Sunday 28 June 2015

Ein Nachmittag auf den Harley Days Hamburg 2015

Am Sonntag, den 28.06.2015, fanden wir endlich die Zeit, uns auf den diesjährigen Harley Days umzusehen. Jedes Jahr ein "Muss" für uns. Einfach ein Wochenende entspannen, coole Bikes sehen und entspannte Leute treffen. Wie auch die letzes Jahr bildete dieses Jahr keine Ausnahme. Das Wetter tat am Sonntag sein übriges, dass man sich gerne dort aufhielt. Das Großneumarkt-Gelände ist sehr weitläufig, aber an diesem Wochenende ein reines Meer an Bikes, einfach nur zum Staunen. 
Hier geht es zu den Bike-Fotos und Impressionen vom Gelände, einfach nur auf das Foto klicken:
Harley Days 2015
(c) inesmusicpics


Auch das Live-Programm war dieses Jahr wieder interessant.

Darunter waren die Revolutionaires, eine Band, die 1950's R&B, Rock & Roll und Jump Jive spielt. Die Band war gut gelaunt und riss das Publikum mit. Es war so heiß, dass die meisten sich allerdings nach einiger Zeit einen schattigeren Platz suchten, um von dort das Konzert mitzuerleben.
Die Bandmitglieder sind:
Ed Stephenson
Rich Stephenson
Gary Hoole
Mark Matthews

Ein sehr schönes Konzert. Hier gehts zu den Fotos vom Auftritt:
The Revolutionaires in Hamburg 2015
(c) inesmusicpics

Modern Earl waren die Band, die nach The Revolutionaires, die Bühne betraten. Sie spielen Southern Country Rock. Modern Earl bringen die Südstaaten nach Europa! Mit ihrem Southern Country Rock vereinen sie den Twang des Country, das raue, leidenschaftliche Feeling des Blues, das Feuer des Bluegrass und die Power des Südstaatenrock zu einem unverwechselbaren Sound. Ob sie vor tausenden von Fans auf einer Festivalbühne spielen oder in der Bar um die Ecke ist reine Nebensache – sobald die Jungs eine Bühne betreten, wird das Publikum von der unglaublichen Energie und Spielfreude der vier Ausnahmemusiker aus New York , Tennessee und Texas schier überwältigt. Der Gig war sehr gut und die Leute machten begeistert mit. Dies sind die Bandmitglieder:
Christopher Earl Hudson - lead vocals, guitar
Ben Hunt - bass guitar, vocals
Ethan Schaffner - lead guitar, vocals
Dan Telander - drums
Hier gibt es ein paar Fotos vom Gig (einfach auf das Foto klicken):
Modern Earl bei den Harley Days Hamburg 2015
(c) inesmusicpics 

Nach dem Gig gingen wir noch eine Runde und schauten uns ein paar Stände mit den tollen Bikersachen an und entspannten bei einem Drink. 

Ein rundum gelungener Nachmittag. Wer coole Motorräder sehen, Leute treffen und einen oder mehrere entspannte Tage verbringen möchte, dem kann ich diesen Event nur empfehlen. Im nächsten Jahr finden die Harley Days vom 24. bis 26. Juni 2015 in Hamburg statt.

Hier gehts zum Artikel:




Chris Squire / Yes (1948 - 2015)

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Christopher Russell Edward "Chris" Squire (March 4, 1948 - June 28, 2015) war Mitbegründer der Band "Yes" und verstarb am 28.06.2015 in Phoenix, Arizona, an den Folgen einer Leukämie-Erkrankung.

Hier geht es zum offiziellen Statement der Band auf Facebook:
"It’s with the heaviest of hearts and unbearable sadness that we must inform you of the passing of our dear friend and Yes co-founder, Chris Squire. Chris peacefully passed away last night in Phoenix Arizona. We will have more information for you soon.
 R.I.P. Chris Squire."

Friday 26 June 2015

Siggi Schwarz "On Tour" with Rock-Legends

SIGGI SCHWARZ Special Guest " On Tour" with the Rock-Legends
ZZ TOP & ERIC BURDON!
SA 27.6.15 Stuttgart Killesberg, mit ERIC BURDON
SO 28.6.15 Halle, Gerry Weber Stadion mit ZZ TOP
DI 30.6.15 Rostock, Stadthalle-Messe mit ZZ TOP
DO 2.7.15 München, Circus Krone mit ERIC BURDON
mit Siggi Schwarz, Andre Carswell, Reinhold Ohmayer, Danny O'Steen, Markus Ambrosi.

Thursday 25 June 2015

Daniel Patrick Macnee verstarb am 25.06.2015 (6th February 1922 – 25 th June 2015)

 


Daniel Patrick Macnee, known professionally as Patrick Macnee, was an English-American actor. He was best known for his role as the secret agent John Steed in the television series The Avengers.

Der britische Schauspieler Daniel Patrick Macnee verstarb am 25.06.2015 in seiner Wahlheimat in Californien. Er wurde durch die Serie "The Avengers", in Deutschland unter dem Titel "Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone" berühmt. Wie auch in der Serie war er ein Gentleman, der in der Serie nie ohne Bowler-Hut und einem Regenschirm anzutreffen war.


Sunday 21 June 2015

AC/DC auf dem Messegelände in Hannover, 21. Juni 2015

 Rock or Bust - Tour 2015, Hannover
 (c) inesmusicpics 
Hannover, 21st June 2015


Angus Young with AC/DC in Hannover 2015

Rock Or Bust’- Tour

The Band:
Angus Young: Guitar, Backing Vocals
Stevie Young: Guitar, Backing Vocals
Brian Johnson: Vocals,
Cliff Williams: Bass, Backing Vocals
Chris Slade: Drums,

Support 1:
The Whiskey Foundation


The Whiskey Foundation Hannover 2015


Support 2: 

Vintage Trouble
Vintage Trouble, Hannover 2015
(c) inesmusicpics
Vintage Trouble in Hannover 2015


Approx. 75.000 fans at Hannover Messe. We were lucky to be in FOS-Section. 

The Whiskey Foundation did their best, but the sound was very poor. 
 
Vintage Trouble got the crowd on their feet and did a great set of songs. The band played tight and the singer is a real front-man who knows how to work the crowd. He did crowd-surfing as well. 

After Vintage Trouble we had to wait for some time, which we spend talking to fellow fans and having a drink.

Then AC/DC entered the stage with a cool intro and everyone went wild, sang along, headbanging or/and dancing and singing along to every song. We all had a blast and were so happy to be there. 

Cliff had to work a lot (with gestures etc.) to make sure that Stevie and Chris got every song right (intros etc.). Thank you Cliff Williams! 

 AC/DC in Hannover
(c) inesmusicpics

This band does not need a lot of show besides the things you expect from an AC/DC-Concert (Rosie, The Bell, The Guns).  

The concert lasted at least two hours. 

After the concert we got something to drink and bought some merchandise and left the Messegelände. What a night!

Set List:
Rock Or Bust
Shoot To Thrill
Hell Ain't a Bad Place To Be
Back In Black
Play Ball
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Thunderstruck
High Voltage
Rock'n'Roll Train
Hells Bells 
Baptism By Fire
You Shook Me All Night Long
Sin City
Shot Down In Flames
Have a Drink On Me
T.N.T.
Whole Lotta Rosie
Let There Be Rock
Highway To Hell
For Those About To Rock


I took some reasonable pictures at the gig and put them into a flickr-album. Just click on the one of the pictures on top of this article and you will get to the album. 


Here are the fab pictures of the gig by Markus Hagner: AC/DC - Hannover 2015
Here is an article about this great gig: 
HAZ - AC/DC in Hannover  

Monday 15 June 2015

Lead Belly Fest, Royal Albert Hall, 15th Juni 2015


https://flic.kr/s/aHskhcgG7z
(c) inesmusicpics (London 2015)


Lead Belly Fest in London at the Royal Albert Hall:
Starring:
Eric Bibb
Sir Van Morrison

Walter Trout
Eric Burdon
Billy Bragg
Mick Rodgers
Jools Holland
Ruby Turner
Paul Jones
Gwen Dickey
Laurence Jones
Slim Chance
Josh White Jr.
Gemma Ray

Chris Barber
Dana Fuchs
Tom Paley

This event took place at the Royal Albert Hall. 

The Lead Belly Fest honoured the music of Lead Belly. He had a troubled life. The event was in support of the Lead Belly Estate and Foundation as well as the Shooting Star Chase Children’s Hospice Care with HRH The Countess of Wessex in attendance. 
There was one highlight chasing the other. The main highlight was Walter Trouts comeback. He was introduced by his wife Marie. Her speach brought tears to all of us. He fought like a warrior to make this happen. After his first song this evening everyone got up on their feet and he was overwhelmed. Tom Paley (87) performed "On A Monday". He is the only member of the Lead Belly band who is still alive. 
Eric Bibb did two accoustic songs. 
Eric Burdon and Sir Van Morrison´s performances were also great. Van Morrison brought the house down with songs like Astral Weeks, Cleaning Windows and Midnight Special. Eric and Van were joined by all the stars that performed earlier and sung "Goodnight Irene" etc.

A lovely review by Heidi Widmer can be found on facebook (FB), I could not remember all the highlights but she did!

My pictures can be found on flickr by clicking on the picture above.

Here is an article with fantastic pictures by Ans van Heck:
Bluesmagazine.nl - Lead Belly Fest London 2015

 

Wednesday 10 June 2015

Ace Frehley - Space Invader Concert Hamburg, 10th June 2015


Ace Frehley, Hamburg 2015
(c) inesmusicpics (10.06.15, HH)

The Band:
Ace Frehley - v, g
Chris Wyse - b, v
Richie Scarlet - g, v
Scot Coogan - d, v


The opening-act was not a good choice this night, too loud and as a result we could not understand the vocals from the position we were standing. 
We saw Ace arriving at the venue. He had to do his M&G first, so he got on stage very late.
But as soon as he took the stage the audience went wild. The energy at this concert was totally different to the KISS-Show earlier this week.
We decided not go to the front row this time, which was a good decision as we spoke to a couple after the gig that was at the front. They were pushed against the stage as there were no barriers in front of the stage.
We had a blast! This was a pure Rock´n Roll Concert with this special guy. He let his bandmates shine too. Chris played a hell of a bass. Richie Scarlet went wild as the audience or even more when he played his solos. Ace smiled at Richie a couple of times and even shook his head in disbelieve as Richie seemed to be so into his playing.
Scot had some trouble at the beginning of "Love Gun" but held the band together and did a brilliant drum solo.  

My pictures can be found on flickr. Just click on the picture on top of this article and you will get to the album.




Sunday 7 June 2015

Christopher Lee † (1922 - 2015)

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Der britische Schauspieler Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee verstarb am 07.06.2015. Er wurde mit dem Filmen Dracula zum Star. Die Liste der Charaktere, die Christopher Lee in seinem Leben verkörpert hat, ist lang. Bis zu 300 Rollen sollen es gewesen sein, was dem Briten sogar einen Eintrag im Guinness-Buch der Rekorde einbrachte. 

Er wurde unzählige Male ausgezeichnet, sogar eine Auszeichnung des Metal Hammer ist darunter. Seine Bassstimme war sehr kraftvoll und hatte etwas Magisches.

Web.de: Hommage an Christopher Lee

New Dates: Status Quo Rock Tour 2015

This tour will see Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt, Andy Bown, John ‘Rhino’ Edwards and new member Leon Cave bringing their live show to the nation’s arena venues.
As well as Quo favourites like 'Whatever You Want' and 'Big Fat Mama'.
Full tour dates are below. Tickets are on sale now.

For more information visit Gigwise gig tickets.

Status Quo are: 
Francis Rossi (guitar, vocals)
Rick Parfitt (guitar, vocals)
Andy Bown (keyboards, backing vocals)
John "Rhino" Edwards (bass, backing vocals)
Leon Cave  (drums)


Sat 13th June Rock Under Bridge Festival, Denmark rockunderbroen.dk
Sat 20th June Hatfield House, Herts, UK livepromotionsconcerts.co.uk
Thu 25th June Kunstrasen, Bonn, Germany www.kunstrasen-bonn.de
www.eventim.de
with Alice Cooper
Sat 27th June Stadtpark, Hamburg, Germany www.eventim.de
Mon 29th June Tollwood, Munich, Germany www.tollwood.de
With Uriah Heep
July 2015
Fri 3rd July Symphony at The Tower, Preston, UK www.symphonyatthetower.co.uk
Sat 4th July Lovely Days Fest, Wiesen, Austria www.wiesen-festivals.at
Sun 5th July Clam Rock Festival, Clam, Austria www.clam.at
www.oeticket.com
Wed 08th July Festival de Poupet, St Malo du Bois, France www.festival-poupet.com
Thu 09th July Festival Pause Guitare, Albi, France www.pauseguitare.net
Sun 12th July Cork Live, The Marquee, Cork, Ireland www.ticketmaster.ie
Wed 15th July Rocking all over Medway, Rochester Castle, Kent, UK www.thecastleconcerts.co.uk
Tel: 01634 338338
Tickets on sale Mon Mar 23rd - 10:00
Fri 17th July Newmarket Racecourse, Newmarket, UK thejockeyclub.co.uk
Sat 18th July Volksbank Brawo Bühne, Braunschweig, Germany www.eventim.de
Sun 19th July Stimmen Festival, Markplatz, Lörrach, Germany www.stimmen.com
www.reservix.de
Tue 21st July ZeltSpektakel, Winterbach, Germany www.zeltspektakel.com
Thu 23rd July Rock Fest Barcelona, Can Zam, Barcelona, Spain www.rockfestbarcelona.com
www.ticketmaster.es
Sat 25th July 2015 Silverstone Classic, Silverstone, Northants, UK www.silverstoneclassic.com
seetickets.com
Mon 27th July Chateau De Beaufort, Luxembourg www.chateau-beaufort.lu
www.luxembourg-ticket.lu
Thu 30th July Ringsted Festival, Denmark UK www.ringstedfestival.dk
Fri 31st July Gothenberg, Sweden liseberg.se
August 2015
Sat 1st Aug Rauma Rock, Norway www.raumarock.com
Tue 4th Aug Lokerse Feesten, Lokeren, Belgium www.lokersefeesten.be
Thu 6th Aug Getaway Rock Festival, Gövle, Sweden Festival Site: www.getawayrock.se
Tickets: www.eventim.se
Facebook www.facebook.com/getawayrock
Sat 8th Aug Royal Highland Centre, Igliston, Scotland livepromotionsconcerts.co.uk
Fri 14th Aug Sporting Summer, Salle Des Etoiles, Monte Carlo sportingsummerfestival.com
Sat 29th Aug Free Festival, Trélazé, France www.gdp.fr
September 2015
Thu 10th Sept Festival du Chant du Gros, Switzerland www.chantdugros.ch
Sat 12th Sept Hallenstadion Zürich-Oerlikon, Switzerland www.ticketcorner.ch
November 2015
Thu 26 Nov Tilburg, Holland www.ticketmaster.nl
On Sale 16 May 10:00 (CET)
Sat 28 Nov Blackpool, Opera House Buy Tickets
Sun 29 Nov Manchester, Palace Buy Tickets
December 2015
Tue 1 Dec Liverpool, Echo2 Arena Buy Tickets
Wed 2 Dec Aberdeen, AECC Buy Tickets
Fri 4 Dec Glasgow, The SSE Hydro Buy Tickets
Sat 5 Dec Birmingham, Barclaycard Arena Buy Tickets
Mon 7 Dec Sheffield, Motorpoint Arena Buy Tickets
Tue 8 Dec Cardiff, Motorpoint Arena Buy Tickets
Thu 10 Dec Bournemouth, BIC Buy Tickets
Fri 11 Dec Brighton, Centre Buy Tickets
Sun 13 Dec London, O2 Buy Tickets

Saturday 6 June 2015

Bill Wyman’s White Lightnin’ – The Solo Box – CD and DVD collection launching






Bill Wyman has revealed details of a special CD and DVD boxset releasing on June 15. White Lightnin’ The Solo Box features four of Bill’s albums and a special DVD.

This box contains all four solo albums by Bill Wyman, the first Rolling Stone to release a solo record. The first two (from 1974 and 1976, both issued on Rolling Stones Records) were made the help of a galaxy of musical friends like Lowell George, Dr John, Joe Walsh, Van Morrison, the Pointer Sisters, Danny Kortchmar, Dallas Taylor, Leon Russell, Bob Welch and Nicky Hopkins. The eponymous third album was home to Bill's 1981 big hit single "(Si Si) Je Suis Un Rock Star", while fourth album "Stuff" appeared in 1992, originally in Japan only. The albums are bolstered by 24 bonus tracks, four of which are previously unreleased (two demos and two 12" mixes). Also included is a DVD featuring a brand new interview with Bill conducted by David Hepworth, eight promo videos, and a variety of TV clips from the BBC archives. The 40 page booklet contains all the credits, the lyrics and new annotation by David Wells.

Pierre Brice †

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Pierre Brice ist tot. Der französische Schauspieler und "Winnetou"-Darsteller sei am Samstag in einem Krankenhaus in Paris gestorben, teilten das Management und der Anwalt des 86-jährigen Schauspielers mit.
 

Presse:
Focus.de Pierre Brice ist tot 
Welt.de: Pierre Brice gestorben

Tuesday 2 June 2015

KISS Concert Hamburg, O2 World, 02.06.15

KISS Concert Hamburg, O2 World, 02.06.15

KISS Concert Hamburg, O2 World, 02.06.15
(c) inesmusicpics (Hamburg, 2015)

Zum KISS-Konzert zu gehen, war einfach eine Bauchentscheidung, die ich nicht bereue. Ein gutes Ticket gabs noch am Tag des Konzertes. Das Konzert war fast ausverkauft und die Fans warteten voller Ungeduld auf die Band. Die Vorband war allerdings auch nicht von schlechten Eltern. Die Dead Daisies sind eine Allstar-Band mit wechselnder Besetzung. Auf Anhieb hätte ich John Corabi zwar nicht erkannt, aber er machte Stimmung und war auch gut bei Stimme. Die Band an sich hat so überzeugt, dass nach dem Konzert die CD der Band reißenden Absatz fand. 
Die Pause zwischen Vorband und Hauptact war ziemlich lang und die Fans wurden ungeduldig. Als endlich die Ansprache kam "You wanted the best, you got the best ... The hottest band in the world .... KISS" ging ein Ruck durch das gesamte Publikum in der Halle. Die Band betrat die Bühne unter tosendem Applaus. Alle Fans in der Halle standen, selbst die Leute (wie ich), die einen Sitzplatz hatten, hielt es nicht auf dem Sitz. Von der ersten bis zur letzten Sekunde standen die Leute und sangen mit, einfach eine super Stimmung. Die Setlist war sehr gemischt und ich war selbst sehr überrascht, dass sogar "Psycho Circus" es auf diese geschafft hatte. Die älteren Songs wurden genauso abgefeiert, wie auch die neueren (Monster). Die Band spielte sehr gut, auch wenn es zeitweise sehr laut war in der Halle, wo man dann den Gesang nicht überall so gut verstand. Respekt muss man den Herren zollen, dass sie noch auf der Bühne so abgehen und dann auch noch die imposanten Kostüme tragen.
Ein echtes Erlebnis und ich glaube, keiner der Fans hat sich nach dieser Show mit all der Pyro, den Lichteffekten und der geilen Musik über den Preis beklagt. 

Die Reunion Tour und Psycho Circus Tour habe ich noch intensiver mitgemacht und zwar in mehreren Städten in Deutschland. Damals war es halt noch die Originalbesetzung. 
Da man nie weiß, ob das nicht die letzte Tour ist, wollte ich einfach Gene und Paul nochmals sehen. Eric Singer und Tommy Thayer sind klasse Musiker und ich rate jedem, sich diese Band noch einmal live anzusehen.  

Hope to see this Band again! 

If you would like to see some pictures that capture the atmosphere and the band on stage please click on the picture above to get to the album.


Monday 1 June 2015

Tour Dates and News: Albert Lee & Hogan´s Heroes (UK, F, A, CH, NL, BE)

  Albert Lee & Hogan's Heroes Tour Dates

Eine super Serie von Fotos vom Gig im Meisenfrei in Bremen hat Markus Hagner geschossen:

Here are some great pictures of the Band playing in Cologne, Germany:
The Rock´o´graph pictures
Thanks for the permission.
Here is the original website: Rock´o´graph Website 

Here is a great review of the gig at Landgasthof Ochsen 2015:
Music on Net.de - Albert Lee 

Here are some great pictures of a recent gig at the ECI Cultuurfabriek in Roermond (06.03.2015): Margriet Cloudt - Pics on FB

Hier gehts zu ein paar aktuellen Fotos von Ans van Heck:
Ans van Heck Photography

I put some of my decent pictures up on flickr. Just click on the picture below to get to the album:
Inesmusicpics - (c)
(c) inesmusicpics (2015, Hamburg)  
Latest News (02 Dec 2014):

From Albert Lee & Hogan's Heroes:

Albert and Hogan’s Heroes have decided to take a break from touring together after the spring dates of 2015. Albert wishes to spend a little more time nearer home on the other side of the Atlantic and scale back his touring commitments here in Europe.

Watch this space regularly though for further Hogan’s Heroes projects, both solo and collective.

For the 2015 tour we are pleased to announce that we will be joined by Doña Oxford, who will be replacing Gavin Povey on keyboards. Gavin decided to step down at the end of our recent autumn tour in order to concentrate on various solo projects, so do look out for those. You will find a link to Gavin’s website by clicking on LINKS at the top of this page. While we will miss Gavin’s incredible skills as a player, singer and producer, we are excited at the prospect of touring with Doña.

Doña too, is a truly great keyboard player and vocalist. Check out her credits on the BAND link above or by scrolling further down.



We are also glad to announce that the band will be joined by Chris Palmer on bass guitar for the forthcoming tour. You will learn a little more about Chris by clicking on the BAND link above.

We look forward to seeing you all in 2015.



Albert Lee - git, voc, key
Gerry Hogan, steel guitar, git
Peter Baron, drums, voc
Chris Palmer, bass, voc
Gavin Povey, key, voc / Doña Oxford, key, voc.
 
2015 

02.06.2015 UK-Hunstanton, Princess Theatre
04.06.2015 UK-Newport, The Medina (IOW)
05.06.2015 UK-Deal, Astor
06.05.2015 UK-Bognor Regis, Regis Centre
07.06.2015 UK-Wavendon, The Stables



Reviews: 
Albert Lee & Hogan's Heroes at the Half Moon Putney 04.03.2015 
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more news: http://www.albertleeandhogansheroes.com/
great fansite: http://gudrunfromberlin.blogspot.de