Wahnsinn (crazy)
Unheilig, Lichter der Stadt tour
Support by Staubkind & Andreas Bourani
30 juni 2012, MEP Arena, Meppen, Germany
An evening in Meppen. Oh how hard it was to get to the stadion. The parkings turned to be full so in the end we parked our car along a road. From there it was a 1.8 kilometer walk. Since we had to wait so long in the traffic jam, we arrived when Staubkind was already playing. Unfortunately we hardly knew the songs, so no setlist. What I heard was a band sounding like a clone of Unheilig.
Time to have a drink, which turned out to be a journey on itself. Nearly 15 minutes waiting to get two drinks, and a girl at the counter which showed to be a bitch. The way she was serving the customers, if I was her boss I kicked her out right away. The stress overtook her totally and she abreacted it on the customers. Beerglasses were put down on the counter with such force that the content overflowed the glass. She nearly threw the change to the customers, and ignored people totally.
Next on the setlist was Andreas Bourani, and his album we knew well. His setlist of half an hour of music was nice and all songs came from his debut Staub und Fantasie. The singles Eisberg and Nur in meinem Kopf and Wünder were highlights. Andreas sung very well, a good voice. The public already became more enthusiastic.
Twenty passed eight and the speaker came on stage to inform everyone that the band was nearly ready, and two songs would be played before Unheilig would turn on stage. Two songs of Frank Sinatra were played, then the videowalls went on and we saw Der Graf sitting in the dressing romm of the football stadion. He wrote something in his diary, welcomed the audience and wished them a great concert and evening. The band started with Das Licht. The black curtain fell and showed a white curtain. When Herzwerk broke loose Der Graf jumped on stage and the audience went mad.
What followed was a setlist mainly containing the latest album Lichter der Stad, with four songs from Grosse Freiheit and two old songs as final encores. During the setlist the crew build up the city, and Andreas Bourani joined the band on stage to sing Wie wir waren. In Ein grosses Leben a couple of kids came on stage and drummed on cases with the acoustic version of the song.
If Der Graf wasn't introducing the songs himself with a story, then a small film was shown on the videowalls, during which Der Graf took some time to relax.
Way to quick the concert came to an end. But fortunately the band returned within minutes to play the first two encores. Ater the first bowing ceremony they returned, played a long version of Maschine and ended the show with the 20 years old song Stark, which explained Der Graf was his first song he wrote in his mother language.
A second bowing ceremony and a quick session of hand shaking with the audience. Then Der Graf turned back on stage on his own and thanked the audience for the warm and enthusiastic evening at the MEP Arena.
We had a walk of twenty minutes to return to the car. A drive of three quarter of an hour to our hotel in Exloo and a short night of sleep. But it was worth every minutes to experience this concert. A highlight so far of this year.
Setlist Andreas Bourani:
Eisberg
Fremder Planet
Sicher
Nur in meinem Kopf
Glück
Zusammen untergegangen
Wunder
Setlist Unheilig:
Das Licht
Herzwerk
Lichter der Stadt
Unter deiner Flagge
Große Freiheit
Auf ewig
Unsterblich
Nachtschicht
Ein großes leben
Feuerland
Wie wir waren (mit Andreas Bourani)
Ein guter Weg
Eisenmann
Das Leben ist schön
Tage wie Gold
Abwärts
Geboren um zu leben
So wie du warst
Für immer
Maschine
Stark
Support by Staubkind & Andreas Bourani
30 juni 2012, MEP Arena, Meppen, Germany
An evening in Meppen. Oh how hard it was to get to the stadion. The parkings turned to be full so in the end we parked our car along a road. From there it was a 1.8 kilometer walk. Since we had to wait so long in the traffic jam, we arrived when Staubkind was already playing. Unfortunately we hardly knew the songs, so no setlist. What I heard was a band sounding like a clone of Unheilig.
Time to have a drink, which turned out to be a journey on itself. Nearly 15 minutes waiting to get two drinks, and a girl at the counter which showed to be a bitch. The way she was serving the customers, if I was her boss I kicked her out right away. The stress overtook her totally and she abreacted it on the customers. Beerglasses were put down on the counter with such force that the content overflowed the glass. She nearly threw the change to the customers, and ignored people totally.
Next on the setlist was Andreas Bourani, and his album we knew well. His setlist of half an hour of music was nice and all songs came from his debut Staub und Fantasie. The singles Eisberg and Nur in meinem Kopf and Wünder were highlights. Andreas sung very well, a good voice. The public already became more enthusiastic.
Twenty passed eight and the speaker came on stage to inform everyone that the band was nearly ready, and two songs would be played before Unheilig would turn on stage. Two songs of Frank Sinatra were played, then the videowalls went on and we saw Der Graf sitting in the dressing romm of the football stadion. He wrote something in his diary, welcomed the audience and wished them a great concert and evening. The band started with Das Licht. The black curtain fell and showed a white curtain. When Herzwerk broke loose Der Graf jumped on stage and the audience went mad.
What followed was a setlist mainly containing the latest album Lichter der Stad, with four songs from Grosse Freiheit and two old songs as final encores. During the setlist the crew build up the city, and Andreas Bourani joined the band on stage to sing Wie wir waren. In Ein grosses Leben a couple of kids came on stage and drummed on cases with the acoustic version of the song.
If Der Graf wasn't introducing the songs himself with a story, then a small film was shown on the videowalls, during which Der Graf took some time to relax.
Way to quick the concert came to an end. But fortunately the band returned within minutes to play the first two encores. Ater the first bowing ceremony they returned, played a long version of Maschine and ended the show with the 20 years old song Stark, which explained Der Graf was his first song he wrote in his mother language.
A second bowing ceremony and a quick session of hand shaking with the audience. Then Der Graf turned back on stage on his own and thanked the audience for the warm and enthusiastic evening at the MEP Arena.
We had a walk of twenty minutes to return to the car. A drive of three quarter of an hour to our hotel in Exloo and a short night of sleep. But it was worth every minutes to experience this concert. A highlight so far of this year.
Setlist Andreas Bourani:
Eisberg
Fremder Planet
Sicher
Nur in meinem Kopf
Glück
Zusammen untergegangen
Wunder
Setlist Unheilig:
Das Licht
Herzwerk
Lichter der Stadt
Unter deiner Flagge
Große Freiheit
Auf ewig
Unsterblich
Nachtschicht
Ein großes leben
Feuerland
Wie wir waren (mit Andreas Bourani)
Ein guter Weg
Eisenmann
Das Leben ist schön
Tage wie Gold
Abwärts
Geboren um zu leben
So wie du warst
Für immer
Maschine
Stark
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