White Stripes in Concert; what to expect???

[Hansione]

I’ve got tickets for the White Stripes- concert (4th december) here in Amsterdam. I’m l:rolleyeski:rolleyesng forwards to this gig. Is there anyone on the board who saw this brother / sister-band live…what can I expect??? [img]images/smiles/icon_confused.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

[Bucky Ramone]

I saw them doing two songs live on the BBC show ‘Later’ last week, and they didn’t sound exactly like the Carpenters [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]
I am going to the Amsterdam gig as well. The Von Bondies and the 5,6,7,8’s (great name….) are supporting. Does anyone know these bands?

[Robert]

The 5 6 7 8’s are a japanese alternativerockpunk outfit. Those girls are sort of the grand old ladies of the japanese indie scene, they’ve been at it for 15 years or so. I saw them at the Devil Dolls festival in Oslo on saturday and they were…great!

[Bucky Ramone]

Well, it was quite a night at the sold-out Melkweg this week!

5 6 7 8’s were three Japanes barbie-dolls playing surf-trash-punk-garage-rock-n-roll, and singing in a fantastic incomprehensible Engrish, den Buck and Hansione didn’t stop smiling the whole gig!
Vely Lock’n’Loll indeed!!! [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]

Next up were the Von Bondies from Detroit (two boys/two girls), they sounded like a cross between the Pixies and Jon Spencer’s Blues Explosion in a garage…. Apart from one or two too long songs they were good (and the girl playing bass was ‘cool as Kim Deal’ [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img] )

Brother and sister White, aka the White Stripes introduced themselves as "hi, we are the New Carpenters" and played an excellent set, including a covers of ‘Jolene’ (Dolly Parton) and ‘Isis’ (Bob Dylan, thanks Hansione for that one….). Meg White plays the drums like Moe Tucker used to do in the Velvet Underground, just hitting the beat, and nothing else… Brother Jack plays guitar and sings, obvious influences: Jon Spencer (again), Led Zeppelin, the Beatles, Stooges. The sound was excellent, and the crowd enjoyed it very much!

Well, Hansione and den Buck had a great night, and they finished it in style with another beer and a ‘patatje speciaal’ (Hansione) and a ‘patatje oorlog’ (den Buck)
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[Bucky Ramone]

Well, if someone wants to see the Strokes, here is their tour schedule:

2001
Dec 30 – Apollo Theater, New York, USA
Dec 31 – Apollo Theater, New York, USA

2002
Feb 12 – I.M.P. Hall, Osaka, JPN
Feb 14 – Club Quattro, Nagoya, JPN
Feb 15 – Shibuya Ax, Tokyo, JPN
Feb 16 – Liquid Room, Tokyo, JPN

Feb 23 – Leeds University, Leeds, ENGLAND
Feb 24 – The Academy, Birmingham, ENGLAND
Feb 26 – Ancinne Belgique, Brussells, BELGIUM
Feb 27 – Ewerk, Cologne, GERMANY
Feb 28 – Paradiso, Amsterdam, HOLLAND (sold out, WAAAHH!!!!! [img]images/smiles/icon_mad.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_sad.gif[/img] )

March 3 – Rockefeller, Oslo, NORWAY
March 4 – Cirkus, Stockholm, SWEDEN
March 6 – Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg, GERMANY
March 7 – Columbia Halle, Berlin, GERMANY
March 9 – Pepsi Music Hall, Vienna, AUSTRIA
March 12 – Alcatraz, Milan, ITALY
March 13 – Transbordeur, Lyon, FRANCE
March 15 – Razzmatazz, Barcelona, SPAIN
March 16 – La Riviera, Madrid, SPAIN
March 17 – Krakatoa, Bordeux, FRANCE
March 18 – La Mutalitie, Paris, FRANCE
March 22 – Barrowlands, Glasgow, SCOTLAND
March 23 -Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, SCOTLAND
March 25 – Apollo, Manchester, ENGLAND
March 26 – Corn Exchange, Cambridge, ENGLAND
March 28 – Brixton Academy, London, ENGLAND
March 29 – Brixton Academy, London, ENGLAND
March 31 – Olympia, Dublin, EIRE

[passion]

…white stripes is a cool band…if you like classic rock…i prefer …srtokes!!!…actually they play in NY on 31 of december…(if my memory serves me right…) [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]

[Bucky Ramone]

The Strokes are coming to Europe in February, playing the Paradiso in Amsterdam the 28th of February, presale started (and ended) today, I think it was sold out in a couple of minutes, and den Buck hasn’t got a ticket [img]images/smiles/icon_redface.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_mad.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_mad.gif[/img]

[passion]

…that s bad news den buck…i hope you find something till then…its a great band! [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]

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