Event: Oldie
Night Landsberg Photos by: Susi Akinci |
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Phil, Grant and Nick during "The
Old Nickelodeon Sound"
Phil and Grant during "The Old
Nickelodeon Sound"
Phil, Henry and Nick during
"Vera From Veracruz"
Phil, Henry and Grant during
"Vera From Veracruz"
Phil and Grant during "Karma Chameleon"
Henry and Phil during "Karma Chameleon"
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Phil, Henry and Grant during
"Girls Girls Girls"
The end of the show
SAILOR in Sachsen-Anhalt or "time doesn't matter" - A concert review by Susi Akinci:
But let's start at
the beginning. Hilde and I travelled to Landsberg on Saturday
morning to finally hear our favourite band again, and also we
were very curious to see Nick.
After a refreshing shower we met at the hotel bar to have a
refreshing beer, when SAILOR suddenly arrived. To our surprise we
had happened to book the same hotel in which SAILOR and some of
the other bands stayed. Henry introduced us to Nick and we
immediately liked him a lot. Then he told us that SAILOR's
performance was only planned to start at 12.30 am (!!!). I
thought that couldn't be true, as admittance was planned for 6.30
pm! But as we wanted to be at the very front in any case, we had
to go to the open air stage and get good places.
When we got there, the doors had already opened and there was a
little queue. Then there was a security check of peoples'
handbags, and as some women had brought handbags in the size of
suitcases this took a rather long time. Luckily I didn't bring a
bag, so I wasn't searched and we could quickly get the last two
places in front of the stage.
The show was started by the band Beat Club, who spread a good
mood in the audience, followed by Middle Of The Road, who really
got the audience going. Then there was an almost endless waiting
time due to changes, sound-problems and lord knows what else
until The Rattles had their performance. The plan was that each
band was to play for half an hour, but it was already clear that
this couldn't work. Afterwards it was time for Christie, followed
by Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich. During this time the Nickelodeon
was already prepared and then - finally - time to get the stage
ready for SAILOR. And it tool a long long time... Please don't
forget: We had been standing on the same spot since 6.30 pm and
by now it was 12.45 am! But the audience was still enthusiastic
and patiently waited for SAILOR. Even those people who didn't
know SAILOR at all. Yes it's hard to believe, but amazingly there
are people of this kind, something that I can't understand at
all!
Then at 12.50 am it was finally time for them, the host said good
morning to the audience and announced SAILOR. The mood
immediately reached its climax and people were completely
thrilled. SAILOR enthused everybody, people sang and danced and
almost forgot that it was so early or late already. We absolutely
loved Nick. I like his voice very much, and he does a super job
on stage. I think that he fits into the band very well and
already is a "real SAILOR". It's obvious that he truly
enjoys it. SAILOR entertained their audience for an entire hour
and didn't show any signs of tiredness regarding themselves or
the audience. Everybody was thrilled and happy. Many people who
hadn't known SAILOR before said that they were new fans now.
At 1.55 am the show was over and I was looking forward to go back
to my bed. On the next morning at breakfast we had a short
opportunity to tell Nick how much we'd enjoyed the show and him
as well. He told us that there wasn't even a soundcheck before
the show, but let's be honest: Professionals like SAILOR handle
something like this without any problems, right?
In any case we had a lot of fun in this night once again and
therefore we say: Thanks Grant, Phil, Henry and Nick!
Susi Akinci
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