Stefan
from Kleve and we (Matt P., Rurik and I) arrived after a very nice cardrive
( including the usual rests..) a bit crumbled (at least I) in Stuttgart.
Nice was of course that it rained once again..well.. Thus the Open-Air-Concert
on the Stuttgarter Killesberg ws moved into the Kongresszentrum B on
the same area. What a pitty.. Strange was also that Tori gave no Meet´n´Greet
today. Maybe she had no time or just no pleasure. I can fully understand
when Tori has to make a break somtimes from all the hurly-burly around
her. Still Matt P., Rurik and I had a good place in front of the main-entrance.
Eric T. from Aachen and some other known faces were still there. The
outcome was at the end a place in the 1st row - center - direct eye-contact
to Tori for me ! I slowly believed in a good hand from above that brought
me into the 1st row at Standing-Concerts.. Stuttgart was unfortunately
Matt P.´s last concert in Germany before he had to fly back to
the USA.
THE CONCERT
I´m convinced
that Tori below other reasons gave 4 Encores only cause of Matt P. from
the USA. She knew that Stuttgart was Matt´s last concert in Europe
and maybe she wanted to ´´sweeten´´ his goodbye.
Only my personal opinion... Matt ist yet someone Tori know pretty good.
He must´ve seen about 70 concerts at the end of the Plugged ´98
Tour !!! Tori played ´´Butterfly´´ by request
of Matt P. and shortly before ´´Crucify´´ she
sang a small part of ´´Black Swan´´ for me (although
even I´m not entirely sure about this cause I really was in some
kind of trance at that moment..). I thanked her immediately with a ´´Thank
you Tori !´´ and the gratitude was a little smile from Tori
for me. I don´t know if actually anyone noticed that Tori sang
a little peace of ´´Black Swan´´ for me. It
was as if only Tori and I were in the concert-hall for this short moment.
Tori gave everything on this day ! She was phenomenal ! - See the ´´Dent´´
for some reviews for this fascinating concert ! At the end Matt P.,
Rurik, I and some other Toriphiles tried to figure out if Tori gives
a late M&G. Thereby it ended with us waving after Tori´s Tourbus
and exchanging some adresses under us Toriphiles. The others and I said
goodbye to Matt P. and wished him all the best. Rurik and I were driven
to the Railway-Station by Stephan from Kleve (Croatia had just won a
game in the Football-World-Championship... a loud honking car-snake
drove along the railway-station) to get the last train to Karlsruhe
(..last chance..the German Railway is really not the best..). In Karlsruhe
- of course - the McDonald´s had closed at 01.15 a.m. Well.. Rurik
and I divided the cost for a Taxi between us to drive back to my Hometown
Waghäusel. At home I surfed a little in the Internet and after
a short night we drove with relatively less sleep (4 hours..) in my
VW Golf II to Vienna/Austria. So ride on to Tori in VIENNA !!!
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