werchter festival site / saturday / 1320
what a contrast to yesterday! it's not pouring with rain, there is hot water in the showers! the internet works... this is our third time here (i think) and i have many fond memories. last time we played here it was the best line-up for a day on a stage that we've ever known. it was really cool hanging out with the killers, sharing a few drinks with ronnie and scott (my drum tech, who has also worked with ronnie), and meeting the klaxons for the first time. ronnie and i went to watch the chemical brothers from the side of stage, but it was too darn loud - we had to retreat.
really looking forward to playing, and also to watching depeche mode. i was given a sony discman http://www.hificafe.net/kolumne/images/sony_discman.jpg for christmas in 1990 or 1991, and i only had one album to play - it was depeche mode's violator - one of the all time great albums. i must have listened to it thousands of times. i love everything about it. i really hope dave gahan is well - he is one of the great front-men. i've only seen them a couple of times, so it's gonna be a real treat.
oh, and good luck jenson!
pics from yesterday...
did he jump or was he pushed?
i will never ever do this...
the festival was on an old military airbase (now a private airport), but it still had the old control tower, and, unbelievably, the kind security man let me go up there and take a couple of snaps of the site. i couldn't believe it - people always say no, and that's why rob and i always just wander into places til we get thrown out. i didn't get his name, but thanks, pal - you were a star.
the festival site from the control tower
