{"id":275,"date":"2010-08-30T16:55:07","date_gmt":"2010-08-30T15:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mekons.de\/news\/?p=275"},"modified":"2010-08-30T18:00:45","modified_gmt":"2010-08-30T17:00:45","slug":"frutas-do-verao-mekons-em-portugal-england-germany-e-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mekons.de\/news\/?p=275","title":{"rendered":"Frutas do Ver\u00e3o – Mekons em Portugal, Inglaterra, Alemanha e Su\u00ed\u00e7a"},"content":{"rendered":"

23. Jul 2010 20:00 The Fleece Bristol Fleece, Bristol<\/h3>\n

\nSome pics on flickr<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Video: Ghosts of american astronauts<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

24. Jul 2010 20:00 Cold Dog Soup Club at The Face Bar (acoustic), Reading<\/p>\n

25. Jul 2010 20:00 The Bull and Gate, London<\/h3>\n

\nShow is up on Dime<\/a><\/strong>
\n26. Jul 2010 20:00 Green Note, Camden, London (acoustic)<\/p>\n

29. Jul 2010 18:00 FMM Festival, Sines, Portugal<\/h3>\n

\nVideo: Give me wine or money
\n<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

A report<\/a> (spin to 4:47)<\/strong><\/p>\n

31. Jul 2010 20:00 Cabaret Maxime, Lisbon, Portugal<\/p>\n

06. Aug 2010 20:00 Klangbad Festival, Scheer, Germany<\/h3>\n

\nA Review:<\/strong><\/p>\n

To cut a long story short: Two great shows in Scheer (Germany) and Z\u00fcrich (Switzerland). On stage: the usual gang of suspects minus Tom, who\u2019s still ill, as they said.
\nMekons came to Scheer, which is a small provincial town on the river Danube, by train from Z\u00fcrich and played just an hour, because of a strict time schedule \u2013 Klangbad is a festival, organised by Faust-member Hans Joachim Irmler, who lives and works in Scheer. I couldn\u2019t grab the setlist (hi, Oliver!), but it was a collection of their number ones, starting with \u201eMemphis, Egypt\u201c. Jon did a spectacular dance of \u201eCockermouth\u201c, crawling in the end over the stage-address-boxes \u2013 the audience, among them many young people, loved him, many of them, i\u2019m sure, never had heard of the band before. Some hundred people as audience, and a really big stage from a Mekons-point-of-view.<\/p>\n

Next day they lost all their (hand-signed) tour-posters in a chinese restaurant at my hometown Tuttlingen, where they had to change trains on the way to Z\u00fcrich. I\u2019m still searching. Jon additionally left his acoustic guitar in the train, but it was brought to him right before the concert.
\nZ\u00fcrich it was a free concert, because the venue (the pub \u201eEl Lokal\u201c at the river Sihl, called here \u201eMissisihl\u201c by the insiders) celebrated its tenth birthday with this concert. Stage was a big truck. Right in the middle of the gig some tequilas were handed to the band, and Sally said tot he audience: \u201eYou didn\u2019t pay, so we can do what we want \u2013 and we\u2019re gonna make a break now for tequila!\u201c.
\nSetlist as usual; they had to end at about 11 p.m. because of the neighbours. Anyway: It was a perfect evening, the band in good mood, the sound loud and clear, the weather fine, the drinks cool.
\nAnd now let\u2019s hope for the new CD.
\nCheers, Dieter<\/p>\n

Another one:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not only were the drinks cool, there were plenty of them as well.
\nDriving the rental car back to Stuttgart the next morning seemed a bit on the illegal side given my condition still, but I made it back safely and was even able to face some solid food again at Suttgart airport. The setlist is still in the bag, will post details asap, likewise some of the pictures, though on a quick review most of them seem to have turned out quite blurry and useless for some reason , that camera was supposed to be foolproof. (or should I just stand still and concentrate on the photography next time ?)<\/p>\n

Two great shows indeed. Scheer was interesting to witness, due to the time limit there were more songs and less banter than they usually manage within 60 minutes, I guess It was quite a good overview for the mostly uninitiated audience. Nice to see them on a comparatively large stage for a change, video screen and all.<\/p>\n

Zurich was even better, a sunny day and warm evening, being greeted on arrival at the concert site by our man Ferl from Vienna (making his long awaited appearance on this tour), a nice setting, another appreciative audience , good sound, approx 1 h 50 min set, good beer and trains running past midnight… (unlike trains in London town on a Sunday evening….)<\/p>\n

Good to see Dieter, Peter and Manuel and Ferl again (Ferl, hopefully see you at the Hafenklang soon, Nine Pound Hammer are apparently scheduled for the Aug 30th ?.)<\/p>\n

Finally, thanks to the Mekons for two great long summer weekends. Worth the while, as usual<\/p>\n

Oliver<\/p>\n

Pictures from the Festival website<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Videos from Klangbad:<\/p>\n

Millionaire:<\/p>\n

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\nMore on Youtube:<\/p>\n

Hard to be human<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Heaven and back<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Soundboard recording from Klangbad on Live Archive<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

07. Aug 2010 20:00 Outside El Lokal, Zurich CH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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