11 October, 1998 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Loppen

 

review by Rickard

As soon I heard that Lanegan would come to a place within travelling distance, there was no hesitation of what to do. Me and my brother had been waiting for this for ages and now it was reality.

We came to the place where he was going to play as soon as they had opened and now it was nothing that could stop us from enjoy true happiness. After waiting for hours, Mike Johnson entered the stage to play some of his "wrist-slashing hits" and it sounded good, but who could really care at a day like this. His show was very "easy-going" and I liked it as backgoundmusic for a good beer.

Next up on stage was Lanegan and since I was standing closest to the stage I couldn´t help peeping at the stage set. Good songs ahead was all there was to say...

First song up was Hospital Roll Call and it was a perfect start-up song. Very quick you noticed the skill of the guitar player Marc Olsen since he played a solo on the first song. He was really awesome and he kept impressing me through the whole concert.

Second thing I noticed was that Mark sounded better than I expected live. I´ve heard him with the Trees and sometimes he sounded "old" but this day you couldn´t remember anything like that. It was all really great and he showed, at least me, why you listen to the same record year after year. This is better than heaven...

I don´t know if there´s any use of me-telling-you how great all the songs sounded, but I do have to express my warm feeling towards the Live-version of Because Of This. It really is a Rock ´n Roll song and hearing it on record will never be the same. I think I will miss that song for the rest of my life.

I think I will miss that concert too.....