Negative & Day
Eleven @ Factory/ Magdeburg 14.09.2007
+ Dresden, Braunschweig, Bochum, Glauchau &
Berlin
(c) Frances Amelie Sin™
After planning this tour over month and a big
interview
trouble we start with the Day Eleven/ Negative Tour in Magdeburg at
Factory. Well there is no Tourfeeling right now cause Magdeburg is
where I am living at the moment, I will sleep at home after the first
show and I did not packed my complete wardrobe for the journey.
Arriving at the Factory, we first find the gate closed and just about
10 Fans in front of it, we decide to drive over to the backstage
entrance, cause for the interviews we have to enter there. The
backstage entrance of the Factory is just 2 km far away from the public
entrance so I am quite happy to be there with the car. We wait some
time and then I trie to call my contact person for the
interviews, just to get the information, that he is still in Norway,
what the hell??? He gives me the number of some other guy and 20
minutes too late we enter the backstage and find ourselves in a room
with 5 guys of Negative and some other press- girls. After waiting
sometime we can start the Interview with Larry and Sir Christus. The
other guys doing an interview next to us and the music in the
background is much too loud, but well I don't need to understand the
guys on the tape, I have a biiiiig brain ^^. Ok the organisation is
strange as usual. Then we are interrupted by the guy for the
Soundcheck. I can not end my interview, instead of 20 minutes I just
have 15 minutes time. Thats not very professional, but well I have to
work with it. We leave the backstage, just to hang around in the car
waiting for the next date. Late as usual we can enter again and I am
really surprised that the Day Eleven interview workes so good. Finnish
guys can talk, guess!! It seems they are happy to do it and that makes
my work much easier. When we leave half an hour later most of the
people are in the hall, and we walk in slowly. The Day Eleven show
starts and I notice that the Factory is kinda full and the crowd is
more enthusiastic then I awaited it for this town. The public
celebrates Day Eleven and I try to get to the stage-ditch for the
Negative show. Hard work but not impossible. No flash, as usual, but
where is the light from behind?? The first three songs are completely
dark, just red and blue light in front of me, how can anyone do
pictures in that darkness without a flash?? But thank God, I have my
pocket cam with me and do pictures later out of the crowd, much better
ones by thh way. The show seems to be the same as last year but
Negative look not that far away then they did there. Their outfits are
extraordinary and glamorous as the whole band and their
stage-decoration.They play a powerful show and do a few (less than
years before but better than nothing) strange things. Jonne lays on the
pace and talks about 3 minutes in slow and calm words about love, peace
and no war! When they bow the people go crazy and Negative throw a lot
of roses, pleks, towels (used) and other things to the fans.
After the show they leave for Dresden, not without coming out a few
minutes for autographs and pictures as I could see from the parking
place.
(c) Frances Amelie Sin™
The next day starts with plenty sleep and 5 girls with one bathroom!!
Yes we are ready within 2 hours, guess that!! The way to Dresden is not
that long as i reminded it and with the navigation system we find the
venue immediately. There are much more fans in front of the gate than
in Magdeburg at the same time and we decide to be the last to enter the
hall. When the doors open we hear some bad noise and later someone
tells us that it was horrible and some people were injured at the
entrance. We find a nice place in the 4th row and now I can enjoy the
complete concerts, without working. Day Eleven are celebrated almost
frenetic and the crowd is not much louder when Negative enter the
stage. All in all it is close to the show in MD and we look forward to
Braunschweig the next day. Arriving there very early we decide to try
to get the first row, just this once. But I don't like to sit on the
floor in front of a closed door all the time, sourrounded by little
girls, dreaming of strange thing. So I take my blanket over
to
the entrance and relax in the car. There happen some strange things
with a fourteen years old girl that seems to be a little off-headed and
we have much fun there. I don't really remember how I get into the
hall, but I am in, yes, in the first row after some, well,
complications. It's not a new, but on this tour an interesting
experience, cause I never wanted to to that again. Gee!! But it's fun,
exept the both concerts, well whatever the problem ist, Day Eleven
sucks today, the mood is bad, the crowd is silent and Negative are not
at their best. Jonne seems to be a little agressive or angry or just
frustrated, but you can see that the band hates this show. Not that we
had no fun in there, we are 5 girls rocking the hell out of us. After
the show I am really happy that we have day off the next day, we leave
for Bochum to sleep at my friends home. But this way is quite long and
gee we almost forgot to pick up her car in Hannover. But that means
each of us have to drive alone. With a lot of energy drinks inside we
overtake the Tourbus close to our destination, how is it
possible
that the bus is gone that far, we start at the same time and just
stopped 20 minutes to get the car?? Strange, really it is!! The day off
fell into sleep and party at night, so that I am stupidly tired when we
arrive at Zeche in Bochum. I decide to sleep there for some hours in
the car and when my friend wake me up it is time to enter the hall. I
don't feel like I wanna see it but no I don't regret that I fought
myself in there. 5th row and both bands with a hughe show, much more
interacting on the stage and a painful loud crowd!! yeah Bochum rocks,
and I am close to coma when I leave the hall. We just wait a few
minutes to see the bus leaving and the go home. The Tour goes on but we
take a break and meet again on Friday night on the way to Glauchau,
yes, you heard right, Glauchau, nothing to eat, it's a little village
in Saxony and well they have a venue. We decide to do something we ever
wanted to do. We take our blanket to the door, we are the first at the
hall, put a notice on it, that we are just over there in the
car
and yes, we enter the hall as the very last persons that visit this
concert. People watch us stupidly but we have fun and well I have never
seen a concert from that far away before. Nothing for usual but yes
it's a new experience and you see a lotta things you haven't noticed
before! By the way, Glauchau beats everything I have seen before at NGT
concerts. An more adult crowd than ever before, lots of guys in the
hall and the best and loudest fans on this tour! Day Eleven have such a
energetic show that the crowd goes wild and Negative lookes so happy
that I would like to pat pat them all. They all smile like children on
x-mas eve!
Next day Berlin: The same waiting in front of the venue like all times
before, but interrupted by an interview I film for a friend. Then we
enter the hall after Day Eleven start with the last song of their show.
The Columbia Club is a nice venue for small people because of some
steps inside. That also means there is always some space free and so we
are close to the stage after finding this free space XD. It is a
strange feeling, cause it is the last show tonight, but Berlin always
rocks as hell and I am sure this one was one was a great one. Saying
goodbye takes some more time tonight and Jonne tells the fans, they can
meet him @ WaH after the show. Well we go there, having some beer,
ignoring some Finns and dancing on the stage, yes it is fun, I don't
know if Jonne and Jay, wo appears later, have fun, but well I don't
care. Early in the morning I give a strange ride to some stupids and
then I go home, a little sad, as usual after such a long and funy tour
with my girls XD. But the show will go on, October & November
will
be hot!!
(c) Frances Amelie Sin™