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Seems like we already can look forward to shows next year, at least those of us living in the right country. :)
May 5, 2006
HALLE/SAALE (Germany)
...Alphaville featuring the Pfau String Quartet
Georg-Friedrich-Händel-Halle
Salzgrafenplatz1, 06108 Halle
[Tickets][Venue]
Additional info:
Einlass: 19:00 Uhr, Beginn: 20.00 Uhr;
Tickethotline: +49 - (0)345 - 6 888 6 888
Taken from www.alphaville.de (http://www.alphaville.de)
Great news!
It is a friday. Then we can have a NH-party on saturday.
Does anybody know where in Germany Halle/Saale is?
Distance from Berlin/Frankfurt ????
Really great news! Lets hope for one or many concerts in Scnadinavia.
A trip to Germany would be fun, but i think it will be hard for me in May.
Cassiel
02 Dec 2005, 13:37
we looked on the roadmap onlnie and the distance from ColumbiaFritz (venue for different AV-Concerts) to Halle/Saale is between 1,5 and 2 hours by car.
Too far for me especially when I have to work :-(
I definitely need to come to Germany next year. But I'll wait for more dates. [smile2]
Adiville
02 Dec 2005, 20:44
Me too. July-August as usual [wink][party]
We do need a trip to Germany (trond). Hoping for more dates ( I`ll think about it...).
We do need a trip to Germany (trond). Hoping for more dates ( I`ll think about it...).
We go together this time also !!!!
Yeah, this one seems to be possible for many of us.
FallenAngel
03 Dec 2005, 20:14
Same for me.... really mis AV and more I, I really mis you all!
*shrugs*
Well, 30-40 km away...[wink]
It isn't impossible, but we'll see :)
The tickets are already available:
http://www.eventim.de/cgi-bin/TINFO.DLL?fun=TDETAILA&affiliate=zee&doc=detaila&key=136867&zanpid=355321C1596200358
I hope it is going to be another AV-concert in the area May 6.
That would be really nice. I think we are going to be a lot of NH-members on the concert / these concerts. And I think some of my 80-is friends are coming as well. But.... so long waiting.....
I really want to go!! But i will be working on my theses at that time... but with a little luck maybe I can go anyway
Of course you will go Cathis! Screw the studies and join the crazy gang.
I would really like to do that.. i hope the company that I will do my theses at will accept it :)
The most important thing for me is to know when a concert is in good time so I have the chance to take some days off....it's very hard to get time off in my line of work. But after May 2006 it will be easier because then I have saved up 6 weeks of holiday so they have to give me some days off [smile]
I have to inform my employer about when I plan to have my holiday 3 months before my holiday starts....
Ok - your holiday starts May 4. Tell your boss that !!!!
Ok - your holiday starts May 4. Tell your boss that !!!!
I will wait for more dates.....I would love to go to Berlin or Hamburg again! If not these 2 citites then somewhere in Denmark or Oslo or Gothenburg would do fine for me!!
We are still in December, hopefully a lot of new dates will be added the coming months.
Yes, anything would be fine for me.. but a trip to Germany would be the best! I guess it´s mayby 15 years since I were ther last time. I remember kind of.. nothing :(
Jonatan
06 Dec 2005, 16:49
I hope they will book Alphaville for next years's SAMA (www.sama.mu).
It would be soooo nice! But I doubt it [banghead]
After the flop at Tinitus last year, I don't think they will book AV to another big electronic event like this...
(Ps. I liked the concert...the problem is that the majority of the audience didn't think like me...)
I don´t think so either... the majority of the Tinitus audience had expected too much i think...
And it´s even more fun with a concert where people doesn´t complains that much
We go together this time also !!!!
Will try to make it happend [smile2] . Yeah... We had a great time in Mannheim. Jæddæ!! [drink]
Will try to make it happend [smile2] . Yeah... We had a great time in Mannheim. Jæddæ!! [drink]
Of course - we are going. Vatle & co are also joining. It will be great to hear your screaming-singing again [smile] [smile]
I don´t think so either... the majority of the Tinitus audience had expected too much i think...
And it´s even more fun with a concert where people doesn´t complains that much
Tinitus.... well - I hated the crowd, that was a poor poor event. Great music of course, but the mob destroyed it all for us really fans.
Of course - we are going. Vatle & co are also joining. It will be great to hear your screaming-singing again [smile] [smile]
Hmm... Looking forward to it...I guess[smile2] It`s nice to sing [tonque]
btw...I can`t remember singing.. [drink] [bigmouth]
Tinitus.... well - I hated the crowd, that was a poor poor event. Great music of course, but the mob destroyed it all for us really fans.
Two of my classmates was at tinitus last year... they said to me that they liked the concert.. but that was not what they told others [bah]
Two of my classmates was at tinitus last year... they said to me that they liked the concert.. but that was not what they told others [bah]
At Tinitus I brought with me 7 friends. And everybody had listened to Alphaville that autumn. I had made a copy of the probably set-list, and after the show they were shouting....: "But.... we knew all the songs...!! Amazing !!"
So yes - they were happy with the concert. [smoke]
btw...I can`t remember singing.. [drink] [bigmouth]
You are not singing Bodø [laugh]
You are SHOUTING [bigmouth]
I had nothing against the crowd. The event is made for people like that.
I love the other artists, I'm really into that kind of music.
But when it comes to Alphaville - they just don't fit into the whole EBM/industrial/futurepop-scene.
/Christina
Tinitus.... well - I hated the crowd, that was a poor poor event. Great music of course, but the mob destroyed it all for us really fans.
As if Alphaville fit into any scene... They were so different from the others at that Disco 80s festival.
As if Alphaville fit into any scene... They were so different from the others at that Disco 80s festival.
Well, talking about the audience it does make a huge difference which scene they belong to. The Russian 80´s audience might fit AV a little bit better than the hardcore EBM-people from Tinitus.
But of course, there are a lot of different people in the audiences, but I'm talking generally.
They do tend to go for that kind of event though. Eurorock in Belgium in 2003 was that kind of festival and, no, they didn`t fit in there either.
Hoping for more concerts THIS side of Germany next year! [wink]
[call] I received a call from Joachim Hollander this morning. Last week I sent him a SMS (yes! he got one toooo), and asked if he will join us on the gig in Germany in May.
And he responded! He is coming. Great news I think [thumbup]
FallenAngel
10 Dec 2005, 19:44
I really hope they are coming to Belgium!!! Cause I need them!!!! Aaaargh... I a need a live concert or I am able to kill every colleague I have!!!![bigmouth]
You are not singing Bodø [laugh]
You are SHOUTING [bigmouth]
Of course....I knew there was something.... [smile2]
SLAM; am I so lucky to meet you somewhere in Germany early in May 2006 ?????????
Alphaanni
13 Dec 2005, 17:28
... ... ... ...
That certainly is interesting, I was sure he was done with AV, but nice to see he´s not.
[call] I received a call from Joachim Hollander this morning. Last week I sent him a SMS (yes! he got one toooo), and asked if he will join us on the gig in Germany in May.
And he responded! He is coming. Great news I think [thumbup]
Great news indeed! Everyone misses Joachim as a leader and a friend.
I don't know anything about my next year's holidays where they will take place, Trond.
New life
13 Dec 2005, 19:51
well...done with alphaville? Maybe in the old way with lot´s of time and efforts taken...but not as music of course. Though I am NOT sure at all I can come to Germany. There are so much things that should be right...so what I told Trond was that "it could be a good idea"...so maybe, but possibly not. I will become father for the second time in the middle of March...so it has to be ok home, before I can decide to leave for some days.
/Joachim
Ooooh, nice to see you here Jocke!
I would prefer you as "Joachim", though [wink]
Jocke, don´t you want your old account back ?
New life
13 Dec 2005, 20:12
...no I prefer "new life", as its a new Era...
@Joachim; of course you are joining the crazy gang. You have to. We want you to. Come on - Come on [wink] [wink] [thumbup]
Ok, only because it´s you - multiple accounts are normally not allowed.
Why not just delete the one then?
Adiville
14 Dec 2005, 14:17
Hey Joachim ! Good to see you my good old friend (old as in time - not age [wink]) !
Was fantastic to see you at the Tipi [party]
Two (...) new German dates added on av.de
Only short concerts..??? Give me a 90 minutes gig, and I will be there for sure.
I guess noone of the concerts are AV only.
at least one other UK fan is thinking of going to the Halle concert .*thinking*
I wanted to answer that fan but can`t! just wanted to tell him that yes, Ryanair do go to somewhere near Leipzig, as you and I well know Clare [laugh]. Unfortunately I won`t be going cos of work.
shame!!! *demonstrating for concerts at half term!*
I would really like to go to Germany to see some concert next year. But right at the moment I have absolutely no idea if/when it will be possible...
I would really like to go to Germany to see some concert next year. But right at the moment I have absolutely no idea if/when it will be possible...
Alien let me know which concert you choose..... I follow you on a new backstage-tour, if is ok with you [wave]
MikeinBoston
28 Dec 2005, 20:07
...no I prefer "new life", as its a new Era...
Joachim,
Good to see you in the forums and possibly in Halle. Congratulations on becoming a father again (soon) for the second time. If I go to Halle, it will be with Sarah and then onto Spain to meet Willy!
If not in Halle, another time...
A new life still deserves old friends.
All the best!
Mike IN Boston
A new life still deserves old friends.
Very nice written, Mike !
Where is Halle btw ? What is the distance from Frankfurt or Berlin ?????
@ Trond: Halle is about 30 km from Leipzig, ca. 170 from Berlin and quite easy
to go to by plane from Frankfurt (the airport is called Leipzig / Halle).
I really hope I can join you in Halle! That would really be GREAT!
I will do my exam thesis at that time but probably I can hav some days off :)
Jonatan
29 Dec 2005, 18:53
Let's see what the future holds.......
Don't start planning too much about that concert in Halle....there is bound to be more concerts in Germany in 2006 now that the new studio album probably will be released sometime in the spring!!! But then again....it might be the only concert with a string quartet....I guess we will know a lot more within the next couple of months !!!
Yes, I also belive that we will have more dates within the coming months. Maybe the 20th Anniversary for Afternoons in Utopia? ;)
/Christina
Adiville
31 Dec 2005, 15:56
Good idea Avil [laugh][beer]
Don't start planning too much about that concert in Halle....
Yo man! I have made so much PR about this concert among my friends, so this time I think it will be a gang from Norway travelling to Halle, not memebers of NH. So I hope it will pop up a concert on saturday May 6. as well !!
Yo man! I have made so much PR about this concert among my friends, so this time I think it will be a gang from Norway travelling to Halle, not memebers of NH. So I hope it will pop up a concert on saturday May 6. as well !!
OK great Trond! Do you know if it's a full concert? I only nowe that it's Marian + string concert....not how long it lasts....
Uuups, yes.... Maybe we shall check that with Claudia before the real planning is to start.
Alphaanni
02 Jan 2006, 14:47
ok... it does not say anything about the show time...
BUT:
on the golden feeling forum Claudia said:
"if there is no time mentioned then its always 90 mins" http://www.forum.alphaville.nu/thread.php?id=459&start=51&seuser=&sepost=#55
which means the gig in halle will be 90 mins... maybe Claudia could quick confirm that :)
I will also go to Halle and it seems that loads of the goldenfeeling gang will be there as well...
Sounds great ! We have to stay at the same hotel then ?!
I definately plan to go for Halle ! Sounds like a full concert, and strings are really an extra bonus !
Me too... i sounds very interesting. And it would be great if we will be many party peoples ;)
Alphaanni
02 Jan 2006, 15:16
oops, looks like we will be a big crowd... :)
Alphaanni
02 Jan 2006, 15:44
I definately plan to go for Halle ! Sounds like a full concert, and strings are really an extra bonus !
and beginning of may was always a good start for concerts... [wink]
2000 - Hamburg ... [drink] didn't you miss the train? [banghead]
2002 - Hamburg + Berlin ... [drink]
"those were the days my friend... we thought it never ends.... la la la" [wink]
Claudia
02 Jan 2006, 19:48
ok... it does not say anything about the show time...
BUT:
on the golden feeling forum Claudia said:
"if there is no time mentioned then its always 90 mins" http://www.forum.alphaville.nu/thread.php?id=459&start=51&seuser=&sepost=#55
which means the gig in halle will be 90 mins... maybe Claudia could quick confirm that :)
I will also go to Halle and it seems that loads of the goldenfeeling gang will be there as well...
...confirmed! The gig in Halle will be 90 minutes. Filled with lots of surprises (=brandnew show and program).
Not only the concert in Halle, all upcoming gigs of course. And there will be looots in 2006... [smile]
Great Claudia - I really hope for some shows in Scandinavia too ! Let 2006 be an Alphaville concert year !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [smile2] [smile]
Krapplund
02 Jan 2006, 20:26
Hmm...than I have to take a trip to Germany to than....hmmm...money
Lots of Alphaville concerts!!!!!
This is great news!! Actually....I thought there would be more than a handful concerts in Germany alone now that a new studioalbum will be released in 2006....this has now more or less been confirmed by Claudia [smile2]
@Claudia: I wonder if you can also tell us if the concert in Halle will be unique or there will be more shows with special arrangements???
Like Willy I also hope for concerts in Scandinavia! A perfect concert year for me would be Hamburg and/or Berlin, Gothenburg and one or more concerts in Denmark!
...confirmed! The gig in Halle will be 90 minutes. Filled with lots of surprises (=brandnew show and program).
Not only the concert in Halle, all upcoming gigs of course. And there will be looots in 2006... [smile]
Oh, that is something to look forward to! I really hope I'll get me out of the country to some concert this year. [smile2]
Great news!! Then I really hope for some concerts for me this year!! :D
Krapplund
02 Jan 2006, 23:27
@Claudia: I wonder if you can also tell us if the concert in Halle will be unique or there will be more shows with special arrangements???
Yes would be great to know....than I can plan my life more (yes i know that I plan may life abit after what Alphaville do and realease)....
Me stuck in the Bonn area so I hope Alphaville will make it here this year!!!!
Why are you stuck in Bonn? It would been nice to see you in Halle. I don´t think I got the honour to meet you yet (?)
I`ve been a fixture at a few AV gigs Trond and sadly not met you yet. Unfortunately I have to work and I don`t get holidays outside of school time which means I cannot travel as much as I used to before I moved to Germany (I worked only on a substitute teacher basis while I was in the UK and it made it easier for me to have time to myself when I wanted it). Hopefuly we`ll meet one day soon [smile]
*sigh* Would love the thought of going to Halle. May will interrupt with degree deadlines - damn shame. Still, hoping for a graduation celebration trip to some yet unannounced superlative AvE concert. Never know, if I pray hard enough, perhaps some venue organiser might wake up to the glory and get inviting to the UK - but let's face it, it's more fun to go abroad.
Need to come out of the shadows again since the unforgettable Berlin '04. I've still got an archive of excellent pics hidden for my own delight that need sharing. 'Hey ENGLAND!' ~ Still all humorously paranoid that the Tipi venue people are tracking me down since one's rowdy dancing caused the breakage of a table full of wine glasses. Whoops! Still, feels great to post here once again.
Adiville
17 Jan 2006, 21:13
Just tell me when (summer) and where and im there [party][beer]
*still waiting for more dates* neeed something in summer! [smile2]
Alphaanni
20 Jan 2006, 13:49
so, Im going to Halle on May the 5th and back on the 7th... just booked my flight.
Hope to see/meet loads of you guys down there... :)
Back on 7. ? Maybe a chance for a concert on saturday ? I hope.. !
Krapplund
24 Jan 2006, 20:47
I hope there will be some other concert around the 5th....
Alphaanni
25 Jan 2006, 13:47
Back on 7. ? Maybe a chance for a concert on saturday ? I hope.. !
thats what I hope for [smile]
the return flight was the tricky bit...
so I played it safe and go back on the 7th.
I couldn't wait any longer to book the flights otherwise it gets too expensive with BA...
Where are you landing, Alphaanni ? Do you know the distance to Halle ?
Distance Berlin - Halle/Saale: 173 km / 2 Hours with Car or Train
Adiville
29 Jan 2006, 16:12
Thats nothing in Germany [wink]
spent the money today, so Halle will not have to renounce on me...[smile2]
Remember Leipzig did that to Clare and I in 2003 Justus. Fingers crossed for you!
Alphaanni
02 Feb 2006, 19:10
who is going to halle???
Krapplund
02 Feb 2006, 23:45
@Anni: I think i will join....
@ Kaz: I don't remember Leipzig did you any harm...
Jonatan
03 Feb 2006, 01:21
If enouogh cool people join, I will have to join too [wink]
Alphaanni
03 Feb 2006, 08:03
Is anyone organising hotels for you guys where you could stay together? (as you did in berlin) ....
Krapplund
03 Feb 2006, 08:07
hmm...that´s a good question Anni
If enouogh cool people join, I will have to join too [wink]
If I am joining.... Am I cool enough for you ?? Are you coming [smile]
I was, but I decided on a trip to Spain to get some sun instead.
who is going to halle???
I am not going to Halle so I won't be organizing hostel beds this time...
I still hope there will be a concert in Hamburg, Berlin or in Scandinavia...Halle isn't exactly the place I want to spend my vacationmoney this year!
I agree Poul, but one thing for sure - I do want to see AV live at least once this year.
Me too Willy! If I had a lot of money I would surely go to Halle as well because it's with strings, but I seem to remember Claudia saying something about lots of concerts this year so there has to be some in more interesting places!!!
Yeah, let´s have a concert in one of the large german cities or even better, in scandinavia, and we´ll be there for sure !!!
@ Kaz: I don't remember Leipzig did you any harm...
[laugh] No, just that Clare and I booked flights for a gig there that didn`t happen and we lost about 50 quid each [laugh]
@ Kaz: Hmm, now I get your anger, that I do remember, about that. I had not
realized your flights. But there's a crappy promoter (probably from Halle...or
Munich...or Romania...) to blame, not Leipzig. *wonders himself about his new
patriotism...*
@ Poul: Let me shake your hand, pal! We who are from Leipzig welcome any
little doubt or scepticism on Halle...[smile2]
Of Course We Are Going To Halle !!!!!!!!!!!!
No offence intended Justus. Sorry if you were. I actually remembered the instance with fondness and a laugh.
No offence understood, Kaz. Especially when talking to you I intentionally feel
no need to combine my posting with smileys.
Maybe I should have done...
Let`s have a laugh then [laugh]
Agreed.... [smile2]
[laugh][laugh][laugh]
Alphaanni
04 Feb 2006, 08:36
... ... [offtopic] .... ....
Peter, will you check how many swedish members who wants to go to Halle ?
And I will contact the norwegian crazy gang, and we can find a hotel/hostel/motel where we can stay all NH together, like Berlin 2004 ??!!
We can make a topic here at the forum about the Halle concert....then we can make a list of people going there in that topic....that will make it a lot easier to "control" !
Guesthouses in Halle: http://www.frohe-zukunft.de/static/Service_gaestewohnungen.asp
There´s very quiet about Halle I think. I thought it would be a crowd of us down there. But not ??
I´m still not sure if I can join or not. I will do my exam thesis in April-June, and I don´t know I the company will let me have some days off.
But I HOPE!!!
Maybe we should wait for the planning until we have some more dates. I´m still hoping for Hamburg or Berlin in Germany, or even better - something in Scandinavia ?
You are right, Willy. I think it would be great with a trip to Germany with at least two shows at the same time.
I think I drop Halle. I am not going down there alone.
Cassiel
27 Feb 2006, 16:21
rumour of the day:
AV will perform in Dortmund at the World Championship-Event together with Sandra, Limahl and Howard Jones. I read it in Golden Feeling Forum and there is an advertisement on the Westfalenhalle Website in german language. but nothing is confirmed yet... only the date, it´s on 17th of June. Who needs a reservation for it?? [party]
Krapplund
27 Feb 2006, 18:13
Hmm....nice nice nice
Would be cool to be there....
You got a reservation.
Very Nice. Roger Waters 14. of June and maybe Alphaville and Sandra 17. of June. Heaven Can Wait !!!
Nah... concert during World Championships is obviously not for me. Gimme a date after that crazy thing ends and I start thinking about making my plans. [smile2]
Is it any information on how many songs AV is going to perform ??
Alphaanni
28 Feb 2006, 12:04
Is it any information on how many songs AV is going to perform ??
that gig is not even confirmed yet on av's official website.... so, please wait until you ask detailed questions.... [smile2]
btw, Trond... I was reading you wanna trop Halle... whats the latest? are you going to see a proper gig in Halle???
It looks like I am going to drop Halle, yes.
The forum-members are not so enthusiastic about that gig, so I lay back for a while. Let´s see what happens.
I still want to go to Halle. But I think I have to wait a month until I may know if I can go.
Krapplund
28 Feb 2006, 17:48
I want to go to Halle to.....but would be nice with some more concert that weekend somewhere in the near....
I want to go to Halle, but I've not made up my mind either
Adiville
28 Feb 2006, 21:35
From the expirience of the past, we should wait for later summer dates...
I would prefer a concert in week 31 or 32. It's gonna be really difficult for me to get days off during the summer outside those 2 weeks I'm afraid....
Just spotted this on Moonbase
June 17, 2006
DORTMUND (Germany)
80's Party
Westfalenhalle 1, Rheinlanddamm 200,
[Tickets][Event]
Additional info: Tickethotline +49 231 1204666
Showtime: ~ 00:00
I'd like to go to Dortmund. Would be a fun evening for my birthday ..... [party] ..... but I don't know that it would be possible.
I´m going to another big 80s party the same day - strange coincidence [bigeyes]
http://www.80erfestival.dk/
Can I ask the question again now.....
How long are AV going to play !
I can see the show is almost 5h, but is it only Sandra, AV, Limahl and Howard Jones that is gonna play?
Live performance ??
Krapplund
03 Mar 2006, 08:18
Calm down boy!
Why calm down!
I think I will bring some of my friends on an AV-concert this year. They need a couple of months to prepare this for their wifes and girlfriends. So sooner the better !
Alphaanni
03 Mar 2006, 12:55
Why calm down!
I think I will bring some of my friends on an AV-concert this year. They need a couple of months to prepare this for their wifes and girlfriends. So sooner the better !
then come to Halle... [thats all I say...]
strings performance, (prober) live concert and a little aftershow party...
[smoke]
ooooowww! Decisions, decisions!
Krapplund
08 Mar 2006, 13:59
More dates now:
May 25, 2006
ROSTOCK (Germany)
NDR PARK FESTIVAL 2006
IGA Park Rostock
Ortsteil Schmarl / Groß Kleiner Damm
[Event]
Additional info:
Einlass: 16:00 Uhr, Showtime: 20.00 Uhr (90 Min. Show);
Tickethotline: 01805 / 11 77 50 (12 Cent/Minute)
Kiel is not so far from here, could be something
I am going to Dortmund 17. of June.
With me, probably; Svein-Erik Vatle, Hilde (my sister), Håkon & Line (friends of mine), Fredrik Moonboy, Patrik 007 and Tom (007 pal).
Great !
It's getting better. But still nothing suitable for me....
Adiville
09 Mar 2006, 14:50
I know where i will be in 22/6/2006..........
Roger Waters LIVE IN ISRAEL [party]
I just had to........[laugh]
OK guys - more dates ! Something in August would be great [wink]
It´s gonna be really crowdy in Dortmund. We are 12 persons by this moment. I am looking forward to hear Sandra live, finally!
Andreas
16 Mar 2006, 09:43
Beware of all the football hooligans when you are in Dortmund [smile]
It is in the middle of the World Cup and games are played there a couple of days before and after the concert.
I had hoped to be there a week before when Sweden plays against Trinidad & Tobago but unfortunately I got no ticket [banghead]
I don´t think we will meet any hooligans. Probaboy we will stay in Düsseldorf and go to Dortmund only saturday evening. There are noe matches that weekend, so it will be a calm atmosphere I guess.
So I have bought tickets for Dortmund 17. Of June.
Finally I got the reservation.
We are ten 80-is fans, and we will stay in Düsseldorf where the airport is.
Arriving friday morning (16. of June), concert saturday night and going home sunday evening.
Krapplund
07 Apr 2006, 15:05
I bought my ticket to Rostock today...so see you there [wink][wink]
So....... is there anybody out there...??!
Which concert are you visiting this summer folks
Krapplund
11 Apr 2006, 08:21
I will see: Rostock
I will maybe see: Kiel
Alphaanni
11 Apr 2006, 09:38
halle and paderborn
Still waiting for some more dates.
I wish I knew if I'm going to any at all.
Need some more dates, need luck as well.
I wish I knew if I'm going to any at all.
Need some more dates, need luck as well.
I'm with you on that one! I need a concert in week 26, 32 or 33 or during a weekend. It also needs to be outside October/November as Sarah is expecting a little brother/sister in the middle of October. And lack of money could also be an issue...we will have to wait and see what happens....
If there is a Berlin date .... I will be there [smile2]. But until that happens, I need to wait until finances are stable.
Adiville
13 Apr 2006, 13:46
Same here. Its too early for me...
Still waiting for some more dates.
Cassiel
13 Apr 2006, 13:53
I will see Kiel maybe and if there is a Berlin Concert just at the corner i will be there too....
Krapplund
21 Apr 2006, 13:34
Ohhhh....they have changed the gig in Rostock from 90 min to 45 min [angry][angry][angry]
And the last update:
July 29, 2006
AUGSBURG (Germany)
RT.1 SOMMERFEST
Mühlhauserstr. 54, Augsburg
[Tickets][Event]
Additional info: 90 Min. Show
Adiville
21 Apr 2006, 17:45
OK we're getting there....now give me some dates in August....... [wink]
Better middle - end of the month [laugh]
MikeinBoston
23 Apr 2006, 03:06
Still waiting for some more dates.
I would have gone to to Halle, but Willy "made me" go to Spain..... after all, I'm just a silly american that didn't vote for Bush!
haha.. see you soon Willy!
..... after all, I'm just a silly american that didn't vote for Bush!
[beer][beer][beer][beer][beer][beer]...........
I'd love to go to Augsburg. I used to live there, so I'd love to see Alphaville play there.
It will be even more fun Mike, wait and see.....
Lots of beers [beer]
Alphaanni
24 Apr 2006, 13:38
@wii: are you sure? ;)
Adiville
26 Apr 2006, 19:14
AV + beers is better [laugh]
Adiville
09 May 2006, 18:26
Have you seen the setlist from Halle ?? I must be dreaming !!!
Must have AV concert........now !!!!!!!!!
gallery
monkey in the moon
victory of love
wishful thinking
carry your flag
sounds like a melody
still falls the rain
elegy
heartbreaker - YEYYYYYYY !!!!!
moongirl
impossible dream - NO WAYYYYYYYY !!!!!!
dance with me
questions of happiness - BRAND NEW SONG !!!
around the universe
jerusalem
big in japan
jet set
forever young
golden feeling - OH MY GOD !!! GOLDEN FEELING !!!
apollo
dance with me (piano version)
Yeah, it's been a quite nice one...[smile]
FallenAngel
09 May 2006, 20:27
Yeah, it's been a quite nice one...[smile]
Can't say it better.... [smile]
Krapplund
10 May 2006, 08:50
*wow* Sad i don´t saw that concert...[sad][sad]
Just came back from vacation, how was the concert in Halle ? Any pics ?
pics you can find at: http://gallery.alphaville.nu/v/2006/Halle/
Marian looks like he's putting weight back on around the middle...and he's looking old, but happy [smile]
I noticed several people here being curious to know how Halle had been.
So I will tell you a few of my own words about it.
First of all we have to mention the outstanding location the show was presented in:
The Georg Friedrich Händel Halle, a music hall in the center of the city, named after the composer and mainly conceived for classical concerts, which primarily means: Excellent acoustic conditions.
You even could say it’s a little smaller variant of the Gewandhaus in the about 30km distant „rival“ city Leipzig.
Still this gives us reason to explain two critical aspects: The light-brown-beige wood panelling all around the floor and the walls and stuff reflects all the beams of the lighting set-up, especially moving lights, inside the entire audience.
That means it often felt a bit different to the usual audience dark – stage illuminated – cliché, to be euphemistic...
The second is the natural wood-caused massive bass boost you don’t mind when you listen to a Symphony Orchestra there, but partly gets you in trouble by Wishful Thinking for example when you stand more in the middle of the crowds.
As for me I mostly and generally prefered the position as the watcher of the scene standing near the FOH, the place where the sound and light and video engineers did their job.
Apropos: The point this time goes to the sound guy. I really have never heard a better sound at an AV date!
But what is the point about the projection of pictures to a silver screen optically disturbed by those silver sparkling trusses carrying lights?
Anyway, right at 8.15 pm our darlings enter the stage and the first tone gives you one comfortable thing to learn: It all sounds much more elaborated and tasteful than before.
The synth sounds have been polished once more, a good reason to get very curious for the new album. Congrats, Mr. Lister!
Another change might be specially liked by some of you: David Goodes‘ playing has turned to a more powerful chord style, the slightly noisy fill-in-orgies seem to have become past.
But did he really give up climbing up the guitar-hero olymp?
Let’s have a look at the menue. Or maybe not. It’s just simply been a great gig!
And, yes, we all enjoy this string quartet conducted by Rainer Bloss as a special piece of candy at every opportunity! Should they keep it as such a rare event? I think yes.
Another significant gimmick has been established by that lady playing the viola (as far as I remember) wearing a Moongirl shirt: You easily can stay forever young, it’s a state of mind.
And that’s what we can assume when looking around watching people between 12 and 62.
A nice surprise to me was to realize that among the male part of the audience Marian’s beard couldn’t make it to an allembracing fashion thing.
Would you have expected that?
Let me finally tell you a little episode of the climax of the concert at the last encore, DWM, piano version:
Mr Gold at the second time of the chorus keeps silent instead of tenderly aspirating „Do...you...want.......to...dancewithme...?“ in time.
And the audience steps into this trap.
Oh, he successfully keeps them on tenterhooks even a second time with this. And gets huge applause for it.
But he shows even another special bright stone from the entertainer‘s treasure chest:
At the end of the song he starts telling something like:
"Well, you all may know this: Loneliness..., lonely nights.... When you cannot sleep. And you keep on turning around again and again....
When I was a child I was sent to bed by my parents quite early in summer. So it was still daylight. And I couldn’t find sleep. So...
Don’t send your children to bed too early!!!“
*Huge applause*
Yes! That’s the perfect finale!
MalilaM
17 May 2006, 17:03
Nice review, Justus, thank you for sharing! [smile]
*is envious*
Gracias, Malila! [smile]
(NO envy, please! [smile2])
FallenAngel
17 May 2006, 19:01
Nice review Justus, more is always welcome!!!! [smile]
To be honnest I am also a bit envious.....
Justus, what a wonderful review! Made me feel as if I was there as well. But wait... I was there... in my astral state!
Now only to get my physical state to the concert... wouldn't mind some more dates to think about...
Oh man, I should have been there.
Great review Justus - thanks
You're welcome JP, Alien and wii (and MalilaM again of course). [smile]
My astral intention seems understood...[smile][wink]
Alphaanni
18 May 2006, 09:41
Oh man, I should have been there.
...
I TOLD YOU.... [smoke]
@Justus:
regarding the viola:
Sonja Mirtschewa (the lady wearing the MOONGIRL shirt) playes the second violin and Vladimir Ott playes the viola (that was the guy next to Sonja)
have a great day everyone [drink]
@ Anja: Thank you! Who's the rest of them? [smile2]
Alphaanni
18 May 2006, 13:48
First Violin - Wolfgang Pfau
Second Violin - Sonja Mirt(e)scheva
Viola - Vladimir Ott
Violoncello - Dimitri Levine (Tipi and 2004) / Arne Reichel (Halle 2006)
Conductor - Rainer Bloss
Adiville
18 May 2006, 23:14
Great review Justus [thumbup]
Well, i saw the photos and i think he looks cool ! What a babe [love]
Krapplund
22 May 2006, 20:50
Wonder if the SLAM version that Marian perform with A_liFe [DivideD] will be recorded for us??? Would be great to hear this version together with Marian....*hope for the best!*
Adiville
24 May 2006, 08:13
Hmmmm.........still no dates for August........thats bad :-(
Krapplund
24 May 2006, 14:24
I´m leaving now for the trip to Rostock to see ALPHAVILLE agein [love][love][love]
Hope that the weather will be good....hmm....anyway how cares?? [laugh][laugh]
I will wright a report about this trip I think...[wink]
Take care!!
*hope I get the chance to listen to the new songs*
Adiville
24 May 2006, 14:50
Have fun baby !!!!!!!!!! [party][beer]
Adiville
25 May 2006, 07:13
Krapplund is on his way to the concert, he says HELLLLLLOOOOOOOOO !!!!!!! [laugh][party]
Krapplund is on his way to the concert, he says HELLLLLLOOOOOOOOO !!!!!!! [laugh][party]
I also received an SMS from Krapplund....so I'll also say "HALLO" from Krapplund [wink]
I hope he has a great time in Rostock!
And like you Adi I'm also hoping for a concert or 2 in August....that's probably the only chance I'll have to travel outside Denmark for a concert this year as I have 2 weeks holiday in the middle of the month and I am expecting to become a father for the second time in October...
Adiville
25 May 2006, 11:11
Congrats ! October is a great month [wink]
I really really hope that we'll get some August dates soon cause there are still bookings to do and not much time...
All i know is that i miss Germany very much and the NEED to see AV live is becoming so crazy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [party]
Soon Dortmund and AV, Sandra, Bad Boys Blue, Limahl and Howard Jones.
Anyone else who is going til Dortmunder Westfallehalle??
Kraaapluuund, tell us something about the concert in Rostock...
Krapplund
29 May 2006, 05:21
Alien: you will get a report in some days [wink]
Cassiel
01 Jun 2006, 13:04
anyone going to the free concert in Dresden at the 800 years anniversary of Dresden on 15.7?
official promoted by the town Dresden to be playing at 23:00, but not yet confirmed by Moonbase and Sydney Youngblood is playin before just like in the Braunschweig-Concert before....
@Justus, thank you for your wonderful Halle review. Very well written and descriptive! When that concert was beginning, I was in a little Luthern church in a small mining town in central Pennsylvania, giving a reading at the memorial service for my grandma's passing. Different than an Alphaville show, but still very emotionally poignant.
I hope to see some of you later this summer .... ich warte noch!
@ Mags: Thank you, dear! Alles Gute für Dich! Bis demnächst!
Review for the concert in Rostock May 2006 is online:
http://www.alphaville.org/events/rostock2006/
Thanks Krapplund [wink]
Pics in the gallery will be online soon, right Peter?
Krapplund
16 Jun 2006, 08:20
Later today they will be online (if i´m not get to drunk before) [wink][laugh][laugh]
If you don´t have time, send them to me and I upload them directly on the server really fast.
Krapplund
16 Jun 2006, 09:21
the time i have but i maybe get drunk [wink] and if i´m drunk i don´t think i can handle the mail eather [laugh][laugh]
Good report. Cool to see so many old songs. :)
Krapplund
16 Jun 2006, 14:20
The photos are uploaded now (the photos are not super but anyway photos from the gig) , but I don´t know if they are at the right place...if they are at vrong place change it willy....lo let´s make some PARTY!! [beer][beer][beer]
Krapplund
16 Jun 2006, 14:30
Thanks!!!!! [thumbup]
MalilaM
16 Jun 2006, 19:20
Great review, Peter, thanks for sharing! [beer]
Alphaville live in Dortmunder Westfallenhalle 17. of June 2006:
1. Monkey In The Moon
2. A Victory Of Love
3. Wishful Thinking
4. Carry Your Flag
5. Dance With Me
6. Sounds Like A Melody
7. Questions Of Happiness
8. Jerusalem
9. Big In Japan
10. Jet Set
11. Forever Young
Extra
1. Golden Feeling
2. Apollo
AV planned to play DWM unplugged, but they had to drop it since it was too late in the evening !
On stage in Westfallenhalle, were Bad Boys Blue, Limahl, Sandra, Howard Jones and Alphaville.
Bad Boys Blue started the show and played a lots of hits. I liked their show. Next on stage was Limahl. He was a really disapointment! He started with a new song, then "Too Shy". Ok - I like Kajagoogoo.
So he song "Neverending Story" - well, he did not sing it, he no longer has the voice for that song. So his backsinger-chorus lady had to sing most of the song.
After that Limahl suddenly was a cover-version artist! He performed "Just Can´t Get Enough" Depeche Mode, "Tainted Love" Soft Cell, "Brown Girl In The Ring" Boney M, "Living Next Door To Alice" Smokie and so on.
I was really glad when he finished his part.
Then it was Sandra! The crowd was exciting about finally watching her on stage. I love Sandra, and she had an amazing HIT-PARADE. It was great to hear Sandra almost live, some of the songs were sing-back.
So Howard Jones. He looked not so very enthusiastic, like he was hoping the show to end as soon as possible. He has many great songs, but he was not in the mood, so....
Finally our heroes. The only band who played really LIVE.
I like that AV changes the version of the songs they perform from concert to concert. We know all the songs, but it is exciting to hear which version they are playing on todays show.
Finally I heard Carry On Your Flag live. And it was good to hear Wishful Thinking, Dance With Me and Golden Feeling.
I am a little bit tired of Jet Set, I hope that song is replaced on the shows in the future.
On the new song Questions Of Happiness, it looked that Marian had forgotten the lyrics, and Martin had "to sing on his lips". So I don´t know how it is on real.
In Dortmund Alphaville played with guitar and drums, Martin Lister was on the stage - but no one could hear him!!!
Is AV going to be a rock´n´roll band now with a lots of solo´s from guitar and drums?
I think it was too much guitar this time. LOUD guitar. Too loud.
Many of Martins intro´s was destroyed, the old synth pop band Alphaville was not on the stage this time.
I hope this will be better the next time I will watch and hear AV live.
I want Martin back..!!!
Alphaanni
20 Jun 2006, 13:09
Re: Dresden 15.07.06
Who is going to see the show in Dresden?
That´s a great review Trond, reminds me a little of the show I attended in Chemnitz where some 80s band were playing, like Fancy, CC Catch and so on, who didn´t play truly live, only AV did.
In any case, I would have liked to see the bands you mention, always liked Limahl, Howard Jones, Sandra and Bad Boys Blue.
Alphaanni
20 Jun 2006, 17:51
That´s a great review Trond, reminds me a little of the show I attended in Chemnitz where some 80s band were playing, like Fancy, CC Catch and so on, who didn´t play truly live, only AV did.
In any case, I would have liked to see the bands you mention, always liked Limahl, Howard Jones, Sandra and Bad Boys Blue.
july 2003? [smoke]
Yeah !!!!!!!!!!
july 2003? [smoke]
Oh man...after reading for over an hour for all the posts in this thread -
I just hope I can see AV live sometime...
I sit here in my room and dream all day - even at night I dream of meeting with Marian and all you others.
It's like a fiction magazine where YOU are the hero and everyone smiles...
Someday I hope I and my friend will meet you all!
*hugs*
Adiville
20 Jun 2006, 23:21
@Wii & Anja : oh yeah......summer of Fancy [laugh]
That was a great AV show and a fantastic party later !!!
@Anja : Im dying to come to Germany but i cant before August......
By the way...
In Dortmund it was the first time AV did not play Gallery, Universe and My Very Blood live. Actually I missed the new songs!
Thanks for the reviews, guys!
Some pictures from Dortmunder Westfallenhalle.
With me on the festival:
Hilde Sørøy (my sister)
Svein Erik Vatle (Langesund)
Frode Jørgensen (Bodø)
Bjørn Kjeksrud (Holmestrand)
Patrik 07 Karlsson (sweden)
Tom Hyssing Taugata Tråd (sweden/norwegian)
Fredrik Moonboy Erlandsson(sweden)
Bad Boys Blue was great!! Lots of hits.
Limahl was horrible. He only perform cover versions these days. Songs from Smokie and Boney M. Oh my God...
Sandra is my biggest favourite. She is a HIT-MACHINE! I loved to sing Maria Magdalena, twice actually!!
Howard Jones has many nice songs and melodies, but he was not interested in the audince at all. I got tired of him and waited for Marian to enter the stage.
Alphaville was the Headliner and finished the show. The only band who perfomed 100% live. The concert was not as good as i hoped, but I finally heard Carry Your Flag live, so I was satisfied after all.
Trond, we should upload these to the gallery and even add the review to www.alphaville.org (http://www.alphaville.org)
What do you think?
@Trond: Great to see the anniversaryshirt being shown off [smile2]
Great pictures!!! Too bad Alphaville were the only artists to perform 100% live...I would have loved to see Bad Boys Blue and Howard Jones. Howard Jones can perform a great liveshow (if you doubt that watch his 20th anniversary DVD!), but I'm not sure Bad Boys Blue can....but their songs are great....like you say...lots of hits!!
Adiville
01 Jul 2006, 11:18
Cool photos, Trond [thumbup]
I really want to go to Dresden ....... I am trying to manage it.
[bouncy] Great! I have a ride to and from Dresden. I can't wait! Alphaville show in 3 days!!!!!
Are you coming, Justus?
Improbable, Mags. If I do after all, I will give you a call.
Have a lot of fun!
Schade, Justus ...... well enjoy your weekend, anyway :) .
Seen this ? http://www.olaf-siebert.de/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=125
and this will be my first mail
Henk
Excuse my extreem ignorance, being a very, very, very junior member on this site, but is there anyway to find alphaville tourdates on this site or other sites?
Henk
being a very, very junior member of this site I hope I am allowed to ask this stupid [bigeyes] question...
Is there anyway to find alphaville tourdates on this site?
Henk[slug]
@henk: welcome to the forum! The only tourdates that are confirmed right now are these:
July 15, 2006
DRESDEN (Germany)
800 Jahrfeier der Stadt Dresden
Showtime: ~ 23:00, approx. 90 Min. Show
July 29, 2006
AUGSBURG (Germany)
RT.1 SOMMERFEST
Additional info: Showtime: 20:00 - 20:50
You can talk about Alphaville live right here: http://www.alphaville.org/showthread.php?t=1947
Henk, check this for future tourdates, as Poul e posted:
http://www.alphaville.de/live/
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