I went to the first of the farewell gigs last night.
It was outstanding. Sound was great in the venue apart from Chloe's mic being too low.
Hammer & Anvil songs are AMAZING live. They totally beat AVO's live, which was very surprising.
The Dark Third was epic.
The drummer did lots of nice little improv fills, I noticed his drumming on the Hammer and Anvil material was the fanciest/strongest too.
The guitarist was really cool too, their live mix puts the guitar as more prominent, so I heard and saw a lot that you just don't hear on the CD.
The setlist was killer:
Blitzkrieg (with Disconnect) <---- awesome little mashup
Black Mourning
Les Malheurs <---- might be missing a song here but I don't think so
Valour
Deus Ex Machina
Last Man, Last Round
The Twyncyn / Trembling Willows <---- SO heavy, SO awesome
Fight Fire <----- so much better live
AVO
Aeropause
Goshen's Remains
Apprentice of the Universe
The Bright Ambassadors of Morning
Nimos and Tambos <------ FIRST TIME PLAYED LIVE AND IT WAS AMAZING
Voices in Winter / In the Realms of the Divine <---- amazing, the guitars came out far better than on CD
Bullitts Dominæ <----- I can't believe they didn't play this live till recently
Arrival / The Intention Craft
He tried to show them magic
Encore:
Ambassadors return
They didn't play part 3 of the final track (after the silence), Asleep under Eiderdown, which was a bit odd, but then it's actually a song from Chloe and Jon's previous band prior to PRR, so perhaps it's not part of the The Dark Third main album as with the second CD songs (though The Exact Colour was on the UK single cd)