Belated wrap up about Popkomm...better late than never :)
Well we're back from a jam packed 'xoxo' tour of Europe across 6 countries in just under three weeks. We laughed, we cried and we rocked!
The tour kicked off at the Winston Kingsdom in Amsterdam to a crowd full of toxins, tonic and a tumultuous appetite to rock. The bands rounded up the Netherlands stage of the tour with gigs at The Rambler in Eindhoven and Little Devil in Tilburg. Highlights included local cultural exchange band from '4some' these chicks can rock. The tour moved east to Germany and took position at this year's Popkomm Musik Festival at Club Kato in Kruezberg. The official line up included; Konqistador, Gecko Roman Project, Asleep In The Park, Beki & The Bullets and Yemanja. It was a packed show with industry hob-knobbers, music lovers and colourful Kruezberg locals. After days of promoting on the exhibition floor, drinking at the official Norwegian, Swedish, Belgium and Netherlands exhibit stands - everyone wabbled out of Berlin and made the train to Prague for the tour's next stop. The showcase took place at a wonderfully haunting little dungeon basement club 'XT3' and authentic Absynth was a blaze for a mere $1.20 AUD. The night soon turned debaucherous as everyone drinking had a little green glowing halo above their heads. Moving on - to Poland we found ourselves at a very impressive club, 100's of years old and very gothic "Alchemia'. It was a fantastic show with a very enthusiastic crowd. All bands including the cultural exchange band 'Bloody Mary' delivered like no other gig. Konqistador had crowds chanting for encores, problem was, the set is sequenced, they had no more songs - so they just started over. Bands enjoyed a few days off, with many staying in Krakow to see the city, others moving onto Kiev, Ukraine for gigs and others to Vienna, Austria and Brataslava, Slovakia. The tour arrived in Bucharest, Romania for our final European show - the club was 'Suburbia' and a very cool club at that. The showcase commenced with local cultural exchange band Dekadens who were awesome! The audience was the best the tour had seen yet. Fists were in the air, sweat was on the walls and Marty from Asleep In The Park was on the floor. Rockin. Final destination? Turkey. We headed to Turkey the next day for two back to back shows at the very cool and very glamorous 'Ghetto' club in Beyoglu/Taxism. Everyone was blown away at the class and style of this venue - it looked like a mini Sistine Chapel, paintings on the ceiling and all. We enjoyed two fantastic shows, with great audience attendance and two very very talented cultural exchange bands including nu-jazz troubadours Playground. See all the pix right here!
The tour kicked off at the Winston Kingsdom in Amsterdam to a crowd full of toxins, tonic and a tumultuous appetite to rock. The bands rounded up the Netherlands stage of the tour with gigs at The Rambler in Eindhoven and Little Devil in Tilburg. Highlights included local cultural exchange band from '4some' these chicks can rock. The tour moved east to Germany and took position at this year's Popkomm Musik Festival at Club Kato in Kruezberg. The official line up included; Konqistador, Gecko Roman Project, Asleep In The Park, Beki & The Bullets and Yemanja. It was a packed show with industry hob-knobbers, music lovers and colourful Kruezberg locals. After days of promoting on the exhibition floor, drinking at the official Norwegian, Swedish, Belgium and Netherlands exhibit stands - everyone wabbled out of Berlin and made the train to Prague for the tour's next stop. The showcase took place at a wonderfully haunting little dungeon basement club 'XT3' and authentic Absynth was a blaze for a mere $1.20 AUD. The night soon turned debaucherous as everyone drinking had a little green glowing halo above their heads. Moving on - to Poland we found ourselves at a very impressive club, 100's of years old and very gothic "Alchemia'. It was a fantastic show with a very enthusiastic crowd. All bands including the cultural exchange band 'Bloody Mary' delivered like no other gig. Konqistador had crowds chanting for encores, problem was, the set is sequenced, they had no more songs - so they just started over. Bands enjoyed a few days off, with many staying in Krakow to see the city, others moving onto Kiev, Ukraine for gigs and others to Vienna, Austria and Brataslava, Slovakia. The tour arrived in Bucharest, Romania for our final European show - the club was 'Suburbia' and a very cool club at that. The showcase commenced with local cultural exchange band Dekadens who were awesome! The audience was the best the tour had seen yet. Fists were in the air, sweat was on the walls and Marty from Asleep In The Park was on the floor. Rockin. Final destination? Turkey. We headed to Turkey the next day for two back to back shows at the very cool and very glamorous 'Ghetto' club in Beyoglu/Taxism. Everyone was blown away at the class and style of this venue - it looked like a mini Sistine Chapel, paintings on the ceiling and all. We enjoyed two fantastic shows, with great audience attendance and two very very talented cultural exchange bands including nu-jazz troubadours Playground. See all the pix right here!
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