I got a couple of seats in the seventh row from the front near the middle, thinking about it, the view was better from there than the front as you could see the whole stage easier. I booked staight away as tickets became available and noticed that the whole of first few rows were already prebooked, maybe it is something to do with the TDOC, who knows?
Overall, I really enjoyed this concert last night. The vast majority of the music was amazing with blinding performances from ALL of the players. I also liked Edgar's closing words that it was good to see that some people had better things to do being at the concert, regarding the match
There were only a few tracks that didn't float my boat, the rythmic ones that seemed to rumble on for a very long time without any change or melody, but perhaps these would have been much better if the people operating the mixing board actually knew what they were doing, the overhang and appalling levels of bass and distortion were truly quite uncomfortable, even with earplugs!
However, some of the music sounded just right and, for once, Bernard's guitar could be really heard as it should be in the mix, loud. It was really nice to see the new violinist, she played great music, when it could be heard. There were some new tracks that were truly awesome, I wish I knew what they were, but I forgot to bring home the very nice setlist. I loved the new versions of the old TD tracks as well. I guess there are pros and cons of having the setlist in advance. It was nice that plasic bottles were allowed into the concert hall, so I filled it up with lager and took it in with me.
It was nice that we had one encore where the three tracks were played consecutively as it saved valuable time which makes a difference when it's getting late.
I enjoyed this concert much more than the RAH 2010, even though the sound quality was less good, as the selection seemed to be more moving as a whole. It would have been even better if Seven Barriers had been played and if the second part of the encore had been replaced with TD's cover of Wish You Were Here.
A friend of mine, who I recently introduced to the music of TD , came along for his first TD concert and also thought it was, on the whole, an amazing concert; he really liked the complex layers of the music in particular, so we have a new fan
Really looking forward to the next one, so is my mate
