Oct 19 2002 @ Tivoli Utrecht, NL

My first and best Fishbone show I've ever seen!

This was my review before I saw the current line up in Brussels! Now this is the best Fishbone show I've ever seen except one. But still tha 'Bone totally blew me away in Tivoli, and I was so sad I had to leave early to catch a train. I don't think I ever hated it this much to leave a concert before it was finished. Great show,...

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Hi everybody, I just woke up after an incredible show "Fishbone in Tivoli"!!!!

My ears are ringing too!!! And I have to go see another FB-show tonight!!! Lucky me!!!

First things first:

the set-list: Xcuze Me Nuttmeg World Sunless Beergut (super super super!!!) Karma Ma & Pa (everybody dancing!!!) Go Nuttz Cholly (fat chicks fat chicks fat chicks) Wit It (very very cool) Bonin (super super super) Premadawnutt (about a girl in whose ass the sun is shining 24-7???) Riot (Angelo jumping in the crowd with absolutely no fear, hey it was the house was not densely packed, but we managed to get him up again..) Skankin' Ugly !!! Question (yihaaaaa) Party!!!

Encore 1 Last daze Aids (super version, much better than on the rekid... Norwood didn't play the full bass loop, it sounded way more dark, not as funky, but that was cool!!!) Alcoholic (yihaaaa)

Encore 2 Freddy (was not played...., a pity, but I guess they had to shorten the set just a little bit, they had to end the show by 24.00h) Demon!!! Red Hot

Tivoli is a very nice venue!!! It was not fully packed (hey, I guess there is space for ca 1200 -1500 people), but it was a full house (just good enough space to dance our asses off..) I guess ca 500 people (could be wrong though) In my opinion the crowd was really enthusiastic, so we have been dancing an awfully lot... Been up front throughout the whole concert...

Special things: Angelo jumped in the crowd 4 times? Angelo surfed to the PA to collect 5 Euros? Wet daddy did a very nice drum solo... Spacey dedicated Aids and Armageddon to Eddie Hazel, and started the song after soloing into it.... What's the name of this band? FIIISSHHHHBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONE.... Angelo way in the back during Red Hot (more or less like Ozomatli...)

While the crowd was rather big, I did not spot Arno... But from what I read, he also must have had a very nice evening...

I also checked out the merchandise booth, said hi to John, and filled in the form for the mailing list (I don't think it was the list for the Nuttwork Neighbourhood, more like a mailing list for fishbone if they have to spread the word for next albums etc...)

Hey, I was wearing a green Nuttwork t-shirt... and I was up front all the time

And I'm looking forward to tonight... The venue is way smaller..., so I hope the it will even be more intimate...

I would like to give a lot of props to the band... They were so tight yesterday evening!!! And the new songs sound already like they have been part of fishbone forever... They are already classic tunes...

Cya,

Arne

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Yep, my ears have the beep as well. Holy shit what a show, raw energy and very very tight set. Indeed it took some ma & pa before the audience really grew into it, but after that it got wild. If this is the shows we're going to get 4 more times here in Holland, I've got to start doing something about my condition, man I'm exhausted!!!!

slip (jens) PS: Next time, Patronaat, m...

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I was in Tivoli too! After taking the looong way around to find it...(and losing my way on the way back...yeah)

Tivoli is indeed a very nice venue (much better than the f*cking Boerderij where I had the displeasure to try and watch two concerts last time...boeren) it's like a little smaller Nighttown in Rotterdam or something. Alright, the opening band, the "Chop Shop" was re...

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