Saturday, June 17, 2006

Roger Waters at the Wuhlheide, Berlin, 08/06/2006 Not content with seeing only three quarters of Pink Floyd playing together in London the week before, we went to see Roger Waters and band play in Berlin! (actually, the Gilmour concert was a last minute thing but I applied for Waters tickets months ago). The first half of the show included songs from Pink Floyd (highlights included Have a Cigar and Sheep) and a little from Roger's solo repertoire The second half of the show included the Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety. This was an excellent performance and the band seemed to really enjoy playing it. The contrast with David Gilmour's concert was interesting but ultimately both were very enjoyable. Roger's performance was more polished and the sound more perfect than David's but contained less emotion, and was therefore for me less musical. There were exceptions though - the main one being the performance of DSOM which was very musical. 11:01:58 PM    comment []  trackback []

Fans lose trousers to gain entry BBC NEWS | Europe | Fans lose trousers to gain entry: "Football's governing body has explained why up to 1,000 Dutch fans watched a World Cup tie wearing no trousers. Around 1,000 fans arrived for the Ivory Coast tie in their traditional bright orange trousers - but bearing the logo and name of a Dutch brewery. To protect the rights of the official beer they were denied entry, so the male fans promptly removed the trousers and watched the game in underpants. Fifa said an attempt at an 'ambush' publicity campaign was not allowed." My first impression was that this is just an amusing story. The story behind the story is that the official beer of the 2006 Fifa World Cup is Budweiser. American Budweiser is insipid horrible beer in comparison with the majority of German beers. Surely an insult to the German brewing industry? 9:33:07 PM    comment []  trackback []