Stuttgart was the first tour date of Alkaline Trio in Germany 2010. They’ve never played there before and I hadn’t been in that venue before. The location is an old train station at the borders  of Stuttgart and has quite it’s own charm.

We arrived there quite soon as we had departed from work early (knowing the traffic in that direction). It finally turned out that the supporting act Three Chord Society was stuck in traffic and therefor the whole concert started half an hour later. At the entrance I was quite anxious because of the few people standing there but it seemed to fill up after the supporting act even though it was not at all sold out. As this was my first official ALK3 tour date in 2010 I was surprised that there were only that few people and the decision to host a German Alkaline Trio page was made that evening (alkaline-trio.de).

The security didn’t allow flash lights ( I understand that it’s not nice for the band… but that venue was really dark ..) but did a good job during the evening.  For the first time during the European tour the band did the role switch for Fine & the Misfits cover (really thanks for that) and they seemed to have a good time… and so did we…

Setlist

This Addiction
Armageddon
Emma
Dine Dine
This Could Be Love
We’ve Had Enough
Mr. Chainsaw
Dead On The Floor
Snack Hash Oil (Snake Oil Tanker)
Crawl
Off The Map
Private Eye
My Friend Peter
Sadie
Blue Carolina
Another Innocent Girl
Nose Over Tail
Stupid Kid (auf der  Setlist stand Clavicle)
97
Encore:
Fine (Derek: Bass, Dan: Guitar & Vocals, Matt: Drums)
Attitude (Derek: Bass & Vocals, Dan: Guitar, Matt: Drums)
Radio