You're standing in front of the stage. You're unpatiently waiting
untill the moment your favorite artist will be on stage. Everybody around you feels the same. Minutes feel like
hours. Then somewhere people start clapping. Unintentionally you start clapping too. And then
you take a deep breath: the show has begun.
Lifehouse in Cologne, finally!
Posted: Feb 23, 2010 at 11:46 PM
On February 22, 2010, Lifehouse played in Cologne, Germany. The concert was relocated from the cosy, little Luxor to this slightly bigger - but still too small - venue Bürgerhaus Stollwerck. It was sold out. But the good thing is that the show was sold out before it was properly announced. In other words, true Lifehouse fans got the tickets. Fans that visit the Lifehouse site on a regular basis, being disappointed so many times that Europe was skipped time in time again. And then, suddenly, the Cologne gig is scheduled and the biggest Lifehouse fans see it first.
With our well-deserved tickets we traveled to Cologne to see Lifehouse. We’ve been to this venue Stollwerck before to see Colbie Caillat and it was good to be back.
It was 10 pm when Lifehouse entered the stage. The crowd went completely crazy! Non-stop camera flashes and people making terrible noise! They started with Make Me Over, continuing with Spin. In the first part of the show they also played Hanging By A Moment. What a relieve to hear this song live, finally!
Nice selection of songs too. They played some of their older songs and some tracks from their upcoming album Smoke And Mirrors. Speaking of which, it was good to hear Halfway Gone, the latest single. We video taped that one. Worth mentioning is the moment that singer Jason Wade gave the floor to bassist Bryce Soderberg to sing a song. Ain't that just cool! It’s a new song called Wrecking Ball and it sounds great.
Jason Wade said that it was seven years ago since their previous visit to Germany. We had to wait a long, long time. But now we finally got to see Lifehouse and it was worth all the waiting! They played one more song, Everything, and then they left.
Lifehouse playing Halfway Gone in Cologne on Febuary 22, 2010.
Live show Moke gives a new perspective on the album
Posted: Nov 21, 2009 at 12:31 PM
We watched Moke live in Nieuwe Nor Heerlen, The Netherlands, on November 20, 2009. Recently they released their new album The Long & Dangerous Sea. And, as a matter of fact, we were really curious to hear their new songs live.
Right in the first part of the show Moke played a few songs from their previous album. And when hearing ‘Last Chance’ and ‘This Plan’ you know you’re at the right place at the right moment. Worth mentioning is the great, long version of ‘Here Comes The Summer’, also from their previous CD. This song is covered by a sense of fear and they played it in such an energetic way! Great light effects also. Definitely the best song of the night.
The audience was kinda noisy all the time. Moke realized this when they started playing ‘Rule The World’. ‘Shh’, said singer Felix Maginn and the audience fortunately calmed down for a while.
How about the songs from their new album The Long & Dangerous Sea? It was really nice to hear the new songs. They played their hit ‘Switch’, which we video taped (see below), and several other songs. You know, the new album has just been released and a live show just puts it all into perspective! One of the encore songs was ‘Love My Life’, which is Moke’s new single.
Moke live in Heerlen, The Netherlands, at November 20, 2009.
Yesterday night lucky us went to Duesseldorf to see Eskimo Joe live in concert. The venue was small, we decided to position us on the third row. And we realised how privileged - and truly lucky - we were to stand there and see one of the biggest Australian bands perform just in front of us.
Before we planned to go to this show, even before this show was planned in the first place, we had one question. How will they play the intro for the song 'Foreign Land'? We thought about it. Thoroughly. We talked about it. Multiple times. It kept us really busy for a while. This intro sounded really strange when we first heard it, because we don't hear Scottish bagpipes on a daily basis. We started to love it as soon as we heard it again and again. It perfectly fits to the song! But what would it sound like irl? We didn't get the answer until we arrived third row in this venue Zakk in Duesseldorf October 20, 2009.
Well, they used the 'Foreign Land' intro to open the show. And that was fine with us, because this venue is really small. A bagpipe crew marching on stage would be a little inappropriate. No, really.
The show was great. It was an amazing experience to see Eskimo Joe! They have written so many terrific songs over time, like 'From the Sea' and 'New York'. They also played most of the songs from their latest album 'Inshalla'.
One more anecdote about this night with Eskimo Joe. At the end of the show guitar player Joel Quartermain threw his guitar pick towards me. So, I picked it up. After the show the guys were signing CDs and T-shirts. I showed Joel the guitar pick and asked "do you recognize this?". "Oh, I'm sorry", he said, "I hope I didn't hurt you!".
We went home with a big smile upon our faces.
Eskimo Joe playing 'Foreign Land' in Zakk Duesseldorf at October 20, 2009.
On February 22, 2010, Lifehouse played in Cologne, Germany. The concert was relocated from the cosy, little Luxor to this slightly bigger - but still too small - venue Bürgerhaus Stollwerck. It was sold out. But the good thing is that the show was sold out before it was properly announced. In other words, true Lifehouse fans got the tickets. Fans that visit the Lifehouse site on a regular basis, being disappointed so many times that Europe was skipped time in time again. And then, suddenly, the Cologne gig is scheduled and the biggest Lifehouse fans see it first.
We watched Moke live in Nieuwe Nor Heerlen, The Netherlands, on November 20, 2009. Recently they released their new album The Long & Dangerous Sea. And, as a matter of fact, we were really curious to hear their new songs live.