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Markthalle, Hamburg, GermanyMay 21st 2005
Iris and Sono
The concert was taking place at the famous "Party for the masses" - Germany´s biggest Depeche Mode party taking place for 14 years now in Hamburg. Fans all over Germany usually travel to Hamburg to be part of that event. This time there were a little less people than during parties before. Probably because of the fact that there will be another "Party for the Masses" on 25th June at the "Cap San Diego" - a big ship in the Hamburg harbour. We arrived at short past 8 in Hamburg, had first some food and then walked to the venue which filled up very slowly this time. At about 11.30 the party started as usually with "Pimpf" and "Behind the wheel". After dancing for quite a while it was finally time at around 12 for the first band of the evening.
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Cotton Club- Kammgarn, Kaiserslautern, Germany21st May 2005
Lacrimas Profundere
On the same day at which In Extremo played outdoors, Lacrimas Profundere played on their "Ave End" - tour live in the Cotton Club in Kaiserslautern. But they had one big advantage….they played inside in the comfy Cotton Club at the Kammgarn Area, while it rained outside. Before the show began, Thomas Adorff (http://www.adorff.de) presented some of his gothic & concert photos in a slide show. An appropiate start to this evening. Only about 100 people turned up to see the show, thus, it wasn´t really packed.
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Pinkpop, Landgraaf, the NetherlandsMay 13th thru 15th 2005
The Prodigy, Apocalyptica, Epica, Heideroosjes, Within Temptation
There is one name in the Dutch festival scene that is above any others: Pinkpop. It’s the 26th time it’s being held this year. Though locations have changed over the years, as in the last few years it’s being held at the Landgraaf Megaland area. Ticket sales didn’t go too well because of the lack of real big names. All days of this multi style event were headlined by dance acts. Apart form the Chemical Brothers and Faithless, there was the Prodigy. Something I personally looked forward to having been quite a fan of their ‘Fat of the Land’ album for a while. But being there on day one as the photographer for Epica’s special gig, I also had a chance to have an exclusive look at the ‘dark music’ acts of this festival.
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Boerderij, Zoetermeer, the NetherlandsMay 15th 2005
The Lizards & U.F.O.
The Lizards and U.F.O. Two bands of which I’d never heard of, probably due to my young age, but I was asked to take some pictures so I went to Zoetermeer where the two of them played at the venue called “Boerderij”. We arrived just before the support act, The Lizards, would start to play. It was very warm in the venue, but that was something we just had to deal with. And staying in the heat was entirely worth it. Do old Rockers lose their spirit? We’re here to find out.
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Zeche, Bochum, Germany May 10th 2005
Paradise Lost, Orphaned Land and Society 1
Being a Paradise Lost Fan for 9 years now, I just couldn’t wait for their upcoming tour after the release of their 10th album, simply called “Paradise Lost”. Having a new drummer, Jeff Singer, who is not a stranger for rock fans as he has toured already with bands like “Megadeth”, “Helloween”, “Running Wild”, “Skylad” and more… let’s see what to expect. Paradise Lost had two support bands which I didn’t know before: Society 1 and Orphaned Land.
