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Gloria Theater, Cologne, Germany29th April 2016
The 69 Eyes & The Ghost Wolves
April 22 and April 29, 2016 – these two dates must have been marked and highlighted in the mental, electronic, or actual, old school calendars of countless German Goth rockers. The first special day was obviously the long-awaited release date of ‘Universal Monsters’, the eleventh studio album by the iconic THE 69 EYES from Helsinki, Finland. And the second one, exactly one week later, was the night we would get to hear and see the vampires live on stage at the Gloria Theater in Cologne. With its red velvet wallpapers and a stage framed by red curtains, the venue seemed like a perfect location for a musical evening with THE EYES. Gathering with the other fans in front the stage made me realize how buzzy the atmosphere was as we waited for the Scandinavian rockers to show up and bring their timeless melodies upon us. Their huge black backdrop banner with the white THE 69 EYES logo was hanging behind the drums like a firm promise for an undeniably amazing Goth'n'Roll show, which would be worth the wait since we encircled that special day in our calendars. And indeed, Jyrki & Co. didn't just meet, but actually exceeded all expectations. Many, many thanks for your music and the show, you guys!
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Skaters Palace, Münster, Germany28th April 2016
Long Distance Calling, Tiny Fingers & Petter Carlsen (Pil & Bue)
On the evening before the new record ‘Trips’ was to be released, LONG DISTANCE CALLING played at home in Münster’s Skaters Palace in case to open their European tour. By now, the band releases its fifth album and the times when the band presents only instrumentals are gone. At the last long-player, ‘The Flood Inside’ from 2003, Martin Fischer was taking over the job on the microphone. By now, old friend Petter Carlsen is taking over the vocal part. He could already be heard together with ANATHEMA front man Vincent Cavanagh as guest on ‘Welcome Change’ from the already mentioned ‘The Flood Inside’ album. Anyway, there are several songs where the band is doing without a singer and maybe this was the reason for Carlsen to open the evening al alone only equipped with an acoustic guitar and a loop station.
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Sandstone Cave Langenstein, Halberstadt, Germany15th & 16th April 2016
Kasematten Festival 2016 Day 2 with Hidden Place, Autodafeh, Dive, Spiritual Front, Klangstabil, Frozen Plasma, Covenant
The second day of the festival promised a lot of cool music acts and despite an unexpected change in the line-up, the rest came as planned and as crowd near the stage was gradually getting bigger it was just the time to start the event.
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Bürgerhaus Stollwerck, Cologne, Germany26th April 2016
Juliette & The Licks, WACO
In 2003, Juliette Lewis was founding the band JULIETTE & THE LICKS, known for loud guitars, up-tempo songs and her deep voice. After six years, the band was put on hiatus but finally now the band is back and on 26th April, Juliette and band were rocking a sold-out Bürgerhaus Stollwerck in Cologne, supported by UK based WACO.
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ARTheater, Cologne, Germany24th April 2016
Sophia
Mr. Robin Proper-Sheppard and his band SOPHIA were playing on a Sunday evening in Cologne. And even though it was spring, it more looked like winter with even a little snow. Somehow, the weather was kind of fitting to the mood the band is spreading with its songs.
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