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Roskilde Festival day 5: Nailed to the wall by Trent Reznor

American Independence Day celebrations in Camp Vienna United, new shoes to the editor’s sore feet, massive drinks at Gringo Bar, football hooligan punk attitude with Slaves and a “punch in the face” show with brutal industrial rock classics by Nine Inch Nails. The fifth day at the Roskilde festival in summary. What is striking about the Roskilde Festival is the …

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Roskilde Festival day 4: Band break day and Swedes going nuts

Roskilde Festival day no.4 was a day off work in terms of going to gigs. There was an initial plan to join the crowd on TAN but Messed!Up deserved a music free day. However, we also managed to plan for new interviews and Saturday will be a busy day running around the area to catch the bands for a chat. …

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Roskilde Festival day 3: Camp Vienna United Jam Session

Jam Session, great shows, a lovely interview with Pale Honey, soar feet on the verge of amputation, sauna-like weather, a lecture on German football players (again, why me?), lovely Roskilde volunteers and dust, lots of D.U.S.T. – that’s what festival day no.3 was about. Toto, every time this *f-word* Toto and “Africa”. You would think that a music festival in …

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Roskilde Festival day 1: Arrival

The first day of the Roskilde Festival is a traveling experience. Whether I lived in London, Linköping, Gothenburg or, as today, Hamburg it’s always one week of planning for the trip before leaving home. This year it was slightly different though since I was invited by Camp Vienna United who picked me up in front of the Hamburg mansion for …

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Where post-punk meets goth rock: Then Comes Silence interviewed

Only one and a half year after their brilliant album “Nyctophilian”, post-punk/goth rock four-piece Then Comes Silence released their fourth album “Blood” in October last year at Nuclear Blast, thus changing label from Gotland based Novoton. Extending the “Blood” tour into 2018, Then Comes Silence return to Hamburg supporting ChameleonsVox. Messed!Up met up the band members just after their arrival …

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