Last night, me and the misses, went to the Amsterdam Arena to see Muse. The show was greater than great. A lot of new songs from their latest album 'The 2nd Law', and several oldies. They started around 20:30, and they wrapped things up around 23:00. 2.5 hours of musical happiness and an excellent show. Even our prime-minister Mark Rutte made an appearance on video (along with Frau Merkel of Germany).
Posts tagged #concert
Pearl Jam June 26th @ Ziggo Dome (NL)
Some photos and videos from the Pearl Jam concert @ the new music venture/hall Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam (NL). I hope you like them.
The new Ziggo Dome is a large version of the Heineken Music Hall; Especially built for live music performances. We probably had the worst seats in the house (top left corner), but even there the sound was excellent.
Jamiroquai @ Ahoy Rotterdam
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This Wednesday, Jamiroquai played @ the sold out Ahoy in Rotterdam (Netherlands). At first it was uncertain if he could perform, since they had to cancel their german performance due to Jay Kay's flu the evening before.
Skunk Anansie in the Heineken Music Hall (2011)
After being gone for at least a decade, Skunk Anansie is back with a new album. Last week thay gave a concert in the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam (NL), and it felt like old times.
It wasn't a concert where they played mainly new songs from their new album Wonderlustre. They mainly played those great old songs like Hedonisme, Brazen, Every Day Hurts (Twisted), and many many more.
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Skunk Anansie @ HMHThis was also the first time I could use my new Nikon P7000 at a concert. Photo's were pretty much out of the question, since we were sitting all the way at the back. That's to far. Even for the 200mm at the long end on the Nikon. So I shot several videos.
Triggerfinger in Paradiso
Last night we went to a concert/CD-release of the Belgium rockband Triggerfinger. This was also the first time I brought my new Nikon P7000. The following photos and video were shot with this new Nikon Coolpix Perfomance series compact camera.
The concert was great. Great enough to get their latest CD in the lobby. I hope we're gonna hear more of them.
Beth Hart Showcase @ Amstelkerk, Amsterdam
Autographed CDMy gf won two tickets for the showcase for Beth Hart's new CD 'My California' for last Friday. I didn't quite know what to expect. I did know some of her older songs, and that's about it.
Since it was a showcase for her new CD, she didn't play much 'oldies'. Not that I cared, since her new album contains more than enough excellent material.
Below, one of her new songs 'Sister Heroine'.
Recorded with a Panasonic Lumix LX3
More photos from the showcase are available on my flickr page.
Them Crooked Vultures @ HMH
On June 10th, the "Them Crooked Vultures [1]" played in the Heineken Music Hall (HMH) in Amsterdam. The band consists of;
- Dave Grohl on drums and vocals
Former Nirvana, and Foo Fighters - Joshua Homme, lead gitare and vocals
Former Queens of the Stone Age - John Paul Jones, every other instrument......
Former Led Zeppelin
Them Crooked Vultures @ HMHAwesome 2 hour concert for a already legendary band that released only 1 CD so far.
Rammstein @ Gelredome
Rammstein @ GelredomeOn Sunday December 6th, we saw the Rammstein 'Liebe ist für alle da' tour in the Gelredome in Arnhem, the Netherlands. The evening started with the support act Combichrist. These guys use drums and synthesizer to generate lots of noise. Music/rhythm; good, vocals; bad :-). Definitely not my cup of tea.
Just after 8 o'clock Rammstein started with the song 'Rammlied' from their latest album. Probably the best song for opening their show. And a great show it was. The show was filled with enough pyrotechnics to provide a small village in Siberia with warmth for at least a year.
Lumix LX3 in Poor Light Conditions
Metallica @ AhoyLast Monday I visited the Metallica Death Magnetic Tour concert in Ahoy, Rotterdam (NL). A relatively small establishment for a rock band like Metallica, but great for the fans (if you got tickets), since the podium was centered in the middle of the arena. So everyone was relatively close to the stage.
I brought my Lumix LX3 for this occasion (since I won't be allowed entrance with my D300 + 70-200mm lens). This was the first time I brought a (P&S) camera to a concert, so I had no idea of what to expect of the quality.
I must say that I did try several settings, but the iA (Intelligent Auto) mode left me with the best images. Downside is that this mode produces only JPEG's and no RAW files. The A, P, S and M modes are too susceptible to the light changes (over- or underexposed, or just blurry images), and the light conditions change a lot (almost every second).
The movie-mode of the camera performs relatively well. Extremely bright lights results in vertical lines across the movie. The audio is not that good, but hey... it's a digital still camera with filming capabilities.
The only downside of the camera was (and still is) that it lacked zooming to 400 or 600mm :).
The photographic results can be seen on my flickr page.