I'm bloody tired. Just arrived back from St Vith. It is 2.39 AM CET. I'm gonna make this as short as possible. Don't mind the typo's
Gig started at 23.00 CET. A lot of peeps came for the Sisters, almost half of the crowd wore the Sisters tees.
Intro: Doctor pounding away with a keyboard loop underneath. Heard it before a coppola times, but can't exactly remember when. I won't bother looking it up either.
Lucretia My Reflection: Andrew coming up, dressed in his already famous white tee, a lot of cameras to film the event. Rumours that this gig will be used for the upcoming DVD could as well be true... Bad and silent guitar sound. After two minutes or so Lucretia ends...
Crash and Burn follows, Ribbons after that. The sound starts to get better. Impressive lightshow... What strikes me is, that there is no video projection. Maybe the headliners are not worth it... Also happened yesterday with the main act.
Ribbons followed by Train/Det. Blvd, We Are The Same Suzanne, On The Wire/Teachers, War On Drugs, Flood I (announced as Flood the First) and Will I Dream.
Dominion/Mother Russia after that, concluded by Von saying 'The President thanks you' (or something like that, he was mumbling again)
Then comes Summer, Anaconda, Giving Ground, FALAA, Romeo Down and Flood II (NOT announced as Flood the Second, BTW)
First Break.
After that, Neverland and Temple of Love.
Second Break.
The gig ends with Snub Nose/Top Nite Out and Vision Thing, after one hour and a half exactly.
Forgive me when this report sound a bit clinical and uninterested. It ain't a lack of sleep alone, I'm sad to say. The Sister-machine worked. It worked well. Nothing more to say, no surprises at all.
It was a nice gig, with a lot of music, almost no interaction with the crowd and a funny feeling afterwards, sorta "Hey, I've seen this before".
Another band worth mentioning were Apocalyptica, right before the Sisters. Never saw them live, but they were great. Played a lot of Metallica-covers (as usual) and a hilarious Sepultura-cover 'Refuse/Resist' with the cello mimicking Cavalera's grunt.
You know, my first Sisters gig was as exciting as this first Apocalytica gig. I guess we Belgians are spoiled, after all.
See ya and good night.
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