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E-Werk, Zossen, GermanyJuly 17th 2005
Eric Fish
Eric "Fish" Hecht should be well known for those who listen to German metal or gothic music; he is the singer of the successful band Subway to Sally. As if playing around 100 concerts with the band each year wasn’t enough, Eric also gives solo concerts, thereby adding another 40-50 concerts pro year to his schedule. He started his musical career playing bagpipes, the pennywhistle and guitar in pubs and on the street, and as Subway to Sally gradually grew bigger, he realised that he missed the closeness to and contact with the audience. Thus he started touring the smaller clubs and pubs with his own programme, letting the audience closer to the private Eric.
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Arvika, Sweden
14th July to 16th July 2005
Elegant Machinery, Spetsnaz, DAF, The Faint, New Order, The Kristet Utseende, Electrocute, VNV Nation, SITD, Junior Boys, Welle:Erdball, Strip Music, Deine Lakaien
Arvika is a small town somewhere in middle Sweden in the province Värmland. The normally rather quiet town turns into Sweden’s festival Mecca once a year. Since 1992, the Arvikafestivalen takes place every year and could note a substantial amount of more than 10,000 visitors this year. Over 150 artists preformed on eight stages. Besides Swedish stars, the Line-Up also features a lot of big International names. For example there are mentioned the legendary “New Order” who played a terrific show on the first festival evening. But more according to this later. According to the police the festival was pretty calm and there were fewer incidents then usual. The organisers are very pleased with how this year’s festival worked out and with their organisation. They are already working out the plans for Arvikafestivalen 2006. www.arvikafestivalen.se
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Graspop Metal Meeting, Dessel, Belgium24th June 2005
Day 1: Kreator, System Of A Down, Dillinger Escape Plan, Within Temptation
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Paradiso, Amsterdam, the NetherlandsMay 31st 2005
Life of Agony
Finally Life of Agony are back to play the Netherlands again, last time they played here was about one and a half year ago and now that they have a new album out called ‘Broken Valley’ it’s about time they returned! They are currently doing a small tour in Europe, playing Paradiso and the Waldrock festival in Holland.
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Bochum, Germany7th July to 10th July 2005
Mesh, Leaves Eyes, Faun, Qntal, Das Ich, ASP, Apoptygma Berzerk
Bochum Total is a city festival. Besides a lot of different food and drinks, music is the main issue. And all the bands you can see for free. It´s a festival that presents progressive and original music through all genres. Bochum Total not only presents the big names but is also a platform for musical experiments. During the last years, bands like “Donots”, “Wir sind Helden”, “Oomph”, “Mia” or “Die Happy” were playing here. Further more the festival gives new bands from the region a chance to perform live in front of a big audience. Bochum Total is the second biggest festival in Northrhine-Westfalia (region of Germany) after the “Ring-Fest” in Cologne. During the last years the amount of visitors increased steadily, so there were counted between 650,000 and 850,000 visitors in the last 3 years each.
