{"id":371,"date":"2011-03-27T16:49:20","date_gmt":"2011-03-27T14:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/passioncolorseverything.com\/blog\/?p=371"},"modified":"2014-04-20T01:01:51","modified_gmt":"2014-04-19T23:01:51","slug":"the-light-is-green-my-slate-is-clean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/passioncolorseverything.com\/blog\/?p=371","title":{"rendered":"The light is green, my slate is clean…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sonata Arctica – Cologne; March 26th 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n

First time I saw Sonata Arctica was at Ankkarock in 2008. I liked them, so I made my way to Cologne, expecting to listen to the concert from the back of the building. To my surprise, I easily made it to front row, surrounded by real fans who knew every word to every song. Me? I smiled, enjoyed and didn’t sing along.<\/p>\n

But before Sonata Arctica hit the stage, there were two support acts to listen to, the Norwegian Triosphere and the Italian Labyrinth. I enjoyed both, but would listen to neither at home – I am just not a metal fan. Labyrinth were more interesting in my opinion, because they moved about and interacted more with the audience.<\/p>\n

It took until 10:00 p.m. before the real show started. A digital countdown showed us the seconds to showtime, the intro started and they\u00a0appeared on\u00a0stage. The audience was into it from the first song, singing along every word, sometimes so loudly that singer Tony enjoyed taking a break and letting us do the work.<\/p>\n

The show was good, the guys seemed to have fun on stage and Tony turned out not only a great showman, but also a storyteller. Hearing about a weird accident with his first car that involved pieces of safety glass ending up in his underwear had us all laughing hard. He had clearly come to entertain, even tried rapping at one point and stage-dived into the crowd. The others, guitar player Elias, bass man\u00a0 Marko, keyboarder Henrik and drummer Tommy created an amazing sound and some great solos.<\/p>\n

All in all it was a fun night for me.<\/p>\n

Setlist<\/span><\/p>\n

Flag In The Ground
\nThe Last Amazing Grays
\nJuliet
\nReplica
\nBlank File
\nAs If The World Wasn’t Ending
\nPaid In Full
\nVictoria’s Secret
\ninstrumental part
\nThe Misery
\nFull Moon
\nIn Black And White<\/p>\n

Encores<\/em>
\nCaleb
\nDon’t Say A Word
\nThe Truth Is Out There<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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