DEVIN TOWNSEND IS MEAN

Last Wednesday, The Devin Townsend Project’s big headlining solo tour hit NYC, and I had a pretty good time. I mean, it totally wasn’t as good as the girly pop-punk show I hit up the night before….but hey, no one’s perfect.

My one real complaint is that Devin Townsend appears to have mislead his NYC fans. During his encore, he told the crowd they were about to play “Bend it Like Bender!” off last year’s Addicted for the first time live EVER (Except withough Anneke, who did the female vocals). A young lady from Australia then pointed out this video from Devin’s tour “down under” this past Spring in which the song was also played:

But maybe I misunderstood him? Maybe he meant for the first time in AMERICA, or for the first time with his FRIEND playing with the band? It’s a little hard to believe the guy could have that bad of a memory, so what’s the deal? Either way, he didn’t exactly phrase this claim quite right. So here I am thinking I’m so special for hearing this song live before anyone else, only to be let down. Bummer.

Oh well, at least we know it was the first time they played it with a hot dog on stage. I hope that guy finally lost his virginity that night:


Watch the video and listen to what he says. What do you think? Did Devin Townsend give me blue balls?

-Elise