Okay time to bore you guys with a little story
Overall, the concert was amazing. I saw AdA two times before. The first time her voice wasn't that great, but this time it was basically flawless. This was the first time I saw a longer concert. Maybe that's the reason why Anneke chatted to/with the audience a lot. She told about making coffee, how she met Joris at a funeral, how illnesses affect her and how she used to get all sorts of medicine on tour with TG and how Rob forgot their 6th wedding anniversary. I really enjoyed these parts, from my first shows I got the impression that she wasn't much of a talker.
The setlist was very diverse. Some songs by only Anneke, some with the band and some with guests, and one song in Dutch. Although I usually like their rockier songs, My Girl acoustic sounded nice and the Day After Yesterday duet was beautiful too.
Now to the part where you guys are interested in
After the eighth song, Anneke asked: "Who's here for Sharon?" I found it a little rude to cheer too loudly at that question. But Anneke asked it again and now there was a lot of cheer.
Somewhere was great, although I think Sharon's mic could have been louder than Anneke's.
I also liked Anneke's version of Ironic. Then there was Come Wander With Me with some guy with baggy trousers who played the trumpet, which made that song even worse. But then he did a song with the band (called Sorry according to setlist) and that was great.
One thing I missed a bit was crowd participation urging. Only during Witnesses there was some clapping. WT did this a lot better at their Theatre Tour, even with the acoustic songs. But maybe the songs that Anneke sang were calmer than WT songs, even in acoustic forum.
Subject: Re: 'Somewhere' to appear on Agua de Annique album 
Sun Feb 08, 2009 8:28 pm
