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Just to see Mariah live on stage was for a long time my biggest
dream. In November 1997 I learned to know a fan that lives just 30 km away
from me. Together we decided to visit Mariah when She comes to Germany. The
unbelievable News that Mariah will be performing at "The Dome" in Stuttgart
was now the chance we had to take. With the second request at the German
radio station I got lucky and got the tickets. Before we knew about the Stuttgart
we decided to go to Bottrop. Therefore we booked a room in a hotel in Stuttgart
because it's nearer to drive from Stuttgart to Bottrop.
On March 5th 1999 my friend Mario came to me at 7:30 h in the morning. With
my car we drove to Freiburg where we picked up another Fan. Three hours and
250 km later we were in Stuttgart seeing the first "Welcome Mariah" posters.
When we checked in at the hotel there was very bad weather and we had to
stay in the hotel for a few minutes. After the shower was over we went to
the railway station because the fan from Freiburg don`t want to go with us
to Bottrop and need a ticket to drive home. We rushed through three CD stores
and ate at McDonalds. Back at the railway station we found out that the subway
drives only from 16:00 h on to the hall. We drove to the nearest station
to the hall and walked the last 2,5 km. At 13:30 h we were there and a few
hundred fans were already waiting. Until 17:00 h when the entrance supposed
to be opened was a lot pushing and shoving and the security guards had a
lot do.
On 17:00 h the doors got finally opened. We got a very good place before
the center of the stage. Unfortunately a 10 meter zone before the stage was
for kids only so our place in the third row standing was 10 or 12 meters
from the stage away. While the pre-show we were asked to sit down but every
time something special happened on stage everyone stood up and this made
it really hard to sit down again in the front rows.
Just after 19:00 h the German Techno band Scooter opened the show. Before
we stood a women with very long hair and every time I tried to clap along
with a song her hair got stuck in my hands and the women looked really mad
at me. During the show I discovered that despicte my large CD collection
(500 plus) Mariah and Des'ree were the only stars from which I had a CD.
After the break at 20:30 h I got really nervous. Just behind the high point
of the show suddenly a single mikrophone stands in the middle of stage and
is was clear now the wait is over.
MARIAH was announced and we gave her the loudest cheer we ever made. The
background singers, musicians and dancers came on stage and finally Mariah
takes position behind the mikro. Mariah wears a black, leather capri-pants
and a black, armless T-Shirt. The first notes of I Still Believe (Morales
Club Mix) came and I was very, very happy and sang along the whole song
as loud as I could. I didn`t cared that the women in front of me was covering
hear ears. She was jumping up and down while Modern Talking was on stage
and now it was my time to go crazy. Mariah was surely please by all the cheer
in the hall and was feeling. Mariah talked about she wants to say "What's
Up?" in German but forgot it and thanked all the German fans for their support.
I hope they didn`t cut that speach out when the concert airs on March 21st
because I can hardly remember what Mariah exactly said. Then Mariah sang
her big hit from last year "My All". During the song there was firework on
the left and right of Mariah and in the background there was a beautiful
fire rain - it was soooo great. The only pity about the performance was the
sound of Mariah's voice came really bad across the speakers and Mariah did
only lip-sync (most other did that too). The sound system seemed to be optimized
for big bass and drum sound not for big voices.
After Mariah the German boygroup Touce made the final with "This Goodbye
Is Not Forever". Then all acts came again on stage and also Mariah appeared
again. Totally happy we got out of the hall to the subway station. At the
railway station we said goodbye to our friend from Freiburg and got to bed
in the hotel. On that night I slept maybe 4 or 5 hours, because of the thing
that just happend and the things that supposed to be happen the next day.
We enjoyd the big breakfast in the hotel and at 9:30 h we went on the way
to Bottrop...
March 8th, 1999