After a couple days off its was out for another weekend of shows, this time in Europe. First up we were off to Krakow, Poland for the Coke Live Music Festival with UK acts The Streets and James on the bill, it was an eclectic bill for sure. The show was good with a good loud crowd turning out for the guys first headline show in Poland ( We were here in 05 opening for u2)
The band also pulled out a great show despite being in a rather solemn mood pre-show due to a trip to visit Auschwitz but they hit the stage and pulled it all together
The real surprise of this trip was the city of Krakow itself. Contrary to visits to other places in Poland over the years i found this to be a very nice and welcoming city. Definitely one for a weekend break if you have the time to kill.
Next day we were off England for the 2 V festivals....first stop.....Chelmsford.
The crowd at Chelmsford were slightly more muted than we are used to lately but overall i think the guys won out
Next day we were off to Staffordshire for the final UK show of the Day & Age Tour. Even though we still have quite a lot of touring left to go we're done with Europe now for quite some time as there is still plenty of places we havent been over to yet in years and some new places to be won over also.
There was a much better crowd in Stafford and the altered setlist helped re-invigorate the band a little too and they gave a performance worthing as a goodbye kiss to a part of the world thats been very good to them over the last 5 years. It was one of those nights when anything was possible, hell, if you look at this picture closely, i could swear Brandon is levitating
Dave almost looked like he was about to be consumed by a cloud of smoke ( What a way to end the show......Mental Note for next album Tour!!!!)
So there you have, its a little bittersweet to have finished 1 part of the Day & Age touring schedule but we will battle onwards after a few days off we are off to America and Canada for the bands biggest headlining tour thus far on hometurf.
Thanks Europe, you've been great, see you again.......sometime!!!
4 comments:
i was at chelmsford and thought the crowd at the front where i was were really into it. However some other people i know who were nearer the back said the sound was really bad, quiet sometimes and distorted at others. Don't know why but i had a great time as the sound was perfect where i was in the 2nd row :)
I think I've tears in my eyes...I was sure you'd come back at the beginning of next year:(...well, enjoy the rest of the tour, and see you sometime in the future!;)
Claudia
oh,I already missed you,guys.I've seen you 3 times this tour,all in different countries-Germany,Italy,Poland.well,you didn't play in Czech Republic.I hope you'll be playing here some time in the future.
enjoy your last shows!
Marketa (hopsajda)
Wahoooooo, you loved Stafford. I was at Staford, we were on form unlike Chemsford.
The Killers performance was amazing, best I've seen themthis year. Sad to see them leave us :( but what an amazing goodbye!!
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