11/15/2018

Shinedown Roadtrip: Cologne



Kilometers traveled: 4.050

Shows: 3/10

The third show on our Shinedown Roadtrip was in Cologne, the one closest to my hometown. We got there quite early and experienced to full extent what it means to spend time in Cologne on 11/11 - the day they start celebrating Carnival (just FYI a crazy cat lady threw a plush cat at me). 

We saw Shinedown playing in the Live Music Hall, the venue where I got to see them for the very first time more than six years ago. Stef and I both brought some friends for this show, so there was the seven of us.

As this was the first show in mainland Europe for us, I was excited how the crowd would be different. And what can I say: This was the best Shinedown show I've seen on this tour so far. 

I want to focus a little more on the support band on this run: Press to Meco.


These three guys really made the crowd move in Cologne. I believe it's not easy if people don't know you and are actually rather annoyed because they want to see the other bands. But Press to Meco put on their show night after night and it's actually really a fun show if you move and let it move you. (That means, please, don't just stand still like a rock when the support band comes out. They deserve your respect and they deserve the chance to move you.)

Also, these guys are just super nice and their music makes a good warm up for the following bands. In Cologne, the people actually gave them the chance to get the crowd moving and it was hilarious. People were having so much fun and it seemed as if Press to Meco did, too.

The energy of the whole evening was amazing. Shinedown, too, put up one hell of a show again. The atmosphere was simply stunning as everyone really felt it and the stage-crowd-interaction was awesome I think. Everything was so positive, not even "Through the Ghost" could make us cry that night (even though it was incredibly beautiful). 

Cologne was the first show of three in a row and it was a really good start. Then we went on to Tilburg.

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