This time I was seated - thanx to BNet 1st balcony 1st row, perfect view - I'm not quite sure what I prefer. Floor means more atmosphere, being more involved, seated is more relaxed, a better overview ... but forcing my girlfriend for the 1st time to join me at a bowie concert, seated was a good choice (to anticipate any question - she was blown away!).

Again Dandy Warhols did an uninspired setlist, this time even the sound was bad. But Bowie (who started quite early at 8:45) rocked the house from the very first tune. The response from the audience was great, they followed any song both new and old. I don't know if I missed it before, but Sterling Campbell did a incredible performance, especially when it came to 'Hallo Spaceboy'. Again a terrific vocal performance by Gail Ann Dorsey on 'Under Pressure', 'Battle for Britain' added to the setlist again but - that's the only lowlight - 'Loving the alien' was skipped. As in Rotterdam, the highlights (when it comes to the audience response) were 'Hallo Spaceboy', 'Under Pressure', 'Heroes' (which imo opinion works in Germany better than anywhere else), 'Slip away', 'Suffragette city' and 'Ziggy Stardust'. But again - judging from reviews, the Hamburg audiences response two night ago has been reserved sometime (especially when he didn't play the 'old' classics) - this never happened in Frankfurt. Even the (very few) more obscure songs ('The motel', 'Battle for Britain', 'Bring me the disco king') and the new ones got an overwhelming welcome.

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