Thursday, June 25, 2009

E timpul...


... sa ne revenim.

Frumos la Budapesta.
O stiam din scurtele vizite facute in anii trecuti.
Oamenii astia, ungurii, chiar stiu sa puna in valoare orice le-ar putea aduce turisti, implicit bani. Ma rog, in privinta banilor, cu unele chestii au exagerat nitel, dar, per ansamblu, cateva zile petrecute in capitala lor iti lasa numai amintiri placute.De data asta, mi-am programat mai multe zile pentru acest frumos oras si chiar m-am bucurat din plin de fiecare moment. Iar faptul ca excursia s-a incheiat cu un atat de mult asteptat concert Depeche Mode, aproape ma face sa uit micile intamplari mai putin fericite.
Ma abtin sa vorbesc mai mult despre oras si oportunitatile pe care le ofera, astea sunt informatii usor de gasit pe net. Oricum, sunt o gramada de locuri de vazut si o multime de senzatii de trait. Chiar merita.

Concertul?
Minunat! Am avut parte de o prestatie de zile mari a trupei, cu siguranta motivata si de extraordinarul public. Dave a si spus-o la un moment dat, impresionat fiind de faptul ca lumea, nu numai ca nu s-a clintit un centimetru cand a inceput ploaia, dar parca s-a insufletit si mai mult din cauza asta.
Ce bine ca Dave si-a revenit dupa problemele de sanatate avute si a fost in forma maxima.
Da, a plouat zdravan. A inceput usor, cu cativa stropi razleti, pe la a 5-a melodie, insa curand s-a transformat intr-o "mama ploilor" ce ne-a udat constant pana la finalul show-ului ce a durat mai bine de 2 ore. Curgea apa pe noi siroaie, dar nu conta! Cantam la unison cu trupa, iar senzatiile care te incearca auzind un stadion intreg cantand sunt greu de descris. Astea sunt momente care trebuie traite pe viu si nu din povestile altora.
In concluzie, am avut parte de o seara superba, cu o atmosfera senzationala, cu siguranta de neuitat.

PS - Fotografia am facut-o cu telefonul, in seara precedenta concertului, in timpul montarii scenei, cand, printr-o confuzie fericita pentru noi, am reusit sa "penetram" sistemul de paza al stadionului pentru cateva minute.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

exPlain

A Message From Martin, Andy And Dave Regarding The Cancelled Shows

To all our fans who held tickets to the recently cancelled shows,

We want to express our deep and heartfelt apology for having to cancel these shows and want to also provide a bit of explanation for why we are not able to replay these dates. We do not take cancelling shows lightly and understand your disappointment and frustration with the cancellations - we are disappointed as well.

After our successful Eastern and Southern European shows in 2006, we were excited to return to some of our favorite cities and to meet our devoted fans in new cities where we had never played. Once we realized we would not be able play the dates as originally scheduled, we started looking at all possible rescheduling options with our manager and booking agent. The delays in getting information to all of you during this period were due to our strong desire to fully explore all options, and the logistical difficulties of rescheduling shows on a tour of this size. All of this was made more difficult by the fact that the majority of the shows we were unable to play were stadiums, which meant that we could only replay the dates during the summer. As many of you are aware, we had already scheduled dates in North and South America following our current European tour, so our summer schedule is completely full. Unfortunately, in the end, we were only able to reschedule our missed shows that were to be played in indoor venues, as we could postpone these until our winter European tour leg. Although we were unable to reschedule the shows in Athens, Istanbul, Bucharest, Sofia, Belgrade, Warsaw, Riga and Vilnius, we will make it our priority to come back to these cities in the near future.

Again, we want to say thank you for you patience, understanding and support during this period. We apologize sincerely for not being able to perform for you as originally planned.

Martin, Andy and Dave

http://www.depechemode.com/news.html

Friday, June 12, 2009

Good or bad

It's been a while since I left this blog without updates. Now is the time to bring some news.
The good news is that Depeche Mode resumed the tour and they already performed some great shows and it seems that everything has come to normal.
The bad news it's about those canceled shows due to Dave's illness:

CANCELLED SHOWS
Unfortunately, Depeche Mode are not able to reschedule 8 of the cancelled shows due to scheduling conflicts. Despite efforts to find a window in which to reschedule these dates, it has proven unfeasible to do so.

The eight cancelled shows are:

May 12th - Athens Terra Vibe
May 14th - Istanbul Santral Istanbul
May 16th - Bucharest Parc Izvor
May 18th - Sofia Vasil Levski Stadium
May 20th - Belgrade USCE Park
May 23rd - Warsaw Gwardia Stadium
May 25th - Riga Skonto Stadium
May 27th - Vilnius Zalgirio Stadionas

Ticket holders should return their tickets to the point of purchase for a refund.

http://www.depechemode.com/news.html

Sad isn't it?

Let's hope the rest of the shows will remain as scheduled.