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K17, Berlin, Germany8th November 2007
The Birthday Massacre, Psycho Luna
THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE is a band that attracts a very varied audience; Goth, Emo, Lolita, Punk, girls in sexy school uniforms and even rabbits. Or at least, that was what the Berlin audience in the K17 looked like that night. Reasonably filled during PSYCHO LUNA, and completely stuffed during THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE, it stays surprising how the K17 always empties up so quickly after a gig. Even the announcement of a chat and signing session after the concert by THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE couldn’t keep most of the Berlin audience from going home as fast as they could. Strange people, those Berliners. However, before the concerts started the room was full of positive tension. And not for nothing.
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Matrix, Bochum, Germany 3rd November 2007
Pink Turns Blue
This autumn Saturday night, the Matrix in Bochum had a very special concert to offer to old-established fans and new ones: the well-known Indie/Dark Wave formation PINK TURNS BLUE, started in the mid-80ies, was going to appear. The huge Matrix was nearly empty when we arrived, but nevertheless the place in front of the stage was pretty crowded. You could see people of all kinds and ages, ranging from old-school Goths to metal heads and rather "normal" audience. The atmosphere was quite familiar, and it should remain like this during the whole evening.
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Röhre, Stuttgart, Germany8th November 2007
Itchy Poopzkid, Benzin
My first thought was, who and what the hell is ITCHY POOPZKID and what funny name they have. So I could confess that I never heard of this band before neither their name nor one of their songs, but this should change today. A good friend of mine mentioned that concerts of ITCHY POOPZKID are really funny and reassembled a great party. So I had certain expectations for this evening, a little curious about the things that would come. Somehow it was a little disturbing for me to realize that I am one of the few older people around. The average age of ITCHY POOPZKID fans is rather under 20 and so I felt a little bit wrong here. The concert was completely sold out and the fans swarmed the Röhre like a wandering ant hive. The space in front of the stage was ready to burst and all the fans waited eagerly for the beginning. Shortly after eight o’clock more and more fans filled the space in the Röhre and there was no possibility to trip over. You could see some older people here and there, whether they were worried parents who wanted to see what their children were doing tonight or real fans of this music couldn’t be said yet, but would show at the end of this evening when the temperatures rose and the adrenalin was pumped through the body.
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Het Arsenaal, Vlissingen, The Netherlands03 November 2007
The Birthday Massacre, The Dreamside, Angels & Agony, Culture Kultür, Staubkind, XmH, Synopticon
Terra Gotha is a small, but well known festival in Vlissingen: the South-West of The Netherlands. The venue is called ‘Het Arsenaal’ a complex with a sea museum, a sea aquarium, a pub and a theatre. The theatre and the pub was where Terra Gotha took place. When we arrived it was easy to find a parking place, only a few steps from the entrance, where a big Terra Gotha flag showed us where to go. First we got in the pub, and apparently Terra Gotha wasn’t the only event for that day. A big group of Scottish dressed musicians, including there bagpipes were having a drink in the bar after their show. A hilarious combination when the dreadlocks, high heels and black make-up crowd for Terra Gotha tried to explain what kind of music they liked to hear. The venue was small, but nice and the stage wasn’t too high. During the band changes there was a DJ playing music, and from time to time we had a great time dancing with each other. (PK)
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Live Music Hall, Cologne, Germany3rd November 2007
Siouxsie Sioux & Tripoli
Susan Janet Ballion is a true musical legend and one of the pioneers of the British post-punk era of the late 1970s and early 1980s. You think now “Susan who??”? Well, you surely know her under the pseudonym SIOUXSIE SIOUX, don’t you? After three decades in the music biz and helping to create a whole new genre with her former band SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES, the Grande Dame of New Wave and British Goth finally released her first solo album ‘Mantaray’ and toured in selected European cities.
