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Hey reg! :nice: Kara, I just woke up! The concert was absolutely amazing!!! But instead of Razorlight my second favourite Swedish band "Sugarplum Fairy" performed. I wrote a short review here if you want to read it. http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1865437&postcount=66 What do you have for lunch? I'm going to eat a pizza in a few minutes. :D

Danke danke, ach es war so toll! :nice: Bin jetzt grad erst aufgestanden und immer noch total im Arsch! Die beste Überraschung des Abends... Statt Razorlight spielte plötzlich Sugarplum Fairy! Meine 2. Lieblingsband aus Schweden! Die spielten sogar Wonderwall von Oasis. :nice: In Hannover wird Razorlight aber wohl auftreten so wie ich es mitbekommen hab. Naja hab nen bisschen was im Mando-Diao Thread gepostet falls euch langweilig ist und ihr was zu lesen haben wollt. :D

Hey Kara and Oenona! :) Hope everything's fine for you both.

Well, just woke up and here’s a short review of yesterday’s concert… :nice: I started my trip on that sunny day to Hamburg at 2:30pm and of course I had Mando Diao’s new album “Ode to Ochrasy” in my CD-Player. Luckily, there wasn’t as much traffic on the Autobahn as I expected. Later on I reached the Elbtunnel in Hamburg. It’s always an unbelievable feeling when the tunnel is approaching. On the left side you can see thousands of trailers and big cranes (second biggest harbour in Europe after Rotterdam) while on the right side the astonishing Köhlbrand-bridge crosses the Elbe. In front of you there are hundreds of digital roadsigns showing you the way into the tunnel... :nice: Well, in Hamburg I quickly found the right way to the hall and got a car park only 2 minutes away from it. After meeting another friend who came from Kiel we went to a little shopping centre and I guess there was the smallest Mc Donald’s of the world. :D At 7pm we entered the hall and waited an hour until the Swedish band Johnossi started to play. I didn’t know them before, but I was positively surprised. After the first gig of this night Razorlight should have performed, but they were double booked behind their back, so they stayed in the UK. First I was a bit disappointed but suddenly my second favourite Swedish band Sugarplum Fairy went on stage. I was like “What the f…?!”. :stunned: I always wanted to see them live and at this moment they were in front of me. They started with “Last Chance” (first song of their new amazing album) and “Marigold” which will be the new single. The crowd was amazing and everyone was jumping, screaming and singing, including me. ;) After that the frontman, who’s the little brother of Mando Diao’s frontman, said that people in Sweden often listen to the following song and suddenly they started to perform “Wonderwall” by Oasis. Nearly everyone was singing the song together with him. It really gave me the heebie-jeebies. :) Then they also played some songs of their first record like “Sweet Jackie” which is my all-time favourite. I thought they will finish with “She” and they did it. Afterwards I worked up a sweat and thought it couldn’t be better…But it could! At 10pm Mando Diao began with their first song of “Ode to Ochrasy” called “Welcome Home, Luc Robitaille”. I totally flipped out and it was followed by “If I Leave You”. God, I was beat-up just after two songs of them! I couldn’t memorise all songs they played this night, but the very first songs they played were “Amsterdam”, “TV & Me” and “Killer Kaczynski”. I really liked “Good Morning, Herr Horst” (next single), and “Ochrasy” as well. Later Mando Diao was more focused to their first and second album. There was a really tough time afterwards when they consecutively performed “Sheepdog”, “God Knows”, “Down In The Past” and “Long Before Rock'n'Roll”. But I survived! :D I also have to say that they didn’t do any breaks between the songs, so you really couldn’t stop to pogo. They did two encores, including one song my mates and I never heard before. I still don’t know what song it was and I honestly can’t deal with it. :sneaky: The really last song of the evening was at 11.30pm and they did “Clean Town”. Everyone was dancing like in an Oldie-Night or something like that. What an ending! I was so exhausted and it wasn’t easy to drive back to Bremen, particularly not, because it was very foggy in the night. What more can I say? It was personally the best concert this year and nearly as good as Coldplay last year, although the music is totally different. I nearly toyed with the idea to go the Mando Diao’s concert in Hannover, but it’s already sold-out. Tack Sverige! :smug: The best thing at the end… my digi-cam worked! :D Johnossi Sugarplum Fairy Mando Diao And finally a short video (1,25 min.) of “Ochrasy”… http://rapidshare.com/files/2495543/RMOV0063.avi.html

Hehe Nicko, what a bummer. ;) Oh yeah, now I remember that you once said you're working at a hospital. Do you get more money, because you're working nights? Here, people often earn more money for it. I'm sorry, have to go off now. I just made Spaghetti Bolognese. :nice: Hope you both will have a nice day (or night). :) Bye!

Grazie! Parli tedesco? :)

Oh, that doesn't sound good! By the way, I forgot it sorry... where do you work? And do you always work at night or is it different from week to week? Buongiorno Nicko! ;)

Oh, how late is it in Texas at the moment? Here it's 11.30am and I'm already hungry. I'm going to see Mando Diao, Razorlight and Johnossi. My parents allowed me to use the car, so I don't have to sleep at Hamburg's main railway station tonight. ;) The train connections here are so awful... What about you? Any plans for today? Hey reg! :)

;) How are you Angie? In two hours I'm driving to Hamburg to watch a concert. Hope it will be great!

Fool's Garden - Lemon Tree :nice:

Merci beaucoup Sarah! :) Was ich schon immer mal fragen wollte... was bedeutet das hier -> <3 ??? Hab nun doch das Auto bekommen. :nice: Obwohl ich wirklich nicht scharf darauf bin, die A1 zwischen Bremen und Hamburg zu benutzen... Pro Küstenautobahn! :smug: Ach freu mich schon... neben Mando Diao und Razorlight wird auch Johnossi spielen... Hab diese Band aus Schweden gestern Nacht probegehört und ich muss sagen, dass ich echt positiv überrascht bin. Mein Tipp: "Family Values" http://www.myspace.com/johnossi <- da

Yep, hab ich auch grad gelesen, danke Sarah! Ciao Julia! ;) Achja, darum hasse ich den scheiß Fc Bayern! :nice: http://www.n-tv.de/729597.html "Nur schweren Herzens hatte er die vielen Lobeshymnen auf das spielstarke Werder-Kollektiv lange Zeit stillschweigend ertragen." Wie süß...

Oh du hast Oasis da schon mal gesehen? Glaub auch, dass diese Halle etwas weiter außerhalb ist. Guck gleich mal bei Map24... ;) Naja im Endefekt hätt ich mich nur geärgert, weil Madsen ja im Dezember auch nach Bremen kommen.

A few days after the blackout I have a different opinion to this disaster... It's an unbounded cheekiness that E.on (gas- and electricity provider) isn't able to have a solid electricity network, even if they have to switch-off a power supply line, because the big cruise ship was on it's way from Papenburg to the North Sea. The prices were going up here between the last two years like no one ever thought it would happen. One year ago when a heavy blizzard rocked parts of Lower Saxony and the Münsterland, the whole mains supply collapsed, because E.on and other providers didn't maintain the big high tension lines. Scandalous...

Hehe, yeah "Narcotic" is great. I think it was also number 1 in the German Single Charts a few years ago. But I also used to like "Doubledecker". :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC3116cLpUw

Ok, ich gebs zu... ich brauchte etwas bis ich den verstanden hab Felix aber egal! :D Oh man, erstmal gucken wo diese komische Alsterdorfer Sporthalle ist... Soll ja die 2. größte Hamburgs sein (nach der Color Line Arena)... Vorher sollte das Konzert ja in der Großen Freiheit stattfinden. Irgendwie will das Schicksal nicht, dass ich da mal hinkomme. ;)

:) Anyone still know "Liquido"? :nice: Today I listened to "Ordinary Life" on Radio Bremen 4 and it made me think about this band again... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHTQAinWKtE Liquido - Ordinary Life

Linkin Park - Crawling

Wenn meine scheiß Billig-Cam wieder funktionieren sollte nehm ich die mit. Ansonsten werden meine weibliche Begleitung und ein Kumpel, der aus Kiel angereist kommt, sicherlich noch Kameras dabei haben. Oh ja auf Razorlight bin ich auch gespannt aber Mando Diao kann niemand toppen. Hach ich liebe diese Band einfach! :nice: Die haben aufm Hurricane einfach alles weggerockt was es gab! Bin auch mal auf Johnossi gespannt, die ebenfalls aus Schweden kommen und dort ziemlich erfolgreich sein sollen. :) Hoffentlich muss ich nachts auf der Reeperbahn nicht groß... :mellow: Naaaaa Julia!

Gnaaaah, Mando Diao will start their European tour in Hamburg (like Coldplay last year) tomorrow. I'm sooo excited! :nice: Can't wait anymore... It will be the second time I'm going to see them live. Hope it'll be fantastic although perhaps I have to sleep at the main railway station until Wednesday morning. :P But that doesn't matter! I'm also excited about Razorlight and Johnossi (Swedish artists). Never heard of Johnossi though... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QasgLQg22xE Mando Diao - Long Before Rock'n'Roll

Tach die Herren und Damen! :nice: Stör ich euch beiden Turteltauben? Hachja morgen geht's nach Hamburg. Weiß immer noch nicht wie ich hin- bzw. zurückkommen soll. :D Entweder ich fahr mitn Auto hin (wäre très chic) oder ich fahr mit der Bahn. Problem ist, dass der letzte Zug nach Bremen schon um 23:15 Uhr abfährt. Der nächste würde um 5:15 Uhr zurückfahren. Dann müsste ich den Hauptbahnhof mal so erleben wie Sarah damals. :P ;) Naja zum Glück hab ich morgen und Mittwoch Urlaub!

Mando Diao - Mr. Moon :nice: My mostly played song on iPod!

Kane - Rain Down On Me :nice:

Yeah, I was also surprised, because today in the news they said that mostly parts of Northrhine Westfalia and Berlin/Brandenburg were affected. They didn't say anything about North Germany. Ok, it was only 2 minutes but I remember that after the electricity came back TV channels weren't available for at least 5 more minutes. We could receive ZDF exactly when Gottschalk was singing together with the Scissor Sisters. :P