This review is from Striped In White.

June 17th, 2003
House of Blues
Anaheim, CA

My friends and I arrived at the House of Blues in Anaheim at about noon. The show started at 8pm so we waited a long time, though it was worth it. Robert, Taylor, and Ned were eating at the House of Blues restaraunt before the show and Robert talked with us briefly which was really nice. The guys from Feeder were hanging around also.

Finally when we were let in the venue, we rushed up to the stage and got in the very first row. AM Radio played, then Feeder, then finally Rooney. We were directly in front of Taylor. The band started out with Shakin and flowed nicely in Terrible Person. Then they played Stay Away and If It Were Up To Me. Next they introduced a new song called Love Is Not A Game which was REALLY good. It had a great beat. They played Daisy Duke and then Losing All Control. During Losing All Control, Taylor's guitar was experiencing technical difficulties, so he missed his solo which sucked. After they got it fixed he shrugged to the audience and said "This band is totally professional" under his breath :). Robert introduced Simply Because next which was REALLY fun because the whole crowd swayed and jumped up and down. Then Robert asked the audience if they had any requests and people started screaming like crazy. He looked up at the balcony and asked them for requests. I heard many people screaming "The Floor" but he said, "Okay I heard about 8 Bluesides" so they went into Blueside. Next was Here Today, Gone Tomorrow and then Popstars. That is when they left the stage.

The crowd kept screaming and chanting "Rooney!" so they did an encore. They introduced another new song called "Hang Up On Me" and went into That Girl Has Love. The last song of the night was Sorry Sorry, and was so full of energy! They thanked everyone for coming out, said it was great to be home, and left.

We had Meet & Greet passes so we got stuff signed after the show and chatted with them for a few minutes which was nice. Someone asked Taylor what shampoo he uses, and he responded "None." Robert said "One that kills bugs." I also got a setlist, hence the exact order of the songs played...:D

We bought a load of merch and finally left at 1:30am. It was a long day, but one of the bests!