Beautiful World Tour 2007

Wow, I don't even know where to start! Take That was just absolutely fantastic last night and rocked Rotterdam like never before. What a night!

We arrived quite early so that we could go and grab a drink and some snacks before the show. Then, when we entered the arena, we got ourselves some pretty nice spots up against the railing. Unfortunately, after about half an hour, a secruraty person came up to us to tell us we weren't allowed to stand there because of fire precautions. Bummer, but fortunately soon we found another spot which was just as good, with no security sending us away.

The special guest performance was, I guess, quite nice, although I'm not a big fan of pre-shows in general. They only played 6 songs however, so it was over pretty soon. I was expecting quite a long wait after the pre-show, but before I knew it the houselights went out and the crowd started to roar.

Starting with a great visual introduction, the guys came onstage, dressed as politicians, singing Reach Out, for their new album Beautiful World. Loved it! Loved it even more when this was followed by It Only Takes A Minute and Patience. Before Patience, Howard Donald, who couldn't do the show because of his accident last week, came on stage to say hi to us, which was nice.

The rest of the show was just wonderful, with personal highlights Relight My Fire, Give Good Feeling, Never Forget and Pray. The stage looked very spectacular, with loads of pyrotechnics, videoscreens, and particular good lightning. Also, the crowd was really into it, so on several occasions the whole arena seemed as if one big sing-a-long.

I'm glad they're back, and hope to see them again on their next tour!