Howdy folks, just got back to the hotel and thought I'd give you's a little first hand review of the Amsterdam gig.

What a day, picked up the album this morning which actually managed to out do my wildest expectations and then it was on to Holland to see the boys in person. They played for about an hour and 10mins. Great venue, small, intimite and terrific sound. I got a fantastic place about 7 rows out from Richie. Despite the excrutiating wait, all was forgiven when they kicked into a ****in' amazing performance of LAST MAN STANDING, that song tore the roof off the place. What a start! Then it was a phenomenal performance of BAD NAME and a perfect PRAYER. Jon nailed this one, infact he was absolutely phenomenal all night. His voice was strong and powerful right through. Richie was absolutely on fire and the other guys were as perfect as always. HAND absolutely rocked in person, an accoustic performance of SATURDAY NIGHT was a very nice suprise, the usual suspects were there too including IT'S MY LIFE, WANTED, RADIO, BTBMB and SLEEP. WHO SAYS............? was another highlight and the set was rounded off with RAISE YOUR HANDS followed by a mind-blowing version of KEEP THE FAITH. Man, Jon sounded good on this one.
Unfortunately the show was rounded off predictibley with BAD MEDICINE and the only gripe (and it's kinda a big one) is that there were only 3 new songs played! Very dissapointing because not only are there countless gems on the album but the 3 new songs they did play were probably the best recieved songs of the night.

Still a minor blemish on an absolute perfect day. I feel extremely privilaged to have witnessed such an incredible show in such an intimite venue and boy oh boy will I be counting the days till the next show. Jon, Richie, Tico, Dave and Hugh, you ****in' rocked!

I hope you guys who saw the webcast got to experience just how amazing it really was! Have a Nice Night!


Phil