Yes @ the Sportpaleis - Antwerpen 24/11/01 - by Winston Arntz |
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two amazing Amsterdam concerts in fresh and warm memory I did think
the day before the Antwerp concert if I should bother to go. Why? Those
two shows plus the Pancake adventure with the YesFocus fanclub were
so special that I thought that the Anwerp show would only dissapoint
me. But I quickly snapped out of it, the prospect of being among my
Yesfriends and seeing a lot of fans again made me joyful again and so
we sat dow nearly at the imitation Mac Donalds next to the hall. The
fans soon found each other and together we went inside to chat, look
around and have a drink. When actually in the hall itself there was
a big diffrence to the Amsterdam HMH, this was a sportsarena with chairs
on the concrete floor. I heard about a poor ticket sale and that tickets
were given out for free which eventuallty filled the place nicely. Again
seated front row the Yes show that followed was a much more relaxed
one, not only for us, but for the band maybe even more. Unfortunately
Yes didn’t play ‘Gates Of Delirium’ and a lot of people
were really dissapointed by this and I can imagine why. When you can
read on the internet what they have been playing the show prior to this
one you get extra hopeful. I know I would. I guess we were extra lucky
in Amsterdam. Jon Anderson was much more at ease tonight, he told the
audience that he wrote the opening for ‘Starship Trooper’
in the harbor of Oostende and later on he congratulated YF member Dennis
Edelenbosch (“happy birthday to the sun of this really big guy”
see picture gallery Antwerp) which was a joyful shock to him (and us).
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