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Published: 06 May 2012

Grüner Salon, Volksbühne, Berlin, Germany
27th April 2012
Schneewittchen

SCHNEEWITTCHEN is one of the most interesting German alternative bands. Marianne Isar (vocals) and Thomas Duda (instrumentals) started to make music together in Hildesheim in 1996 using simply their names as a band name. In 2000, they choose the name SCHNEEWITTCHEN (snow white), a name of an old German fairy tale, for their band project. They mix successfully elements of very different styles, and as per their own disclosure, they are influenced both by the classical German songs written by Schubert and Schumann and by the French chanson, but also by Punk and other styles. When SCHNEEWITTCHEN was still simply “Marianne Isar & Thomas Duda”, they used to play at cabarets, but after a few years they changed and started to perform at concert halls, music festivals and street fests, gaining in popularity every year. www.schneewittchenmusik.de

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Published: 05 May 2012

König-Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen, Germany
3rd May 2012
Peter Gabriel & The New Blood Orchestra

PETER GABRIEL is an English musician and video-artist. He was known in the 1970s as front man and foundation member of the band GENESIS. After he left GENESIS in 1975 he began a very successful solo career. For his music, which cannot really be assigned to one style direction only since it is rather a mixture of Pop, Rock, New Age and clear influences of World Music, he received numerous prices. Also PETER GABRIEL is a great fighter for human rights, working with Amnesty International among others. Following his mammoth project ‘Scratch My Back’, primarily containing other artists cover versions of his songs; he took the next step with the second part ‘New Blood’ where he would present his takes on other people’s songs with an orchestra. Of course, this screamed for a live presentation, one of which we were lucky enough to get a chance to see for you in Oberhausen. http://www.petergabriel.com/ / http://www.facebook.com/PeterGabriel

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Published: 02 May 2012

Halle Münsterland, Münster, Germany
30th April 2012
Judas Priest & Thin Lizzy

Few metal rock bands make it big. Even fewer make it big and become legends. Even fewer still are able to maintain their legendary “metal god” status for over four decades and still continue to tour, sell out and play their shows with the fresh enthusiasm that they had when they first started out. JUDAS PRIEST has been there and done all that and then some. JUDAS PRIEST, the style-defining band from Birmingham, became the spearhead of “New Wave of British Heavy Metal” with their successful album ‘British Steel’. With their classics ‘Breaking the Law’, ‘Metal Gods’ or ‘Living After Midnight’, the band established as queen of the British Heavy-Metal scene. Now, JUDAS PRIEST are saying goodbye after 40 successful concert years with the “Epitaph Farewell Tour 2012”. We took the chance to see the band, supported by THIN LIZZY, in Münster.

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Published: 02 May 2012

X, Herford, Germany
29th April 2012
Dark End Festival: Mono Inc., Lord of the Lost, Unzucht, Dark Idols

MONO INC invited several befriended bands to share the stages with them during a festival series. The festival in Herford was the first one of that series taking place at the end of the year in various German cities. For the Herford show, LORD OF THE LOST, UNZUCHT and DARK IDOLS were confirmed and fans from all over Germany followed the call to be part of this first Dark End Festival.

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Published: 25 April 2012

Luxor, Cologne, Germany
24th April 2012
The Stranglers & Mike Marlin

Along with the release of the new album, ‘Giants’, THE STRANGLERS also went on an extensive European tour, kicking off March 1st in the UK, ending April 27th in Belgium. One of the last shows took place in Cologne, supported by MIKE MARLIN. Lots of people beyond their 30s showed up to see the show of the heroes of their youth.

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