Concert Review: Biberach, Germany - June 19, 2009
Andrea Lucas:
There was a queue at the entrance, but it didn’t take that long. By that time it was raining again and we all put on raincoats. My friends even had suitable trousers. Well, my hiking raincoat is that big, it’s almost like a “one-person-tent” The people in the audience must have looked quite funny with all different kinds of “rain protection”. Chris did mention that later in the concert. The local photographers took a lot of pictures of us sitting there. There were two blocks of seats in front of the stage with an aisle in the middle. And our seats were just perfect, on the aisle of the left block, right in front of Chris’ microphone. The best ones I had so far!!! What a pity the weather was soo bad. But in the end we did not mind that much, as our clothing was appropriate for the rain. They made the usual announcement about merchandise being available and that people should not rush towards the front before the artist tells us to do so. And they also said there wouldn’t be a break if it would still rain. Matter of fact it stopped raining right after “Leather On My Shoes”, but there wasn’t a break. For the concert I think Chris wasn’t as chatty as he sometimes is. He might have been too cold??? He was wearing a white shirt and his leather jacket, but after his “Lady In Red” walk he disappeared for a couple of seconds and came back with a jumper under the leather jacket. He took off the jumper for the encore with “The Snows Of New York” and “Footsteps”. David was much more brave, he only had a t-shirt on for the last few songs. I was tempted to take off my jacket for the dancing part, but in the end decided to not do it. It wasn’t that warm… What else do I remember? At “Missing You” Chris replaced the word “darling” with the German expression “Liebling” which I really like. Did I mention already that I love it when he talks German?????? At the end of “Lady In Red” he didn’t say “I love you”, but “Ich liebe Dich”. He’d done that before, I think in Tuessling and at another concert, just can’t remember which one it was. And of course he pronounced Biberach correctly and said how beautiful the town would be. It was quite nice actually, the setting a bit like in Landshut last year. Concerning the rain he said it would stop later and that the day before he sat outside to enjoy a meal. Well, Thursday would indeed have been much better for an outdoor concert… Of course after it had stopped raining he told us that he had predicted it would stop, because he is such a good man… Oh, he started the solo part with “Always On My Mind” on the piano, followed by “Borderline”. Many people got up after that song and he thanked us for the standing ovation. He then took the guitar and started telling us about Christmas being not that far away. I just thought “Stop, that’s the wrong introduction!!!”, as I was expecting "The Last Thing On My Mind”. One of my VERY favourite songs of the whole concert. Well, he did not sing it – no idea if he just forgot it or didn’t want to sing it. I think he might have just forgotten it, which is a real pity!!!!!! But then there’s hope for the next concert… At first I thought he would sing it later, but after “Spaceman” and “Peaceful Waters” the solo part was over…. As Chris started his walk around the audience some people mainly from the right side got up and walked to the stage, so we did that as well. The area filled up quickly and we did enjoy the dancing part. Well, right now that’s about all I can remember about the concert. The songs were the same as usual – with “The Last Thing On My Mind” missing…. After the show I met again with my friend Christine and her cousin Hanna. I haven’t seen them for a long time and it was lovely to have at least a chat. Oh, Hanna had told me that the church tower which was right behind the stage was lit in different colours matching to the songs and lights on the stage. Being right at the front I did not see that. Now we are almost off to Weinheim, another three hours journey. Take care and enjoy the weekend, Andrea