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Joe Bowie & DEFUNKT @ Maschinenhaus - Berlin(DE)

2019-12-03

Posted: 2019-12-25 23:55:13

JoeBowie & Defunkt@Maschinenhaus - 12/03/19

Facebook is always good for event announcements. In September there was an announcement by Joe Bowie that Defunkt will play in Berlin again. But this time not at Quasimodo, but at the Kesselhaus / Maschinenhaus (Kulturbrauerei Prenslauer-Berg). I told Ville and Bengie that I would like to go there and than wait until ...

One day before I asked Ville again and he was totally surprised that this should be the next day. Half an hour later he told me that he got two tickets. So I bought a ticket too. So I at least had the incentive to go to a concert again.

On the concert day - punctually from work at home - I was exactly at 8 pm at the Kulturbrauerei. But there I had to push myself through the crowds because there was a Christmas market on the premises of the Kulturbrauerei. Just entering the anteroom of the Kesselhaus / Maschinenhaus I discovered Ville and Bengie. After we had handed in our jackets at the cloakroom, we went one floor higher into the Maschinenhaus.

Die Aerzte, Slash, The Cure ... @ Nova Rock Festival - Nickelsdorf(AT)

2019-06-14/16

Posted: 2019-06-25 20:09:34

Die Aerzte@Nova Rock Festival - 06/16/19

What a weekend. The Smashing Pumpkins, The Cure, Wolfmother, Rob Zombie, Slash and finally the best band in the world Die Aerzte. And the whole thing on the "Pannonia Fields" near Nickelsdorf between Vienna and Bratislava, the Nova Rock Festival, probably taking place for the 19th time - there are said to have been over 220.000 people on the long weekend.

I would probably never have heard of this festival if a friend (Bettina) - a journalist working for a radio station - hadn't told us that she has 2 free tickets and that she is going there with her daughter (Ella). When I saw who should play at the Festival, I was very excited and accepted to take the tickets. The rest of my family was not interested or had other dates, because it was to be decided at short time. Now it had to be clarified how I would do that with overnight stay, because one thing was clear: I did not want to camp like Bettina with her daughter, but luckily we have friends in Vienna, where I had a guest bed. The last thing I had to do was to clarify who should get the 2nd free ticket. Since none of our Viennese friends had any desire/time, I immediately remembered Adil Baktir, whom I know from The Sunpilots, but who got out in 2015 and went back to Vienna again. He also accepted immediately, but unfortunately he could only come on Sunday.

The Raconteurs @ Verti Music Hall - Berlin(DE)

2019-05-30

Posted: 2019-06-04 09:12:37

The Raconteurs, Electric Ballroom, London - May 2019. Photo: Emma Swann
The Raconteurs
Electric Ballroom, London - May 2019. Photo: Emma Swann

Conclusion: I was a little bit disappointed, mainly because the performance of Jack White and Co lasted only 90 minutes. Also the sound was pretty mushy and maybe a bit too loud.

But that can be due to my place, because I sat at the top of the last row and somehow there was no atmosphere under the people.

I was sitting exactly in the extension of the staircase and it was brightly lit from above, so I always sat in the light, which didn't improve my mood either.

But from the beginning. Shortly after 8pm I left the house, only with the ticket and some money.

I left the Mobile extra at home, because I knew that they were packed in extra bags during the concert, so they could not be used during the concert. When I found my place, the instruments were checked and I had a panoramic view into the new location "Verti Music Hall". It was very well filled - maybe even sold out. Most people were probably in the interior directly in front of the stage. They had a lot of fun during the show (Pogo) and knew some chorus lyrics by heart.

Around me on the upper level there was no right mood. Moderate clapping, nobody got up, well - a used evening.

Punctually at 9pm the show started to end 90 minutes later. In between they played their hits from "Broken Boy Soldiers" with a lot of fun, from the new record "Help Me, Stranger" possibly some songs as well as from their second record "Consolers Of The Lonely" which I don't know. The last song of the encore was "Steady as She Goes" and I knew that nothing would come after that, so I left right after that, a little deaf in my right ear.

At 11 I was home again.

Band:
Jack White (Guitar/Piano/Vocals)
Brendan Benson (Guitar/Vocals)
Jack Lawrence (Bass/Vocals)
Patrick Keeler (Drums)
Dean Fertita (Keyboard/Guitar)

Songs - as far as I know:
"Steady as She Goes", "Hands", "Intimate Secretary" and "Level" from "Broken Boy Soldiers"
"You Don't Understand Me" from "Consolers Of The Lonely"
"Sunday Driver", "Now That You're Gone", "Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)" and "Help Me, Stranger" from "Help Me, Stranger"