Sylvie and me have the opportunity to see 5 gigs of the 10th anniversary Pepper’s ghost Tour and I need to say how wonderful it was to see the band going so well at the end of the tour in Zoetermeer (Netherland). In my dreams, I see so often a reunion of ancient members of Arena playing old songs and “middle” songs ;-), and this time, they’ll make it. It was a big pleasure to see Paul Wrightson and John Jowitt performing some songs of “The visitor” and “Medusa”, and you can feel the magic of losing 7 years of life in a few seconds… Great memories to add in the big scheme of life.
I even had the chance to be a part of the show in Germany and I must thank the video crew for making it possible. So thank you Ben and Andy and good luck for finding a job, finish your studies and for the rest of your life with or without Arena…
Many thanks to Clive for making so much for us, be sure we will try our best to bring a big cake for the next anniversary Tour in Paris with a bottle of Krupneck
to make it taste better 8-).
We thank also Mick (and his kind wife), Rob, John, Ian, Paul and JJ for giving us so much pleasure with the music played live.
Some of the people we meet at concert must think we’re really mad to do all these distance to see the same gig over and over (Zoetermeer was the 36th time we saw Arena live), but that’s why we’re called “The Mad French”… This time we were particulary glad to see the set-list change every evening although with every song played, it’s always the same pleasure, the same shivers running down our spine, the same gooseflesh going without interruption during all the set.
The “Mad French” will be back on the road to see Pendragon next year, without forgetting Kino in a few weeks…
