Well, the show has been on the road for over a week now, so if you did not
catch it yet, please do! That's right, this is without doubt the best
delirious? show that the US has seen. And, that is something you do not
want to miss.

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DEEPER TOUR:
DELIRIOUS? AND EVERYONE
NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE, ST. PAUL, MN
by Dan Ficker

Despite poor venue quality, delirious? delivered an amazing show full of
soaring guitars, flashing lights, and beautiful images. Of course, being in
the third row always helps the experienced concert-goer to like it even
more. Thankfully, delirious? did not back down from their mission to rock
when they are invited to Northwestern College, home to the biggest
"inspirational" (read: Twila Paris is rockin' here) FM radio network.

Opening the show was the new band Everyone from California. Frontman Jeff
Searles began leading worship with Vineyard Music in 1991, and has since
rubbed shoulders with Matt Redman and delirious? before this tour, where
they make their first national tour debut. Mixing their Brit-rock sound
with their own collection of worship-oriented tunes and popular worship
anthems (such as "I Have Come to Worship You"), these guys were really
impressive. Guitarist Darren Clarke showed that he must have been hanging
out with Stu G. a bit already on tour, as his guitar roared.

A nice (but undeclared) touch was the use of delirious?' upcoming US disc
Audio Lessonover? for the audio before and after the show. The early blips
of "Sanctify" told people that the real show was gearing up. This quickly
faded into a slight variation of the "Game Over?" track used on their d:tour
1997 release. Revealed at this time was the fulfillment of the plea of
hardcore fans for years: the video screen! Although most of the video
footage was recycled from their 1997 UK tour, flickering random images was
just the start. Jumping right into their title track, "Deeper," they ripped
through that and went straight into "History Maker." Although it was weird
to get this track at the front of the show, Martin talked a bit about God
and revival and sang a bit of "Revival Town" in there. "Did You Feel The
Mountains Tremble?" came up next, with their usual "Dance In The River" bit
finishing it off and a bit of the "Glory, Glory" from Mezzamorphis's
"Blindfold".

Showing off the video screen, the band played "Everything" along with the
stellar music video. They continued, plowing through "Hang On To You" and
"My Glorious," both rockin' non-stop while pointing all the glory to God.
Martin and Tim let the rest of the boys take a break while Tim provided a
keyboard background and Martin shared about his family, the tour, and what
God was doing. He also spent a little while talking publicly to somebody in
the front row, who he seemed to have a word from God about. Giving the guys
a bit more time to refresh themselves, Tim and Martin did it solo on "Thank
You For Saving Me," a classic Cutting Edge track.

Bringing us the video again, "Sanctify" featured the live music video of d:
at Wembley Stadium, and Martin incessantly tried to get us to KEEP waving
our hands back and forth - this far into a concert, that is tiring! Getting
the crowd back into the jumping mode were the futuristic squeal of "Bliss"
and the crunchy guitars of "God's Romance". Closing off the rock was the
fantastic Stu G. solos of "I'm Not Ashamed".

Slowing down the show for only seconds was the thumping bass of "Obsession",
which featured a digital oscilloscope (ya know, those sound wave gadgets)
that was well put together, but refreshed erratically as part of visuals man
Andy Hutch's great ideas. delirious? finished off with their recent Top 40
hit, the re-recorded rock version of "I Could Sing of Your Love Forever".
After venturing into the crowd and singing the last few bars, everyone (no,
not the band) cleared the stage, while the video screen was sporting a
waving American flag.

After the usual minute of loud cheering just to make sure the crowd actually
liked the show, delirious? came back for a 4-song encore set. But, to give
them a bit more time, a video of them performing an acoustic version of
"Revival Town" came on, with Stu G, Tim, and Jon providing some hilarious
antics in the background of Martin and Stew spinning around on a
merry-go-round at a playground. They then jumped on-stage for the
full-blown rock version, then deciding to play a "new" song, which turned
out to be "Fire" from Audio Lessonover?, complete with a wall of flame and
powerful explosions on the screen behind. And, if Relient K did a cover of
a delirious? song, it would be very similar to their updated punk rock
version of "The Happy Song". "Investigate" brought this worshipful night to
a close, asking us to "fly away" on eagle's wings.

Overall, this concert was amazing. While it is definitely the best live
production seen by delirious? yet in the States, it was still lacking a bit.
The emphasis of the worship background makes many scared of the lack of hype
for this summer's US release of Audio Lessonover?, which can only be dubbed
"the future of delirious?." But, I hope you can catch this tour, for
although Everyone was an amazing show, the later inclusion of Matt Redman
should prove to be a worship event to bring down the roof!

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http://www.delirious.org.uk/
Thanks to Dave Wood for putting our review on his site!


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