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Published: 04 June 2011

König-Pilsener-Arena, Oberhausen, Germany
29th May 2011
Iron Maiden, Rise To Remain

Six shows in Germany are part of the “Final Frontier Tour” and it is the first arena tour of the band since 2003. The tour began already in June 2010 and now it's time for the final part which will continue after Germany through whole Europe and will find its end in London in August 2011. Oberhausen was sold out -like all other German dates - and the atmosphere was simply amazing. So we joined a big rock party with all the horror and beasts which we like so much.

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Published: 03 June 2011

Underground, Cologne, Germany
2nd June 2011
The Exploding Boy, State Of Martial Law

Another little day of summer, sun and concert. This time around it became a rather intimate affair with Swedish THE EXPLODING BOY playing at that little club called Underground. Needless to say we were looking forward to an entertaining evening.

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Published: 02 June 2011

Theater am Marientor, Duisburg, Germany
1st June 2011
Mike & The Mechanics

MIKE & THE MECHANICS are a British rock band formed in 1985. It’s the band of GENESIS guitarist and songwriter Mike Rutherford. When singer Paul Young died in 2000 the band’s future was unclear for quite some time, even though they had several albums released and a plethora of hits under their belt such as ‘All I Need Is A Miracle’ ‘Another Cup Of Coffee’ or most notably ‘Over My Shoulder’. Eventually it all turned out good the band came back reformed and with fresh energy that resulted in the new album ‘The Road’, they were going to present amongst others at this evening’s start of the tour in Duisburg.

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Published: 01 June 2011

EXPO Plaza, Hannover, Germany
27th May 2011
NDR Plaza Festival: Unheilig, Ich + Ich, OMD, Roland Bless

On May the 27th it was time again for a very special and already traditional event at the Expo Plaza in Hannover: The NDR Plaza Festival which started in 2001 as "EXPO Revival Party" in order to bring back and celebrate the EXPO feeling. This year, the line up presented an interesting combination of a newcomer (as soloist), a legend of the 80s and two of the most popular current German music acts. The line-up covered a nice variety of styles from co-called Schlager to Synth, Pop and Gothic(pop) but nevertheless could address a similar audience. As a result, there were 24,000 fans at the Expo Plaza - which was a new record. Not even the unsure weather situation (later on more about this) could keep them away from joining the party. And they were not disappointed by what they got.

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Published: 25 May 2011

Backstage Halle, Munich, Germany
13th May 2011
Mono Inc. & Lord of the Lost

On Friday the 13th, I was going Munich to enjoy an evening with MONO INC which I have experienced last in 2009 as support of SUBWAY TO SALLY. This time, they were headliner, supported by LORD OF THE LOST.

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