Oberhausen, Germany, König-Pilsener Arena
Opening For: The Who
Well, me and my wife weren't quite a The Cult fan, but since two weeks that
changed rapidly. We went to see The Who in Rotterdam and were impressed by
openers The Cult. We liked the songs although the only song I knew was She
Sells Sanctuary. We bought a The Cult compilation disc called Pure Cult and
we loved it, played it a lot the last weeks. We decided to go see The
Who/The Cult again in Oberhausen Germany, because we lived near the German
border. When the doors opened my wife bought a The Cult Electric T-shirt.
The Cult were really in a better mood then in Rotterdam. They opened with
Sweet Soul Sister, wich was suprising for us, because we read that they
usually start with with Lil' Devil, but that one was skipped this night.
Billy Duffy was happy to see that some of the crowd (including us) knew the
lines. Then they played Fire Woman. Ian was having a good time and was
talking (or attempting to) German a lot. He said something about David Bowie
and Iggy Pop being in Berlin and about the novel/film Cristian F. He was
really trying to lift up the crowd by imitating people that looked like
they're not having fun. He gave some guy that pointed at his The Who ticket
(indicating that he ONLY was there to see The Who) a hard time. Ian was
joking about this guy's 'negative energy surounding him.' After Wild Flower
they played a new song from the upcoming album. It's callled I Assasin, it
sounded real nice! Promsing for the new album in september! To our suprise
they played Edie (non-acoustic), it was great because they didn't do that
one in Rotterdam. They went on with Rain, a personal favorite of myself, Ian
voice was very strong on that one.
By the time they wanted to start Rise, Billy Duffy had some problems with
his guitar wires, but Ian and Duffy made a lot of jokes about it and
continued. After Rise, a song we didn't know yet, they played She Sells
Sanctuary. I thought that was the last song, but fortunately they squeezed
one more song in and ended with the great Love Removal Machine. Overal a
great gig for us, because this time we knew both bands well and loved every
minute. No doubt we will dig up The Cult studio albums in the near future.
Greetings,
Koos
Setlist
Sweet Soul Sister
Fire Woman
Rain
I Assassin
Edie (Ciao Baby)
Wild Flower
Rise
She Sells Sanctuary
Love Removal Machine