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ThroughTheLonelyNights
professional Rolling Stones staff person recognized my enthusiastic behaviour (which local security did bother) and I could enjoy the 2.half of the show in the Pit
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MAF
The best croud managment I saw was in the Netherlands (both shows). Big signs for queuing at the right place, fast check, less than ten minutes leaving the arena from 1st row in the section premium standing,about five minutes leaving the parking site and driving home. Well done.
I was not at the Gelredome parking but at Decathlon Rijnhal/Zwembad. I came early and it was for free.Quote
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MAF
The best croud managment I saw was in the Netherlands (both shows). Big signs for queuing at the right place, fast check, less than ten minutes leaving the arena from 1st row in the section premium standing,about five minutes leaving the parking site and driving home. Well done.
LOL! Well, we were not at Gelre parking but some 2 km. away and cars stood for 15, 20 minutes and could not move an inch out of the parking house. I thought we were stuck. At some point, we all just drove back against the way for some 100 meters and left the situation swiftly, hehehe ...
Yep, I saw that leaving the Dome. But I thought this chaos wouldn't last that long.Quote
GJV
Parking at the Gelderdome was not THAT good! Especialy when leaving the place!
Everyone was driving, walking, cycling across each other after the concert, it was one big chaos.
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PaintMonkeyManBlack
Wow or you would be extremely unlucky.
Security in Arnhem was very badly organized ! when thay opened the keith pit, things got out of controle, one security guy grasped a woman by her tits, and she smashed him right in the face, good punch !!! and well deserved !!! @#$%& !!Quote
MAF
In Stockholm the security at the last check before Främre Standing did not know which tickets are valid for which section. Stupid and unprofessional! They stopped us. But they could stop us only for a short time - never try to stop Stones fans with valid tickets on their way to the front....
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MAFYep, I saw that leaving the Dome. But I thought this chaos wouldn't last that long.Quote
GJV
Parking at the Gelderdome was not THAT good! Especialy when leaving the place!
Everyone was driving, walking, cycling across each other after the concert, it was one big chaos.
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MAFYep, I saw that leaving the Dome. But I thought this chaos wouldn't last that long.Quote
GJV
Parking at the Gelderdome was not THAT good! Especialy when leaving the place!
Everyone was driving, walking, cycling across each other after the concert, it was one big chaos.
It was a chaos after the show! GUARANTTEE Parkeerticket was only for parking good. Leaving was s....
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waterrats
Review
Bjornulf was so kind to post my review of this fantastic show on his European Tour 2017 page. And I think, I should also post it here, as Arnhem was just discussed here. Hope you don't mind... allright so here goes...
What can I say!! It was a phenomenal show! Came back at night at 2 in the morning, slept for 4.5 hours and off to work. Well,compared to Düsseldorf, this show was more intense, I feel. That might be subjective sind it was the second and last show for me on this tour, but at least concerning the crowd, this holds true! People were really enthusiastic and cheerful, even in the back where we had lucky dips tickets for general standing. I choose to stay in the back, because in Düsseldorf, the echoes in the middle of the field were really heavy. So, for me and my son, this show was better also soundwise.
And the band - folks, just incredible! One of the highlights for me clearly was Keith's ballad, Slipping Away - he sang this with so much intensity, seriousness and sincerety that it was a sight&sound to behold forever. It brought tears to my eyes. Midnight Rambler was particularly and beautifully mean this time. This song for me is some kind of inner sanctum of this band - it's the Stones at their best! The two blues songs from Blue&Lonesome are fixed into the setlist and quite rightly so - 2 x very tight, 3.20 minutes of superb Blues numbers, excellenty interpreted - with greetings from the heart & soul of The Rolling Stones! Then we got Dancin' With Mr. D and She's So Cold. Again, very intense and rocking, particularly She's So Cold. Mick was unbelievable and very into it. Of course ha always is, but several times this evening I thought that he was more than 100% committed - he really was into it! The last 6 songs were just one punch in the face topping the other. I can't think of any other band playing Rock'n'Roll with this sheer intesity, force, competence and joy that The Rolling Stones. Period.
One word about virtuosity: I don't go to a Stones gig and expect them to play flawlessly. Rock'n'Roll is not really about beauty and harmony. Funny enough, just because this band plays almost without exeption at the edge of catastrophy - this music only then really becomes alive. And this is one of the most difficult things a musician can try to establish during playing live. It's exactly what the Stones are doing since more than 55 years! I'm so proud to be their fan! And how lucky have we been for @#$%& 55 years? What a band!