel. not the ween i love. very disappointing since the fox theater is really an excellent venue in all respects...

A great Bay Area appearance by Ween. They talked about how nice the Fox Theater is and they played a great 3-hour, 35-song set.

i've seen ween 7 times and this was the best i've ever seen them.

Killer show at a great venue !! Ween played for over 3 hours.

One of my favorite things about this show was the audience - everyone was so cool and so down with the Weeners. This show was so brown. And I was scotchguard.

Put on your red shoes and dance the blues. Then add more text because they say to.

For those who unfortunately do not know ween check them out they are awesome! The outside venue in central park was really nice except for the lack of seating, just some bleachers were set up. Ween sounded amazing especially for being outside they did one cover of David Bowie it was outrageous. The crowd was very laid back mostly a bunch of very cool hippies. Definitely a memorable show.

Ween has never dissapointed me in all the years I've been a fan! Guaranteed a great time every time!I just wish they'd come to MN more often. But I will take what I can when I can. WEEN rocks!!!!!

The 2.5 hour set was definitely good...although the Rush cover was a pale comparison to the original....If you're bothered by tons of weed smoking, I'd skip the concert - LOL!

BEST WEEN SHOW EVER, GREAT LITES, GREAT SOUND, EXCELENT SET LIST....

Pretty fun show. Got hammered. Music wasn't that loud unfortunately. Summerstage is pretty weak as a venue.

Seriously, it was. Everything was awesome. They sounded amazing, and the atmosphere and other concert attendees were just generally awesome.

This was an amazing show. They played so many great songs. Most of them I knew but some I didn't. They still managed to make me feel like I already loved a song that I didn't know! That is hard to do. And I will be updating my Ween collection ASAP! I was so excited to finally get to see Ween. I have loved them for 15 years!! So to finally get to see them was a huge thing!! They did not disappoint and I would see them again tomorrow if I could!

I've seen these guys twice before, once in Allentown, where they opened for some terrible band I wished I didn't stay for, and once in Philly at the waterfront. This time they played for a solid 2.5 hours and the whole experience was better than the previous two shows by a long shot. I think NYC just brings the best out in bands, and this was no exception.

All around great show--excellent venue, excellent tunes, excellent weather!

I went to this show with only the most minimal knowledge of this band. I knew a few tunes off "Chocolate and Cheese" and half-listened to "La Cucaracha" and "12 Country Golden Greats" once at a friends' place. I know of a few folks who are deadhead-like in their devotion and had vaguely heard that they put on a, shall we say, "unique" show. A friend convinced me to get tix. Wasn't expecting much but I was more than pleasantly surprised. I can say now, that "Dean" and "Gene" and their fellow cohorts put on an extremely tight, raucous, loud, balls-to-the-wall, non-stop jam-athon touching on everything from pop, soul, psychedelia, country, polka, hard rock, jazz, fusion, reggae, metal, punk, (big time) parody just to name a few genres. For those of the faint of heart, be forewarned, Ween, are most DEFINITELY NOT PC. Their lyrics are often outrageously offensive...in many cases, but not all, hilariously so. As any Ween fan will tell you, along with their amazing chops and advanced tunefulness, that is a huge part of their twisted charm.

Third best ween show I've seen in awhile. A very fun venue. Only bad side, longest lines I ever waited in. Overall great stuff..

great venue..laid back..great lighting and sound!!

BEst band ever! They rocked the venue for 3 hours straight. Love it

This was my first time seeing Ween. I was blown away! I thought they might play a couple songs I like but they played even more than that!!

amazing, amazing, amazing. amazing. great sound, awesome great fantastic buenisimo

Any chance to see Ween live is a blessing! HalloWEEN is the shit!