Amsterdam, Holland, Melkweg
Sunday evening in a sunny but unsuspecting Amsterdam and the CULT are about to trash
the city...
I'll make it short on our 2h1/2 drive from Brussels and the 45 mn delay in appearing
on stage at the MELKWEG (we visibly all know about it - Hang the roadies !). They
started with a stunner as they blasted through the stage with "HORSE NATION", first
time I heard this song since I first saw them in septembre 1983 at the Paris Bain
Douche and that was the DEATH CULT ! On with NIRVANA and other classic tracks. Other
surprises were to follow with acoustic versions of STAR and REVOLUTION… and EDIE back
on electric guitar (nice one) as well as SUN KING for the first encore (Ian said he
thought he'd never be playing that one again).
And after much anticipation and teasing like announcing a new album … and launching
straight into WONDERLAND, came a brand new number called "I ASSASSIN". Though Ian
pretended to give it only a C, it raised high hopes for a brilliant new album to
come !
Actually, that was possibly the best performance I ever saw, and that was about my
15th CULT show. I followed them on the first leg of their september tour of the UK
last year with my best mate and quite frankly, yesterday was all in a different
scale: BIGGER LOUDER BETTER ! The crowd went beserk and the band really appeared to
have great fun.
The fact that a local weekly paper had blamed them for "having nothing new to say"
sure was a good bite for the band to pull such a brilliant show !! EXPECT THE BEST
FOR THE FUTURE, the CULT IS BACK WITH A VENGEANCE!
Vincent
In the ‘sold out’ venue Melkweg, Amsterdam we experienced The Cult being back!
Ian’s vocals were as in the old days and Billy’s guitar pose was classical (love it
when he’s playing his big white Falcon). It seemed they enjoyed themselves big time on
stage.
Besides numbers as Wild Flower, Love Removal Machine, Rain & Revolution (acoustic!),
this night it was a surprise making it special. Probably based on a request from
someone in the audience they played Sun King (Ian mentioned afterwards “I don’t know
how many years ago we played this song for the last time”).
From their new album they played ‘I assassin’. Great song! Can’t wait until it is
in stores.
The Cult's back and they kicked ass!!
Roel
The Cult show in Amsterdam last sunday was astonishing! Billy was hitting
al the notes pretty well and Ian was saving his voice in the first songs
but went into full power later on! They even played Sun King and beautifull
acoustic versions of star and revolution. They rocked like bloody hell.
Hope to see them again this year in Holland!
Kind regards,
Jos Groen
Wow, i've seen a lot of live concerts performed by The Cult, since 1986, but
this one was the best ever ! Sold out with about a 1.000 heads crowd.
Ofcourse The Cult started late, about an hour late, but it was worth the
wait. Double worth it. The setlist was different from Amsterdam and Tilburg
last year, that's a good thing. They started with Horse Nation, not my
personal favorite, but I know it will have pleased a lot of other true Cult
fans. After that, the show went on, the crowd got in the mood, and so did
The Cult. Ian and Billy talked a lot, were having a great time, and clearly
absorbed the crowds energy. Mike was interviewed at one point during the
show by Ian, if he knew some Dutch cyclists, Ian asked. Because Mike cycles
100 kilometres per day. Mike had some injures on his arm, caused by falling
of his bike...
The accoustic bit was also different from 2006, they played Star and
Revolution, together with Mike on guitar. Edie was in the encore in the
electric version, another great twist. Mike, John and Chris were in great
shape, as was Billy's guitar and Ians voice.
Sun King in the encore was not on the original setlist, it was clearly a
bonus from the guys for the energy that the crowd gave during the show. And
what a bonus ! Ian said that it was ages ago since they'd played Sun King
live. It sounded fantastic,'I think it's one of their classics.
The first four or five lines in the crowd jumped around at songs like Rain,
Firewoman, Sun King an She Sells. Ian complemented them several times.
Ian also made some remarks about the soccer tournament currently going on in
Holland (European Championship under for teams with players under 21 years).
England and Holland will play against eachother in the semi-finals.
Ian also made some remarks about an article in a Dutch newspaper, where the
writer stated that The Cult had nothing new to bring. Well, said Ian, our
new album will come out in september.
I can't wait !! After the concert I had to sit at a terras on the Leidsche
Plein and drink a big glass of beer, just thinking of how lucky I was to be
there, and why it was already over... Thanks guys, for a fantastic evening.
I've put a small clip of Revolution on TheCult.us Forum.
Holland loves The Cult, The Cult loves Holland. CFFC !
Peace.
JohnBoy
Setlist
Horse Nation
Nirvana
In The Clouds
Fire Woman
The witch
Spiritwalker
Wonderland
Star
Revolution
Rain
I Assassin
The Phoenix
Wild Flower
Rise
Love Removal Machine
Encore
Sun King
Edie (Ciao Baby)
She Sells Sanctuary