| Kiel, Germany, June 9, 1992 | Grade: B- | Time: 2 hours | Format: 1 DVD |
| Set List: House Arrest Kids Wanna Rock All I Want Is You Hey Honey...I'm Packin' You In! Can't Stop This Thing We Started This Time Everybody Must Get Stoned (Bob Dylan song w/ Keith on vocals) Cuts Like A Knife One Night Love Affair Do I Have To Say The Words? It's Only Love Touch The Hand Heaven Lonely Nights Everything I Do... Run To You Diana Somebody There Will Never Be Another Tonight C'mon Everybody Can't Judge A Book By Looking At The Cover She's Only Happy When She's Dancin' Summer Of '69 Straight From the Heart (first half only) Capture stills taken from the DVD:
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The Show: A high-energy and very hot show in Kiel was the third of eight German shows during the June 1992 tour dates that brought the band into the heart of Europe. A sold-out Osteehalle is the venue which held 14,000 sweaty fans on this particular night. The next month, BA was upgrading into stadiums in other parts of Europe as well as the UK, so this is one of the last indoor venues of his European dates that started back in the Fall of 1991 for a solid two month run of dates. With the popularity of the WUTN album still very high, it was hard to find too many acts more popular than BA in the Summer of 1992. It is a year that was his busiest in terms of his touring schedule as he was on the road for about 10 of the 12 months that year. It was paying off, as this particular concert was nine months after the release of the WUTN album and the CD was on its sixth single. The performance itself is a classic leg-thumping, head-bobbing, hard-rocking BA show. Heavy on the hits and Neighbours material. BA is working up a sweat as he always did during these shows. The fact that it's hot inside the building only gives him a better workout. This show is one of the first that utilitizes the now infamous BStage; a smaller stage at the back of the venue that was used at most BA shows from summer '92 until 1997. While after a number of gigs, fans knew the Bstage was coming and it wasn't such a "surprise" anymore. But at this show, it was a total shock and had maximum effect for a delighted audience. The Songs: Other highlights during the set include the newly-added All I Want Is You, the sometimes-played Lonely Nights. While All I Want Is You will remain in most BA set lists for the next five years, this is one of the first times the song is performed live. Touch the Hand is the latest single from the WUTN album which always is a rocking highlight of these tour dates and the upcoming single Do I Have to Say the Words finds its way into the middle of the set. The Bstage features three songs
including one of an early BA version of Can't
Judge a Book by Looking at the Cover.
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