Reflections of Darkness - Music Magazine - Preview MARC ALMOND

Details: Written by: Sebastian Huhn; Published: 16 January 2009

Zeche, Bochum, Germany & Passionskirche, Berlin, Germany
6th & 13th March 2009
Marc Almond

The boy who came back! After a motorcycle accident, British singer MARC ALMOND was in coma and after his awakening had a tough time regaining the ability to speak and sing again. With a touching album full of cover versions, he’s celebrating his survival and with his concerts in spring he’s celebrating his status as a gifted Entertainer. Returning to the stage was an even tougher thing to deal with than crossing the studio threshold. Eventually, it was Antony Hegarty, pushing Almond back on stage 2 years ago at the ‘Meltdown Festival’ curated by Patti Smith to overcome his fears.

On this very evening, dedicated to Brecht, he contributed two songs: ‘Bilbao Song’ and ‘What keeps a Man Alive’. In last year’s May, the time had finally come: Almond celebrated his comeback with three acclaimed shows at London’s Wilton Music Hall. All fans that couldn’t be there can catch up on this with the recently released Live DVD of this event. So MARC ALMOND, even though being in his 50s, still is that ‘Boy who came back’ he sand about on his first solo single after the SOFT CELL split in 1984. A boy, still having an interest in music - current favourites: PATRIC WULF, CURRENT 93 and the new BJÖRK album. A boy who’s writing songs with glee again, but constraints that his next album (Working title ‘Dining With Panthers’) would be the last with original material by himself.

In 2009 he’ll finally tour again and play eight legendary and selected shows in Germany. Two of them are listed below:

Additional Concert info

Bochum
Venue: Zeche
Date: 6th March 2009
Doors open: 7:00 PM
Starts: 8:00 PM
Ticket fee: 35€ + Charges (Presale)

Berlin
Venue: Passionskirche
Date: 13th March 2009
Doors open: 7:00 PM
Starts: 8:00 PM
Ticket fee: 35€ + Charges (Presale)
Ticket Hotline: +49(0) 780 99 810

Tickets can be ordered online at http://www.eventim.de/ and http://www.ticketmaster.de/ as well as at all known booking offices.