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Did you see the Devin Townsend Project set at 013 in Tilburg?

Please post your reviews, setlists, photos and video links here!

Thanks!

I will certainly be posting here tomorrow. Can't wait!

I will certainly do that, too!

There's not a whole lot that can be said that would surprise the readers here, you'll never leave a Dev show without a smile on your face and this time was no exception. I do have to say that Anneke complemented Dev in such a great way - both on the Addicted and non-Addicted songs - that they should perform together way more often. Very cool move to include Hyperdrive! and Numbered! as additions to the regular European set indeed!

I did manage to get on stage with Bend It Like Bender! and again afterwards Dev would stay and meet everyone that was waiting for him, classy as always. I ended up getting every album signed by the members that played on it, including Anneke on Addicted, I only missed Brian as he left earlier and we had to leave the venue eventually. All in all, a gig that was well worth the trip, can't wait for the November dvd-shows.

Hello,
I am new to the forum but I wanted to say that I enjoyed every second of the show yesterday.
I have listened to Devins albums every day for 6 years, and seeing him perfom live, in Zoetermeer and in Tilburg, was so so wonderful, it really was a dream come true.
I admire how Devin interacts with his audience, I got the chance to talk to him after the show for a little moment.
What an experience. What a genius.

The show was awesome!! I want it to be yesterday again! Devin seemed to be in a very good mood and he was funny as always. The whole band performed great. Annekes voice was great! I never thought she could sing Numbered as good as on the album but she did!!! Devs voice wasn't as amazing as it was in Vosselaar and Utrecht but it was still ok. The overall sound quality was almost perfect.
Btw... Kingdom live sounds so much better than on the album. I would love a remake of physicist!! Maybe with dev and anneke on vocals?

Yep, it was utterly amazing, standing front row all evening. Aeon Zen were alright, if not a lot of fun to watch, due to their overly energetic vocalist. As well as the two guys in the lion and cow suits dancing onstage (which I presume to be Ryan and Dev). Also, the death growls their bassist pulled off in the last song were impressive. Entertaining.

Ziltoid radio was excellent. I saw some very confused metalheads and some very happy people dancing around. I really need to see the Ziltoid clip to 'We Like To Party' (Vengaboys) again, as I was laughing my head off at Ziltoid's dance moves. Hap-penis indeed.

Then the DTP itself. If I compare it to the last time I saw them in Eindhoven (last year) the sound quality has massively improved. Earplugs weren't needed much, even though I was standing right in the path of one of the PA speakers. I could actually hear Dev shout over the music even though he wasn't in front of a mic. Very impressed with that.

Anneke's presence also added an extra fun-factor and it was interesting to hear her sing a few parts on non-Addicted tracks as well. I'm not sure it works well on every track, but for example the high parts in the Kingdom choruses sound really nice with her singing along. The whole band was playing very tight, apart from Dev at the start of Addicted where he skipped a small part of the intro, owned up to it immediately ("we're three chords in and I'm already fucking this up!"), and never missed a note again. Special mention to RVP, I couldn't believe some of the things he was doing, adding in alternate and extra fills to almost every song. I was dead impressed, and he noticed because before the final encore (Bender) he came over to me and handed me one of his sticks.

Fortunately I could thank him immediately afterwards because I was also up onstage dancing to Bender with a whole bunch of people. And two guys from Aeon Zen (one of them being the vocalist) in the aforementioned lion and cow suits. At the end Devin helped every single person get down from the stage safely, with "thank you"'s flying back and forth. Devin didn't even leave, instead he got down from stage and had a brief chat and photo op with whomever was interested. Of which I was one. Said he knew my username from the forum when that came up, and then offered him one of our CDs. Perhaps there's a fraction of enjoyment on there for him (vs the huge enjoyment I get from his music); it's just nice to give something back.

Anyway, passing several other details of the night, that's when I left. Had a brief look if there were some people around the tour bus but no luck there (would've been nice to have a slightly longer conversation with Ryan, but you can't have it all, hehe). All in all, I'm pretty sure this was one of the most fun concerts I've ever attended. Thank you Dev, Ryan, Dave, Beav and Anneke for a night I won't soon forget!


Setlist:

Addicted!
Supercrush!
Numbered!
Kingdom
Deadhead
Truth
OM (first part)
By Your Command
Hyperdrive!
Life
Earth Day
Bad Devil

Color Your World
The Greys
mellow jam
Deep Peace

Bend It Like Bender!


Photos still to follow.

I'm glad you had fun! A friend of mine went last night (he's in an awesome sexy band called Alestorm) and he said it was one of the best gigs he's been to.

Too bad I had to miss this gig

I saw him last year in Eindhoven, with Anneke too, so I had my shot of Dev.

I hope he will come back later this year though... I'm so there if that happens!