Anouk is COOL!

this tuesday i went to see anouk live in concert in the heineken music hall in amsterdam!!!

went there with sis leontien, sis karlijn & boyfriend jim and auntie annie (who actually got us the tickets, dank je wel!!!) and it was lots of fun! we met up early, got some fries at smullers on the way and arrived just about at the time the doors opened...so we could go right in. we checked the hall and found we could easily walk around a bit first and then still get a spot that would be good enough. so toilet visit, t-shirt stand (leo bought one) and drinks were first on the list :P
after that we found ourselves a nice spot and sat down on the floor as most other people were doing.

just before 20:00 everyone got up, as did we...and we ended up somewhere in the middle...like 1oth row or something....i think. the stage was pretty high so that was good.
drum 'n bass duo firefly opened for anouk, started to like them more and more through their set.

just after 21:00 the band and finally the rock diva herself entered the stage....2 italian fans besides me went crazy :O...they actually acted funny all through the concert, taking pictures, crying, screaming, calling their friends at home (at one point i could see the guy was calling a number starting with +39), filming, hugging each other...as you can read i paid quite some attention to them during the concert, just because it was so funny and they reminded me of crazy fans during concerts in sweden (not me, not me!)

anyway...anouk just rocked...don't know what else to say...she played a lot of songs from her last album 'hotel new york' plus the old hits of course. she also talked quite a lot in between, which she herself said she usually never does but had to do now because she was out of breath...'i'm going back to the gym next week!', 'you'd think there's 3 babies in here, but there's not this time'...
so all in all i just had a great night & i'm sure i'll go & see anouk again if i get the chance!!!

copyright photo: paul bergen