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Knust, Hamburg, Germany24th October 2010
Indica
INDICA is a Finnish Pop-Rock group founded in 2001. INDICA's first album, ‘Ikuinen virta’, was released in 2004. It has since sold platinum in Finland. INDICA supported NIGHTWISH during their Scandinavian tour 2007 in which they performed English versions of their songs and Tuomas Holopainen of NIGHTWISH produced their next album ‘Valoissa’. The band was also added to the line-up for NIGHTWISH's 2nd half of the “Dark Passion Play Tour” with PAIN. The current album is called ‘A Way Away’ and was released in June 2010. INDICA is Jonsu (vocals, violin, guitar, keyboard), Heini (bass, guitar), Sirkku (keyboard, clarinet, piano), Jenny (guitar) and Laura (drums, percussion). http://www.indica-music.com/ / http://www.myspace.com/theindicaband
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Halle Gartlage, Osnabrück, Germany21st October 2010
Blind Guardian, Van Canto, Steelwing
The show in Osnabrück was the last one of BLIND GUARDIAN’s German tour before the band went to Sweden, Russia and Spain. But what to expect from a BLIND GUARDIAN show? I have never seen the band before. A friend told me “good Power Metal for Lord of the Rings fans…” Well, I was going to check it out! As support, they brought Swedish STEELWING and German VAN CANTO with them.
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Große Freiheit 36, Hamburg, Germany16th October 2010
And One, f.o.d., Gecko Sector
On Saturday 16th October, AND ONE opened their current "Tanzomat Tour" in Hamburg. The venue "Große Freiheit 36" was sold out and as a special for the die-hard fans they could buy a VIP Pass (inclusive access to the VIP-area and a T-shirt from the merchandise) or an Universal Pass (inclusive Backstage access, access to the VIP-area and a T-shirt from the merchandise). But before AND ONE entered the stage, two other bands performed their support sets.
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Historische Stadthalle, Wuppertal, Germany15th October 2010
Saltatio Mortis - Ten Year Anniversary Concert
SALTATIO MORTIS have come a long way in ten years. I could say from Medieval Markets to the pinnacle of their game, but so grounded as individuals are they and such is their love of their work that despite mammoth success and acclaim they still play Medieval Markets, but they also put on a rock show, and not just any rock show, but one that makes you hold your breath and goose bumps rise on the back of your neck. And so I travelled to the historic Town Hall in Wuppertal for their ten year anniversary gig, a gig I would not have missed for the entire world.
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BKA-Theater, Berlin, Germany14th October 2010
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 “Mariannes 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
