Schlagwort-Archive: Concerts

Blog, Concerts, General, Music

The Revival Tour 2012 – Europe

Schreibe einen Kommentar

So while I was on summer vacation the announcement came that Chuck Ragan brings back the Revival Tour to Europe.

Those who were part of last year’s tour already know what they can expect of those concerts: four awesome, breathtaking hours of music played by very talented and often unbelievably unknown artists.

I remember when I saw last year’s tour announcement. I was happy to see Dave Hause on the line up. I had just bought his solo record due to Dan Andriano’s suggestion and found out that I was not able to take it out of my car stereo or from my iPod. I had already heard stuff from the Loved Ones before but never had the pleasure to see them live, so I was looking forward to see him play his solo stuff as part of the tour.

Overall I feel blessed that I had the honor to see the Revival Tour twice last year and Dave Hause has probably become one of my favorite live musicians.

So this year’s Revival Tour brings Chuck Ragan, probably well-known to all the concert goers and

  • Cory Branan
  • Emily Barker
  • Jay Malinowski
  • & Rocky Votolato

 

Presale has already begun and to my biggest disappointment  the Wiesbaden show is already sold out, so I won’t be able to join it this year 🙁

So everybody who wants to get tickets to the shows nearby his home..be quick they are going pretty fast and you won’t regret it!

Dates are as follows:

  • Tue, Oct. 16th, Cardiff : Solus
  • Wed, Oct 17th, Norwich, Waterfront
  • Thu, Oct 18th, London, O2 Acadamy Islington
  • Fri, Oct 19th, Brighton, Concord 2
  • Sat, Oct 20th, Antwerp (BE), Trix
  • Sun, Oct, 21st, Utrecht (NL), Tivoli de Helling
  • Tue, Oct, 23rd, Köln (DE), Gloria
  • Wed, Oct, 24th, Berlin (DE), SO36
  • Tue, Oct, 25th, Copenhagen (DK), Amager Bio
  • Fri, Oct, 26th, Oslo (N), John Dee
  • Sat, Oct, 27th, Göteborg (SE), Musikens Hus
  • Sun, Oct, 28th, Stockholm (SE), Debaser Slussen
  • Tue, Oct, 30th, Helsinki (FI), Tavastia
  • Thu, Nov, 1st, Malmö (SE), Inkonst
  • Fri, Nov, 2nd, Hamburg (DE), Übel & Gefährlich
  • Sat, Nov, 3rd, Dresden (DE), BeatPol
  • Sun, Nov, 4th, München (DE), Freiheiz
  • Mon, Nov, 5th, Wien (AT), Flex
  • Tue, Nov, 6th, Zagreb (HR), Mocvara
  • Wed, Nov, 7th, Milano (IT), Factory (Area 2)
  • Thu, Nov, 8th, Zürich (CH), Abart
  • Fri, Nov, 9th, Stuttgart (DE), Zapata
  • Sat, Nov, 10th, Wiesbaden (DE), Ringkirche
  • Sun, Nov, 11th, Paris (FR), La Maroquinerie
  • Mon, Nov, 12th, Portsmouth (GB), Wedgewood Rooms
  • Tue, Nov, 13th, Oxford (GB), O2 Acadamy2
  • Wed, Nov, 14th, Manchester (GB), Acadamy 2
  • Tue, Nov, 15th, Nottingham (GB), The Rescue Rooms
  • Fri, Nov, 16th, Birmingham (GB), The Other Room
  • Sat, Nov 17th, Glasgow (GB), Garage
  • Sun, Nov 18th, Newcastle (GB), Northumbria University
  • Mon, Nov 19th, Bristol (GB), Thekla
  • Tue, Nov 20th, Leeds (GB), Stylus
Blog, Concerts

The Revival Tour, 12th October 2011, Cologne

Schreibe einen Kommentar

Yesterday night was my second Revival Tour concert. This time in Cologne, where it should have originally take place in the Gloria but was re-scheduled into Live Music Hall. The positive part of this was the fact that we were not seated, another one that the WDR Rockpalast was going to record the concert and therefor it will be shown in Television in the night from Sunday to Monday for 3 hours.

As we were not seated the connection to the band / musicians was much better and I believe they enjoyed it more than they did enjoy Wiesbaden. The cameras for the TV were sometimes a little bit bothering .. but this can’t be helped I guess…and it’s they price we pay for being able to sit back Sunday night and see the concert again.

Funny for us (not for the musicians) was the fact that first during Dan Andriano’s set a string on his guitar broke. It totally turned him over, but luckily the crowd was great, helping him getting back into the song and least but not last Dave Hause who directly came out on stage when this happend to support Dan for the rest of the song. Two more broken strings happend to Chuck yesterday night, so it seemed to be the night of broken strings. A little weird was the fact that more than one person in the crowd called for „Radio“ from Alkaline Trio during Dan’s set, which means they either don’t know that Matt is singing that or they thought Dan would do it too. Dan explained that he would not play songs of Matt while he’s not there, but that they’ll return in November for an Alkaline Trio show and that they are going to play „Radio“ there. He then played „Emma“, a song that Matt wrote but Dan is singing (the only one btw.) supported by Dave (who was doing a really good job on this…maybe the crowd should have asked him for „Radio) telling us that Matt named that song after Dan’s dog.

Brian Fallon was, as always, very funny to have on stage. Besides the fact that he’s really chatting with the crowd all the time, he offered the choice between another song and doing breakdance. Needless to say we got both.

The Rockpalast has already the first video up (59 Sound) and some interviews. You can check them out here

The Setllist

All

  1. Nomade by Fate
  2. Me and Denver
  3. Great Expectations
  4. Prague

 

Dave’s Set

  1. Time will tell (with Dan)
  2. Pretty Good Year (with Chuck)
  3. Pray for Tuscon
  4. Resolutions (with Jon)
  5. Jane
  6. Melanin
  7. Trusty Chords (with Chuck)
  8. C’mon Kid (with Dan)

 

Chuck’s Set

  1. It’s what you will
  2. Let it rain
  3. Cut em down
  4. Nothing left to prove
  5. You get what you give
  6. For Broken Ears (with Dave)
  7. Fixin to Die
  8. Between The Lines
  9. Meet you in the Middle (with Brian)
  10. The Boat

 

Dan’s Set

  1. Every Thug needs a Lady
  2. Annother Innocent Girl
  3. Hollow Sounds
  4. It’s gonna rain all day
  5. Hurrican Season (with Chuck)
  6. This Light
  7. First Eviction Notice
  8. Blue Caroline (at the end with Dave)
  9. Emma (with Dave)
  10. Crawl (with Brian)
  11. From this Oil Can

 

Brian’s Set

  1. Black Betty and the Moon (with Ian Perkins)
  2. I witnessed a crime (with Ian Perkins)
  3. Ladykiller (with Ian Perkins)
  4. The Diamond Church Street Choir
  5. Old White Lincoln
  6. The Boxer
  7. Here’s looking at you kid
  8. Blue Jeans & White Shirts

 

All

  1. American Slang
  2. On the Bow
  3. California Burritos
  4. The Bridge
  5. I was a Prayer
  6. 59 Sound
  7. Revival Road

 

Blog, Concerts

The Revival Tour, 11th October 2011, Wiesbaden

Ein Kommentar

Yesterday night the Revival Tour finally hit Wiesbaden. A concert I’ve been looking forward too since April (when I bought my tickets and saw the line-up).

Whoever has the chance to see a Revival Tour concert shouldn’t miss it. The European part 2011 unites 4 absolutely awesome male voices: Chuck Ragan, Dan Andriano, Dave Hause & Brian Fallon, which are supported by Jon Gaunt on the violin and Joe Ginsberg on the contrabass.

The Wiesbaden date took place in the Ringkirche..which left me with quite a strange feeling as we German learn from the beginning on that you have to be quiet in church and you have to behave. I was overall afraid this could destroy the atmosphere of that concert and I’m pretty sure it partly did for the band. They got nearly no response from the audiance during the show (besides applaus and screaming after the songs). The crowd remained nearly motionless on their seats (yes…seated) during the concert. Only for the last 3 or 4 songs Dave Hause made them leave those and dance in front of the band (luckily)

The whole concert was 3 hours and 30 minutes and this is even longer than my longest Pearl Jam concert.

The Setlist..as far as I could get it last night:

  1. Chuck Ragan song…sorry I couldn’t figure it out (done by all)
  2. Me and Denver (Dan) – done by all
  3. Great Expectations (Gaslight Anthem) – all
  4. Prague (Dave) – all

Dave’s Set:

  1. Jane
  2. Resolutions
  3. Pray for Tuscon
  4. Pretty Good Year (w. Chuck)
  5. Coverversion … for me unknown
  6. Melanin
  7. C’mon Kid (w. Dan)
  8. Time will Tell

Chuck’s Set

  1. It’s what you will
  2. Nothing left to prove
  3. Wish on the Moon
  4. For Broken Ears
  5. Hidden Track of Covering Ground
  6. Geraldine
  7. You get what you give
  8. Meet you in the middle
  9. For Goodness sake
  10. The Boat

Dan’s Set

  1. Blue Carolina
  2. Every Thug needs a lady
  3. Crawl (w. Brian)
  4. Hollow Sounds
  5. It’s gonna rain all day
  6. Hurricane Season
  7. The first eviction
  8. The last day we ever close our eyes
  9. Buried
  10. From this oil can

Brian (& Ian) ’s set

  1. Black Betty and the Moon (Crowes)
  2. I witnessed a crime (Crowes)
  3. Ladykiller (Crowes)
  4. Last rites (Crowes)
  5. Jesus brought us together (Crowes)
  6. Goodnight Irene (w. Chuck)
  7. Old White Lincoln
  8. Looking at you kid
  9. Blue Jeans & White T-Shirts

All

  1. The American Slang (Brian / Gaslight Anthem)
  2. On the Bow (Revival Tour Comp.)
  3. California Burritos (Chuck)
  4. The Bridge (Dave / The Loved Ones)
  5. I was a prayer (Dan / Alkaline Trio)
  6. 59 Sound (Brian / Gaslight Anthem)
  7. Revival Road

They used to jump in and out of each others songs during the concert …and I can’t always remember it. Whoever know what was Dave’s coverversion or the opening song…please leave a comment.

Impressive show…I probably will never forget and I’m more than happy to see them again tonight in Cologne.

Sidenote on the merch..for the upcoming shows: T-Shirts are still all available. The Revival Tour compilation is only left on vinyl. The solo CDs are all available, but Dave Hause’s vinyls are sold out as well.

Some pictures

Blog, Concerts

Jupiter Jones, Batschkapp, Frankfurt, 07th April 2011

Schreibe einen Kommentar

First concert for this year took place yesterday evening in the Batschkapp in Frankfurt. After a really long time a German band again. Jupiter Jones, supported by My Glorious (Austria).

The support band entered the stage at nine pm and they way they started sounded very promising. The first 30 seconds were from the direction like Rage Against the Machine and I was like „wow….this is going to be awesome!“ It turned out that I was mislead by the impressive start. All songs of My Glorious seem to be longer than 5 minutes and they all start off quite awesome with a lot of pressure and then there comes a absolutely boring and slow bridge, followed by a good verse and again a boring chorus. I was really disappointed after the first song and more or less pissed after the third as it became obvious that all songs would turn out the same way. What a pity, because if they could stick to the pressure from the beginning of their songs they could be really great!

I must admit that I left the hall again until the support act was finished. Enough to hear them from outside, no need to stay inside as it was really warm (sold out) and tight in there. So I returned after the support (and they played like 40 min) was finished and finally at 22.00 pm or round about Jupiter Jones entered the stage. I hadn’t seen them live so far, except for the singer, who was on stage with Hot Water Music in Trier and had proved to be really good live.

The whole show was a good mix from all the songs, sure with a focus on the new record (which is absolutely normal and fine for me) and the interaction with the audience was really good. Great live performance and the ability to keep the contact with the audience isn’t really that common, especially for German bands and so the Jupiter Jones show turned out to be really awesome. Fun and a perfect start for the live shows 2011.

I probably would go for another concert as they do a major tour in October, but buying the tickets has to wait until the dates of the Revival Tour from Chuck Ragan have been set as this has priority one and afterwards I hope I get the chance to see them in October in Mainz again.

Blog, Concerts

Alkaline Trio, 25th of August, London, The Relentless Garage

Galerie Schreibe einen Kommentar

Wednesday evening I was in London for a warm-up show of Alkaline Trio. They played in a little venue called The Garage. This was my first UK concert and additionally I was pretty stoked meeting some of the members of the Alkaline Trio fanclub „Blood Pact“.
The opening bands have been „The Exposed“ & „Off With Their Heads“. I hadn’t heard of any of those before and „The Exposed“ had a pretty hard job as starters but had some good tunes. „Off With Their Heads“ were great and when they left the stage and the roadies built up the set for Alkaline Trio we we’re really warmed-up.
There seemed to be some technical problem and Alkaline Trio entered the stage pretty late. They took the stage to „The End“ from „The Doors“ which aroused a very awkward feeling in some people as thoughts of the band splitting up seem to be quite regular. To my great pleasure they didn’t start with „This Addiction“ but with „Armageddon“ which was a really good opener for the show. The setlist was different from the previous European shows:

01. Armageddon
02. Clavicle
03. Emma
04. Dine Dine
05. We’ve had enough
06. Mercy Me (für Rosie)
07. I lied my face off
08. Time to waste
09. My friend Peter
10. She took him to the lake
11. American Scream
12. Sadie
13. Blue Carolina
14. Private Eye (für Matt Steinke – Guitartech)
15. Crawl
16. Goodbye Forever
17. This could be love
18. Radio

Due to the fact that they were already a bit late they skipped the encore break and played on without leaving the stage at all. Curfew was at 11.00 p.m and they had to stick to that which may explain why „Queen of Pain“ which was on the setlist didn’t get get played. I hope there will be a chance to hear this live for me sometime.
The band made an awesome show, one of the best I’ve ever seen from them. Matt Skiba talked a lot to the audience and they seemed to enjoy the time as much as we did. The UK audience was different to the German or Belgium audiences from the European show. They pogoed a lot which was great. I will definitely take the London concerts into my plans for upcoming shows from now on!

I had a really nice time and I have to thank CJ, Scott & Nina for spending it with me. It was nice to meet you all and I hope it hasn’t been the last time we met for such a concert!

Blog, Concerts

Gaslight Anthem, Rocco del Schlacko, Saarbrücken, Germany 13th of August 2010

Galerie Schreibe einen Kommentar

To my great pleasure I had won a ticket for a festival called Rocco del Schlacko which took place near Saarbrücken. I had never heard of that festival before and the only reason for travelling there was originally the fact that The Gaslight Anthem were going to perform there.

Rocco del Schlacko is one of the smaller festivals with about 25.000 people. The line up for Friday included Bad Religion and The Hives after The Gaslight Anthem and so this promised to be a great evening.

Indeed it was. The sound was extremely good (never had such a good sound at a festival) and the bands seemed to have fun as well. The only problem was the area the festival is taking place. The ground was quite dusty so it was hard to breath in the front rows or in the circle pits…

Nevertheless I stayed there for The Gaslight Anthem and this was the first time I saw them live and I was more than impressed.  After Pearl Jam definitely one of the best live bands I’ve ever seen!

They played a bunch of songs of the new album and some of the classics from the 59 Sound and to my great pleasure a cover of Pearl Jam’s s“State of Love & Trust“. Absolutely awesome and with closed eyes it was hard to believe that it wasn’t Eddie Vedder standing there on stage. I would have never believed that this is possible but Brian Fellon made it happen… Thanks for a great show…now I’m pretty stoked seeing them again in Cologne and Neu Isenburg this year!

The pictures have been taken with the iphone again…so poor quality…


Concerts

Alkaline Trio Antwerpen, Belgium. TRIX Muziekcentrum 4th Juni 2010

Galerie Schreibe einen Kommentar

The last European show (festivals excluded) took place on 4th of June in Antwerp. No question we were going to drive up to it as at this point I was thinking that this would probably be the last show for the whole year in Europe.

The TRIX is a quite tiny venue with no security and no control at the entrance. A pity I didn’t know that before, otherwise I had brought my camera with me and not only that terrible little mobile phone. But that can’t be helped afterwards.

The show was good, but finally it could not be overseen that they seemed to be happy that the tour would be over soon.

Setlist

Private Eye
Armageddon
Emma
Dine, Dine
We’ve Had Enough
Mr. Chainsaw
In Vein
Mercy Me
Crawl
Off The Map
This Addiction
Snake Oil Tanker
Sadie
Blue Carolina
Nose Over Tail
Stupid Kid
97
Fine
Angelfuck (Misfits Cover)
Radio

Concerts, USA 2010

19th March 2010

Schreibe einen Kommentar

This year’s March I traveled to Atlanta to visit my friend Nina who’s living there with her husband & her little daughter.

There wasn’t much travelling over the country but at least 3 days are remarkable. 19th March we had tickets for the concert for Alkaline Trio at the Masquerade in Atlanta. My first concert ever in the States and as I had so far only seen Alkaline Trio in Germany I was quite curious in how far the concert would be different from one in Europe.

The Masquerade is really a cool venue and it didn’t seem totally sold out but it was quite filled. The crowd was absolutely great and everybody sang with the band who were in a really good mood as well.

The picture is a crappy shot I took with the iphone ..so of very poor quality 🙁

The setlist for the concert was:

This Addiction
Armageddon
Emma
Dine, Dine
We’ve had enough
Lead Poisoning
Mr. Chainsaw
Dead on the Floor
Fatally Yours
Crawl
Off the Map
Private Eye
Blue Carolina
Continental
100 Stories
Sadie
Nose over Tail
97
Fine
Angelfuck (Misfits cover)
Radio

and something they only did at the US shows was that they sold a poster designed by Heather Gabel which is limited to 900 copies and of which one is attached to my working room wall right now. I had to buy a second bag for my flight home to transport it to Germany but it is worth it.