2009 feels like one of the busiest concert years ever. Perhaps in some way related to the decrease in record sales which forces the artists to hit the roads. Regardless of the reason I estimate that I saw about 80 gigs during the year, and here are some of the highlights.
Douglas McCarthy, Nitzer Ebb.
- The Klinik at Tinitus – Dirk Ivens made both Johan van Roy and Andy LaPlegua look like children, an impressive feat. (Read more about the Tinitus festival)
- Nitzer Ebb at Brewhouse – The dynamic duo of Douglas McCarthy and Bon Harris reunited a few years back and still make everyone bounce like crazy while joining the chant.
- Røyksopp at Arvikafestivalen – The large Apollo tent took off with the hands of 10 000 people as gueststar Robyn entered the stage. (Read more about the Arvika festival)
- Nine Inch Nails at Arvikafestivalen – Not really an amazing concert but it was the goodbye tour and it felt good to see Trent push a keyboard over the stage edge one last time. (Read more about the Arvika festival)
- Leaetherstrip at Club Target – The Danish powerhouse Claus Larsen is back to give us old-school EBM beats, and the audience was surprisingly active during the gig at the small stage.
Kraftwerk in Randers, Denmark.
The bands I saw in 2009 were Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, Front 242, Kraftwerk, Nitzer Ebb, Röyksopp, The Klinik, DAF, Jean-Michel Jarre, Thåström, Pet Shop Boys, Fever Ray, Thermostatic, Aesthetic Perfection, Elegant Machinery, Sturm Café, Kite, Necro Facility, Hearts of Black Science, Opeth, Bob Hund, Korn, Marilyn Manson, Covenant, Suicide Commando, Mr Jones Machine, Leaetherstrip, Combichrist, And One, Slipknot, Mind in a Box, Welle Erdball, Mobile Homes, Emmon, Kopfer Kat, De/Vision, Code64, System, Dupont, Disturbed, Morrissey, Noisuf-X, Alison, Dir En Grey, Anna Ternheim, Motor and lots more.
Some bands from concerts during 2009.
Next year is shaping up nicely and so far I’ve got tickets to Depeche Mode, Nitzer Ebb, Rammstein, Kent, Henry Rollins and more.
See you at the front!
4 comments
Impressive list as usual. :)
For me it looks like this:
Regina Spektor – last concert for the year, and Regina was as lovely as a performer as the music she creates. Brilliant!
VETO – quite new to me, very energetic, a bit angry sometimes, and generally good. And no, it is not the metal band.
Monsters of Folk – arrived late, still got about 2 hours of concert from it. Better than expected, and solid performance by all.
CocoRosie – superb atmosphere, and when they started to do opera my heart got a bit mushy.
Alberta Cross – surprise of the year, only heard of them a few days before the concert. Debaser let us see them for free (nice concept), and it is excellent.
Apart from that I have missed out on Florence and the Machine, and Temper Trap. But will get another go at it when they return for extra gigs.
The new year will start with The XX. Looking forward too it.
Nice! Several new names on that list for me to look up. :)
80 gigs? that’s about one every 4 days. A slight obsession? ;) I saw snow patrol as well, as a pre-band. Otherwise: Coldplay. And a bunch of great Winnipeg bands (Chic Gamine is a new favorite – Winnipeg is the Liverpool of North America, pretty cool).
I like your choice of required anti-spam-word btw… ;)
Hehe, I knew you were going to like it. :)
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