OK, here's my 2 cents. I just got back from Chicago. I loved the show, but because the Milwaukee thread and this one are all full of concern, I will address the negatives as well as the positives.
1. Scott came out on stage to begin the evening before the rest of the band and began speaking into the mic for 10-15 seconds before he (they?) realized that it was not even ON. I'm not sure who turned the mic on. Then they went into Vasoline.
2. The band sounded great and so did Scott...but in between songs he sounded drunk.
3. I saw him stumble on the right side of the stage, but it was no big deal.
4. At one point later in the show Scott was EATING! He came up to the mic chewing and making light of it. Later on in the show he tossed a bowl full of...what I thought were guitar picks at first....right into the crowd. And then he added something like "Was it burning acid? Or just potato chips?"
5. My first impression of him was that he looked healthy, weight-wise. His arms looked "big" for him, but I don't think he's been lifting. He's just not skeletal anymore. Had a small gut going on too.
6. He and Dean kissed mouth-to-mouth in a very gay way. he even mentioned that it may have looked bisexual. It was just them joking around, but I think I've seen a picture of them kissing, maybe on this website. Whatever....but I guess they're not hung-up on the mishap at the Milwaukee show.
7. Scott was way off key during Piece of Pie. WAY off key. I remember once though he sounded bad on Howard Stern, and later told Howard that he couldn't hear himself in the monitor, so...maybe same kind of problem?
