EU / UK Tour 2012

Thanks! x

So Dave's playing first ...

http://instagr.am/p/QzUerCDr-f/

woah, that's early!
Hopefully he won't start that early in Cologne! otherwise I'm gonna miss him completely :-/

I don't think that they will start before 8pm. Also I believe there's not such an early curfew in DE...

For everyone who is in Vienna, Dave is playing a solo gig the day after the Gaslight show in Graz (approx. 1,5 hours by car from Vienna).

https://www.facebook.com/DaveHauseMusic?sk=app_123966167614127

Few thoughts on the UK leg:

I've had a fantastic, fantastic week. Managed to do the whole thing taking just one day off work and getting the most out of my railcard. Fortunately I can work flexibly and have quite an understanding boss

I posted in the Brixton thread that for me, Brixton #1 was the worst TGA show I've seen and that still stands. I don't mean that as a huge criticism - if you see a band multiple times it stands to reason some shows will be better than others and one show must therefore be the worst - but the crowd was probably the worst I've seen and the set had a couple of lulls, notable Too Much Blood and National Anthem.

Things improved with #2 which I thought was much more like it, despite the Blue Dahlia train wreck (which was actually pretty fun). Swapping Too Much Blood for Keepsake and National Anthem for HLAYK was a good idea and the crowd responded better (maybe people just don't like going out on Mondays!).

Manchester and Glasgow I thought were the best shows of the UK leg although their set lists were almost identical. The crowds at both were far, far better than Brixton and I think the slightly smaller venues (particularly Glasgow) helped improve the atmosphere. I was getting sick of Changing of the Guard by Glasgow though and glad it was dropped for Brum.

Birmingham was a great show though as was pointed out in the Birmingham thread, Brian was a bit off colour and not as energetic as he usually is. Some great highlights including 1930.

I can't quite put my finger on it but it seemed like the band was less energetic at all the shows (maybe due to Brian being ill) and to me, it lacked the same magic as the previous tour. It probably has something to do with them setting the bar so high at Koko and also me being less in love with Handwritten but I'd have liked to have seen them rotate the set lists a little more. I thought we'd get Stay Lucky, Bring it On, Boxer, Old Haunts or The Spirit of Jazz at least once. I know we all have our favourites but they could have swapped Patient Ferris Wheel, Queen of Lower Chelsea or Even Cowgirls Get the Blues for one of the above at a couple of shows.

Standout moment at each show for me was Angry Johnny - absolutely stunning version with the Bon Iver cover thrown in the middle. Reminded me of Counting Crows a bit when Adam Duritz randomly sings a cover in the middle of another song. Well worth the ticket price on its own - hope to see it on a live release.

I feel like I've got a huge hole in my life now its all over!

Here's the Angry Johnny version with the Bon Iver 'Blood Bank' lyrics from the Birmingham show. Awesome stuff!

Any news on the setlists from Brussels?

Who is going to one of the cologne shows?

I am! I'm going to both, Thursday and Friday!

At what time are you gonna be there, Cologne people?!
How early should you be there if you wanna be front?! Not sure what it's like with the Gaslight crowd, if it's gonna be busy rather early or not!

I'm talking about the thursday show, btw.
On Friday I can't make it before 8 unfortunately!

visible_karma wrote:

I am! I'm going to both, Thursday and Friday!

At what time are you gonna be there, Cologne people?!
How early should you be there if you wanna be front?! Not sure what it's like with the Gaslight crowd, if it's gonna be busy rather early or not!

I'm talking about the thursday show, btw.
On Friday I can't make it before 8 unfortunately!

I'll be there around 7 and on friday around 8 I think. Too be honest I think you'll always have the chance to be standing in the first rows

If anyone has any spare for tonight in Cologne let me know! Three of my friends are looking for tickets!

Anyone got a setlist of Cologne from yesterday?

Finally got home from Amsterdam (stayed a couple of days).

First of all, thanks to Enola for selling me here spare ticket!!!

Good show, the band played well and sounded great. It seems Ian is becoming more a full member of the band since he isn't in the back on stage but moved to the front.

The setlist could've been a bit better in my opinion. I missed songs like Mulholland Drive and Keepsake. And I was really hoping for them to play Drive or other old songs I haven't heard them play live. The played We Came To Dance, which I've heard them play at every clubshow of them I went to. And I now I've seen em play Angry Johnny, 1930 and Boomboxes for the second or third time. It would've been cool to hear them play some old songs I haven't heard them play live before. But hey, I'm complaining too much, it was a good show. Nice surprises were Blue Dahlia and Our Fathers Sons. Brian didn't talk a lot but if he did it was spot on. Damn, that guy is funny.

Here's the setlist:

Mae
Casanova, Baby!
Old White Lincoln
The '59 Sound
45
Handwritten
Howl
The Patient Ferris Wheel
Angry Johnny and the Radio (w/ Bon Iver - Blood Bank snippet)
Here Comes My Man
Biloxi Parish
Too Much Blood
Boomboxes and Dictionaries
The Queen of Lower Chelsea
1930
Blue Jeans & White T-Shirts
Great Expectations

Encore:
Our Fathers Sons
We Came to Dance
Blue Dahlia
Film Noir
American Slang (with Dave Hause)
The Backseat

And some pictures (not mine):

visible_karma wrote:

Anyone got a setlist of Cologne from yesterday?

Found this setlist on the Internet. Should be right, I guess.
Mae
Casanova, Baby!
Old White Lincoln
45
The Diamond Church Street Choir
Handwritten
I'da Called You Woody, Joe
Angry Johnny and the Radio
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Too Much Blood
Howl
Biloxi Parish
Film Noir
Wherefore Art Thou, Elvis?
Wooderson
Here Comes My Man
Blue Dahlia
Here's Looking at You, Kid
The Backseat
Encore:
Our Fathers Sons
American Slang
We Came to Dance
Great Expectations
The '59 Sound

Hello,
is everybody here who knows where I can get one of these tour posters?

I mean this one:

contact the Promoter! Did the same for cologne and they were really friendly and sent me posters!

golem wrote:

Hello,
is everybody here who knows where I can get one of these tour posters?

I mean this one:

Hahahah there is a typo in Frankfurt *LOL*

Back home for a few days after travelling approx. 6500 km for 10 gigs in 11 days (incl. Revival Tour and a Dave solo gig) and I thought I share some of my memories with you. I don't know if anyone is interested but here they are:

Birmingham 20.10.2012
My only UK show on this tour and it was a good one. It was great to reunite with some old friends again as well as making new ones and finally putting some faces to the names
Also it was the only time where we really waited outside after the show and chatted a little with Alex L, Benny, Ian and Danny.
Absolute highlight was the whole crowd singing the "HEre COmes My Man" chorus throughout the encore break. I still have goosebumps when I think back ...




Amsterdam 23.10.2012
Funniest gig ever. In Birmingham Brian wondered how often he says radio during a gig and well ... in Amsterdam we counted for him. We stood at the side because the stage is quite high at Paradiso and he could see us quite good from stage In the end the count was 19 and they were all laughing a lot every time we held up our signs. Brian gave us the finger (look up Old White Lincoln from that night on youtube and laugh with us) and threw his pick on me after the show. Both with a HUGE smile on his face Great idea of Rebekka and Liz - it was so much fun doing that!


I took a lot of videos in Amsterdam, here's just one of them


Cologne 25.10.2012
Good show with some fun interaction between Brian and Brad




Cologne 26.10.2012
As already discussed not one of the best show but still good ...


Frankfurt 27.10.2012
For me the weakest Gaslight show on this tour but the best Dave show. We had so much fun during his set it was just great! Also a HUGE venue!


Munich 28.10.2012
Together with Vienna the best show on this tour for me. They were in top form, Brian was very chatty and cheeky and finally it looked like they all had again fun on stage. And we had a blast in the front row AND they finally played DESIRE, after we asked for it a "few" times


Before Changing Of The Guards Brian kept talking about twitter and some other stuff, handed the security a bottle of water for a girl who collapsed in the pit and even sweared a little


Vienna 29.10.2012
Best show together with Munich and to be honest I did not expect it to be that way. The audience was mental - during Great expectations somebody lit a bengalian fire in the pit which was utterly stupid! At some point they were talking about covers and then played Astro Zombies by the Misfits to which Dave crowdsurfed. Such a crazy guy






All my pictures are here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151128376473878.458807.786378877&type=1&l=6d80f3008b
And all my videos here: https://www.youtube.com/user/enolala74?feature=mhee

Tomorrow I will be in Berlin for my last date on this tour and I can't believe it's already almost over
See you all on the road again SOON!

This is amazing!!

Holland wrote:

This is amazing!!

Erm ... What exactly?

enola wrote:

Holland wrote:

This is amazing!!

Erm ... What exactly?

oh just your superb record of all the gigs you have been to, videos/pictures.

Holland wrote:

enola wrote:

Holland wrote:

This is amazing!!

Erm ... What exactly?

oh just your superb record of all the gigs you have been to, videos/pictures.

Oh, thanks then

Great write up of your gigs!

Sounds like the band stepped up a gear after they left the UK - sounds like they were having more fun.

Loved the pics/gig coverage and stories. sounds like a blast! cant wait to have a look at the misfits cover when i get home