As I mentioned already in my earlier post the lineup for this years Terres Rouges was quite impressive. There were close to 3.000 people and the weather held steady for most part of the day. Instead of writing one post per band as I usually do I decided to make a recap post with a selection of my best photographs from the festival. The whole sets will be available on flickr as usual via a link lower in the post. Hence the post will be quite longer …..
The concert opened up with a local band called Los Dueños Del Ska which managed to get the crowd going. It was actually impressive to see so many people already at the beginning of the festival. They play an interesting mixture of Ska, Raggae and Punk music. I hope to see more of them at a later stage, …..
De Läb was next, a well known local Hip Hop / Rap band. They’ve won a bunch of new fans due to their appearance at the festival. I talked to some people who didn’t know them before, … but really dug their performance.
Lucy Lucy was somewhat different, they started with slower songs but then took off with some faster tunes that made people move from the back of the area to the stage in one giant wave, ….. quite impressive really.
The Subways, …. ahhh, … they were amazing. Pure energy and fun on stage. It’s a delight to see people giving everything on stage and loving every moment of it. It was an impressive gig to watch and to listen to.
Many of the people present came mainly for their gig: Sunrise Avenue. They gave a very solid performance, even “hinted” that they would be back in Luxembourg next year which had the expected impact on the crowd. Everybody went nuts when they played “Hollywood Hills”. They’ve performed a kind of “jam” session which included tunes from Europe, Van Halen and I think I heard part of the “Top Gun” riff in there somewhere …..
I never heard of them before, people told me to be prepared for something …. different. Well let me tell you that this was the surprise of the day for me: Shaka Ponk. If I was asked to categorize their style I would be unable to do so, and I doubt that anybody can ….. Rock, Funk, Pop ……. they’re all over the place, musically and literally. Not only were they a treat to listen to, … but they were amazing to photograph.
I guess there’s no need for an introduction when it comes to Kaiser Chiefs. I thought the place was packed when Sunrise Avenue was performing, but more people arrived to watch Kaiser Chiefs’ performance. The music was good, but the light was aweful. Taking photographs was quite difficult in these conditions.
Here’re the links to the flickr sets where you can see all the photographs from the different gigs:
Los Dueños Del Ska
De Läb
Lucy Lucy !
The Subways
Sunrise Avenue
Shaka Ponk
Kaiser Chiefs
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