review of my birthday concert.
Now it is time for André, he had birthday, too.
André and me are Depeche Mode travel mates since 2013 and we are ticking in the same way.
I do not necessarily believe in this Zodiac thing, but somehow there must be something in it, because André and I immediately understood each other without much effort.
It is a pleasure for me, that he wrote his own review of our special day.
Have fun reading it:
"Birthday celebration in Cologne"
It is one of these rare occurrences when the heroes of your youth play a birthday serenade for you.
So happened in Cologne on 15.01.2018.
I did research for a while and was a bit surprised, it was only the 4th time in the long band history that a Depeche Mode concert took place that day:
1988 Music for the Masses Tour, Birmingham
2006 Touring the Angel, in Hamburg
2014 The Delta Machine Tour, in Barcelona
2018 Global Spirit Tour, in Cologne
The first and so far only time I could experience it in Hamburg 2006, even as a double concert on 15. and 16.01.
Now it was time again! And because the dear Claudia also commits her day of honor on this day, the decision was quickly made for a pre-concert party in the restaurant "Henkelmännchen" near the hall.
As special area was reserved, the Kölsch ( local Cologne beer) was cold, and about 40 guests had promised to come.
In time at 5 o'clock in the afternoon they opened the doors and more and more wishers came, so far so good....but there was that only football fan from the local club in Cologne ( FC Köln/ EffZeh) FC with his old school t-shirt, which pointed me to the derby victory of his club( I'm fan of Borussia Mönchengladbach and the FC Köln and my club are not friends, if you know what I mean....)
It meant for me to show greatness and silence him with a few beer. It worked very well and I discovered he is a really nice guy and we had lots of fun later this evening.
one of the presents from my friends
After, not only, felt 200 Cologne beer glasses ( called "Stange" like barre) of beer substitute ( how I like to call the Cologne beer), it was time to went into the arena. Stagetime was announced for 8:45 but it was only 8:15 ... so still enough time to wiggle comfortably to the wardrobe, take another "Currywurst"( typical german sausage with curry and ketchup) on the fist and to provide for beer. Just in time to the beginning of the concert we reached the front of the stage area, exceptionally on the right side, as it was closer to the beer business. I don't want to be beery, but we didn't know HOW close we actually stand to the catwalk.
The setlist is the same like always, unfortunately not a single change to my last gig in Birmingham at the end of last year, nor to the gig two days earlier in Amsterdam. And since a while this is not an important topic for us, because we were more involved in celebrating ourselves, and as always, we grab all we can ... including the drinks.
Everything as usual ... if not that magical moment on "Cover me" would have been, as we realized first time how close we were to the catwalk. The birthday girl Claudia on the shoulders of a friend, Dave made his typical expression dance, everything the same. But then, a look, a kiss and the hand on Dave's heart, all of us, and also Schulzi, immediately knew who was meant. Screeching, almost fainting, goose bumps and pee in the eyes. What a moment! We needed beer!
We sang further to " Home", celebrated " Everything Counts" and to " Stripped" it called: one, two, three....shirtless. Then the concert came nearly to the end with my all time favorite " A question of time", shortly back in the setlist since Dublin.
Then it went exhausted and "over hopped" ( a new word creation, full filled with hop) direction parking garage to celebrate there with a box of Pils ( German beer) and sound from the car still a worthy conclusion of the evening!!!
Thanks to all who celebrated this evening with me / us, for the many fun, the thirst, the presents, the party, the memory of a great concert, for everything.
See you next time! André
Yes, very well written André, everything is said.
#depechemode #globalspirittour #devotee #cologne #birthday
The setlist is the same like always, unfortunately not a single change to my last gig in Birmingham at the end of last year, nor to the gig two days earlier in Amsterdam. And since a while this is not an important topic for us, because we were more involved in celebrating ourselves, and as always, we grab all we can ... including the drinks.
Everything as usual ... if not that magical moment on "Cover me" would have been, as we realized first time how close we were to the catwalk. The birthday girl Claudia on the shoulders of a friend, Dave made his typical expression dance, everything the same. But then, a look, a kiss and the hand on Dave's heart, all of us, and also Schulzi, immediately knew who was meant. Screeching, almost fainting, goose bumps and pee in the eyes. What a moment! We needed beer!
We sang further to " Home", celebrated " Everything Counts" and to " Stripped" it called: one, two, three....shirtless. Then the concert came nearly to the end with my all time favorite " A question of time", shortly back in the setlist since Dublin.
Then it went exhausted and "over hopped" ( a new word creation, full filled with hop) direction parking garage to celebrate there with a box of Pils ( German beer) and sound from the car still a worthy conclusion of the evening!!!
Thanks to all who celebrated this evening with me / us, for the many fun, the thirst, the presents, the party, the memory of a great concert, for everything.
See you next time! André
Yes, very well written André, everything is said.
#depechemode #globalspirittour #devotee #cologne #birthday
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