"Happy Birthday" and a perfect whoo-hoo during Billy Bean (or whatever the name of that song is...)

But before we get to that, I want to start today's blog with some bitching. What else can you do when there are people who decide to buy tickets to a show and then, instead of watching the artists on stage, engaging in a really loud, distracting and irritating conversation at the bar, all that accompanied by people behind the bar making some equally annoying noise.

I'm talking about the show in Münster at Sputnik Café on Thursday, April 9th. And this is not a complaint about the audience in Münster in general, mind you! Apart from those six obnoxious idiots, everyone else was there to enjoy Lee & Paper Aeroplanes and to have a good time.

I want to point out though, that this was the absolute exception of the rule. Not just on this tour but in general. We've been to a lot of club shows all over Germany in the past years and we know for a fact, that people usually come to enjoy a show and save their conversation for later.

Those six in question couldn't even be bothered to shut it after being asked to tone it down a bit by several other people. So rude!

But let's concentrate on the positive things because there are a lot of them. First off we could once again put some faces to names. We've met one of our new Street Team members, Rabea, and her friend Nadine, and also Karin, who was lucky to have hosted a private concert in her living room before and could tell an amazing story about it. If you ever have a chance to host a show in your living room... do so! Ladies, it was a real pleasure to meet you all! :-)

Paper Aeroplanes opened the evening in Münster with their beautiful set. Loved when Sarah thanked at the end "those who were listening" ;-).

By the way... after first Rich, then Lee, then Mona got sick as dogs on this tour, Sarah obvisoulsy couldn't stand to be the odd one out and had caught a cold the day before. Thank God her voice wasn't affected though and she sounded as wonderful as ever.

Lee was met with a big applause when he took to the stage and he opened with the usual Joanna followed by the first little chat with the audience. And this is what happened then:

Thank you Münster! That was really sweet!! And Lee... I'm sure Mum's birthday present is waiting for you when you get home ;-)

What followed was the usual mix of...

his own wonderful songs (thank God You're Not Her made a comback to the setlist again!)
The Best Coversong in History of Coversongs, where the audience delivered a perfect "whoo-hoo-hoo" during Billie Jean (or "Billy Bean", as one reviewer of a newspaper wrote in his report. Roflmao!! Don't you just love that? I will call it Billy Bean from now on!
Mingling with the crowd for This Is My Story.

And of course there were the very funny and entertaining stories about selling his DNA in Texas, the difficulties that an Englishman faces in Germany with our language (wanting to buy a guitar Ständer but ending up with the phone number of the pretty sales person, or getting into trouble on the Reeperbahn in Hamburg by [not] claiming he's fronm Serbia).

(Videos of him telling all these stories will be sent in a seperate "end of tour" post at... well... the end of all regular blog posts.)

During all this, the noise from the back was sometimes hard to ignore and Lee addressed this with a "sorry if I have interrupted anyone's conversation" at one point.

But don't worry. The fun everyone was having couldn't be ruined. He closed his own set traditionally with Smile, before returning with Paper Aeroplanes for the final two songs A Girl in New York and Newport Beach. The latter was not performed unplugged down in the crowd this time. You need a silent audience for this. Too bad that little groups of people ruin things for the majority. The song however sounded nothing short of wonderful performed plugged on stage :-)

Later at the merchandise stand Lee received birthday presents (that hopefully helped him get over the missing present from Mum a little bit) and hugs from fans, he sold EPs and CDs... and some more of his DNA ;-)

Thanks Münster, see you in Frankfurt, Lee!

Let's get to the photo section now. There are no photos of the city of Münster this time because it was a looooong drive from Greifswald and no time to do some sightseeing. Too bad for those who haven't been to Münster though... it's a really beautiful place! Next time then.

Instead I'm posting some graffiti art photos. The Sputnik Café and surrounding buildings are all covered with graffiti. I love good graffiti and I love to take photos of graffiti, so... here are a few. (For those not interested in graffiti... please scroll down. For all the others... remember to click the photos to enlarge them.)