We're not demanding "the perfect sound" but a good sound, which is not too much to ask for, especially when tickets cost so much, or else it makes us feel we're nothing but cash cows. The first Paris show was a catastrophe soundwise. At one moment the sound was oversaturated for several minutes, so much so that it made you sick, many people put tissues in their ears or covered them with their hands!

Yep! And don't forget audience participation. A Bruce show is like a big party where nobody's ashamed of making a fool of themselves. For the first time in my 30+ years of live concert experience I was behind the stage and it was a very good spot after all. We had seats but everybody stood during the whole show. It's cool because you get to see what the band sees (and what Max has been seeing for 30+ years as he says: Bruces's ass! LOL!). Watching the crowd reaction is really amazing and even moving during the slower songs with all the cell phone lights glowing and dancing in the dark like fireflies. The band spends quite a lot of time facing their behind-the-stage fans, only Max ignores us (he should put a rear-view mirror on his drumkit!), we could see his face only when the show was over and they left, waving at us.

I attended shows in several countries and I highly recommend the 3 countries you mentioned, the local crowd is an experience too, for different reasons!


You definitely should attend a show (or 2) in Paris! You can come even if you have no ticket because you can always buy one before the show begins, it's the local law, every venue has to put on sale a certain amount of tickets a couple of hours before a show. Or you can buy one at face value from a fan via internet forums or in front of the venue, there are many scalpers too but nobody buys from them, except at the very last moment when they sell below face value. I did that a couple of times in those 3 countries and it always worked fine.