it was cold, it rained, and i coulnt believe my ****in eyes, when the snow began to fall!
it was a short show, no rarities AT ALL => hmpf... i guess jon didnt see my
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but i understand the guys and i'm not pissed at them, they really were warming that place up best they could.
i thought the audience was pretty lame, probably due to the weather, and jon really had to try hard to get them moving at all.
the Linz audience was a million times more enthuisastic about the gig than in innsbruck, jon noticed that i guess...
also, i'm pretty sure, he changed the setlist during the show quite a bit, as there were some longer breaks between the songs, which werent in linz.
he surely put in rocker after rocker to keep the people warm... no ballad, no richie IBTFY, not even TLFR (ok, noone missed that) - i think it would have killed the place if they had done any slower song than In These Arms - people would not have been into it i think... it was hard to get their hands up anyway...
jon was wearing thick jacket, muffler and cap during the whole concert, it really was ****IN cold.
i'm not pissed because of the short encore, i understand he had a show next day, so... sad but not pissed...
also jons voice went out like after half of the show, at least you could hear how much the cold affected his performance. he was good, but you could tell it was hard for him... i experienced myself that i could not sing along with the songs, too, so i guess this was hard-earned money for the band yesterday...
last thing - i'm sure, there was something rare planned to be played as the last song. when the band got together for a last time for the final good-bye, tico asked jon something, jon shook his head and then tico left the stage instantly, like he would not have been needed anymore *g*... kinda interesting moment, showing how much jon is Bon Jovi actually
umm... but nonetheless, the band was awesome! they were in an awesome mood, richie's performance was awesome and more important, he seemed to really enjoy himself and had a great time, and the finger during HAND was awesome (3 times actually *g*), tico was a ****in BEAST - he gave all he had, until the last hit of his drums.... ****in awesome!
and david really kind of got me that night, he really had his moments during this show, like the keyboard intro for prayer...
i guess if the weather had played along this would have been another highlight show of the tour... bad luck, i guess.