Arenberg Theater / Antwerpen - Pepsi Stage / Amsterdam

Report by Rainer Klos.
Publishing with kindly permission by Rainer Klos.
Original on www.blackmoresnight.nu

Tired as I am I made up my mind to write a few comments now, before I forget to do so altogether. Both shows (Antwerp & Amsterdam) were excellent, set in very nice theatres, too. It just seems that Ritchie plays with more enthusiasm when the Geyers are around, you could really see him enjoying himself while they joined Blackmore's Night on stage for songs like ’All For One', ‘Renaissance Faire', ‘Clock Ticks On' and Albert adding some vocals to 'Play Minstrel Play’. Both nights Minstrel Hall was excellent, Amsterdam featuring a rather slow intro compared to the up tempo one in Antwerp.

Both shows saw Ritchie smiling a lot, being a lot more relaxed than during the Italian shows. In Antwerp he asked me to join them on stage to sing the nanana parts in Village On The Sand. Having declined I ended up playing the mandolin (which I had to do again in Amsterdam, only there he did not seem to want it back, so I held on to it till the encores began). Amsterdam featured great solos in Greensleeves and Self Portrait, even Difficult To Cure getting an infinitesimal intro (remember the ones from ten years ago???). The Antwerp show was 2 hours 5 minutes, Amsterdam 2.20. Let's hope for a good one in Luxemburg...

Arenberg Theater in Antwerpen

Showtime: 2 hours and 5 minutes

Setlist:

Intro/Cartouche
Play Minstrel Play
Minstrel Hall
Under A Violet Moon
Past Time With Good Company
Soldier Of Fortune
Durch Den Wald Zum Bach Haus
Home Again (including Hava Nagila)
Diamonds And Rust
16th Century Greensleeves
Mr. Peagram's Morris And Sword
Village On The Sand
Ghost Of A Rose
Renaissance Faire
I Still Remember
The Clock Ticks On

Encore:

All For One
Difficult To Cure
Self Portrait
Rainbow Blues
Beyond The Sunset (At Last!!!!)
Now And Then

Pepsi Stage in Amsterdam

Showtime: 2 hours and 20 minutes

Setlist:

Intro/Cartouche
Play Minstrel Play
Minstrel Hall
Under A Violet Moon
Past Time With Good Company
Soldier Of Fortune
16th Century Greensleeves
Diamonds And Rust
Durch Den Wald Zum Bach Haus
Home Again (including Hava Nagila)
Mr. Peagram's Morris And Sword
Storm
Village On The Sand
Fires At Midnight
Renaissance Faire
I Still Remember
The Clock Ticks On

Encore:

Ghost Of A Rose
All For One
Difficult To Cure
Self Portrait
Rainbow Blues
Black Night
Woman From Tokyo (riff)
Smoke On The Water
Now And Then