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Robbie Williams – Cologne; August 8th 2006<\/strong><\/p>\n

My best friend B. and I had traveled to Cologne the night before the concert to be able to line up early. Tuesday morning we made our way to the stadium without breakfast, met with friends and were just discussing whether we should stay at the entrance they had line up at when suddenly everyone jumped up and ran across the road that separated us from the entrance to the Jahnwiesen. Somehow they had opened the gates much earlier than planned and it was all a big jumble of people and lots of squishing. I felt so sorry for those people who had stayed overnight and could not get out of their sleeping bags fast enough. For us it was a big improvement and after some fussing of the security guards we sat quite comfortable on the grass in front of the real entrance.<\/p>\n

Around 10:30 a.m. they passed out wristbands for the pit (1st wave) and again there was a shift to the front. Sitting got uncomfortable soon so everyone was standing. There was a few meters of space to the gates and we had a line of security guards in front of us who told us they would now take away the fences in front of the gates, but not let us in yet. We told them to get a megaphone and tell the people in the back but they would not listen so the inevitable happened: the first fence was removed and the masses started pushing from the back so all we could do was move forward until the first people in line were squished against the gates.<\/p>\n

A while later they finally let us in. We decided running was not much use and walked<\/p>\n

most of the distance. Rather than getting into the crowd we chose a spot in front row on the far right below the video screen. Now we could finally sit down, relax and wait for the show to start.<\/p>\n

Orson came on stage at 6:30 p.m. and played a good set. I would not necessarily listen to them at home, but we enjoyed it. At 7:30 p.m. time came for Basement Jaxx and they were rocking as ever. We both loved it. Meanwhile the pit had filled with more people, but we could still sit down and relax.<\/p>\n

Finally, about a quarter to 9 we go up and waited impatiently for the show to start.<\/p>\n

Despite being far on the side we could still see Robbie quite well and at times we did not, we had the screen right in front of us. He was on fire that night and he looked just incredible. Mostly he stayed on the catwalk, only came out to the side once. When he was directly in front of us a girl behind me kept pushing to the front, screaming \u201cRobbie\u201d into my ear \u2013 as a result, all my pictures are out of focus.<\/p>\n

The show was fantastic and Robbie seemed to be in a great mood. I cannot remember much of what he said that night, but he told us we were the best audience in Germany so far and even bowed go us in the end. He also told us he was enjoying the show and this time I believed him. I remember at one point B. and I just looked at each other and shook our heads in unison, but I cannot remember what it was \u2013 it might have been when he read a sign saying \u201cAmaze me\u201d and he said \u201cYou want me to amaze you?\u201d pretending to get out his cock. Might have been something else as well. He also told us how it had rained in Munich and all he wanted to do was stop singing. It looked very funny when he showed us how he had sung Angels with clenched teeth. Luckily the weather stayed good.<\/p>\n

Robbie smiled so much that night. Looking incredibly handsome and happy. At one point he jumped off stage, kissed a girl who held a sign saying \u201cYou\u2019re fucking brilliant!\u201d, grabbed the sign and held it up for the camera grinning happily. He also grabbed a German flag from the audience and sang holding it for a while. Before \u201cBack for good\u201d he talked to a girl wearing a bikini top styled like the British flag, asking her if she was from England. When she answered \u201cHolland\u201d the audience booed. He asked he for her age and when she said 18 someone yelled \u201ctoo old\u201d which made me crack up laughing. She found him a little too old, but he still suggested she could come with him so she\u2019d safely get out of the stadium. Of course this was before she said her favorite in Take That had been Gary. \u201cFuck off!\u201d Robbie told her, \u201cgood luck getting home.\u201d<\/p>\n

There were many other funny moments that I cannot recall at the moment. All I know is that we both enjoyed the concert. A magical night!<\/p>\n

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

Radio<\/span>
\nRock DJ<\/span>
\nTripping<\/span>
\nMonsoon<\/span>
\nSin Sin Sin<\/span>
\nMillennium<\/span>
\nMake Me Pure<\/span>
\nMe and My Shadow<\/span>
\nStrong<\/span>
\nBack for Good\u00a0(Take That cover)
\nAdvertising Space
\nCome Undone\u00a0(outro: Take a Walk on The Wild Side)
\nFeel<\/p>\n

Encore:<\/em>
\nLet Me Entertain You
\nRudebox
\nAngels
\nKids<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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