yes they are! they played in vienna last night, at Arena, and i made a deal with armine: if i buy two shirts instead of one, they'll play tma-3 for me. and they did! only in for the money!
well, he also told me they have it on regular rotation this tour and all, but i'm shure they only played it because of my request. yes i am (if any of you rosetta guys read this: confirm it so i can feel special and loved, like a special snowflake)
anyways, jokes aside, it was an awesome gig, just like i expected. the tracklist was gorgeous (Red in tooth and claw, je n'en connais pas la fin, clavius (!), tma-3, revolve (! - even though matt said he didn't want to play it, but i'm glad they did. you know, first song i ever heard of them, special experience and all that sentimental stuff), renew, a determinsim of morality and i forgot which one was the encore, but it was awesome, too.
i really enjoyed it, and armine surely enjoyed it too, at least judging from the looks on his face. matt and dave kinda looked grumpy, though, but they did that last year, too, so i figure that's normal. also, a really big plus, the crowd wasn't so obnoxious like last year, there was only one guy literally hanging on armine's feet the whole time instead of the two or three that were there last year.
so, all in all a really good concert that i enjoyed a great deal, and i'm really looking forward to seeing them the next time (though i figure they won't tour europe at least for a year or two, having been here two consecutive years now - but you never know)
so, i wish them the best of luck and godspeed on the coming shows in europe and later on in australia, and tons of fun.
and that they don't get screwed over by the airline like last year
oh, and before i forget, i brought some treasure home from the gig:
all together
shirt 1 detail
shirt 2 detail
PROJECT MERCURY - split w/ balboa
3-way-split w/ east of the wall and year of no light
so far
greetings from the waterpistol
