TORONTO -- So maybe Barenaked Ladies didn't play Woodstock '99 over the weekend like fellow Ontario rockers The Tragically Hip, Alanis Morissette and Our Lady Peace. Who cares? The lively Toronto pop band -- fuelled by the energetic and often funny performances of frontmen Steven Page and Ed Robertson -- had no problem conjuring up some "peace, love and music" of their own last night at the Molson Amphitheatre. There was even a little deja vu going on given the five man outfit -- rounded out by bassist Jim Creeggan, drummer Tyler Stewart and keyboardist Kevin Hearn (back with the band after battling leukemia) -- returned to the waterside shed after playing it almost exactly a year ago to the day. The last time was in support of the H.O.R.D.E. tour and there was only 6,000 fans in the audience. This time, Barenaked Ladies put on their own full-scale show -- something they could only hint at during two sold-out nights at Massey Hall last fall -- in front of about double that amount of people. Their massive success at home -- and abroad -- after 10 years and a handful of albums, has been their multi-platinum 1998 release, Stunt, and its hit single, One Week. So while Toronto has gotten used to the Ladies being literally in their backyard, there was a sense that last night's audience was welcoming back their hometown heroes. Especially when the crowd rose to their feet to enthusiastically applaud the five musicians as they took to the stage for what would be a two-hour show that involved changing backdrops, props ranging from a circus tent lighting rig to a corndog stand, and even a costume change. Opening the evening -- what the group had coined "A Barenaked Summer's Night" -- with Box Set, the band's two leaders came out swinging. Page, in especially strong voice during such songs as The Old Apartment, Alcohol, I'll Be That Girl and Brian Wilson, gyrated playfully around Robertson, that is when he wasn't thrusting in time to the beat, leading the audience in a sing-or-clap-along, or maybe even stepdancing or delivering some Folies-Bergere-worthy high kicks. Robertson, meanwhile, was also prone to movement, and when he and Page performed a hilarious, choreographed dance at the end of One Week, even they seemed surprised when their routine ended with the two of them kissing on the lips. But the real showstopper involved a skit that saw the band walk off the stage -- but still visible to the audience via two video screens -- while they argued in their dressing rooms, in their underwear, about changing their boring "drums, bass and guitar" sound. "It's got to be different," complained Creegan. "Oh, it'll be different," said Stewart directly into the camera. When the group returned, it was in matching white construction hats and overalls, with portable keyboards and a billowing yellow backdrop for a Kraftwerk-like rendition of Some Fantastic --a Stunt, yes, but it worked. So did ending Box Set with a few bars of Ricky Martin's Livin' La Vida Loca or If I Had A Million Dollars with Page belting out Melissa Manchester's over-the-top '70s hit Don't Cry Out Loud. For that latter move, Page received some of the biggest applause of the night. Page even hysterically recalled going to the old Ontario Forum to see the Monkees when he was 19. "Now they're all fat and bald," he said with mock horror. "Most of you saw us in '91 and we were fat and bald back then -- so we haven't changed!" he explained gleefully. And that's the way we like it.