The Mars Volta '08 Tour

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  • GetALife
    GetALife Posts: 563
    phatucini wrote:
    Can't wait to see them on march 5th @ the Olympia in Paris. Been looking forward to this gig for months ... by the way has there been an opening band in Hamburg? Real Nice Review by the Way!

    I'm glad you like it! ... No opening band ... maybe a DJ ... couldn't see anyone but the selection of doo-wop and soul-music that was played before they started sounded like a DJ-like selection, like a little dynamic concept... In 2005 they had a DJ playing (as far as I remember 'chilly') electronic music...
    2000: Hamburg
    2006: Berlin
    2007: Munich * Düsseldorf
    2009: Berlin * Manchester * London
    2010: Dublin * Belfast * Berlin
    2012: Amsterdam I & II * Berlin I & II * Stockholm * Oslo * Copenhagen
    EV 2012: Amsterdam I & II
    2014: Amsterdam I & II * Milan * Trieste * Vienna * Berlin
    EV 2017: Berlin
    2018: Amsterdam I & II * Prague * Krakow * Berlin
    2022: Berlin- Vienna - Prague - Amsterdam I - Amsterdam II #
    2024: Berlin I & II

    ~~~

    “It is curious that while good people go to great lengths to spare their children from suffering, few of them seem to notice that the one (and only) guaranteed way to prevent all the suffering of their children is not to bring those children into existence in the first place.”
    ― David Benatar - Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence


  • GetALife
    GetALife Posts: 563
    ...by the way: I'm the guy talking in the background of the rehearsal video ;)

    ...I forgot something in my review:

    On that very day the Kosovo declared its independence. Soon the place/parking lot before the club (not directly before it, a little street was between us and this place) was filled by cars and people dancing and holding hands in a large circle with flags and stuff to folklore-pop from their home-region... I had a weird vision of what the show might sound like... in one ear I heard the TMV-soundcheck, in the other one the music and the screaming of these folks...a very strange experience :)
    2000: Hamburg
    2006: Berlin
    2007: Munich * Düsseldorf
    2009: Berlin * Manchester * London
    2010: Dublin * Belfast * Berlin
    2012: Amsterdam I & II * Berlin I & II * Stockholm * Oslo * Copenhagen
    EV 2012: Amsterdam I & II
    2014: Amsterdam I & II * Milan * Trieste * Vienna * Berlin
    EV 2017: Berlin
    2018: Amsterdam I & II * Prague * Krakow * Berlin
    2022: Berlin- Vienna - Prague - Amsterdam I - Amsterdam II #
    2024: Berlin I & II

    ~~~

    “It is curious that while good people go to great lengths to spare their children from suffering, few of them seem to notice that the one (and only) guaranteed way to prevent all the suffering of their children is not to bring those children into existence in the first place.”
    ― David Benatar - Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence


  • its_ok
    its_ok Posts: 200
    Saw them in Stockholm last Wednesday...must be one of the best live bands around. God this bands got tallent!! They played for nearly 2 h 40 min in one of Stockholms most beautiful venues, 1500 people or so.

    The setlist looked a lot like the one from Germany. The beginning with Roulette Dares was amazing! And Cedric went totaly crazy and during one song and ran around in the crowd for like 5 minutes....so great entertainers!!

    It hard to believe these guys can pull off a show like that wherever they go!

    Cant wait to see them again!!
    PJ
    2000 Roskilde, 2006 Barcelona, 2007 London, Copenhagen, 2008 New York 1, New York 2, 2009 Berlin, 2010 Dublin, Belfast, 2012 Amsterdam 1, Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen, 2013 Brooklyn 1, Brooklyn 2, Philly 2, 2014 Milan, Trieste, Berlin, Stockholm, Milton Keynes

    EV
    2012 Manchester, London 1, London 2
  • DaytimeDilemma
    DaytimeDilemma Posts: 2,008
    So apparently these guys are playing 3 hour + shows as of late and the sets look like this:

    Roulette
    Viscera
    Wax
    Goliath
    Ouroborous
    Tetris
    Agadez
    Cygnus
    Aberinkula
    Drunkship
    Asilos
    Miranda
    Baphomets
  • Hitch-Hiker
    Hitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    DaytimeDilemma wrote:
    So apparently these guys are playing 3 hour + shows as of late and the sets look like this:

    Roulette
    Viscera
    Wax
    Goliath
    Ouroborous
    Tetris
    Agadez
    Cygnus
    Aberinkula
    Drunkship
    Asilos
    Miranda
    Baphomets

    Yeah the Paris show was around 3 hours. Actually too long for my liking for their style of music. They were really good, but by the end I was just bored.
    I'll Ride The Wave Where It Takes Me
  • Red Lukin
    Red Lukin Canada Posts: 2,994
    What, they're playing Miranda now?!?!?

    I really hope they do another US tour....and soon.
  • Pauk
    Pauk Posts: 1,084
    Seeing them Thursday!

    I expect to be bored by the end, but I plan on just sitting back and enjoying, don't think I'll venture anywhere near the front.
    Paul
    '06 - London, Dublin, Reading
    '07 - Katowice, Wembley, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
    '09 - London, Manchester, London
    '12 - Manchester, Manchester, Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen
  • Hitch-Hiker
    Hitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    fowls wrote:
    Seeing them Thursday!

    I expect to be bored by the end, but I plan on just sitting back and enjoying, don't think I'll venture anywhere near the front.
    Good plan. I started at the front but I couldn't hear the vocals. Guess that depends on the different sound at different venues though. Also, being at the back ensures a quick exit if you get too bored.
    I'll Ride The Wave Where It Takes Me
  • DaytimeDilemma
    DaytimeDilemma Posts: 2,008
    Red Lukin wrote:
    What, they're playing Miranda now?!?!?

    I really hope they do another US tour....and soon.



    Um...they are.
  • Pauk
    Pauk Posts: 1,084
    Hitch-Hiker wrote:
    Good plan. I started at the front but I couldn't hear the vocals. Guess that depends on the different sound at different venues though. Also, being at the back ensures a quick exit if you get too bored.
    I'll be with a hardcore MV fan so I doubt escape will be an option :p
    The venue they're playing in manchester is an old theatre, so has pretty damn good acoustics.
    Paul
    '06 - London, Dublin, Reading
    '07 - Katowice, Wembley, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
    '09 - London, Manchester, London
    '12 - Manchester, Manchester, Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen
  • audiodave
    audiodave Posts: 1,623
    Had to sell my ticket for the show on Thursday. Complicated situation, but the short version is I have too much work to do.

    GUTTED. :(
    ~AKA Dave-of-the-dead~

    I don't wanna think, I wanna feel

    Dublin 23/08/06 Lisbon I 04/09/06 Lisbon II 05/09/06 Paris 11/09/06 Verona 16/09/06

    London 18/06/07 Dusseldorf 21/06/07 Copenhagen 26/06/07 Nijmegen 28/06/07
  • NCBRI
    NCBRI Posts: 1,902
    Just watched a 30 mins. special on the Music HD channel of them playing live. I've been kind of a casual fan of At the Drive in and Mars Volta since they came out and really dug what I saw. I get the impression that the lead guitar guy is the genius behind the band. He is freaking awesome! Looks like they put on a killer show.
    Brian
  • ADogNamedPilate
    ADogNamedPilate Texas, USA Posts: 291
    I'll be going to the Dallas show on April 8th.
    Austin City Limits - Oct 04, 2009
  • Red Lukin
    Red Lukin Canada Posts: 2,994
    NCBRI wrote:
    I get the impression that the lead guitar guy is the genius behind the band.
    Ya that's Omar, and he basically runs the show.
    NCBRI wrote:
    He is freaking awesome!
    And ya he is freaking amazing
    NCBRI wrote:
    Looks like they put on a killer show.
    Also, very true ; )
  • DaytimeDilemma
    DaytimeDilemma Posts: 2,008
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=qXOpY-WFHcA
  • Red Lukin
    Red Lukin Canada Posts: 2,994
    I just got tickets to the new Toronto shows added! Sweet, I get to see TMV at least 2 times this year!!!

    Best year ever.
  • Red Lukin
    Red Lukin Canada Posts: 2,994
    The next leg starts tonight - in Toronto!!!
  • i am a target
    i am a target Posts: 808
    it's been a few years since i've seen them unfortunately.

    but. one awesome "claim to fame" of mine is that i saw them before they went in to record Deloused at a tiny club called the brickworks in chico, california. there were about 30 people there and i spoke with cedric and omar. fucking outstanding show.

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