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Rock The Cosmos tour - 2008

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Summary of the 2008 tour
  • [+] ROGER TAYLOR! Very powerful drumming, very nice to the fans after the gigs etc.!
  • [+] very long gigs, around 135 minutes in average was more than we had hoped for
  • [+] better setlist than on previous tours; also not so many breaks between songs
  • [+] excellent intro at some gigs - Surf's Up was a terrific opener even for non-fans!
  • [+] AKOM with Roger on vocals, also Radio GaGa with Paul on vocals and live drums
  • [+] building the drumkit on the B-stage was a great idea
  • [+] better guitar solo than in 2005, also no painful Chinese Torture noises :-)
  • [+] quite a lot of surprises although in the end the setlist became predictable as always
  • [+] songs: Surf's Up, Cosmos Rockin', '39, C-lebrity, AKOM, Drum solo, Bijou
  • [+] better lights, great screen although some of the animations were embarassing!
  • [-] Paul looked really bored and tired; I have a feeling this was the last tour with him
  • [-] Brian and Paul often didn't want to give autographs or take photos with fans
  • [-] the Hammer To Fall intro (Brian's idea, I think) was very boring
  • [-] slightly weaker vocal performances by Brian and Roger
  • [-] I'm not sure but Jamie's backing vocals sounded somehow strange
  • [-] Paul kept forgetting words in Radio GaGa, Brian kept messing up the short solo in ARN
  • [-] overall slightly lower attendance - mainly in Budapest and (surprise!) Italy
  • [-] songs: I Want To Break Free, Seagull

Overall I rate this tour a bit higher than the previous ones, mainly because of the new songs (all of which worked really well!) and longer concerts. I have attended 14 gigs and I enjoyed every single of them. Special thanks to all my friends in Italy, I felt like home there ;-)

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