video : 23 min
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06/09/00 - Rock Am Ring Festival: Koln, Germany
set: Sometimes, Corduroy, Breakerfall, MFC, Grievance, Animal, Given To
Fly, Nothing As It Seems, Even Flow, Not For You, Wishlist, Better Man,
Insignificance, Rearviewmirror, Timeless Melody, Alive, Daughter/(WMA)/(Behind
Blue Eyes), Do The Evolution, Once
enc 1: Elderly Woman, Go, State Of Love And Trust, Light Years,
Black, Last Kiss, Fuckin' Up
enc 2: Yellow Ledbetter
notes: The crowd is rough at the start but more peaceful and relaxed
after 'MFC.' Mike seems to loosen up during the 'Even Flow' solo. Ed takes
Mike's cigarette from his mouth and takes a drag, later saying, "That's
Mike McCready." Ed grabs for the e-bow but then throw it to the back during
'Wishlist." Ed introduces 'Timeless Melody' with "This one is
dedicated to Noel [Gallagher], who couldn't be here...", likely referring
to the fact that Liam played without Noel before PJ's set. Mike plays most of
the 'Alive' solo behind his head, then running off the stage while Ed does some
sort of gymnastics centerstage. Ed introduces 'Last Kiss' as "This is a
campfire sing-a-long." He tries some German: "Wie fühlt....Ihr Euch
?" [How do you feel?] "Ihr seid spitze" [You're great.] and
"Danke" at the end. Big cheers every time. He told of his "German
lesson," and asked how to say "Fuck you" in German, being told
"Hmm, well, we say, errr, 'fuck you.'" Big cheers leading to 'Fucking
Up.' When the return for the encore, Ed says, "Ha, we're easy ... sometimes."
There was heat lightning (that was insane) behind the crowd, and a half moon --
both of which Ed exhorted the crowd to turn around and take a look at. The band,
while on fire still, was much more reserved than at any of the previous shows.