“Die Glocke” / Bremen

Report by Paul Deblond and Daniel Olsson.
Publishing with kindly permission by Paul Deblond.
Original on www.blackmoresnight.nu

Bremen was our last stop before heading home to Sweden. Die Glocke was quite a nice venue located in the central parts of Bremen. As we arrived to the venue we saw that there was no cue and we didn't see anybody else in renaissance clothing. When I later counted the people who dressed up, there were about 11 of us (in contrast to Fulda where roughly 100 people had dressed up). Anyway, La Zag opened once again and was in good shape as usual. I gave them some comments in Italian, which they seemed to appreciate.

Blackmore's Night entered at 21.10 and opened in the same fashion as before. But you could tell right away that Ritchie was not in a very good mood. I can't really blame him because the crowd was totally lame. We were about 8 enthusiastic people and 800 who didn't care at all and seemed to expect a Rainbow or Deep Purple show (not a bad idea though, but this is BN and all DP & Rainbow songs are just an added bonus). The band tried to put on a really good show but without a good crowd, it's almost impossible. Fires At Midnight was added into the set again after being left out for the past two gigs. One of the biggest surprises of the night was an amazing version of The Storm. I am very pleased they played it because it's a really good song. Anyway, the biggest surprise of the show was without a doubt Black Night. Once again Bob looked very surprised and didn't know if he or Candice should sing it. Bob's mic didn't seem to work so Candice sang the first verse with dash and Bob finished the song. I believe this is the first time they did Black Night since Berlin 2002 and it sounded bloody marvellous!

Showtime: approxximately 2 hours and 10 minutes

Setlist:

Intro
Cartouche
Play Minstrel Play
Under A Violet Moon
Past Time With Good Company
Minstrel Hall
Soldier Of Fortune
Wind In The Willows
16th Century Greensleeves
Diamonds And Rust
Mr Peagram's Morris And Sword
Village On The Sand
Durch Den Wald Zum Bach Haus
Queen For A Day 1 & 2
Fires At Midnight
Ghost Of A Rose
Renaissance Faire
I Still Remember
The Clock Ticks On


Encore:

All For One
The Storm
Home Again
Keyboard solo
Writing On The Wall
Difficult To Cure/Self Portrait
Black Night