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- Bang-Your-Head - June 2000 - Balingen (D) - - W.O.A. - Aug. 2000 - Wacken (D) - - Doro & VII Sins - Jan. 2002 - Verviers (B) - - Doro & Helstar - June 2002 - Eindhoven (NL) - - W.O.A. - Aug. 2002 - Wacken (D) - - Doro, Saxon & Circle II Circle - Dec. 2003 - Düsseldorf (D) - - Saxon, Doro & Circle II Circle - Dec. 2003 - Pratteln (CH) - - Doro & Blaze - Dec. 2003 - Andernach (D) - - Doro & Metal Classic Orchestra - April 2004 - Antwerp (B) - - Doro - July 2004 - Gronau (D) - - Doro - Aug. 2004 - Cologne (D) - - Doro & Metal Classics Orchestra, Blaze & Saeko - Oct. 2004 - Balve (D) - - W.O.A. - Aug. 2004 - Wacken (D) - - Monsters Of Rock - April 2006 - Herne (D) - - Noisegate Festival - May 2006 - Langen (D) - - Doro & Benedictum - Dec. 2006 - Antwerp (B) - - Edguy & Doro - Feb. 2007 - Wartenberg (D) - - Doro & guests - Dec. 2008 - Düsseldorf (D) - - Doro & Krypteria - Dec. 2009 - Dortmund (D) -
- Doro & Krypteria - December 13th 2009 - Dortmund (D), FZW -
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The Italian opener Meredine Atomniche we missed, but from what we heard they didn't really fit into this package... |
- Doro - 25th Anniversary Concert -
- Dec. 13th 2008 - Düsseldorf (D), ISS Dome -
For the 25th anniversary Doro had invited some guest and this time it should be a huge party at the ISS Dome - home of the Düsseldorf Metrostars hockey team. Her 20th anniversary she celebrated also at Dec. 13th, but at the Philipshalle and beside some guests she had Circle II Circle and Saxon playing. Last year there was a special concerts with guest, so the expectations been high. |
Doro & Benedictum
- 27. Dec. 2006 - Antwerp (B), Hof Ter Lo -
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Just after Christmas I got the chance to see Doro on the second leg of the European Warrior Soul tour. The schedule I got was waste paper, coz Winterborn had to cancel today's show due to a bad cold of their singer. And so the American Benedictum got on stage a bit earlier and got more time to play. Unfortunately I don't know their album which is called Uncreation, so I can't tell you much about them. They offered some female-fronted heavy metal - and so they fit to Doro, even if they are musically closer to Warlock then to Doro's solo work. With Veronica Freeman they have a got fronter, but at least today she couldn't really convince me. A nice surprise was their Black Sabbath cover Heaven And Hell. Track list:
Earthshaker Rock I Rule The Ruins You're My Family Burning The Witches True As Steel Above The Ashes Out Of Control Metal Racer East Meets West - drum solo Strangers Yesterday Für immer Burn It Up Fight Breaking The Law All We Are ************************ Warrior Soul Hellbound Evil ************************ Love Me In Black Metal Tango ************************ My Majesty |
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This one was again a very sponteanously trip and so we arrived just before the Swedish girls of Crucified Barbara entered the stage. Unfortunately I missed Altaria, but well... Perhaps next time I'll have more luck. Anyway, it's been just 2 weeks since I saw the girls opening for Jon Oliva's Pain and so I wasn't that interested in their show. When they entered the stage many seems to wonder, coz they looked more like models of H&M or some similar company. And so mainly the male part of the audience was standing in front of the stage to watch them, but it seems that the looks didn't make it, coz after a few songs more and more metal fans changed from watching to drinking and ended up at the counter. Only when they played the two cover versions - Kiss' Shout It Out Loud in the middle of the set and as last tune Motörhead's Killed By Death - the audience seems to be interested... The girls are playing in the tradition of Girlschool and Rock Goddess, but to be honest I preferred the originals. Sorry girls, but you couldn't convinve me. |
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Tonight just about 200 fans of the German metal queen found their way to the Underground. A special night for Doro and her band, coz tonight the German TV will record the show for a nationwide broadcast in October. Due to the fact that the venue is quite small they couldn't bring the whole orchestra, only 4 members of the orchestra took part. As usual the German-American band opened up with I Rule The Ruins - this one with full power. Followed by Metal Tango. But Doro and the band wanted to present themselves in different way and so they played some songs acoustic and some like the new track Let Love Rain On Me with 2 violins, a cell and a contrabass. Again Doro added a song to the setlist, coz some fans ask her to and so they played 1000 Mal gelebt. With Für immer (with the orchestra) and Love Me In Black (acoustic) the they presented 2 more ballads and with Always Live To Win and All We Are they showed their powerful side. A highlight for long-time fans was True As Steel where everyone was singing along. Too soon the show was over and due to the limitations through the TV crew they just returned for one more song - Hellraiser! A good show which probably will bring them new fans when it will be broadcast in October. They air it while Doro is on tour with the orchestra, so probably some new fans will show up... Anyway, Germany's leading Metal Lady deserved it and finally after 20 years got recorded for Rockpalast - they already presented bands like The Who, Thin Lizzy, Linkin Park, Machine Head, Motörhead, Anastacia and many, many more. |
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It's been awhile since German rocker Udo Lindenberg had the initial idea for a museum of Rock & Pop in Germany. He planned it for his hometown Gronau. It took a few years to realize it, even if many German musicians supported him, but there is just money for 'real' art in this country. |
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It's not the first time that Doro is working with an orchestra. She already did one show in Düsseldorf in 2001 which was really successful. Fans hopes for more, but had to wait. This time there were two shows scheduled, one in Bochum and the other one in Antwerp tonight. There were about 700 fans at Hof Ter Lo to witness this event. The dark red curtain opened and orchestra had already took their places. The sound of a bell indicated that the first track tonight would be AC/DC's Hells Bells. As announced this time Doro was joined by some singers and the first on stage was singer of These Days. He also did Whitesnake's Here I Go Again. His dark voice fit very well to the songs and in this orchestral version they sound totally different. Next was the voice of Ozzmosis - Maysche - doing Mr. Crowley and Paranoid. Amazing how Maysche impersonate Ozzy Osbourne and his way of singing, acting and talking. Their aim to heat up the audience was just topped by former Iron Maiden singer Blaze Bayley who did Falling Down from Iron Maiden's The X-Factor and a song from his coming album - Blood & Belief will be out on April 26th - which is called Life & Death. This one seems to be heavier then the previous songs of Blaze. For one more song the singer of These Days came back and did Metallica's The Unforgiven. Finally the metal queen entered the stage and kicked off her set with I Rule The Ruins. Followed by Metal Tango and White Wedding all done with the orchestra. The songs sounded different and familiar at the same time. It was obvious that the orchestra and the band - not the Doro band, just Oliver Palotai was there - enjoyed this. They did Legends Never Die unplugged and then as a little surprise for the fans Doro introduced Let Love Rain On Me - a new, unreleased song - again she was supported by the orchestra. But that wasn't necessary to give the fans a reason to go wild! The it was time for the first German song - Tausend mal gelebt. Unplugged they did Last Day Of My Life. The Blaze Bayley was back on stage to do Bad Blood with Doro. He already joined her a few times on stage for that one. The faster tracks they did unplugged, but most of the songs were performed by the orchestra like Für immer, Undying and All We Are. To the end of the set it became more and more obvious how much some of the orchestra members enjoyed this. During Always Live To Win and during the parts of All We Are the violins weren't included the blonde violinist sings along. She and some other members started to rock and bang their heads. The audience was going crazy. And too soon the regular part of the set was over. For the encores Doro returned to do Fear Of The Dark with Blaze. She did also songs with the other singers. It was fun to watch. The set was over after about 2 hours. But the fans didn't want to let her go and were shouting for more, then singing All We Are. Conductor Arndt gave the orchestra instructions and then they played All We Are again. This time with all guest singers on stage. Lots of fun! |
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Due to heavy traffic on the motorway we missed the opening band Epica. Well, that's the way it is sometimes. But we were in time for Blaze. Tonight the British had to present their short program and again they started with Ghost In The Machine. Due to the limited time the quintet concentrated on their own tracks. Tonight the sound wasn't as good as last night, but due to the bigger stage the band could move more. Singer Blaze, guitarist Steve Wray and their new bassist could completed by drummer Dave and guitarist Jason who's helping out for the few shows. The decision about a new drummer shall be made soon and no doubt that John Slater is still in the band. Beside the title tracks - Silicon Messiah and 10th Dimension - they presented Speed Of Light, Futureal and Man On The Edge. Another good show of the U.K. rockers which should make the fans curiously waiting for new stuff - Blaze will soon enter the studio. |
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Tonight is a special night for Düsseldorf's Metal Queen Doro Pesch! More then 6,000 fans came to celebrate Doro's 20th anniversary and so many people still waited to get into Philipshalle when Circle II Circle entered the stage. Me too! And so I missed the first 2 tracks, damn! Won't think about the hundreds of fans who were still queuing at the desk and at the doors, coz you missed quite a good show. Tonight former Savatage singer Zak Stevens and his new band had just about 40 minutes and so they picked the best tracks from their debut album Watching In Silence and added Edge Of Thorns and Taunting Cobras. Luckily I saw yesterdays show in Hardenberg where they played a little longer. To heat up the fans they chose the heavier ones like Lies, Face To Face and Sea Of White. Tonight the band sounded better then the day before... Then Zak introduced some special guest and I bet some hoped that it'll be Jon Oliva, but it was Doro's keyboarder Olli Palotai. Due to the limited time Zak decided to play straight and didn't waste time to introduce the band and songs. I wish I could see the last show of the tour in Vienna, coz if the band gets better from day to day, then they are really hot at the last one... |
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Today Doro and her band had a busy one... In the afternoon the band opened at the Düsseldorf Rheinstadion the game of Düsseldorf RheinFire vs. Amsterdam Admirals. Metal queen Doro and her band had the honor to play 2 songs before the kick-off. Doro wrote the RheinFire anthem Burn It Up which they played and the new song Fight which will be on the coming album of the quintet. About the game... I heard that it was the most boring game of the season from technical point of view, but very amusing.... One player stumbled into the chain of the chain gang aside of the field and damaged the chain. A linesman stumbled over the mark of the end zone... Funny moments made watching the game not a waste of time. |
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Actually I won't have known about this show if I wouldn't have met Doro at the Demon Drive / Bonfire show in Düsseldorf in November where she told me about the few shows they would play. I thought that it would be nice to see her and the boys in a small club in front of 250 fans. |
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