After one week in Canada in the winter, it was time to attend to some Spring/Summer Stadium gigs in Europe. First stop Dresden, Germany the second show of the tour and what a great concert it was right from the start when the band played "Bounce" a song rarely played since 2003. Among the few new ones "Superman Tonight" and "No Appologies" were the surprises, whereas from the vault the band took "Bells of Freedom", "Undivided" and "Something to Believe in" in a 28 song long set list filled with passion and energy. Only 2 days afterwards it was time for the band to return to their beloved Olympic Stadium in Munich and deliver another historic evening of songs whose highlights included "Blaze of Glory", a snippet from the Scorpion's "Rock you like a Hurricane", the magnificent "Dry County", the queen of all ballads "Always" and the fan favourites "These Days" and "Blood on Blood" closing the night.
It was then time for Scandinavia with Oslo, Norway having surprises such as "Damned", "Diamond Ring" and "I'd Die for you" whereas Helsinki, Finland saw "Thorn in my Side" being debuted in this leg of the tour. "Love's the Only Rule" and "Wild is the Wind" were played in both of the shows for the delight of the hard-core fans.
London, England, UK followed in no other than its own Hyde Park with the band delivering a greatest hits collection centered on the 90s including gemns such as "Hey God" and "Dry County" with "Always", "These Days" and "Blood on Blood" appearing at the end of the show. Dublin 2 back-to-back shows were the next in line and the hard question is to decide which out of the 2 was better. If the former had "Just Older", "Love's the Only Rule", "Dry County", "These Days" and "Always", the latter had "Bounce", "Happy Now", "Damned", "Never Say Goodbye", "Love for Sale", "Blood on Blood", "Always" and as show grand finalle "Love's the only Rule".
In Vienna, Autria the band only debuted "Radio Saved My Life Tonigth" but repeated "Blood on Blood", "Wild is the Wind", "Always" and "These Days" in a 30 song long set-list; in Bruge, Belgium they played a short set but nevertheess surprised with "Happy Now", "Garageland", "Never Say Goodbye" or "Wild is the Wind", but nothing could prepare us for the tour finale in Lisbon, Portugal: "Get Ready", "Any Other Day", "(It's Hard) Letting you go", "I Believe" and "This ain't a Love Song" in a 30 song long setlist that also included "These Days" and "Always".
These were the 10 shows I went from this leg of the tour but I'd not regreat any other show, because this was simply the best leg I ever seen the band play: great selection of songs, band attitude and chemistry, fan's interaction, you name it. The hard part is to pick something that was not near perfection.
No comments:
Post a Comment