Er gaan nu wat rare verhalen rond over John. Tijdens de show in Servië schijnt dat hij vanaf de intro erg energiek is geweest, maar dat hij na Snow opeens aan zijn hoofd ging voelen en naar de de zijkant is gegaan. Sindsdien heeft hij zich onzichtbaar opgesteld naast Chad en heeft Flea tijdens de Californication intro zijn hand op John's schouder gelegd en er volgde een overleg. Het schijnt een erg korte set te zijn geworden.
Hier een stukje van bezoeker:
"I returned home few hours ago and now I have some energy left to write an info. I send a message after the show to johnflea and, as I can see, most of you understood wrong what he wrote here.
I 'll start from the beginning...
I came to the venue at 11 am and joined Iva (Supersonic Squirell) and her friends who were already standing in the queue. The gates were opened at 3 pm and I menaged to enter with the first group of people. So I had the oportunity to choose my place in the front row. Like always I took a place right in front of John.
The festival started at 5 pm and the organisation was great because any of 4 bands that were playing before RHCP weren't late. RHCP opened around 9.45 pm. They opened with an amazing intro in which John showed an amount of energy that I have never seen before.
The show was really great and guys were at their best, especially Anthony who seemed very happy to play in Serbia in front of so many people. He thanked us all for coming to the show right after the second song.
Then after Snow John changed his behaviour. He wasn't enthusiastic anymore, he held his head with his hand for few seconds, than he had a discussion with Flea, and he didn't sang his part in the first chorus of Californication. It was obvious he wasn't ok but he didn't cancel the show. He just became more reserved and spent most of his time playing near Chad and not in front of his mic. I could feel that he wasn't enjoying the show anymore and that reflected on the atmosphere in the band. In the end crowd felt that and they were a bit dissapointed.
After all I was very sad also but not because the set was shorter than average one. I was very worried about John and that is still bothering me."Iemand anders die het uitlegt:
"This was the moment when I think John started feeling dizzy. He first put his finger under his nose as if he was feeling that strange pressure inside and then he moved it towards his forehead."![]()
Het rare is echter, het management heeft een hele andere officïele verklaring gegeven voor de korte set. Hier een vertaling van een Servische poster:
"the peppers say that they are sorry,because they werent informed about greatness of that concert,they thought that they are going to play infront of a few thousand people..
they said that in the half of the show Anthony got sick,thats time when John startet to play S.o.S.and others to improvise...he got a litlle better and the went on,but they realised that they dont have the strenght to play for 2 hours.they are truely sorry,and they say if the organisation was better it would not be like that.they couldnt even hear themselfes because the crowd was to loud,tehnical support was lame..
this news came from Udine..."John komt hier dus helemaal niet in voor.
[ Bericht 10% gewijzigd door Haunter op 28-06-2007 00:31:38 ]