Concert Review: Bremerhaven, Germany - September 30, 2009
Chris Williams:
So, we arrived in the rain at around 19:15 hrs and first said hello to Jason and some other community members, then took our seats. The hall was very big and the stage much bigger than the previous shows. Our seats were over on the far right side of the stage. Again there was no staggered seating on the floor, only in the balcony at the back of the hall. The seats were laid out in quite a strange layout really, and the colour of them was all the colours of the rainbow......and I’m not joking Soon it was 20:00 and the house lights went down and the intro music started, followed by first the band entering the stage and then Chris who was dressed in a white shirt with big pink design on it, which we have seen in the earlier concerts. A black leather jacket, trousers and shoes of course accompanied the shirt The audience again was in the older age group, although I have to say I do not pay that much attention generally, as I’m there to enjoy myself, and not watch the other around me:!: Of course the order of the songs was the same as in previous nights, starting with Last Night, Missing You and then the ‘vocal’ introduction, where Chris told that he had never been in Bremerhaven before. During the first songs Chris was given quite a few gifts and flowers. Soon came the part I was kind of dreading as he sang The Long And Winding Road and then Without You, and as I have said before I absolutely ADORE this song and I knew I would be soo sad when I heard it for the last time and I can admit to crying a few tears as Chris sang this so beautifully as he always does. Mirror Of The Soul followed and then Leather On My Shoe and then it was time for the intermission. Then came the acoustic part where the band all sit in the middle of the stage and Chris sang All Along The Watchtower, Love Of The Heart Divine and then Moonlight and Vodka. This was followed by the Band Intros and then Chris solo singing Borderline, Carry Me, a little talk about his new Christmas song and then the chorus from it, Spaceman and Peaceful Waters. Then it was time for the L IR walk around, which of course as always goes down very well with the audience. During this song some people made their way to the stage so of course Andrea and I followed then as Chris walked back up on stage he invited everyone up to dance, but for sure we were not packed in tight in the area in front of the stage, we had plenty of room to dance and enjoy ourselves Again it was sad to hear Africa for the last time, as this is the best fast song that Chris does in the whole show......well for me anyway it is The usual other fast songs followed and only way too soon it was time for SONY and Footsteps and then the final show of the European 2009 tour was over We sadly said goodbye to friends and then to Jason, who really is such a nice guy, and finally took a taxi back to our hotel. Now I as write this the wind is howling outside and it is pouring with rain and looks as miserable as ever, and I have to wait until 22:15 hrs for my flight back home. But as usual Andrea has plans for us to do a bus trip around the area and if there is time in the afternoon we will visit the little zoo as well. So for the final time this year, I’m signing off as the ‘roaming’ CdeB reporter.