July 13,1998. Around half past eight we entered Nighttown, amazed by the anticipating crowd, gathered already in front of the stage. This was obviously not for the quite unknown support-act 'Cradle', which sometimes sounded a bit like the Smashing Pumpkins.

Around 10:00, when Nighttown was totally packed, Jean-Yves, Pascal and Steve were followed by a guy with "his black hair shined at me from the depths of his hair of deepest black" (yet it wasn't mister Cave). From the first tune of 'American Wheeze' until the last tune of Joy Division's 'Day of the Lords', they were again breath-taking. Everything came close to perfection. The setting was more or less the same as at Paradiso (last May), but the songs were performed differently. A surprising rendering of 'Phyllis Ruth', especially by Jean-Yves who was using some drumsticks with balls on the end (beats me how they are called ;-), which gave it a real dark and mystical sound (a bit of a Budgie-ish sound ... ) Another highlight was 'Horse Head', a total new and fresh interpretation of the song. The overall mix of the whole concert was very solid and well balanced. The audience screamed their lungs out for an encore, before they even left the stage. David hesitated to go off stage, since he already made up his mind to play again for this enthusiastic crowd. They played for about one and a half hour.
All in all: Agaian a great concert!

By Ing!

Setlist by Ben & flyer by Martin