*** Katowice Fanviews 13/6/07

talkshowhost

alesek wrote:

i was there, had to take a day off, so definately working day then. Hmmm, guess wont be too hard to find out if this curfew was the real reason. I could understand that things go strict in Germany, but Poland...?

Honestly I think there are lots of things going stricter in Poland than in Germany, just look at the situation of gay people (and I'm not talking about their position in society which isn't that good in most parts of Germany either but about state issues). Anyway, doesn't belong here...

Just speculation, but it really could be that the regulations for events in this stadium have changed since two years ago and, even if it's not in a residential area, sometimes stadium sounds can be heard over long distances. Could also be that there has been issues with the authorities before so now they follow a strict enforcement policy. The point is: I think the band had a really good reason to stop and they would have played longer if it would have been possible. Maybe it's true that U2 spoiled it, maybe it's just a question of contracts.

Since this is fanview thread and it's reserved for the people who actually attended the show (which I didn't) I will now get out of here. Maybe one of the locals knows more and let us know...

bostonlou

why are there no pics or descriptions of this show's poster???????

UKDave

sunnyday wrote:

then its my bad for not hearing it. thanks for clearing that up

No problem, it did seem clear that they weren't happy about having to play a short show, Ed especially, I think everyone was having a great time, just circumstances...

Mirella

bostonlou wrote:

why are there no pics or descriptions of this show's poster???????

I thought there were no show specific posters this tour? That could be the reason.

groetjes,
Mirella

UKDave

Mirella wrote:

I thought there were no show specific posters this tour? That could be the reason.

groetjes,
Mirella

There was a poster, I saw it... a tree full of grenades with a squirrel underneath... just no-one has posted it yet...

sunnyday

UKDave wrote:

No problem, it did seem clear that they weren't happy about having to play a short show, Ed especially, I think everyone was having a great time, just circumstances...

probably i didnt see their faces . but whatever, it was my firts show and i was enjoying every fucking minute of it, so thats why it pisses me so much

chime

Mirella wrote:

I thought there were no show specific posters this tour? That could be the reason.

groetjes,
Mirella

There was a poster ... I saw the last one sold at the merch stand and missed out i really liked it.

It was a tree with a squirrel sat underneath it ... but rather than having acorns to collect the tree was growing grenades. Very muted colours.

Wish I could have got one ... favourite one for a show I've been to.

Speaking to people who were in Munich there was also a poster ... different but also with a tree on it.

Mutki

UKDave wrote:

No problem, it did seem clear that they weren't happy about having to play a short show, Ed especially, I think everyone was having a great time, just circumstances...

yesss I think the same... Ed seemed unsatisfied by the fact they had to finish eariler. What a pity.

We can now only imagine what songs from original setlist they would have played if they had started playing at 21 00, cause I doubt just half an hour would have been enough to play all skipped songs...

jeremy_spoke_in

I got the poster. Looks really good. Mines is totally creased as i bought it before the show started but i had to make sure i got one.

UKDave

sunnyday wrote:

probably i didnt see their faces . but whatever, it was my firts show and i was enjoying every fucking minute of it, so thats why it pisses me so much

I was same after my first show (Astoria) that started late too and you do feel cheated by songs that you miss but don't think there was anything they could do this time...

apart from not play Katowice a day after Munich in future...

UKDave

Mutki wrote:

yesss I think the same... Ed seemed unsatisfied by the fact they had to finish eariler. What a pity.

We can now only imagine what songs from original setlist they would have played if they had started playing at 21 00, cause I doubt just half an hour would have been enough to play all skipped songs...

Some were options so I think we would have got most of the original setlist... which is a shame because at most of the missed ones I haven't heard live before... Alone, Ghost, Release, RITFW, Hide Your Love Away & Not For You would all have been firsts...

sunnyday

UKDave wrote:

I was same after my first show (Astoria) that started late too and you do feel cheated by songs that you miss but don't think there was anything they could do this time...

apart from not play Katowice a day after Munich in future...

yeah, they should do a stand alone show in katowice. begin at 7pm and hey ho lets go rock until we drop

UKDave

sunnyday wrote:

yeah, they should do a stand alone show in katowice. begin at 7pm and hey ho lets go rock until we drop

If they do their own show in Katowice it will be a good one to go to as they will remember... again...!!!

Mutki

Alive is being played on VH1 right now

few minutes ago RIFW by Neil Young..

2 songs that were skipped.... DAMN IT

sunnyday

UKDave wrote:

If they do their own show in Katowice it will be a good one to go to as they will remember... again...!!!

i think polish fans should do another campaign like "you forgot Poland" one, only this time it will say: "you played a short set in Poland"

Pauk

Great show.
Short set, but the choice of songs more than made up for it. Never dreamed of seeing Leatherman and Nothingman in the same night! Would've been kicking myself if I didn't go. Talked to a few first timers who seemed slightly disappointed in the setlist, which I guess is reasonable, it wasn't exactly a 'first show' setlist.

Personally I thought Linkin Park were much better than I expected. I went in with an open mind and was entertained, can't ask for more than that. The crowd weren't exactly friendly, quite a few polish people seemed to be glaring at me and my friend, was a bit strange. Katowice isn't exactly the most picturesque city... but the stadium was nice. The trams to the stadium were HELL!!! Footie fans shouting annoying songs for aaaaages til I bottled and walked the rest of the way, never seen a tram so packed. Took way longer than expected but got to the stadium just as the band before LP finished so no major loss.

Got the poster, the red tshirt of the guy with a heart (it is a heart right?) and the army tshirt... except I ended up selling my army tshirt to someone at the airport (Some irish guy called Rob). They couldn't get one and since I made the mistake of mentioning I was going to 5 shows this tour he guilt-tripped me (In a very polite way of course). Oh well, I'm no worse off and just means I'll have to get one at another show, done my good deed for the day.

UKDave

sunnyday wrote:

i think polish fans should do another campaign like "you forgot Poland" one, only this time it will say: "you played a short set in Poland"

Definitely... you'll get the show of the tour next time...

UKDave

fowls wrote:

Got the poster, the red tshirt of the guy with a heart (it is a heart right?) and the army tshirt... except I ended up selling my army tshirt to someone at the airport (Some irish guy called Rob). They couldn't get one and since I made the mistake of mentioning I was going to 5 shows this tour he guilt-tripped me (In a very polite way of course). Oh well, I'm no worse off and just means I'll have to get one at another show, done my good deed for the day.

Lol... I sat next to Rob on the flight back to Stansted... quite a charachter!!

sunnyday

UKDave wrote:

Definitely... you'll get the show of the tour next time...

hope so but i was so pissed yesterday. i even swore to myself i will never listen to pj again.

Mutki

UKDave wrote:

Definitely... you'll get the show of the tour next time...

hmmm Hope they will decide to tour again. Since 2000 we had been waiting looonggg 7 years for them to visit Poland. Probably I wont stand next 7 years!