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Philipshalle, Düsseldorf, Germany7th March 2010
Spandau Ballet
They’re one of the most successful pop bands of the 1980s, have put out over 23 hit singles storming the charts worldwide. With songs like ‘True’, ‘Gold’, ‘Through the Barricades’ and ‘Only when you Leave’, they released pop classics which became part of popular music culture and were influential for many artists. They sold 25 million albums worldwide, played sold-out stadium tours and were in the UK charts for all in all 500 weeks. In case you’re not having noticed it already, we’re talking about legendary formation SPANDAU BALLET who have provided generations of people with a soundtrack to their lives. But after they fell out with each other in 1990 which led to the band’s break-up eventually, it was long time uncertain anyone would ever see or hear anything from them again.
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Batschkapp, Frankfurt am Main, Germany4th March, 2010
Paganfest: Arkona, Varg, Dornenreich, Eluveitie, Finntroll
Few minutes before six o’clock I arrived in front of the Batschkapp, where not as many people waited as I had expected. Due to an enormous traffic jam, Marco, who would be taking pictures during this evening, was late and had to miss the first band. Somehow, the concert manager had messed some things up with our accreditation, but we were given entrance anyway. The doors opened rather on schedule and so, many attendees secured themselves places in the very front. For myself, I decided in favour of a seating place with a nice overview of the venue and the stage. Punctually (this word would dominate throughout the whole evening) the first band entered the scene, at that time the Batschkapp was already decently filled.
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Substanz, Munich, Germany25th February 2010
Holly Loose & Benni Cellini & Karl Halbig: “Das weiße Buch des Jadefalken”Now after my reading with Johannes Steck and CORVUS CORAX’ ‘Die Zwerge’, I visited again a musical reading in Munich, this time of Holly Loose who is known most probably as singer and front man of the Dresden based Folk-Rock band LETZTE INSTANZ. And indeed, he still has other talents: Alongside he is also active as an author! His newest work, the novel "Das weisse Buch des Jadefalken", appeared on the 1st December 2009. On account of that, Holly Loose started to a reader's tour, accompanied by Benni Cellini (e-cello) who also plays in the band LETZTE INSTANZ and Karl Helbig (saxophone) who forms the project LANDÜBER together with Benni Cellini. www.myspace.com/hollyloose
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Luxor, Cologne, Germany4th March 2010
Katatonia, Swallow the Sun, Long Distance Calling
It's always that when you need the German Railways that they have a habit of failing you. Like this time when I entered the platform and saw my train would have a good 20 minutes delay. Exceptionally and to my delight they made up a few minutes while we're headed to Cologne where KATATONIA would stop for a "little" guest play at the Luxor club, so I still made it in time before the doors opened.
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Zeche, Bochum, Germany2nd March 2010
Emilie Autumn
Ready from the tender age of 4 years, she‘s been trained to be concert violinist, composer and musical historian and at the age of 18, she already parted ways with her first label and released her violin debut ‘On a day…’ under the moniker of Traitor Records, the label she’s running to the present day. These can only be some little key points within the extraordinary and iridescent career of the creative individual that operates under the alias EMILIE AUTUMN. Her music and the prose she’s recorded until now breathe a special air, driven by the passion and devotion she’s putting into all she does, a spirit that hasn’t gotten an ounce weaker through all the time. Her newest release is a special re-issue of the album 'Opheliac', released on 12th February. http://www.emilieautumn.com/ / http://www.myspace.com/emilieautumn
- Nitzer Ebb - Bochum 2010
- Mesh - Moscow 2010
- Fear Factory - Herford 2010
- Paradise Lost - Cologne 2010
- Holly Loose - Leipzig 2010
- Rotersand - Cologne 2010
- Corvus Corax & Johannes Steck: "Die Zwerge" - Munich 2010
- Depeche Mode - Russia and Ukraine 2010
- End of Green - Stuttgart 2010
- Draconian - Moscow 2010
