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11.08.2011 – Photos Kaizers Orchestra (Øya-Festival)
Friday, August 12th, 2011The mystery of this summer
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011I finally solved the mystery of this summer. It was obvious all the time, it should have been apparent, but nobody put two and two together, it seems.
I know, everyone always rants about the weather. I’m the first in line there. But this year it was really, really awful! The summer started out just fine, with a sunny and warm spring – and that was it. Instead of summer, we got stuck somewhere between April and May, weather-wise. Lots of rain and cloudy skies. When the sun came out, it was actually quite nice, but it didn’t really get warm for more than two days in a row. At a festival ten days ago, it was so frickin’ cold that I wished I had brought my winter jacket.
So, what’s wrong with this summer?! The solution is simple. Let’s take you back to Southside festival in mid-June. The weather was terrible (which is not surprising, since the festival takes place during a time that is usually cold and rainy in Germany – right before the real summer starts). But: Kaizers Orchestra were playing there! And as everyone knows, the sun always comes out when Kaizers play! (And yes, this is actually true, I’ve seen it a number of times.)
And it happened at Southside festival as well. The weather got better right before Kaizers went on stage, and in the middle of their concert, the sun came out. And of course Janove started bragging about it: “See, we brought the sun with us from Norway, just for you. Aaah, don’t mention it, it’s nothing! You can keep it!” Boom, there we had it. Everybody was happy. Kaizers gave us the sun!
There were just two tiny details that nobody took into consideration back then:
1) Kaizers gave the sun away. Which meant they didn’t have it anymore afterwards. Which meant they were playing in almost constant rain for the rest of the summer… (The exception proves the rule, of course.)
2) Germany had the Norwegian sun from then on instead of the German one. And well… the summer was actually quite good for a Norwegian summer, right? Just that I personally would prefer a German summer, to be honest. (Or a Portuguese or whatever, as long as it is warm…)
So… bummer. Didn’t quite work out the way it was planned.
But the good news is: I promised right after that concert to bring the sun back to Norway for Øya festival. And that is only one week away now. So we just need to get through one more week of bad weather until the German sun can finally make it back here and give us a real summer. It’s about time!
18-21.08.2011 Open Air Gampel
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011This entry doesn't exist in English.
Der Festivalsommer geht langsam aber sicher zu Ende – das bedeutet, dass man (zumindest als Konzertjunkie) so ungefähr alle Bands, die im aktuellen Sommer auf Festivals unterwegs sind, schon mindestens einmal live erlebt hat. Im Allgemeinen ähneln sich die Line-Ups der verschiedenen Festivals doch sehr; und auch wenn es durchaus gute Seiten hat, seine Lieblingsbands immer wieder auf unterschiedlichen Festivals bewundern zu können – irgendwann nutzt es sich ab und man möchte auch mal was Neues sehen.
Und dann ist da das Open Air Gampel. Mit einem Line-Up, bei dem man zuerst mal überlegt, ob man im falschen Jahr gelandet ist – denn die Bands wirken so gar nicht “bekannt” für dieses Jahr. Allein die Headliner: Die Chemical Brothers, The Offspring und Seeed spielen zwar allesamt noch andere Konzerte, drängen sich aber nicht auf, indem sie – wie viele Headliner sonst – sowieso gerade überall unterwegs sind; sondern die Auftritte sind richtig schön exklusiv. Dazu dann noch Bands wie die Guano Apes, Skunk Anansie oder The Baseballs, die sich dieses Jahr doch eher rar gemacht haben. Aber auch einige “Vieltourer”, von denen man allerdings auch nicht genug bekommen kann, wie z.B. die Norweger von Kaizers Orchestra oder die Norwegerinnen von Katzenjammer. =;-)
Insgesamt also ein absolut rundes und spannendes Line-Up, für das man doch gerne den beschwerlichen Weg mitten in die Schweizer Alpen auf sich nimmt!
Das Open Air Gampel findet mitten im Wallis statt. Gampel, ca. zwei Stunden südlich von Bern gelegen, ist ein kleines Örtchen mit vielleicht 2000 Einwohnern – die sich zum Festival dann täglich verzehnfachen. Das viertägige Festival zieht jährlich um die 80.000 Besucher an! Und dieses Jahr läuft der Vorverkauf laut Veranstalterinfos sogar noch besser als sonst, sodass schon drei Wochen vor Festivalbeginn 60% der Tickets verkauft sind.
Alle Infos zum Festival und zu den auftretenden Bands gibt es auf openairgampel.ch. Tickets gibt es bei ticketcorner.ch, für einen Preis zwischen 59 CHF (Tagesticket Sonntag) und 199 CHF (4-Tages-Pass), jeweils plus Gebühren. Sicher nicht billig, aber für das Line-Up definitiv nicht überteuert!
30.07.2011 Kaizers Orchestra (Eier mit Speck)
Sunday, July 31st, 2011
After a lot of festivals in Norway, it’s now time for some festival dates in Europe again. First one was Eier mit Speck festival in Viersen. Not really right around the corner for me, but well, you gotta do what you gotta do, right? =;-)
Even though traffic was bad this weekend, I made it to the festival grounds in time for the German band Phrasenmäher, and that was absolutely worth it – a very entertaining concert, and a very promising audience! And it continued like that throughout the evening with the bands Motorjesus and Betontod; the festival was nice and cozy, and there was a great atmosphere in front of the stage. And in the back, people seemed also interested in what was happening – so all in all, very promising!
Unfortunately, the band before Kaizers Orchestra, Triggerfinger, was a bit of a letdown, and it was obvious that quite a few people left the festival at that time. A pity! Luckiliy, however, it got more crowded again before Kaizers came on stage. They were about 15 minutes late; not much of a surprise, as the changeover time was very short with only 20 minutes. It had worked for the other bands, but it was just too short for Kaizers.
They had the Russian Dance as intro again. All afternoon it had been obvious that the audience did not or hardly know Kaizers – you could count the Kaizers T-shirts in the audience on the fingers of one hand, and beforehand, a lot of festivalgoers were asking “what kind of headliner is that?” Anyway, in time for the concert, the fans were gathering in the front!
But the rest of the audience had to be convinced first – according to the Jackal’s poll, at least three fourth of the audience were seeing Kaizers for the first time. And to cut it short: The concert was strange. It was fun, the audience participated willingly, but it didn’t quite catch on. One reason might have been missing communication… the Jackal hardly talked at all between the songs, and when he did, it was just the usual “hello” and “thank you” and “who has seen Kaizers before”. As soon as he did some more, like for example when the audience was cheering in Resistansen, the audience was totally into it. But it happened way too rarely… it seemed to me as if the audience was ready to play along and do anything and just needed a spark, but Kaizers didn’t give that spark. The concert was good, but it missed just a bit to be great. Of course you could argue that this spark should have been given by the audience, not the band – but then, if the major part of the audience has never seen a band, I don’t think you can expect that. Then it’s the band that needs to convince the audience, and that’s what I was missing. I’m kinda curious for feedback from people who’ve seen Kaizers for the first time at that festival.
The setlist: Ompa til du dør, Bøn fra helvete, Delikatessen, Din kjole lukter bensin mor, Veterans klage, Sigøynerblod, Resistansen, Diamant til kull, Psycho under min hatt, Svarte katter & flosshatter, Hjerteknuser, Kontroll på kontinentet, Maestro.
There were no encores, even though the audience (including me) had absolutely expected them, and they were written on the setlist as well. Seemed like the audience didn’t call Kaizers back on stage enthusiastically enough. It really didn’t look and sound that quiet to me, as the audience response was good (at least in the front and considering that the audience didn’t know Kaizers), and so the end was rather abrupt and sudden. That’s not the way to gain new fans, I fear… And I have no clue why they didn’t play En for orgelet this time (which was clearly the best-known and most popular song at Southside festival).
Well, “de slutter aldri å overraske deg” – “They never stop to surprise you.” Right!
So there’s not a lot to report from the concert, since there was almost no talk, as mentioned. I was surprised by the middle part of Veterans klage, where there was some kind of strange sound effect on the organ – sounded funny. Then there were a few song announcements à la “if you know only one Kaizers song, then it’s this one” and “you’ve probably never heard that song before, but it’s a huge hit single in Norway”. The latter was Hjerteknuser of course, and it starts “like this” – just that, unlike at other concerts, “this” was just the Jackal pointing to start the song; not him jumping off the barrel or dropping a towel.
Towards the end of the concert, there were lots of crowd surfers coming in, and Hellraizer was complimenting the security guys because they were doing a good job. “It’ good to be nice to the kids! It wasn’t like that in Norway a few days ago.” Hmm.
But to finish on a more positive note: Whenever there was some audience interaction, everyone had lots of fun, and the atmosphere was awesome at least in the front. And they played Diamant til kull, yeah! =:-D
30.07.2011 – Photos Kaizers Orchestra (Eier mit Speck)
Sunday, July 31st, 2011
18.06.2011 Kaizers Orchestra (Southside-Festival)
Saturday, June 18th, 2011
Okay, where to start? With a “yeah, finally Kaizers again!”? With the mud? With a cheer for the sun gods?
Or maybe better with the disclaimer: Generally, I just don’t like festivals. However, since I attend quite a few (being a concert junkie brings that with it…), I feel like I have a pretty good overview over festivals and their organisation. And one thing is crystal clear: Even though Southside is one of the largest festivals in Germany, it’s also the one that is worst organized. Security seems to be a foreign concept; during my last visits, I’ve seen a few situations where it was pure luck that no-one was crushed or otherwise seriously injured. This year, I didn’t see situations like that, luckily; but then I was there for only about five hours.
This year (just like last year, by the way), the problem was the mud. It had been raining all day Friday, and so the ground was soaked, of course. And the organizers didn’t do ANYTHING. No, I don’t expect a mud-free festival, not at all. Yes, I had wellies, and I definitely looked worse after other festivals. But obviously the organizers just don’t care at all about their visitors… if they don’t even try to do anything to spare everyone from walking through ankle-deep mud on all the main paths. There’s straw, mats, boards – none of these will be sufficient to keep a whole festival area mud-free, but at least the organizers could show that they care and TRY to do at least a bit. Or that they don’t.
Anyway, enough complaining. But a Southside report without complaining is just impossible… *sigh* Well, at least our whole visit to the festival was really funny and relaxed this time, nothing like our last, “will we get out of here alive?”
So, Kaizers! After two and a half months, I finally got to see them on stage again! It filled up quite well in the front – at least on the left side of the stage. On the right, there was a… lake. (Well, I’ve seen trees in the front row before, I don’t wonder about anything anymore. *g*)
As intro, they used the Russian Dance again. Nice that they are using that one for the festivals again. I was a bit overwhelmed in the beginning by the switch back from club shows to festival concerts; you just can’t compare these two. During the intro, the audience was just dead, and even when Omen entered the stage, with his gas mask on, there was hardly any reaction. A bit of applause of course, but that was it, and during the first two songs (Ompa til du dør and Bøn fra helvete), that didn’t really change much. The audience was really quiet and reserved. I was getting a bit afraid, I have to admit…
But then Kaizers played Delikatessen, and the audience started to wake up. Slowly, but steadily! And then – the sun came out! So Kaizers lived up to their reputation of being the sun gods, yeah! First reaction on stage: “Oh, I’m so sorry, now the sun is out… it’s so stupid if you have to look into the sun all the time…” But later in the concert, the Jackal explained that actually, they had brought the sun down with them from Norway, just for us. “Oh, don’t mention it, it’s nothing. You can keep it!” Uh… thanks! I’ll bring it back with me at Øya festival then, okay? =;-)
Kaizers continued with a couple of new songs, first “Din kjole lukter bensin, mor”, then “En for orgelet, en for meg” – or rather “Eins für das Orgel und eins für mich” (which got an AWESOME reception!), and finally “Svarte katter & flosshatter”. The atmosphere was just great, the audience extremely loud, and it filled up more and more. I was standing pretty much in the front, so I couldn’t really see the area; but judging by the loudness, a LOT of people obviously got stuck on the way to the other stage… =:-D
Next up was Kontroll på kontinentet with a vast band introduction and a lot (loud!) singing, before it was time for gypsy music. And it was obvious that people (at least in the front) had been waiting for just that. So accordingly, Sigøynerblod and Bak et halleluja were met with enthusiasm, and there were lots of clapping, singing, and of course mud pogo! As conclusion for the concert we got Maestro, which made people dance and sing as well, of course, and 170.
Yeah! And they conquered another festival, without any doubt. I’m really looking forward to the press reports here!
Hmm… not much talking during the concert, actually, mostly about the weather. And of course the question who had seen Kaizers before, but not a lot to report here. But there wasn’t any need for more. I was glad and happy about once again seeing Kaizers conquering a new audience in less than an hour, from zero to hero. And they did that, without any doubt! Oh, wait, I remember one thing that was quite sad, actually: During Svarte Katter, in Omen’s “I just shouted into the microphone and now I’ll have to comb my hair before I can continue playing the organ” break, the cameras were SO off. The pictures on the video walls changed all the time, but they didn’t manage to show Omen at all until he had sat down again. Messed up the effect completely… =:-/
But nobody noticed. =;-) Just like the “… sold a few horses, got a decent name”. *lol* And before I start giving away all the mini failures now, I’ll rather stress again how nice it was to see Kaizers gain and conquer the audience so quickly through hard work (’cause it can’t have been easy in the beginning…). Well, they just have it!
And finally, a huge THANK YOU to the nice stranger who helped us get out of the mud in the parking lot. And uhm… a shout-out to all the poor souls who have to spend another day in the mess… =:-/
18.06.2011 – Photos Kaizers Orchestra (Southside-Festival)
Saturday, June 18th, 2011
Three weeks of Violeta!
Sunday, May 1st, 2011One band, two weeks, three off-days. Four friends! An average five hours of sleep… Nine countries, 14 concerts, 6400 kilometers. Uncountable fond memories!
Each tour holds special moments, tiny details, funny occurrences that will be remembered. The memories of the concerts fade, but there are a few things that are extraordinary. Those are the memories I’d tell my grand children or write them in “The memoirs of a concert junkie” (if there ever was something like that).
And as these moments are the ones that I want to remember, I need to write them down. I have no clue if they make sense for anyone who wasn’t there, but they do for me. And I’m sure I forgot a lot, but here are some special moments – ordered rather randomly:
- First concert of the tour. The first support band is just done. I check my mobile – a new message: “Congratulations! You’ve been elected!” Elected? What? Why? Oh wait… this other band I work for. More responsibility! More work! Yay… ARGH! But well… two and a half weeks with Kaizers now. Let’s worry about the rest afterwards…
- The Norwegian voice of my GPS. “Sving din hammer – NÅ!”
- Worst timing ever: “Help, we don’t get in!” – “Not now!!!” Uuuh, okay, we can talk after the concert then… *lol* (And of course we did get in. And even made it to the front row. *g*)
- Handing out flyers… A lot of people didn’t want to take them, of course. However, a handful actually passed us and CAME BACK afterwards. “Oh, Kaizers? Yes, I’ll take a flyer after all!”
- Tasting Violeta vodka in the middle of the night…
- Arriving in Vienna at 7:15 pm after four hours of sleep and ten hours in the car. Checking in. At the concert at 8:05.
- And then there was the Mac incident…
- Cologne. The first breath-taking concert of the tour. If the frontman is crying, the audience did everything right.
- “Sind Sie Frau Fuchss?” (No offense! It was just really funny… *lol* It was great meeting you, see you again soon!)
- Stealing toilet paper in Vienna. I wasn’t even part of it, but the story itself is just incredibly funny. *g*
- My first trip to the casino – and instead of losing 30 Euros as was the plan, I actually won 30. Makes a plus of 60! (And still I didn’t have the slightest problem staying away from the casino on the ferry. *g*)
- Watching WrestleMania on a tiny screen in the car between Vienna and Munich.
- Schorndorf. Seemed like nobody in the audience knew the band. During the last song, Bak et halleluja, I looked around and saw smiling faces everywhere – no, not smiling, gleaming. Incredible!
- “The best song was the one where Frankenstein was screaming into the megaphone!”
- Sightseeing in Berlin at 2 am. “Let’s walk over to O2 World. You MUST see O2 World!” And of course, stopping at the wall afterwards.
- Speed-shopping in Svinesund, on the way to Oslo, last concert of the tour. “You’ll get a can of sweets and something we can turn into a crowbar, we’ll find a baby body and markers. Let’s meet here in… five minutes?” We made it! =:-D
- There’s still gaffa on my netbook!
- Getting to the after show party after the Oslo concert. First thought: “Urgh, I don’t want to be here!”. Second thought: “Alcohol! That might help!” And then Kaizers went on stage, sang Mr. Kaizer, hans Constanze og meg, and we were standing arm in arm, singing along, concluding the tour. Afterwards, the party was just the party we had hoped for…
- Copenhagen, the last “real” concert of the tour, because Oslo was so much bigger and I was tweeting during the concert. Front row, last song “Die Polizei”, standing arm in arm singing along… and Janove’s expression when he saw us.
- Two weeks of spring. In March and April… =:-D
Thanks so much to all of you who were part of this tour! Most of all my travel comrades, of course, and everybody I met up with at the concerts. Thank you for the amazing time! And also a huge thanks and big smile for everyone who walked up to me during the concerts and said hi – we’ll meet again on the next tour.
Because yes, of course: There WILL be a next tour. And I will be there.
09.04.2011 – Photos Kaizers Orchestra (Spektrum, Oslo)
Monday, April 11th, 2011
09.04.2011 Kaizers Orchestra (Spektrum, Oslo)
Monday, April 11th, 2011
The legendary Spektrum concert… 9000 people in the audience, announced more than a year in advance, and the grand finale of the Violeta Violeta Vol. I tour!
Of course there had to be some special reporting for this concert. And there was – live via Twitter! And since I couldn’t really follow the concert while tweeting (which I had known beforehand, so I didn’t mind *g*) and there’s not really anything else to say anyway, here’s the live report from Twitter for you!
My judgment of the concert: It was amazing to see Kaizers in such a huge venue, and it really fit them! The conclusion with Die Polizei was just breathtaking – and I’m really looking forward to the DVD… The concert itself wasn’t really anything special. Actually, several concerts in Europe topped this one, regarding energy and humor on stage; but the atmosphere at Spektrum made up for all of that, so this concert was definitely a one-of-a-kind.
08:19:47: Live report from Kaizers Orchestra’s Oslo concert starting in about 10 hours here – if everything works as planned. Cross your fingers!
19:33:26: So, here we go! Sorry for being late, but now everything is set up. And the lights just went out – Micke from Sweden is on stage!
19:34:25: Kaizers told him he’s got 15 minutes before they throw him off stage. =;-)
19:38:00: “It’s like in the old times, in the war – they always send the old guys out first!” Micke from Sweden
19:38:57: Micke wanted to be part of Kaizers Orchestra – warming up for them is the closest he got. He’s known them for ten years now!
19:45:45: Spektrum isn’t filled yet, but Micke gets the audience to sing along – and they do so loudly!
19:51:00: Micke is done – and Geoff Berner just went on stage! Starting with the Maginot Line! Stupid, stupid!
19:52:28: Geoff seems satisfied: “Very good, gigantic mob of people!”
19:55:09: Spektrum before the concert. http://twitpic.com/4itr8v
19:55:58: Geoff’s next song: Fuck the police! And 8000 people are shouting just that…
19:56:47: Micke from Sweden http://twitpic.com/4itrwc
19:59:17: And now – of course – Whiskey Rabbi!
20:03:50: Geoff Berner: http://twitpic.com/4itu88 http://twitpic.com/4itun0
20:11:02: And everything’s very quick here – Jarle Bernhoft just came on and apologized that there is one more support band. =;-)
20:11:28: And Spektrum is almost full by now!
20:15:01: Jarle Bernhoft’s first song: Street lights.
20:19:33: Jarle wants people to watch the bonus material on the DVD. For example: So many faces
20:21:45: Jarle Bernhoft: http://twitpic.com/4iu1y6 http://twitpic.com/4iu2dh
20:28:19: After Jarle played Bittersweet, we got to dance now: Fly away
20:36:17: One more song for Jarle, and of course it’s Tears for Fears’ Shout!
20:41:58: Wait – why is a little club singing “Shout, shout, let it all out” louder than Spektrum? That’s got to change until Kaizers come on!
20:49:34: The audience at Spektrum http://twitpic.com/4iue25
20:52:55: So, while we’re all waiting for Kaizers to come on: Anything specific you want me to report about?
20:58:33: OK – Spektrum CAN be loud! However, we still have to wait a bit for Kaizers to come on!
21:05:48: And now the lights go out and the intro comes on! =:-D
21:07:49: Not the Russian Dance, but Begravelses Polka – and 9000 people can cheer REALLY loudly!
21:09:05: Omen bears his suitcase on stage, followed by Killmaster, Thunder, Mink, and Hellraizer!
21:10:35: And now: The Jackal followed by a film crew!
21:13:17: “Jeg visste det kom til å ta fyr!” First song: Delikatessen!
21:14:29: The whole band suddenly froze under Delikatessen – except for Hellraizer, who was confused what was going on. =;-)
21:15:23: Next song: Djevelens orkester. And 9000 people clapping and dancing. Or no – the stands are still sitting. Get up!!
21:19:37: Will people actually know Señor Torpedo? Sounds like they do, hell yeah!
21:21:13: The intro http://twitpic.com/4iuqsg
21:22:18: Delikatessen http://twitpic.com/4iur93
21:22:57: Next song: Veterans klage.
21:24:08: Kaizers have been on tour for 5 weeks now – total number of attendees: 9000 people. And now in Oslo: 9000 people!
21:25:10: “Let me see 20000 hands in the air!” – Sigøynerblod
21:27:56: “Det finnes ei trapp som går ned til en kjeller” – no, the Jackal does not need to sing Resistansen!
21:30:17: And of course the Jackal jumped into the audience!
21:30:46: Time for a little break – before they’ll start with the Violeta part of the concert!
21:32:18: Birds on the screen, Philemon Arthur & The Dung, and everybody’s singing!
21:34:26: “Kom inn og få deg litt… kaffi!”
21:35:19: The first time the Jackal sang with a lump in his throat…
21:35:35: And now: Five-four time with Femtakt filosofi!
21:36:18: Veterans klage http://twitpic.com/4iuwwi
21:37:08: Hands up in the air! Sigøynerblod http://twitpic.com/4iux9f
21:39:43: If there’s one guy the Jackal would sing a duet with, it’s – of course – Hellraizer! Din kjole lukter bensin, mor!
21:42:11: And a little ballet dancing at the end, while Spektrum sings “Det lukter bensin av den vakre kjolen min”.
21:44:03: Amazing singing! Next song: En for orgelet, en for meg.
21:44:41: The Jackal just ordered everyone on the stands: “Rise up!” And he didn’t have to ask twice!
21:46:01: Hellraizer’s rap part is cheered wildly as well – of course!
21:46:29: Philemon Arthur & The Dung http://twitpic.com/4iv0va
21:47:58: Now the Jackal’s up on the barrel with his bass drum.
21:48:30: Are we happy with the first part of the concert? OH YES!
21:48:50: And now the new song on Norwegian radio: Diamant til kull!
21:49:23: Femtakt filosofi http://twitpic.com/4iv1zh
21:51:05: “Sjå på deg nå – Med en fot i gravå så forsvinner du, go go go – Ah, eg kjenner deg så – Du kunne blitt en diamant, men i stedet er du kull”
21:53:55: There’s people from all over Norway at the concert – “it feels like the cup final in 87!”
21:54:08: Psycho under min hatt!
21:56:24: Hellraizer on guitar with his solo…
21:57:19: And now it’s time for Bond: Svarte katter & flosshatter!
21:59:56: Omen with the megaphone in the spotlight! And he only cares about combing his hair afterwards, tse… =;-)
22:02:20: En for orgelet, en for meg: http://twitpic.com/4iv6gz http://twitpic.com/4iv6to
22:03:44: Kaizers just got platinum for not only Violeta Violeta Vol I and Maestro, but also for the next song: Hjerteknuser!
22:04:33: And the Jackal doesn’t need to sing!
22:07:16: A bit of fishing for compliments – but there’s not really a need for that. But the Jackal is really amazed by the opportunity to play here!
22:07:52: Kaizer chants – and Kaizers traveled over all of Europe to see the Oslo audience.
22:08:23: And now the song that started the whole trilogy: Sju bøtter tårer er nok, Beatrice.
22:11:20: “Og så synger vi folkens!” Og duene på taket, de har aldri stått så stille…
22:12:32: Psycho under min hatt http://twitpic.com/4ivat6
22:13:06: Omen at the megaphone during Svarte katter http://twitpic.com/4ivb0h
22:14:31: And this concludes the second part of the concert. Omen starts the third part on the organ: Ompa til du dør!
22:15:18: Lots of chandeliers on stage – now that is something new!
22:16:01: Det kan bli jævlig varmt der nede!
22:17:41: And now the barrels are used for the very first time tonight! (Except for standing on them, that is… *g*)
22:19:33: So what’s the next song? Bum-bum-bum-bum bum-bum bum?
22:19:51: Right: Bøn fra helvete of course!
22:22:23: RT @Berekvam: Kaizers har satt uoffisiell norsk rekord i lysekroner:)
22:22:56: Henry er ikke en prest og ingen av oss er klokker!
22:23:15: And my first line in Norwegian: Schölischegüüüüt!
22:25:00: KONTROLL PÅ KONTINENTET! And everyone’s on their feet now!
22:26:00: Sju bøtter tårer er nok, Beatrice http://twitpic.com/4ivfwh
22:26:46: Chandeliers during Ompa til du dør http://twitpic.com/4ivg6y
22:27:06: Killmaster’s guitar solo – will he jump into the audience again?
22:27:28: No he doesn’t – at least not now. =;-)
22:27:58: “Do you want me to introduce the band now, just like in old times?” – Halleluja!
22:30:38: No surprise in the band introduction so far – and the Lord made Hellraizer look good in any color!
22:31:28: “And you will know him by his Indian name: He who hides his head under towels and gladly gives his picks away!”
22:32:43: Bøn fra helvete http://twitpic.com/4ivigx
22:33:36: Welcome to all first-timers – welcome to the Kaizers family!
22:33:46: At work! http://twitpic.com/4ivivx
22:34:39: The Jackal himself is the biggest Kaizers fan out there, even if there’s lots of “blodfans”. And now we get to hear his favorite: Maestro!
22:35:42: Sving din hammer!
22:37:54: Note: 9000 people speed up much more when singing “samvittigheten rein” than 500 do. =;-)
22:41:05: And that’s it: A thank-you to the fans, standing ovations for the band, and more than just lumps in the throat on stage…
22:42:09: Stomping on the stands – and they are back!
22:42:39: First encore: KGB!
22:43:39: Oh…. and the Jackal decided he doesn’t need a shirt. =;-)
22:44:45: Det er ikkje slutt før den feite damen synger!
22:45:16: Hellraizer http://twitpic.com/4ivncl
22:47:08: Maestro http://twitpic.com/4ivo0s
22:47:33: Hmm… Kaizers have a plan if we want another song? YES, of course we want!
22:48:02: The next song is maybe the best Kaizers Orchestra song ever: Dieter Meyers Inst.
22:50:13: Legg meg inn!
22:54:33: Good bye http://twitpic.com/4ivqwj
22:55:53: A gigantic conclusion for a great concert!
22:56:17: And off they go… the audience is demanding more!
22:56:33: Good bye http://twitpic.com/4ivrmp
22:57:09: KGB http://twitpic.com/4ivrv3
22:57:28: Dieter Meyers http://twitpic.com/4ivrzn
22:57:54: Dieter Meyers http://twitpic.com/4ivs5o
22:58:25: But yes, we DO get one more! Kaizers are back on stage, and now we’ll get Die Polizei!
22:59:38: If you have a lighter, turn it on!
23:01:22: Everybody’s singing – beautiful!
23:02:02: “And we know where you live….”
23:04:01: And while the audience is singing, Kaizers say good-bye once more…
23:04:53: Kaizers are off stage. And the audience continues singing! Gåsehud… =:-D
23:07:37: The first people are leaving – but the audience is still singing loudly.
23:09:07: Good bye http://twitpic.com/4ivwj8
23:09:29: Die Polizei http://twitpic.com/4ivwo7
23:09:54: Lighters in the audience… http://twitpic.com/4ivwu6
23:10:18: Kaizers chants now instead of the singing…
23:11:00: And now the lights went on – so that’s the end…
23:12:18: An amazing concert! Thanks a lot to Kaizers and to ALL Kaizer fans out there!
23:15:00: So thanks for following – let me know if you liked it! And after all the work it’s now time for partying, so I’ll call it a day.
23:15:18: Have a great night, all of you!