The 2,5 hour drive to Luxembourg went smooth, apart from some unwanted excitement right before the border with Luxembourg where I ended up in the middle of a high speed car chase. And by the look of it, the police lost the race haha.
Rockhal is just outside Esch-Sur-Alzette, situated in an old industrial site which is being renewed for business buildings, apartments and shopping centres. It still looks weird, but it is a good venue and has all the things you need. Public transportation is very good with late busses and trains, carparks are cheap and close (UNDER the venue, for only 2 euro all night).
About 80 people showed up for the concert. Local band Versus You was the support band of the day and they were really good; a perfect warm up.
Alkaline played lots of my favorites and were in better shape than on the last tour. Lots of classics and 4 new ones of This Addiction. And no Crimson songs.
Setlist (in order):
This Addiction
Armageddon
Emma
Dine Dine My Darling
This Could Be Love
We've Had Enough
Mr. Chainsaw
Dead On The Floor
Snake Oil Tanker
Crawl
Off The Map
Private Eye
My Friend Peter
In Vein
Maybe I'll Catch Fire
Nose Over Tail
'97
Radio
Quote of the day, by Matt Skiba, after he made a joke and nobody laughed: "you know the thing when Americans don't get the British humor and the British don't get the American humor? We'll it's kinda like my humor EVERYWHERE"
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"Belgium" : when Matt Skiba was having difficulties rememberring the countries that are surrounding Luxembourg, I felt I should help out. Song: 'Radio'
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