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Huib Krijgsman's early report.
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The show details.

1. Don't Cry No Tears
2. I've Been Waiting For You
3. Love And Only Love
4. Piece Of Crap
5. Going Home   [new this tour]
6. Hold You In My Arms   [new this tour]
   Solo/Acoustic set:
7. From Hank To Hendrix
8. Don't Let It Bring You Down
9. Pocahontas
10. After The Goldrush   [on pump organ]
    With Crazy Horse again:
11. Only Love Can Break Your Heart
12. Standing In The Light Of Love   [new this tour]
13. Gateway Of Love   [new this tour]
14. Hey Hey My My
15. Powderfinger
16. Opera Star
17. Sedan Delivery
    Encore
18. Cortez The Killer

It’s 2 a.m and I just came home from a Neil Young and Crazy Horse show that was very special, wonderful and had an absolutely magical end to it.

After the opening by Novastar, a 3 man band from Belgium, Neil & the Horse stepped up at 9.15. Last goodbyes were waved at 11.30. In between...

• After Don't Cry No Tears, Neil and Poncho gave each other a big, big smile, as if to say ‘this is gonna be good’.
• Billy was very inspired with his backup vocals through the whole show.
• Larry played a few chords of piano during Going Home. He sat at the piano the whole song. I'm not sure if this was the first time ?
• I think Neil lost the words of After The Goldrush. I recollect the first verse twice and then the "spaceships". No "basement".
• Only Love Can Break Your Heart was played with the full band, Neil on acoustic guitar and Poncho at the piano this time.
• In Hold You In My Arms, Neil plays piano and a very melodic guitar. It’s a slow ballad and the piano player gives the song a somewhat nightclubby atmosphere.
• Astrid & Pegi: no see, no hear.
• Was Opera Star on the original setlist? It looked like Neil just started it -- the other 3 looked momentarily puzzled, but once they recognized it they pulled it off great.
• In Sedan Delivery, where Poncho and Billy are supposed to backup "no one knows", Billy did not step up to the microphone. He sang to himself standing somewhere between Frank and Neil. Was this the reason that during this chorus Frank pointed his finger in Billy’s direction and sang "Billy knows, Billy knows..."?
• After Sedan Delivery, they gave their bows and Ralph threw the drumsticks into the audience. It seemed like he had to be talked into doing one more song -- looked like he was not feeling well.
• Cortez was an absolute blast. I have maybe 20 versions of this one but this was magical -- a once in a lifetime performance. I think it lasted for some 20 minutes. At times during the solos it was like Neil forgot all about where he was or who he was. He just kept on going... Imagine that the Weld version was the original, and then a whole new version is worked around that one. The 7000 or 8000 member audience quieted absolutely down for it. Ahoy was filled with vibes -- must be one of the great moments in rock history.

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