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Posted: 2004-12-10 07:23:10

The door was opened at 7:30 pm and so many people wanted to come in. I had a wonderful place on the right side two steps about the crowd and 10m from the stage. I didn't leave this place the whole show. The show started at 9:15 pm and they stopped playing at 0:45 am, so it was 3 1/2 hours wonderful music - so much power so much love. I was dancing the whole time and feeling great, singing all the songs I know - so at the end I had no voice anymore. I got tears in my eyes when Michael told about his father's death and they played "Never too late". After the last song Michael was with the audience, hugging and talking with all the people who wanted and they were many - also me. So this concert was my absolute most emotional exSpearience - I don't know if there could be any intensificaton.
Thank you Michael, thank you Spearhead, thank you Amsterdam.

You can watch and listen to it at fabchannel.com

Reviews of the Paradiso - Show

Here you can see pictures from the show. Almost all were taken from trisha and jsmn - formerly known as



Love from Paradiso, Amsterdam
Posted by Tulles (195.241.74.83) on June 30, 2003 at 16:45:12:

Sometimes you have the feeling you have been participating in something beautiful, something uncommon. Tonight was such a night. More than three hours of Spearhead & Michael Franti. Getting more fans each song, each concert, each minute. The power of the lyrics combined with the brilliant music. Or is it the other way around? The chemistry is there, that's what matters. I can only say: check out www.fabchannel.com, where this concert is being broadcasted.


GREAT, GREATER, GREATEST!!!!
Posted by Johan (213.224.83.135) on June 30, 2003 at 18:38:52:

Two amazing shows so far!! Munich and Amsterdam were awesome...I'm not going to write a review now, cause I'm tired of 15 hours driving in two days and sleeping 4 hours inbetween...:S anyway I met some lovely people, took great pics and I have really good recordings of both shows!! Can't wait for the extra acoustic show in Amsterdam tomorrow and after that Nijmegen!!! What a great start of summer...sorry but I'm off to bed now...check http://powertothepeaceful.tk soon for the pics etc...
PS: greetings to Jsmn
Love, Johan


Re: GREAT, GREATER, GREATEST!!!!
Posted by marc (80.201.9.110) on July 01, 2003 at 10:03:33:
In Reply to: GREAT, GREATER, GREATEST!!!! posted by Johan on June 30, 2003 at 18:38:53:

Belgium represent @ Paradiso yesterday. There was Johan, there was me and there was Veerle (with the baby in her belly enjoying the show very much) ;-) Thx for all the energy. Unfortunately we had to leave after 3 hours in order to catch the last tram. Guess I'll have to catch the last 30 minutes on fabchannel.com Grtz,
marc


rock da house (paradiso, amsterdam, june 30, 2003)
Posted by 'trisha (62.58.186.56) on July 01, 2003 at 01:04:27:

peace, y'all ;-) slowly entering the stratosphere again after an amazing stroll with the spearits ('coz we don't stop, doo-be-doo-be-doo-wap!). pics are forthcoming (took about a hundred, hope u didn't mind the flashlight too much, my friends). anyway, for those of you that missed the party: picture three and a half hours and smiling faces all around you. lemme tell ya, michael: i really needed that hug afterwards, hehehe.
i'll post the url of the pics gallery here when it's online. and i'll throw in a zipfile with *all* the pics on the side (for the phreaky people).
love 'trisha


awesome
Posted by jsmn (62.58.80.100) on July 01, 2003 at 01:42:25:

i'm still recovering from the great gig in paradiso, amsterdam, last night. it was awesome. thx so much for the inspiration.


Amai
Posted by Thomas aka el typo (213.224.83.72) on July 01, 2003 at 04:22:42:

Great show in Paradiso. Awesome, fucking great,... I've seen a lot off artists but what I saw yesterday was, well, the best I ever saw. Radioactive rules, cherri has a beautiful voice, respect respect respect respect. I don't know what happened but it felt good.


Prophets and poets in Paradiso
Posted by Joerg Trumpfheller (172.180.174.71) on July 01, 2003 at 14:17:02:

It was so crazy,crazy,crazy ... breathing fresh air of spearit and vibrations. After 15 years of knowing the music & words of Michael, I know what it was last night at paradiso. Your are on a mission and I believe almost all of u inside know this.
So come to Berlin in August you promised me for a wonder- and peaceful night.
Thanks Johann for meet u, thanks all the freaky people in the world.
Joerg


paradiso live
posted by Judith on July 02, 2003 at 01:33:38:

Dear Michael, already two days ago since I saw your show in Paradiso, but it is still inside my head. Thanks for the wonderful evening! Unfortunately I couldn't come to Nijmegen (no more tickets) and the performance yesterday afternoon, so I hope you will soon get back to Holland for a concert (preferably to Utrecht!). Please go on with your message, because we really need it here too in Holland; things have changed over the last two years and there's a unpleasent atmosphere in society now, is my opinion. You had better not be a muslim or even 'worse' a Moroccan, because they are all considered suspect now. What is going on in this country? I don't feel at home here anymore.
Love, judith


Re: paradiso live
Posted by Amy (130.89.243.42) on July 02, 2003 at 05:21:20:

In Reply to: paradiso live posted by Judith on July 02, 2003 at 01:33:38:
Dear Judith, I too had the feeling of being part of a very special happening in Paradiso two days ago. And let us now spread Michael's words throughout Holland, because this athmospere we are in in this country isn't a peacefull one..
Michael and Spearhead, respect to all of you, keep doin' what you do, I love you!!!!
Love to y'all freaky people, xx. Amy PS: watch 3,5 hours of great Spearitual music on www.fabchannel.com!!!


PARADISO 30 06 03
Posted by WaTi (62.234.105.17) on July 02, 2003 at 05:44:29:

Hai everyone!!.. I want to send my love to Michael Franti and all the members of the band! 30th of june 2003 is a day to remember, it was my first concert of them. I want to share with the world how i felt about this life time experience --> i had THE GREATEST concert-time ever!... It ROCKS because of several things: Michael Franti is a beautiful, intelligent and charming person as the lead singer of the band, members of the band are music genius and, the fans are soo warm and friendly, paradiso is a great place to feel the 'rythm' of a concert, i was there with my 3 indonesian sista's! My evening could not be better!!!
I really felt a member of the 'family afair'... I thank you Michael Franti and Spearhead! I thank you also for the two kisses on my cheek!! hihihihii. Gonna check out your next visit in Holland!
Peace, love and craziness,
WaTi Chaeron

Posted: 2004-12-13 22:10:34

Today was a home run for me. I told a lot of my friends to come with so I was not alone there. Although my wife was ill she was coming with us. Waiting outside for the doors being openend Michael was coming outside another entrance (Gaga). The doors opened at 8:15 pm but there were not that much people I knew from the Paradiso-gig. Kesselhaus of Kulturbrauerei is a small venue for maybe 800 people. I think 500-600 people could be there, so it was enough place to dance. Spearhead entered the stage at 9:15 pm and started with "Crazy crazy crazy". The first 30 min we were staying in the right back at some higher stairs to watch around and making photos from the back. But the photos were not looking good and the sound was bad there. I told my wife I will take some photos in front of the stage - and well I was staying there for the rest of the show. When I reached the front of the stage the sound was much more better and the people were much more enthusiastic. I took a lot of pictures and was singing - shouting - dancing all the time, so at the end there was the same result I had at Paradiso. No voice anymore. "Never too late" was the last song at 0:30 am and it took maybe half an hour until Michael could leave the location because so many people wanted to hug and talk with him. It was a awesome event because Spearhead has shown us something beautiful.

Posted: 2004-12-14 21:13:12

This was my first Spearhead-gig this year and I was very excited to go there. I left Berlin early in the mornig and travelled relaxed by train to Amsterdam/Haarlem be escorted by big showers of rain the whole day. At 8 pm Bauke and I were leaving Haarlem and we arrived Den Haag 1/2 hour later. So we had enough time to drink something at the many street cafe's around the Plein listening to Jaco Pastorious Big Band and hoping that the rain would stop until the Spearhead gig started. In the meantime more and more people were coming so we didn't see that the place before the stage was already full and we could not go there. So we had a place on the right side maybe 15 m from the stage. From the first moment Michael asked us people "How do you feeliiiin" until the last song it was a jumping, waving and singing mass of people with so much love to give. At the end of the show Michael was taking the bath with the masses, hugging all the people who wanted and it became more and more people. Thank you again Netherlands. For Bauke it was his first exSpearience and he liked it very much. So he will never miss a Spearhead-gig in and around Amsterdam the next time.

I took some pictures (was not the best camera) and was writing down the setlist (Read more in the reviews). Check it out.

Posted: 2005-05-11 01:55:43

Maceo Parker @Traenenpalast/Berlin - 2004-10-16
Jungle Funk @Traenenpalast/Berlin - 2005-03-29
Little Axe @Postbahnhof/Berlin - 2005-05-10

Posted: 2005-08-16 18:05:01

After coming in we were waiting at the part where you could order shirts and cds. I saw Caroline coming in - remembered her from the Picture postings of the message board. I said hello to her but she seemed to be nervous expecting her first exspearience. Well - Johan already wrote almost all about this gig - so read Johan's review, be sure I feel the same. In contrast to all the other shows I were before, I decided not to take any picture or to write down the setlist. I knew that Johan was taking care for this so I just enjoyed the show :-))). Here is also the link for Johan's pictures. Juiceman, Anna, Lies, Johan, Gert, I and some other friends were standing on the right side near the sound system so we should have the best sound and view to the stage. In addition to Johan I can say that I also liked the music of K-OS. Reminds me of N-Factor (German HipHop from the early 90th). The rap-parts of the singer were sometimes a little bit to monotone but anyway they were good. According to the setlist we saw on the sound amplifiers it should be a short gig but it was one of the best I saw. I think they are becoming more and more professional - could be a reason of playing at all these festivals but I feel not sorry about this. It was getting really silent at the song "Tolerance" when they were also showing pictures of the documentary film I know I'm not alone. Very emotionally. After two hours it ended with Never too late and the Cleanup man, I already know from other Live records just some weeks ago.

Posted: 2005-08-16 23:52:04

Well this weekend in Netherlands and Belgium was so amazing - even now two days later I don't know where to begin. For the first time in my exspearience I learned to know wonderful spearits, almost all members of the Spearhead band and the crew and ...

But lets start from the beginning. I arrived Tilburg by train at 6 pm and Juiceman, Anna and Lies took me from there with their car to a parkhouse near the venue 013. Well Juiceman excused himself for that fishy stinkin inside his car. He was transporting fish for barbeque at his cafe - Bacchus Café Geel. We went to a cafe just around the corner of the venue for some drink, only sitting there 5 min and we saw Michael together with a woman walking along the street. They had a little talk with us and the woman was introduced as Carla(?) - Web designer for SpearheadVibrations. Juiceman asked Michael if he could come to the Bacchus Cafe for some songs in between the festival gigs and well Michael found it a good idea but didn't know if the festivals schedule allowed this extra event. Anyway - it was 7:30 pm and we were going to the entrance of 013 expecting a wonderful show of Spearhead at 013.

Posted: 2005-08-16 22:35:16

The festival began with Gabriel Rios - never heard of him before. Lies told me that he is very popular in Belgium. Well - it was nice music too dance and good to getting warmer on this cold day. The band was really making good latin dancing pop music, makes me feel good. Very impressive was also the guitar player, wearing a white suit like a spanish torero. I told Juiceman Rios sounds like the Belgian Latin version of Robin Williams - and this is a big compliment in my opinion. Respect. I didn't see the end of his show because I felt suddenly very bad with my stomach. The only thing I could imagine was - how to get out as fast as I can but there were so many people that first I lost my way. After I was out of the festival area everything was coming out of my mouth and I needed more than half'n hour to get back with the assistance of Tom who showed me the right way back. Thanks.

Posted: 2006-03-19 18:05:10

Yeah, on Friday night I saw Damian Marley, it was the same venue where Spearhead played the last time when they visited Berlin (Kulturbrauerei / Kesselhaus). In conclusion to the discussion why black people are missing at Spearhead, Parliament gigs I think there were a lot of black people (maybe more than 10%). I saw Papa Pretty very short at the beginnig of the show no time to talk with him more detailed. The Marley gig was totally sold out. It was ok but I was not really enthustiastic about the gig like I always be after a Spearhead gig.

Posted: 2006-05-19 21:56:13

It was really great and it was sold out. But from the first moment when I come into the venue Kalkscheune I knew that there was something strange according for security checks in Germany when a jewish artist performs. First at the entrance they were checkin the people for some weapons or bottles which could be thrown (this is ok). When I was coming inside I took something to drink and went in front of the stage. Around the stage they had build a security fence. So I already knew he will not making audience diving or something like that. There were some people I wouldn't expect in a reggae gig. Somekind of hype because it is an jewish artist but the rest of the audience fit to it. It should start at 9 pm but they let the audience wait more than an hour.

Posted: 2006-06-10 01:34:56

Well, I was very excited about this gig. See Doug, Skip and Keith after 1 & 1/2 year again. I was calling at the venue Gruener Salon of Volksbuehne Berlin and they told that the gig will start later because of the beginning of the world championship in football and that Bernard Fowler (singer of Tack>>Head - at the moment on tour with Rolling Stones) would also join the gig. Wow. The whole Tach>>Head crew. I was writing some comments at the myspace sites of Tack>>Head, Little Axe and Doug Wimbish about this wonderful news.

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