The Del Amitri Concert, September 29, 1997
Copenhagen, Denmark
by June Jorgensen

It was a cold and rainy Monday evening. I had been at work, and the day had gone so slowly. It was hard to wait.

Finally it happened. I had to leave work at 7 PM and go meet two of my friends. I was very excited because something special was waiting ahead. My first Del Amitri concert.

When I was visiting my friend Lori in California this summer, she told me that she was going to go to 4 of the Dels concerts on the West coast and I was invited if I wanted to go. Unfortunately I couldn't, because I had to go back to Denmark to work, but, believe me, I tried everything. One day she wrote me an e-mail telling me that Del Amitri was going to play in Copenhagen on September 29. I was thrilled and called to buy a ticket right away. I didn't really care if I had to go alone or if someone was with me. The only thing that mattered was that I would see Del Amitri.

It didn't really take a lot to convince two of my friends that they had to come and share this musical experience with me--they were game.

When September 29 arrived, I was as thrilled and excited as a little kid waiting to open his Christmas presents. I was walking around all day with a smile and telling everybody that I was going to have a great time that night.

And I certainly was..... I arrived at Vega at 8.45 with my friends and went to the back to listen to the warm up band. They were OK and I think they were quite popular here in Denmark, but I just kept yelling Del Amitri, Del Amitri every time they didn't play, and I think they got pretty tired of that.

At 9.50 PM they finally stopped playing, and I was jumping up and down yelling Del Amitri, Del Amitri. I am telling you everybody was staring at me thinking who let her out of the loony bin. Just before Del Amitri was supposed to get on stage I went all the way down in front -- leaving my two friends in the back because they thought the sound was better back there -- ha, what do they know? They missed the great experience of watching the band up close.

At 10.15 it happened: the lights went out and a voice filled the speakers and suddenly, there was Justin. It is soooo hard to explain how I felt.

I started to jump up and down again, and as soon as they started to play I was sold. They started out with Some Other Sucker's Parade and then Just Like A Man.

After that they played about 13 more songs and I was singing and dancing along to all of them. When they played my two favorites, Not Where It's At and Last To Know, I almost started to cry for joy.

When they were done with their last song, Stone Cold Sober, they went out and everybody started to clap and stamp the floor to get them back out. That happened twice where they played Medicine, Be My Downfall, Driving, and Kiss This Thing Goodbye.

When the lights came on I went to the back and found my friends, and back there I stopped Del Amitri's light man and asked him if I could have the set list, and he said, "Sure, you certainly deserve it with all the jumping and screaming." It didn't even embarrass me, instead it made me kind of proud that he had noticed. My friends also told me that they had been able to see me all the way in front because my long blond hair was flying all over the place.

I don't really remember anything around me in the period of time between 10.15 - 11.55 PM when Dels were playing, but I know that they gave me the greatest musical experience I have ever had. It was really obvious that they enjoyed themselves and had fun on stage. I really think they were a little surprised that people in Denmark knew so many of their songs.

I never got to meet the band, but it was mainly because I was too tired to hang around and wait at the tour bus. Maybe it will happen next time. Who knows? I definitely hope it's not the last time they will visit our little country.