Concert Season

[Andrius]

Dagmar;
I just got my tickets to Purple/Lizzy in Chicago this coming February! Apparently, Purple is doing a interesting twist on their show, in that they will play an hour-long set of "hits" and then break, and then come back and play Machine Head in its entirety! I can't wait for the show!
Also, heard that Glenn has plans to film a DVD of some of the shows for this tour. Did you hear about it?

[Paulo]

Here is the poster for the Isle of Wight music festival 2004 which will take place in June 11, 12 and 13!



I don't know about you people but I fancy going to see David Bowie! Who's coming with me to rock out with the 'Young Dude'? ;D

[DagmarS]

oooh yes, my time has come again. The concerts are here!!! I shall start my gig season with this incredible gentleman, who is coming to Czech Republic to do 3 gigs here. I can´t wait. I am a little worried, as it won´t only be Glenn Hughes tour but he´s coming with Joe Lynn Turner and their HTP (I heard Joe isn´t in the best of forms).
But hey, the title of the Czech tour ... "The Singers Of Deep Purple" sounds to the ears, of such a HUGE Purple fan as I am, very promising.
As you probably know, I saw Glenn live last October and I am still ... ... amazed. I hope he won´t disappoint me this time either. Friday 19th March in Zlin, ... here I come!!!

p.s.: Andrius, I´d love to hear about the Purple gig with a twist. Playing the entire Machine Head!?! ... oh please, where was I? What a show that must have been!!! Yes, I too heard about the DVD that Glenn is planning to release. You can see some shots of it on www.glennhughes.com . ENJOY!!!

[Pina]

The Toronto Star Apr. 2, 2004.

Bowie flashes his gold
Toronto audience revels in smash hits from his songbook
Singer also pleases with newer gems

BEN RAYNER

Let Mick Jagger and Bono tussle over who's got the biggest band in the world. David Bowie is the quintessential "thinking man's" rock star and that, at the end of the day, is a far more enviable position in which to be.

We've been conditioned to expect the unexpected from Bowie, so the surprise was palpable during the old smoothie's sold-out visit to the Air Canada Centre last night when it briefly appeared rock 'n' roll's most famous shapeshifter had adopted the guise of Bowie the Populist for his current Reality tour.

Topping his set list with some of the purest pop hits in his catalogue — a boisterous "Rebel Rebel" was offered as crowd-pleasing opener, followed swiftly by the guilty '80s pleasure "Modern Love" and "China Girl" and a camp swagger through "All The Young Dudes" — proved a savvy first move in a night-long game of give-and-take with an audience that, for the most part, hasn't paid much attention to Bowie's new material since "Let's Dance."

It's their loss, really. Last year's Reality and its brooding 2002 predecessor, Heathen — the best record to bear the 57-year-old Bowie's name in 20 years — have contained some of his most direct, accessible and self-referential material in years, and it was clear from the extensive stage time given to songs from those albums that Bowie is the rare artist of his vintage committed to where he is now, not yesterday.

The blaring Reality track "New Killer Star" was an early winner, as was Bowie and his crack band's increasingly (quite pleasingly) dirty version of "Cactus" by the Pixies. "Never Get Old" proved a more convincing statement in concert than on record, while the deliberate, long-simmering Heathen bookends "Sunday" and "Heathen (The Rays)" were transporting mood pieces that stood nearly level with their Scary Monsters-era cousin, "Ashes To Ashes."

Paying homage to obscure children's entertainer Uncle Floyd ("Slip Away") and playing to the ladies with the new softies "The Loneliest Guy" and "Days" may have cost him a bit of momentum, but Bowie bounced back by trotting out some less-than-obvious chestnuts on the way to "Heroes" and the encore.

It was during this stretch, when a raw, off-kilter kick at Ziggy Stardust's "Hang On To Yourself" gave way to Hunky Dory's acid-folk epic "Quicksand" and "I'm Afraid Of Americans," that one was struck by the creative breadth of Bowie's vast songbook. And how, despite some divisive moments, he's always given the impression he believes in whatever it is he's doing. For that reason, we still believe, too.

www.thestar.com

[Pina]

Here are some pics of David Bowie's Toronto show, taken from www.davidbowie.com/news/index.php?id=20040402







Here's the set list:

01 Rebel Rebel
02 Modern Love
03 New Killer Star
04 Fame
05 Cactus
06 All The Young Dudes
07 China Girl
08 Never Get Old
09 The Loneliest Guy
10 The Man Who Sold The World
11 Hallo Spaceboy
12 Sunday
13 Heathen (The Rays)
14 Under Pressure
15 Days
16 Slip Away
17 Looking For Water
18 Ashes To Ashes
19 Hang On To Yourself
20 Quicksand
21 I'm Afraid Of Americans
22 "Heroes"

(Encore)
23 Starman
24 Five Years
25 Suffragette City
26 Ziggy Stardust

[Barrow-wight aka MELLON]

Well, our country is expecting couple of music events this year. It looks like the frequency of bigger names increases and I just wonder whether our new EU membership has something to do with it, LOL.

• Phil Collins ... two days ago or so
  
• Jethro Tull ... 19.5.2004-23.5.2004
  
• Kraftwerk ... 22.5.2004
  
• Chumbawamba (UK) ... 25.5.2004
  
• Paul McCartney ... 6.6.2004
  
• Judas Priest ... 14.6.2004
  
• David Bowie ... 23.6.2004
  
• Lenny Kravitz ... 29.6.2004
  
• Metallica ... July 1 ... I wull go to that one !
  
• Santana ... 23.7.2004
  
• Rush ... 25.9.2004
  
  

And the neighbourhood / Germany and Austria :


21.5. Soulfly - Haus Auensee, Leipzig
29.5. Bad Religion - Georg-Elser-Halle, München
30.5. W. A. S. P. - Metropolis - Kulfabrik, München
4.-6.6. open-air festival Rock im Park - Zeppelinfeld, Nürnberg
10.-11.6. Aerodrome Rock Festival - Civitas Nova, Wien (Rakousko) - v prodeji vstupenka nebo vstupenka včetně dopravy a kempu
15.6. Alice Cooper - Alter Schlachthof, Dresden
20.6. Sting - Königsplatz, München
21.6. Alice Cooper - Olympiapark, München
24.6. Queensryche - Georg-Elser-Halle, München
25.6. Korn - Columbia Halle, Berlin
28.6. Iggy Pop & The Stooges - Kulturforum, Berlin
29.6. Pixies - Kindl-Bühne Wuhlheide, Berlin - Köpenick
2.-4.7. Festival With Full Force - Roitzschjora, Löbnitz
2.7. Alanis Morissette - Museums (Insel) festival, Berlin - Mitte
11.7. Festival Magic Night of Rock - Arena, Leipzig
12.7. Stray Cats - Columbia Halle, Berlin
16.7. Patti Smith & her band - Columbia Halle, Berlin
18.7. Patti Smith - Tonhalle, München
20.7. Stray Cats - Tonhalle, München
27.7. Seal - Filmnächte am Elbufer, Dresden.



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