REVIEW BY PAUL VAN GORP

Evil Superstars as a support act was very nice. The nearly did not fit between dEUS' instruments on the rather small stage. Het Paard is a cute small room, which could be a small version of the Noorderligt-hall in Tilburg (my hometown); there is room for approximately 500 people. Tom gave some hints during their performance from the front of the audience. Maybe he told the singer that the synthesizer was not very usefull, because this instrument could hardly be heard. The performance lasted for 35 minutes, after which dEUS started their show at 22.15h.
The dEUS show was perfect from beginning 'til end. This time there were no long breaks, guitar tuning parts en blown up amplifiers. The show started off with a jazzy intro by Stef, which was followed by Via, which in my opinion formed a strong start. A few stupid dodos didn't get it, because 15 minutes later, they asked for Via.

The rest of the show was a concatenation of the more familiar songs and hits; in between four or five new or unknown songs were played. Especially My Wife Jan (from Beefheart?) made a good impression.

I think almost the entire album Worst Case Scenario was performed, but not Shake Your Hip and Dive Bomb Djingle. Suds & Soda was done somewhere near the beginning of the show, but without the second part. This second part finished of the encores, after Tom thought he was done, because he had already put his guitar down. Before this, Secret Hell was done in a very special rendition, because of Tom's second echo-microphone. Jigsaw You, also played somewhere near the start of the show, sounded very different from the version on the album, due to the increased guitar influence.

After 52 minutes, the first set was finished, but the boys of course returned after a short break. This was a bit awkward for Julle, because he had some difficulty leaving the stage due to his broken ankle; just when he had left the stage, he had to return immediately because the rest was on stage again. The entire show lasted for 70 minutes.

Conclusion: a very good show. Until now this is the best dEUS performance I have witnissed. And right now, I'm wondering if there will be a better show by any artist this year.

Unfortunately My Sister = My Clock was sold yet