Me and ? Saw the boys at The Paradiso in 2011. The place is f'ing magical. Huge, old, stain glass windows in background. All GA. Get there 10 minutes before hand and you can stand on the rail directly above them while having immediate access to the bar behind you. The place just feels like At Dawn was recorded there. Can't wait to get back!
I'm there as well. One of my favorite venues in Europe. Always coming back there for shows. Used to be an old church, acoustic is great, got the old balcony upstairs, good view like everywhere.
Waiting to be back :)
+1 can't wait.......was thinking of hitting up Koln or Antwerp also - great looking venus!
My girlfriend and I will be in attendance. Cannot wait!
We have a posse of 6 from philly going. We are planning to hit ththe paradiso and then take root festival in gronginen. Then we are flying home out of brussels.
Quote from: njsideshowbob on Apr 15, 2015, 10:36 PM
We have a posse of 6 from philly going. We are planning to hit ththe paradiso and then take root festival in gronginen. Then we are flying home out of brussels.
Very :cool:
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
I'll be there!
We need to sort out a place to preheat. Somewhere in Liedensplein would be good. It's close to Paradiso. Last time I saw 'em there I remember being at a bar where you could see the Paradiso from its front steps, or close thereto, so as to keep an eye on the line. If anyone has a suggestion, set it free.
Yeah, I'm fully aware in getting ahead of myself here, but I'm pretty pumped about this trek.
Quote from: volwes on Apr 17, 2015, 10:27 PM
We need to sort out a place to preheat. Somewhere in Liedensplein would be good. It's close to Paradiso. Last time I saw 'em there I remember being at a bar where you could see the Paradiso from its front steps, or close thereto, so as to keep an eye on the line. If anyone has a suggestion, set it free.
Yeah, I'm fully aware in getting ahead of myself here, but I'm pretty pumped about this trek.
It's never too early to start making pre show plans or getting pumped for a Jacket show! :thumbsup: :beer:
Dawes are the opening act in Amsterdam (and Manchester)!! Awesome!
Mr. Whippy with Flake will be there.
Quote from: MrWhippy on Jul 01, 2015, 06:34 PM
Mr. Whippy with Flake will be there.
Sweet! Now, get Erica to join you!
Just signed up to the board to see who's going. I planned a Euro trip back in February and then MMJ ends up playing in the Netherlands while I'm there (9/10 - 9/14), so I'm hitting the Paradiso show and the Groningen show. The Paradiso show will be my first MMJ show (I've heard a lot of their stuff and dig it, but haven't seen them in concert yet). Looking forward to the shows and meeting up with some of you peeps. I too am coming from the Philly area (Lehigh Valley) Cheers!
somehow convinced my wife to let me go, just need to find a cheap train ticket first.
we are moving back to the states a month after the show and I have been selling our earthly possessions like I am joining a monastery.
Quote from: volwes on Apr 17, 2015, 10:27 PM
We need to sort out a place to preheat. Somewhere in Liedensplein would be good. It's close to Paradiso. Last time I saw 'em there I remember being at a bar where you could see the Paradiso from its front steps, or close thereto, so as to keep an eye on the line. If anyone has a suggestion, set it free.
Yeah, I'm fully aware in getting ahead of myself here, but I'm pretty pumped about this trek.
if i remember correctly, there is a coffee shop (noon..?) behind the rijksmuseum; which i believe would be within a block (or so) of paradiso. i have bought coffee there and elsewhere, but if i go in to borrow a coffee mug, i will buy a spacecake for their generosity.
edit: should include i am (now) officially going to the show.
Quote from: mind at large on Aug 14, 2015, 06:12 AM
Quote from: volwes on Apr 17, 2015, 10:27 PM
We need to sort out a place to preheat. Somewhere in Liedensplein would be good. It's close to Paradiso. Last time I saw 'em there I remember being at a bar where you could see the Paradiso from its front steps, or close thereto, so as to keep an eye on the line. If anyone has a suggestion, set it free.
Yeah, I'm fully aware in getting ahead of myself here, but I'm pretty pumped about this trek.
if i remember correctly, there is a coffee shop (noon..?) behind the rijksmuseum; which i believe would be within a block (or so) of paradiso. i have bought coffee there and elsewhere, but if i go in to borrow a coffee mug, i will buy a spacecake for their generosity.
edit: should include i am (now) officially going to the show.
Sounds like a plan. I like coffee... :cool:
so damn excited for this show!!!
We all like coffee...
There's also a nice bagel place right on the side of The Paradiso. I always seat there before shows, you can watch the queue :)
Will be joining as always - have a group of 4 coming and can't wait.
Great place to warm up would be The Watehole (and just a stone throw away from Leidseplein\Paradiso). Would be fun to have a drink\smokey smoke with some fellow Jacketeers. Peace everyone.
http://waterhole.nl/en
Quote from: dashboardgold on Aug 27, 2015, 08:32 AM
Will be joining as always - have a group of 4 coming and can't wait.
Great place to warm up would be The Watehole (and just a stone throw away from Leidseplein\Paradiso). Would be fun to have a drink\smokey smoke with some fellow Jacketeers. Peace everyone.
http://waterhole.nl/en
PSA: coffee and alcohol cannot be served in the same establishment...knowledge is power.
Finally bought my ticket for next week concert in Paradiso. Suddenly getting over excited! Brings me back to 2008, seeing them in de Melkweg, also in Amsterrdam, during their Evil Urges tour. Absolutely great gig. They kept on playing.
No requests for this tour, hope they play a lot of The Waterfall, and well, also of Evil Urges, for all times sake. Maybe one little somehow stupid request, hope they don't end with One Big Holiday....I know they don't end standard with the song anymore, but you will see...Instead, open with OBH - it's still a great song- and end with any other song :-)
Okay, why not end with Circuital?!!! Or Lay Low??!! Damn, just end with the both!
Looking forward anyhow!
Quote from: wilco on Sep 02, 2015, 04:22 PM
Finally bought my ticket for next week concert in Paradiso. Suddenly getting over excited! Brings me back to 2008, seeing them in de Melkweg, also in Amsterrdam, during their Evil Urges tour. Absolutely great gig. They kept on playing.
No requests for this tour, hope they play a lot of The Waterfall, and well, also of Evil Urges, for all times sake. Maybe one little somehow stupid request, hope they don't end with One Big Holiday....I know they don't end standard with the song anymore, but you will see...Instead, open with OBH - it's still a great song- and end with any other song :-)
Okay, why not end with Circuital?!!! Or Lay Low??!! Damn, just end with the both!
Looking forward anyhow!
I wish I could get THIS high right now :thumbsup: :wink:
Since there is no thread for the Groningen show, I'll ask here. If anyone is heading to the Groningen show, and there happens to be a poster (I realize it's a festival, and may not have one), I would love to get one. It's (part of) my last name.
2-days away bump :beer:
Hey all, this is my first post here and also Thursday will be the first time me and my wife are seeing the band live!
We are flying from Italy just for this and are super excited !
Have fun everyone!
:drum:
t-minus 30 hours.
Quote from: Amir on Sep 08, 2015, 09:03 AM
Hey all, this is my first post here and also Thursday will be the first time me and my wife are seeing the band live!
We are flying from Italy just for this and are super excited !
Have fun everyone!
:drum:
That is awesome. You should definitely be excited..... combining travel with your first show (which I am pretty certain won't be your last)....... way to go.
Quote from: APR on Sep 09, 2015, 12:26 PM
Quote from: Amir on Sep 08, 2015, 09:03 AM
Hey all, this is my first post here and also Thursday will be the first time me and my wife are seeing the band live!
We are flying from Italy just for this and are super excited !
Have fun everyone!
:drum:
That is awesome. You should definitely be excited..... combining travel with your first show (which I am pretty certain won't be your last)....... way to go.
I'm in the same boat. Started in Stockhom, in Nice now and will be headed to the Dam in the AM. LET'S GET IT ON!!! :grin:
not sure what everybody's plans are given international fandom is descending upon amsterdam tomorrow.
my only plan is to hit up the noon (Zieseniskade 22, 1017 RT Amsterdam) sometime before the show for some coffee. probably catch a few of you there.
it's going down tonight!!!!
so where are most people planning to pre-game? sounds like de water hole?
Quote from: whodonit2u on Sep 10, 2015, 06:02 AM
so where are most people planning to pre-game? sounds like de water hole?
I'll be between the waterhole, various other bars/cafes in between and noon. I'll be the guy wearing the Orange Flyers hoodie..come say hello...
just crossed paths with the band near the rijksmuseum, i applauded as they passed and told them to fuckin' crush it tonight.
should have taken a picture in hindsight. oh well. headig down in a little bit. wfpk t-shirt.
(https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/11986347_10153280590462800_6210763064492251532_n.jpg?oh=8a98807d1601ce0fee54f5ae43e37fcc&oe=56A63E31)
I can't even... all I can think is: please let there be a taper in the house
Quote from: parkervb on Sep 10, 2015, 06:03 PM
I can't even... all I can think is: please let there be a taper in the house
Seems we always get a taping from Paradiso.
Quote from: johnnYYac on Sep 10, 2015, 06:08 PM
Quote from: parkervb on Sep 10, 2015, 06:03 PM
I can't even... all I can think is: please let there be a taper in the house
Seems we always get a taping from Paradiso.
i sincerely hope so. heartbreakin' man and mahgeetah to open was killer. they ran, phone went west, lowdown, the way that he sings - all incredible. dondante was played right into memories, and the jam from touch me part 2 was awesome.
venue: incredible place, jim's voice was brilliant with the resounding acoustics
crowd impressions: they gave a shit-ton of love tonight and it was reflected in the performance. the only thing that bothered me were the last minute "standing room heyeas," weaseling their way up through the masses. the dondante chatter-boxes also irk me every time.
overall, mmj fuckin' crushed it tonight.
again, please let there be a taper.
Fantastic concert! Still exhilarated...Band gave everything! A splendid combination between oldies and new stuff. Opening with Heartbreaking was just amazing. Dondante was brilliant. From the new album Spring was absolutely great.
Crowd was good, a full house.
Thnx MMJ!
Special mention: "The way that he sings"
So beautiful...
Fantastic show! Next one tomorrow :thumbsup:
This was seriously one of my favorite MMJ shows of the roughly 45 that I've seen since 2004. Also it was my favorite by far of the 8 Waterfall tour shows I've seen.
You could tell right from the opening moments of Heartbreakin' Man that they were out to deliver something special. London was great, but Amsterdam was on a whole different realm in my opinion.
Also huge admiration and respect for the crowd at the Paradiso. So much energy and love going to the band, and then people got dead silent for Hopefully. In the US, I don't think the crowd would have been nearly that quiet for that song. It was like the band just pummeled everyone into submission with the massive Phone they just delivered, and everyone was just ready to go wherever the band wanted to take them after that, and Hopefully was delivered to a dead silent audience.
It was also cool that in other songs when some chatter would arise (Memories, the beginning of Dondante) some people would try to shush the audience.
I feel so fortunate to have been able to take this one in, and I hope that the band will consider making the recording of this one available as part of the live downloads series. This one really needs that treatment.
Considering the band's history in Amsterdam, it's cool and appropriate that they played a lot of old songs. And it's cool that they busted out such an insane show there..... I trust Mr. Whippy, and he knows his stuff..... it must have been a really special one.
I feel soooo lucky to have attended the show!
As said earlier, first MMJ live experience for me, and hopefully not the last!
I've loved every minute of it. I got there early because I wanted to be right in front of the stage, and it was well worth it. The venue was incredible, and the audience was awesome from start to finish too. I came from Italy, and in my country people usually get into moshing a lot during rock concerts, which is something I definitely did not miss at Paradiso: it was the first time I saw a crowd both pumped and entertained while ordinate and respectful.
I should add that the Dawes gave a solid performance too: I basically didn't know them at all, they put a solid performance on! I'll definitely explore their discography soon.
MMJ's first run of seven songs in particular was special to me, up until the first acoustic "break" of Get the Point. I especially loved the rendition of They Ran and Spring. Then another streak of brilliant songs, from Dondante to Way he sings, Phone, Memories, and a surprise Nothing to it. My personal favorite has to be Lowdown.
Lots of love to and from the crowd, and overall the guys seemed to really have fun on stage. You could see both Tom and Jim smiling a lot to people waving at them and trying to catch their attention. Some people even raised a cardboard sign with the text "Kentucky Proud" which really made Jim cheer.
At the end of the concert, I also was so fortunate to get one of Jim's guitar pick, which is custom designed with a doodle on one side and his signature on the other.
I also snagged one of Carl's guitar picks too, but surprisingly it was a standard yellow Dunlop pick.
I'll be framing both picks anyways, together with my ticket stub and the beautiful silk screened poster, because the memories of that night will remain forever!
I have a potential favor to ask of anyone on this forum living in Amsterdam who might read this, and am hoping someone can help me out.
We had an early flight home the morning after the Paradiso show, and I accidentally left my poster tube with four of the MMJ Europe posters in it (one for us and three that I got for friends in the US who wanted one) in the hotel room. I've been in contact with the hotel and they have the poster tube and say they will ship it to me, but it's been hard so far to actually make that happen.
The hotel we stayed in is very close to the Paradiso. I'm wondering if there is anyone who lives close by that might be willing to pick up the poster tube from the hotel and ship it to me themselves. I'll pay for the shipping costs, obviously, but am also happy to pay some extra to compensate for the time someone would spend to pick up the poster tube and send it to me.
If anyone is willing and able to help out, please send me a private message and we can go from there.
Thanks!
so jealous reading all of your experiences
this venue may be my favorite of any in the world - thanks for letting me live vicariously.
sadly i had to cancel last minute so ive been checking here for updates..