*** Antwerp Fanviews Here 30/8 ***

Julien

The waiting drove me mad...you're finally here and I'm a mess !!!

First lines of Corduroy, first song they played yesterday... quite well adapted to teh situation of us, poor belgian, waiting madly during... 15 years...

clayhead

After a nap of 3 hours back out of bed. Infact it was more dreaming about last night then sleeping. This morning I heard a nice review on Radio 1, followed by "Betterman". With tears in my eyes I started dancing with our 7 months old daughter...

Damn, what an evening yesterday ! It was worth waiting for 15 years ...

daanarts

i was there in arnhem and yesterday in antwerp. Antwerp was so much better. the list, the venue, the lights and ofcourse the setlist. Hunger Strike. its only been played 21 times ever! and we got it. and we got it good. it sounded great! to many highlights to mention. amazing.
i hope ed keeps his word when he said - see ya next year. he better not be messing with us..

V V

redrock wrote:

Just came back and too incoherent to review right now. VV we got arms! Hunger Strike.... :D John got a tambourine... now back into my head where PJ are still playing..... :D:D:D:D

awwww arrrrrrrrrrrrrrr just for my lovely lady he knew Dublin wasn't enough !!! cant wait to hear more XXXXX

Julien

My pictures of yesterday are here:
http://web.mac.com/julien.lefevere/i...06/Photos.html

Zoso

Julien wrote:

My pictures of yesterday are here:
http://web.mac.com/julien.lefevere/i...06/Photos.html

the link didnt work for me.

Julien

Here it is:

http://web.mac.com/julien.lefevere/iWeb/PJ_30.08.06/Photos.html

myth4343

I thought the band last night were on fire. And as said above, to get "Hunger Strike"....just shows how Pearl jam wanted to make their 1st show in Belgium unforgetable.....

Was nice to get "Hail hail"; "Not for you"; "Crazy mary", and a shame not to get "release" as an opener; go or Rockin in the free world, fuckin'up...

I hope, they'll honour their promise, of coming back to Belgium, and hopefully, they'll come to an other venue than Antwerp. I'm french, and i thought the crowed lacked enthusiasm, and some Chaps managed to screw up my night, by not letting me threw in front...The crowd hardly moved......They didn't even notice that Pearl jam were playing in front of them or what??? I'm somewhat disapointed of the behaviour of crowd....

I was in Reading on sunday, and probably the setlist was not as interesting as the one we got yesterday, but the atmosphere was awesome, the crowd didn't stop from the beginning to the last note...Eddie was even moved, to see such a crowd....backing them up.....

I'm going to see them next, in paris, on the september the 11th....and, i hope to be stuck on thebarrier, that the band will still be up to it, to get "Whippin; go; Satan's bed; Release.... and most of all, that the crowd will get nuts.......

KRC

What an amazing show!! And thank for playing Crazy Mary.
Next year....Werchter??

see you, Carlo

dunkman

good show was it my good lady

cant wait to hear the bootleg... you know how much i go on about Wolfmother... and there is the feckin singer doing 2 songs with the boys...

i'm actually quite aroused at this thought :cool:

redrock

Oohhhh Dunky...... beats Shakira in a cheeleader's outfit!! Awesome (used appropriately!) show - think I might even rate it over Dublin (sacrilege!). Could have been front row but had to swap for seating (dodgy hip & back). was 'front row' material..... PJ still playing in my head :D:D

Wolfmother rocked!

dunkman

redrock wrote:

Oohhhh Dunky...... beats Shakira in a cheeleader's outfit!! Awesome (used appropriately!) show - think I might even rate it over Dublin (sacrilege!). Could have been front row but had to swap for seating (dodgy hip & back). was 'front row' material..... PJ still playing in my head :D:D

Wolfmother rocked!

its ok to rate it over Dublin... i rate Astoria over dublin as well :eek:

Wolfmother rocked... they have got a good reception from fans in their support slots, which is good!!! damn you paddy casey

awesome is my new word anyway.... its an awesome word!

illridethewave

'tis the morning after the night before.. aching bones and a sore throat from all the singing *shouting*.. What a truly awesome show.. having seen them play 3 times before including the mighty Astoria show.. I thought they could"nt get better.. BUT the fact that the Belgian fans had been waiting so long for the boys to play and the boys had never played the Sportpaleis before meant that the show was incredible.. the crowd was electric & we were truly spoilt by the choice of songs!!!

Indiffference was heartfelt & tender..Crazy Mary was truly beautiful, Black was gentle & fragile like only Eddie knows how.. but with the added emotion of 18,000 fans screaming do do do do do do dooooo over & over again. Ed truly didnt know what to say.. he was speechless. They rocked harder than ever with Evolution,Why Go & the classics & Comatose was awesome- such a tight sound & Ed was completely together despite the 3 bottles of red! ;-)

At the end of the show, PJ looked like they could have gone on for the 6 hours they joked about.. they didnt want to leave.. and neither did we...

That show was one I will never ever forget.... downloading later..

Wow.

wiredman

posting from the office the day after: i'm still dizzy, got a sore throat from screaming my lungs out (Indifference was mindblowing!) and i'm tired as hell! but what a show! i was fortunate to sneak my way from the back to the front, right where mike was playing and boy was he on fire!
highlights for me were Not For You (the energy!), Black (the crowd not wanting it to end, brilliant!), Hunger Strike (great duet, absolutely stunning. at this point my clothes were soaking and my heart pounding and i tried so hard to sing at the top of my lungs but my voice, i think i fucked up my voice permanently...).
thank you guys for an unforgettable night!!

redrock

Stian and John - couldn't find you after the show to say good bye! Stian - have a great tour and John... lucky bastard! We'll see each other again next year!

Neil & Fraser - didn't bump into you guys but did see Fraser being 'himself' in the pit!

Marina - lovely seeing you again - have a good Barcelona and a safe trip home!

PJ good byes :(:(

casper leblanc

myth4343 wrote:

I hope, they'll honour their promise, of coming back to Belgium, and hopefully, they'll come to an other venue than Antwerp. I'm french, and i thought the crowed lacked enthusiasm, and some Chaps managed to screw up my night, by not letting me threw in front...The crowd hardly moved......They didn't even notice that Pearl jam were playing in front of them or what??? I'm somewhat disapointed of the behaviour of crowd....

I was in Reading on sunday, and probably the setlist was not as interesting as the one we got yesterday, but the atmosphere was awesome, the crowd didn't stop from the beginning to the last note...Eddie was even moved, to see such a crowd....backing them up.....

I'm going to see them next, in paris, on the september the 11th....and, i hope to be stuck on thebarrier, that the band will still be up to it, to get "Whippin; go; Satan's bed; Release.... and most of all, that the crowd will get nuts.......

My guess is you were in Stones side, where the crowd was a bit mellow at first. I was in Mike's side, and my g/f actually got scared at some point cause the crowd was moving like a stormy ocean.

Another guess of mine is you were in the bathroom when they played Black and Betterman. Ed didn't know what to say, where to look or how to behave when the crowd kept singing dodododododooo. He was moved alright. Stone just stood there clapping.





Another brilliant moment imo: there were people way up high behind the stage, which is probably the worst view of the venue, but everytime the lights allowed it, I could see this one girl/woman standing up in her seat and shaking her booty off. I couldn't help but smile every time I saw her.


Oh, and I met Buru, all the way from Argentina

Battlestar

It was soooo much was worth the long wait!!!!!

Crowd was a bit calm at the start, but once eddu started interacting with the public, that all changed and by the en dyou could really feel the respect going both ways. I don't think I'll ever forget the wya the band was looking when the crowd continued Black for minutes.

cedriced

pearlwax wrote:

My guess is you were in Stones side, where the crowd was a bit mellow at first. I was in Mike's side, and my g/f actually got scared at some point cause the crowd was moving like a stormy ocean.

Another guess of mine is you were in the bathroom when they played black and Betterman. Ed didn't know what to say, where to look or how to behave when the crowd kept singing dodododododooo. He was moved alright. Stone just stood there clapping.





Another brilliant moment imo: there were people way up high behind the stage, with probably the worst view of the venue, but everytime the lights allowed it, I could see this one girl/woman standing up in her seat and shaking her booty off. I couldn't help but smile every time I saw her.


Oh, and I met Buru, all the way from Argentina

I could'nt agree more. i was also on Mike's side, more or less 2nd row, depending on the song they played. It was pretty rough on this side. But it was f.. rock concert...

Cedric

cyclops

Second concert ever, first in my homeland ... my highlights have been mentioned before ... black not for you HUNGERSTRIKE .... I'm a young PJ-tattoo-ed father of two but I was so close to crying at times ... can't be normal ... my god ... these were the fastest two and something hours in my life

nik

Hungerstrike :eek: Baba O'Reilly :eek: you lucky lucky peeps.......