Hannover June 29th 2011

Just a brief recap from yesterday before I leave for work after merely 3 hours of sleep at the airport and on the plane.

We arrived quite early in Hannover, met a friend and after some "sightseeing" we started to queue. Of course we were again the first ones but honestly we had nowhere else to go and it was raining
Andy Diamond came by, we had a little chat and he made us promise him that we'll make a sign for him as well. He's a really nice guy, very easygoing In addition to the Diamond sign we did 4 more song requests and luckily this time all songs got played.

Support Twopointeight (which we saw the 3rd time now) are really talented. You should check them out if you get the chance to.

Setlist was really good since they played a few songs which they didn't in Hamburg. Finally I got Biloxi and it was awesome.
So here's the full setlist:

Old White Lincoln with Manish Boy by Muddy Waters in between, Say I Won't with The House Of The Rising Sun bit and during She Loves You Brian played the harmonica. And they got Andy Diamond on stage to introduce Diamond Church Street Choir.
And additionally they played at least Film Noir, She Loves You and Boomboxes. And again no American Slang.

It was a great gig but not one of my favourites. Brian was at least a little bit drunk and that has somehow not the best effect on his performing skills He told a joke about Chuck Norris but other than that didn't talk much. Still they sure had fun on stage There were a few mosh pits and quite some pressure to the barrier. And it was soooo hot in there ...nearly unbearable. Ah yes .. and Brian's beard is still here and growing if anyone's interested

We waited after the show for the guys since we had anyway no place to go . Benny came out quite fast and was sweet as ever. But the other guys didn't and the bus left at around 1 am for France. We chatted a bit with Hollie and Alex L.'s fiancee who seems to be a really nice girl.

The lighting was really bad - that's why I don't have many acceptable pictures left. But the ones that survived can be checked out here:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150182642388878.316573.786378877&l=9054e96782
Here's a teaser


As there was a balcony at the venue I'm really hoping for some good youtube vids.

Brian a bit drunk? I thought he strictly didn't drink or do drugs?

Well I guess that changes when Andy Diamond joins the tour

Hey there,

after some lurking around here, I finally registered...

I think it was a good show, although the audience was quite annoying. I had this guy standing next to me, who just kept talking and talking and talking... no matter if the guys played or not. And far too many "clappers". I mean, com on... TGA is not Bon Jovi.

Probably interesting for those who weren't there: In addition to above setlist, they played "She loves you" as the opener and "Boomboxes" as the second last of the encore.

Brian drunk and with a beard.

:DDDD

loazis wrote:

Brian drunk and with a beard.

:DDDD

ahhah this sums up my feelings pretty well.

excuse my language. i fucking love andy diamond though.

Just found some youtube videos:
Jungleland Intro, High Lonesome & Stay Lucky: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua5QwQmZ0PY
Bring It On: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4whneeXEIGE
Elvis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFmAIjmnDVg
Biloxi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfTTNlbmR1A

Great concert, but in my opinion the Berlin-show was better. I don´t know why, even the sound and the location in Hannover were much better. I don´t know, but all in all it was a good concert. But I´ve missed 'American Slang'.


I´ve found some pictures of the show: http://www.getaddicted.org/artikel/items/fotos-gaslight-anthem-hannover-capitol-2011.html