Roll Call: KRAFTWERK in North America (and Europe)!

stargurl · Post by **stargurl** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 11:56 pm

Count me in for Detroit, day before my birthday! I was thinking of trying to sneak Rock Werchter on the end of my Glasto trip to see them again... I never thought they'd come back here so soon

I literally saw the webpage update and ran down the stairs yelling "MAKE NO PLANS FOR JUNE 3 WE ARE GOING TO DETROIT"

30/05/2005, 9.30 Club, Washington, USA
31/05/2005, 9.30 Club, Washington, USA
01/06/2005, Hammerstein, New York, USA
03/06/2005, State Theatre, Detroit, USA
04/06/2005, Riviera, Chicago, USA
06/06/2005, Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, USA
11/06/2005, Biennale Palagalileo, Venice, Italy
13/06/2005, Kalemegdan Fortress, Beograd, Yugoslavia
14/06/2005, Palace of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria
16/06/2005, Skopsko Lizgaliste, Skopje, Macedonia
17/06/2005, Theatro Gis, Thessaloniki, Greece
18/06/2005, Lycabettus, Athens, Greece
20/06/2005, Istambul Rock, Istambul, Turkey
30/06/2005, Rock Werchter Festival, Belgium
03/07/2005, Eurockéennes de Belfort, Frankreich, France
04/07/2005, Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland

Dog · Post by **Dog** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 3:36 pm

Wow, Kraftwerk at Lycabettus! I'd love to go as it's a fantastic venue, but just can't afford it.

Saw Orbital there in August 2001 and it was amazing. Bloody good weekend actually.

davemacfrombath · Post by **davemacfrombath** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 5:58 pm

<strokes chin>

...bit of a Glastonbury-sized gap in June...no sign of any rumours though.

stargurl · Post by **stargurl** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:04 pm

That was EXACTLY my thought, and then I thought about starting a rumour of my own

Weren't they rumoured last year?

Dog · Post by **Dog** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:09 pm

I think they're rumoured every year...

stargurl · Post by **stargurl** » Thu May 26, 2005 2:26 am

Just over a week to go! Nobody else going to Detroit, I assume?

legspin · Post by **legspin** » Thu May 26, 2005 2:24 pm

They are to play here in september

Barrydark · Post by **Barrydark** » Thu May 26, 2005 3:21 pm

They basically need a festival to book them. Seeing as all the likely festivals already have their line-ups, I can't really see it happening.

Would be tempted to pop over to Ireland for sure mind......

the PLA · Post by **the PLA** » Thu May 26, 2005 10:10 pm

I think it'll just be Chicago for me... I'd love to make Detroit too but I've spent way too much lately on tickets.

capsaicin · Post by **capsaicin** » Thu May 26, 2005 11:37 pm

Well you guys know when I'm going

Anyone else for either of the DC shows?

Timbob · Post by **Timbob** » Fri May 27, 2005 10:32 am

What?
no holland?!

Pants!

rikkie · Post by **rikkie** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 3:03 pm

legspin wrote:They are to play here in september

Where did you hear that? Are they going to playing the UK at all? Can't believe they're not...

legspin · Post by **legspin** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 4:47 pm

It was advertised in The Irish Times for the Electric Picnic in Stradbally in Co. Laois, 1st w/end of sept.

stargurl · Post by **stargurl** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 3:08 am

Two days!

This is *so* going to be worth getting on a train at 6:30 Friday morning!

This will be my friend Al's first concert (how is that possible?!) so I'm hoping it kind of blows his mind in a good way

I already accidentally told him about the part where they bring out the robots... I probably should have left that as a surprise!

capsaicin · Post by **capsaicin** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 6:47 am

Well, after seeing them last night in DC, I can say with confidence that you guys won't be disappointed

They put on a fantastic show. They did the whole deal with the robots on stage again, and they had some cool visuals on a roughly 2.8:1 rear projection screen... it appeared to be 3 4:3 projectors, synchonized and perfectly aligned (sorry, I'm a video geek

) But anyway, it was cool.

They played the Kling Klang mix of Expo2000. My life is now almost complete... just have to see Plaid play a live A/V set...