Amsterdam - September 30th, 2004 by Evans_Guitar - Bonez Tour

[Vintage Disposition]

Concert: Amsterdam
Reviewer: Evans_Guitar
Date: September 30th 2004






Here's my story...

ok so we went there and got front row and then we had bowling for soup instead of simple plan which was awesome too... the guy waved at me cos i knew all the words which wasn’t true i was making it up but that’s just details ;-) and they said: so here comes the wonderful Avril Lavigne!! and everyone was screaming like fuck haha... so well after about half an hour Av came..
They had this big black thing at the front of the stage with the hand thing on it with Avril written in it.. and underneath BONEZ TOUR 2004- EYES and the band came on to stand in front of it and they started off with he wasn't and it was so great and Av's voice was never better and then with the chorus they dropped the black thing so you could see the whole stage n matt (brann) and they played some songs from UMS which was totally brilliant and Av didn’t play guitar on Take me Away this time... which was cool cos she had time to come stand right in front of us and totally freak out which was ever better! and then they played some songs from Let Go and another thing.. thingy dropped and there was the big black.. thingy with the red star on it (hope you can follow it..)
And then Av got acoustic guitar and the rest was electric and they played who knows... totally unexpected... and she played anything but ordinary too i was hoping for that and then came Unwanted and they had 2 huge poster like thingy's come down with Av's silhouette on it and at the big screen behind the stage they played some videos of Av meeting with fans
And then they put this huge piano on the stage and Av played TOGETHER All by herself on the piano.. i was so proud of her! There were lots of candles on the piano too which was so awesome. Then she got acoustic guitar again and sat at our end of the stage surrounded by lots of candles and Devin was on the other end of the stage (HAHA we got Av!) and they played together and her voice was terribly BRILLIANT and after that Fall to pieces acoustic and and then nobody’s home and at the end of that.. after the 'her feeling she hides etc' part the whole band came back on and played the last part with her... it was too brilliant to be true and everyone was screaming like fuck and singing every single word with her and then she went away again and had us wait a little while and then from backstage you suddenly heard her sing NOOO NOO NO and then OOH... LALALA LALA (from complicated) without any instruments at all.... it was so awesome... and then she did no no no again but she had to cough and it was like no nuauqwdjr (lol ) and she was laughing and we still couldn’t see her haha... it was so funny... and then the whole band came back on stage and they did complicated and i was so happy and smiling at Av (read: HUUUGE GRIN) and she smiled back at me and waved and i was like (to my friend) ‘I MADE HER SMILE’ Because in MTV diary she says 'i can't smile to the camera unless someone makes me laugh or someone makes me smile' n i was so happy cos i made her smile...haha... and then after complicated they went to get the piano again and Av started Slipped Away.... and Matt (Lavigne) was still standing in front of us and he was biting his lip and i was like ‘poor him...’ n then i burst into tears... n everyone around me was like 'are you ok?' n i was like 'no im not ok' n cried even harder... i kinda hope Matt saw me cry... My grandpa died too a while ago so I’m still kinda... you know.. and i was crying the whole song and Av was so beautiful and her voice was so awesome it was one of the greatest moments of my life... even though i was a little sad at the time... i was sad and incredibly happy at the same time...
And then they went off... i kinda got the idea Av had to cry a little or something cos she mixed the chords up a bit and went away without saying anything but she did a great job... and it was so sweet that Matt (lavigne) looked up to see where Av was all the time and followed her to all the ends of the stage to protect her… it was so sweet… so they played losing grip, complicated, sk8er boi, I’m with you, mobile, unwanted, tomorrow, anything but ordinary, naked, take me away, together, don’t tell me, he wasn’t, my happy ending, nobody’s home, forgotten, who knows, fall the pieces, freak out and slipped away…. That’s one hell of a setlist isn’t it?? I don’t know the exact order anymore… but that’s what they played


IT WAS BRILLIANT