Backstage

Ten bands for Zmajevih deset! An enticing, genre-spanning lineup of ten acts, no admission fee, in the last fleeting moments of the dying year. At Ljubljana's Cvetličarna. Kicking off at eight in the evening.

Dirty Skunks blew out 14 candles and celebrated the big anniversary with a marathon assault of 14 bands on three stages at Orto bar!

Location: Munich / Backstage / GermanyDate: 30.09.2014 If the last Tuesday of September saw a convoy of four-wheeled tin cans streaming from the homeland toward Germany, mostly because of the Champions League match between Germany's…

"Not after what we saw in Munich. Y&T's untamed, wild-kid heart is dragging them into their 40th year. And all those years haven't made these wise old music wizards any easier to catch."

Location: Munich / Backstage (Halle) / Germany Date: 07.10.2013 Denmark's Pretty Maids are one of the few "survivors" of the hard-hitting, finely tuned school of melodic hard rock, stubbornly holding their ground on the scene since…

When do you know a band is getting old? When the front rows are packed with ladies in their late twenties instead of teenage girls, and yet, despite those extra years, more is going on both on stage and below it than at any gig of…

Author: Rok KlemšePhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik Venue: Kino Šiška / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 02.02.2012Attendance: 500Ticket price: €0.00 (free entry!) Dirty Skunks, the most active home-grown concert promoters around, just blew out…

Location: Backstage / Munich / GermanyDate: 05.10.2011 Symphony X, the progressive metal standard-bearers from New Jersey (USA), put out a brilliant new studio album this year called "Iconoclast". It keeps the magic of its…

Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik Venue: Burgruine / Finkenstein (Villach) / AustriaGig date: August 21, 2010Attendance: 500Ticket price: €18.00 The big day had arrived: August 21, 2010. A sun-soaked Saturday, and time for…

Author: Aleš Podbrežnik Location: Križanke / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: May 31, 2010Attendance: 2,000Ticket price: €24.00 (presale) / €29.00 (day of show) The concert marathon with Niet at Križanke, celebrating the official release…

Photos: Aleš Podbrežnik Venue: Channel Zero, Metelkova, LjubljanaConcert date: 14.05.2009Attendance: 0 A year and a half of creative downtime, brought on by lineup changes, has finally put Backstage back on the scene, now in an expanded…

Author: Sandi Sadar Šoba Location: Ljubljana / Letni oder Gala Hale (Gala Hala summer stage) / SloveniaConcert date: 13.09.2007Attendance: 119Ticket price: approx. 800 (intro: Sandi Sadar) Metelkova. A city within a city. If I were to…