A voice from the crowd, Dieter "Maus" Hansen:
Hallo Verglas! I think it's really cool to let the fans write their thoughts about the concerts and I want to give my opinion about the gig in Essen. I went there alone because noone of my friends like progressive musik :-( But I think I was in good company when I got to the venue. It was only Arenas second gig on this tour and I think they was still a bit nervous. Maybe I am selfish but I had hoped for a longer concert, but the songs they played was really cool. The little "butterflies" was great and "The Butterfly Man" was the best song. Maybe I was a little surprised that they started with "Moviedrome" but it was a good thing to do after all. The sound wasn't perfect and they had a couple of little "mistakes" (not Arenas fault I think?) but the musicsians played good. I bought a T-shirt from the tour because they looked very nice, a great memory!
Many thanks for a great evening, Maus