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Anathema, Frankfurt, 25.04.2012

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Topic: Anathema, Frankfurt, 25.04.2012
Posted By: Junges
Subject: Anathema, Frankfurt, 25.04.2012
Date Posted: April 25 2012 at 19:16
Just returned from the concert. It was amazing, fantastic! My first Anathema show.

I arrived like 1 hour before the gate opening and there was really NOBODY there. Like 5 guys or so. Totally empty. So I stayed there and waited. 5 minutes later Danny appears and gives some autographs. He was very nice. I took 2 pictures with him. He stayed there talking with the guys at the bar and drinking beer.

The venue was very small, limited to 350 people or so. I was the first person to enter and ran directly to the stage. Got the first row, right in the middle. The opening band was Amplifier, a Psychedelic / Space-Rock prog band. I had already heard of them, but never listened to their album. They are really good. They use a lot of distortion.

Finally came Anathema. Here was the setlist:

1- Untouchable Part 1
2- Untouchable Part 2
3- Lightning Song
4- Thin Air
5- Dreaming Light
6- Deep
7- Emotional Winter
8- Wings of God
9- A Simple Mistake
10- The Storm Before the Calm
11- The Beginning and the End
12- Universal
13- Panic
14- The Lost Child
15- Internal Landscapes

Encore:

16- Closer
17- A Natural Disaster
18- Empty
19- Flying
20- Fragile Dreams

Note: "Empty" and "Flying" were played by requests. Yes, I saw the setlist paper and there were only 17 songs, so it was supposed to be only "Closer", "A Natural Disaster" and "Fragile Dreams" as encore songs.

It is very rare for bands to accept requests. And two? God! They played all the songs flawlessly and interacted a lot with the public. They were also very thankful to the public (they even said that this was the best crowd from the tour yet). In the end they said "we will be at the bar afterwards if you want to meet us". Very nice. I had no time to stay, otherwise I would have chatted with them. Amazing concert, every cent was worth.


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Posted By: Junges
Date Posted: April 26 2012 at 13:37

THE WEATHER REPORT - FRANKFURT

26-04-2012

Very receptive and great audience in Frankfurt. Here's what the band thought : 

Lee : they were blooming marvellous, my favorite night 

Vin : sitting on shoulders, whoop, whoop.. they were kicking the bins 

Cardoso : amazing, obrigado 

Jay : great sound and I felt more confident and relaxed. Brilliant night 

John : bloody marvellous 

Dan : I love Germany and this was one of the reasons 

xxxx Danke Frankfurt xxxx 




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Posted By: infocat
Date Posted: April 26 2012 at 21:56
Sounds wonderful.  Did they have any "orchestration", or did they do without?

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Frank Swarbrick
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Posted By: Junges
Date Posted: April 27 2012 at 05:09
Without.

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Posted By: gerdtheater
Date Posted: May 30 2012 at 12:42
Great setlist! Want to see them someday!

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Playing a three-hour Rush show is like running a marathon while solving equations.
Neil Peart



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