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26 May 1998
Country - Denmark,
Copenhagen
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Reviewed by SimonSkals
Email : skals@cybercity.dk Photos by Andreas Andersson
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The show began at exactly 10:00 pm as announced, when the three band members and the four touring musicians entered the stage. D'arcy was dressed up in her usual black dress, wearing black lipstick and eyeliner and, of course, the devil's horns. Just like at the London gig, Billy was wearing the long, black leather coat, only this time he also wore a black cap (only for the first half of the show, though). James wore some strange hat, sort of like the kind you'd expect Bob Dylan to wear. Like they've done before, they opened the show with 'To Sheila' which was well received by the audience. However, generally I believe the audience would've liked more of the old songs. But hey, we didn't come out to hear all the stuff we'd heard before, now did we...
Before 'Tonight, tonight', Billy took off his cap and, in his typical casual way, tried to balance his water bottle on top of his head. Without greater success, though. Then he told the audience: "Thank you very much. How's everybody doing? (loud cheer) - We'd like to dedicate this song to you for coming out to see us tonight..." Again, like with 'Thru the Eyes of Ruby', people apparently didn't recognize the song before Billy actually started singing. Once started, though, the new, groovy acoustic version of the classic hit got people on their feet. Just like at the previous shows on this tour, 'Bullet with Butterfly Wings' was introduced with a several minutes long solo from the drumming & percussion team, and then Billy came on stage with his 7-string guitar. The new, very dark version of this song is something that has to be experienced. If it sounded evil on the album, this interpretation must have come directly from hell. Parts of the audience seemed a little disappointed that they didn't just do it the good old way - their loss. At the end of 'For Martha', Billy raised his hands towards the audience and said: "Thank you. God bless you. Goodnight!", then left the stage. However, the band returned a few minutes later and the first song of the encore - '1979' - was introduced by James: "We'll play a fun song. If anybody wishes to dance, we encourage you to... dance!" This time, '1979' was played in an electric version, and as was the case with 'Tonight, Tonight', the well-known riff had been left out. It was, indeed, as James put it, "a fun song". Very lively, rather fast-paced, and just sorta... happy. The audience liked it very much, too. Looking over the crowd, you could see thousands and more thousands of heads bobbing up and down. One of the fascinating elements concerning outdoor concerts. After '1979', Billy hesitated for quite a while before presenting the final song of the evening: "Ok, we'll do one more but we're not sure if you can handle it 'cause it's so HEAVY!" - he raised his clenched fist to emphasize the heaviness of the song, although he couldn't help smiling a bit, too. Then followed a cover of Joy Division's 'Transmission' (originally released in 1979...) which was, indeed, very heavy. The song lasted for more than 10 minutes, and at the end of it Billy once more spoke to the audience:
After this episode, they finished the song with Billy repeatedly screaming "Radio!" so loudly it echoed all over the park. Finally, just before leaving the stage, Billy stepped up to stand on an amplifier and then saluted the crowd in all directions. Thus, at a quarter past midnight, ended one of the best concerts I've ever been to. Set List :(length: 135 minutes)
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