A little
tired but full of aniticipated joy to see Tori again Matt and I arrived
in Bonn. We were almost allowed to park in the Backstage area..it seemed
that the Security Guy there had very few presentiment.. As we came to
the Museumsplatz at about 01.00 p.m. Eric from Aachen and two other
Toriphiles (i believe Eric de Bruyne from Belgium and another..my memory
fades away into an endless sky..) were already there. Eric said something
about a Internet-Café inside of one building. I went into the
Café to see if I can question my emails through ´´Yahoo!´´
but it was pretty full inside the Café. Excellent was indeed
that the Devlins (first without the singer) were also hanging around
in the Café. I asked the one guitarist if he´d know Jeff
Buckley (J.B.) cause their singer would remind me a little of Jeff.
Instantly we had a intensive conversation about Jeff and his early Death.
The guitarist said that they´d hear the new J.B. - Double CD ´´Sketches..
For My Sweetheart The Drunken in the Tourbus and the whole band
is a huge fan of Jeff. I was literally blown away ! I asked if it´s
possible to play a cover song of J.B. during their shows but the guitarist
said that they´d only have enough time to play the ´´usual´´
songs of their Album ´´Waiting´´ and a few from
the old one ´´Drift´´. But they´d probably
come back to Germany in October/November and then they could add some
coversongs to their set. There it was clear for me that I´d visit
some of the concerts of the Devlins in my near (unfortunately I didn´t
get the vacation for the one concert in my near in Munich..). I dismissed
from the Devlins and walked out onto the area of the Museumsplatz to
wait at a side-entrance together with Matt P., Eric and some other Toriphiles
for Tori. As Tori drove in for the M&G at nearly 04.30 p.m. I told
her from the concert in Berlin yesterday and that Elton John indeed
played ´´Daniel´´ but she would´ve played
it even more beautiful (..well..I had a few hopes that maybe Tori would
play this ingenius song). She showed me a wonderful grin and said: ´´Oh..you´re
so kind..thank you´´. She didn´t play it anyway but
this yet unlikely..i tried it.. Also ingenius was by the way that I
got some kind of ´´family-feeling´´ in Bonn.
It was more than wonderful to know most of the Toriphiles and we all
formed somehow a big ´´Tori-Familiy´´. I found
it great that from time to time I also met people from the Internet
´´in person´´ - for example Martin N. from Bonn.
It´s yet ingenius when you talk all the time via many emails or
through the Chatprogramm (ICQ ! Great Programm !) about the Tour and
finally you really met each other. The same happened in Hamburg with
Brooke from USA and overall.. I love the Internet !! But this only on
the verge..
The Soundcheck was audible in full sound intensity to us Toriphiles
from a excellent point.. We were on the roof of a building next to the
stage. At the beginning I (and other Toriphiles) tried to look through
the blockades before the Stage-Area but then we had to vanish.. Anyway
it was fabolous cause we could hear the Soundcheck from the roof..hihi..
THE CONCERT
At the beginning
I thought..hmmm.. 1st row Seat 28..must be a good ticket..untill I recognized
that I sat pretty far at the right side in front of the speakers. But
as I rarely accept such situations I tried to get a better seat more
in the center of the 1st row. Also Matt P. and some other Toriphiles
( as always..hihi..). Matt P. sat beside me at the end on seat 27. At
least I had a first class seat during the set of the Devlins untill
shortly before Tori entered the Stage the ´´legitime´´
owner of my place expelled me from ´´his´´ seat..shit..
BUT...that didn´t matter anyway..cause during the concert Tori
bowed down to Matt P. an me to greet us. THAT was excellent !!! Tori
had by the way some technical problems near the end of the concert and
couldn´t play for a while. It was a pitty that the problems cleared
up so fast. Tori said namely (during she danced a little..so sweet..)
she must sing something for us alone.. The ´´Hungarian Wedding
Song´´ would´ve suited wonderful..what a pitty..
At the end of the concert Tori played ´´Sugar´´..
a more than charming closing for this really good concert in Bonn (more
as usual in the ´´Dent´´). The final M&G
was again a nice ending for the concert in Bonn..only..it did go on..hihi..
AND HOW !!!
After it we (about 15 Toriphiles) went together with Steve Caton (Tori´s
friend and guitarist) to a ´´Pub-Tour´´ through
Bonn. Something like that I hadn´t experienced yet - this was
simply AMAZING !!! First we all ´´landed´´ in
a pub in the center of Bonn but before we went in Matt P. called from
a nearby Telephone-Cell Mikewhy - the creator of the supposingly biggest
site on the Internet about Tori Amos ´´A Dent In The Tori
Amos Net Universe to tell him the setlist of this day´s
concert. Unfortunately only the answering machine was on the phone but
that didn´t bother us. Besides that Matt P. asked Steve Caton
if he could leave some message for Mikewhy on the answering machine.
That would definitely make the day for Mikewhy. I believe that after
Mikewhy heard the recorded message he probably jumped up and down all
the time..hihi..just guessing.. In the afore said pub in Bonn we all
stayed untill 01.00 a.m. (or should I say until we were thrown out..)
and also made some photos of this memorable event. After some of us
unfortunately had to leave us (French Fanclub and some others) we searched
for the next reasonable pub. The next Station was a absolut ingenius
Cuban Café. For I had drunk a double whisky in the pub before
I was relatively easy. All together I ordered two very good Havann-Rum
- Cocktails in the Cuban Café. Apruptly even Steve Caton understood
my really worse aczent. This was brilliant cause I recognized what a
damn cool guy Steve is. I told him from the german ´´culture-treasure´´
´´Katzeklo´´ from Helge Schneider (..Cattoilet
- Cattoilet- yes that makes the cat happy..). I believe he liked it..hihi..
On the way back from Berlin I had told Matt P. in a McDonald´s
from our ´´Treasures´´ as Helge Schneider or
´´Die Doofen´´ (The Dumb - ..take me even if
I stink..if not there´s another bitch standing on the corner...-
free translation..) and especially about the favorite song of the german
women: ´´Männer sind Schweine´´ (Men are
Pigs) from the `´Ärzte´´ (The Doctors). Matt
P. laughed about that before and Steve liked the lyrics pretty good
! As the Café closed unfortunately at 03.00 a.m. we went on to
the Hotel of Steve ! I mean.. the 5 Star ´´Maritim´´
! It was pretty funny as he told us to be quiet and said (something
like this): ´´Hey Guys.. I could get fired for this !´´...hihi..so
brilliant ! As we (about 8 people) sat down on the couch in Steve´s
Suite we talked pretty long about the whole Tourlife and about Tori
and who knows what.. I must´ve felt asleep at about 05.00 or 05.30
a.m. to be awakened by another Toriphile (Stephan from Kleve ..no idea..).
We said goodbye to Steve and walked nearly dazed (äh..ups..) of
the whole experiences out on the street. The ingenius with all this
was, that Tori slept in the same hotel I presume only a few rooms away
from the suite of Steve Caton but we really hadn´t the smallest
intention to wake up Tori..was better so..
The only worse after this ´´Tour´´ was my aching
head..damn Havanna-Rum.. My luck was that Matt P. was sober and so he
drove - with the usual sleeping pause - to the next concert in STUTTGART
!!!
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