Gothic Festival (Waregem, 24/07/2009)

Music & Performance
AND ONE did not bring the big RGB-Led strings to the Waregem stage but instead opted for a smaller black and orange backdrop with the familiar suit-and-tie figure. Starting the show was ‘Big In Japan’, on an empty stage, in the ALPHAVILLE version followed by the band coming on stage in the dark, starting a couple of verses from ‘Time Of My Life’ immediately jumping into a higher beat starting the setlist with Steve Naghavi and Chris Ruiz running frantically up, down, left and right on the stage. Something that would be repeated on too many occasions during the set… On the other hand, something that you can take for granted is that when a) AND ONE starts ‘Timekiller’ and b) Peter Spilles is in the house he will show up on stage. Spilles performed earlier the day on the main stage with SANTA HATES YOU and appeared on the right side of the stage with a cold beer in his hand - starting of some kind of "duet" that quickly progressed into a situation with Spilles and Naghavi of just shouting towards each-other and well, basically having fun.
With the show going on, one clearly could recognize the skills that the band has on playing with the public. However maybe some things were taken for granted ending with what could be described as "mild arrogance" doing whatever AND ONE wants and getting away with it at the same time. Ok, it is part of the act the band puts together but still, too much is too much for me. And all of this semi-posing made the set seem a bit uninspiring. Yes, the set had its highlights with ‘Military Fashion Show’ and the hall really exploded when ‘The Sun Always Shines on TV’ (A-HA Cover) was performed with tons of energy. But this was sadly enough not a constant. In the end, when you ask yourself if this was a bad performance, the answer is most definitely "No, absolutely not". But could it have been much more? Absolutely!
Rating
Music: 9
Performance: 8
Sound: 9
Light: 8
Total: 8.5 /10
So, with AND ONE’s performance, the festival day went towards its end… but no, not totally. There was an after show party running until the early morning hours and we decided to stay a while longer as well, have some chats and beers with friends we haven’t seen for a while or people we newly met. Was a very nice and inspiring first festival day and so, we were already looking forward the things to come a lot.
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