Mannheim Rocks!
It's 5 minutes to 8pm and the
music entertaining the audience till the Hooters will enter the stage
switches to the Traveling Wilburys. OK, so that means that we will have
to wait for another 30 minutes - at least that is my experience from
the previous shows. And indeed, at 8:30pm Rob opens the show by briefly
playing the "Largo" theme on his accordion before the other 4 Hooters
joined him for "I'm alive" and "Time stand still". The
Capitol in Mammheim is one of my favourite indoor venues: it used to be
a theatre
in the past and so it provides good view from everywhere and excellent
acoustics. Speaking of excellent acoustics: the sound was brilliant
throughout the whole concert: maybe a litlle bit too loud but every
single instrument and the voices could be heard. Combined with an
impressive light show everything was in place for a great, great
evening.
The band was in an extremly good mood and played almost every song from
the new album "Time Stand Still", including "Ordinary Lives" which I
missed a lot in Mosbach. There
were so many highlights in this show: "One of us" in this great
acoustic version including one verse and the chorus in German, "All you
zombies" as part of a "greatest hits" section (including "Johnny B",
"25 hours", "Karla", "day by Day", "And we danced",...) which totally
rocked and "The Boys of Summer", this great cover version. There
was no curfew so the Hooters played for nearly 2 hours.
What a night! The only bad news is, that according to Eric the official
release date of the new CD might be shifted to October. After the show
there was a "Meet & Greet" and Rob delivered some good news: the
Hooters will be back in Germany in November for a couple of shows.
Don't miss it!!
Some links:
Pictures
of the show
The brandnew Hooters
forum: http://www.forum.thehooters.de
Hooters Homepage: www.thehooters.net
The official Fan Page: www.TheHooters.de
©
08/2007 by
Hans-Georg Krumm
URL:
http://www.hgkrumm.de/hooters_2007_08_01_e.html
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