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"A two-hour journey through the legacy of one of Britain's most celebrated guitarists satisfied the appetite of a hungry Ljubljana crowd, who gave themselves over to the melancholically mellow yet still majestic musical storytelling of Mark…

"The banality of the band's own musical legacy is offset by the development of giant stage-production scenery, a plethora of excessive, well-acted theatrical stage sketches that don't let the audience breathe for even a fraction of a…

Location: Ljubljana / Gala hala / SloveniaDate: 25.04.2013 The Puzzled is yet another "off-the-wall" project. It's an alliance of four musicians from home scenes devoted to strict musical experimentation and free-spirited…

"The mission to bring the Genesis magic back to life on stage, with maestro Hackett in the heart of Vicenza, was more than a success. Over roughly two and a half hours, we got a proper fill of some of the most beloved classics from the…

"Alan Parsons Live Project's show in Vienna can only be described as pure sonic perfection, the kind you can these days catch at only a handful of concerts by musicians who have devoted most of their careers to art rock refinement and…

Location: Medvode / MC Jedro / SloveniaDate: Saturday, 23.03.2013 Adi Smolar! When Adi Smolar is announced on a concert bill, it's a Saturday, and the gig is close to where you live, there's no way you're not spicing up your…

"The Pumpkins are no doubt one of Germany's biggest bands and will always be welcome here, but they're capable of way better, and that setlist could really use a serious shake-up. Gamma Ray, on the other hand, blew everyone away."

"Once again it was one of those gigs that leave you gaping in post-show afterglow for days. Justin and the band don't let you catch your breath for a second while you share the live magic with them"

"Meeting Threshold was unforgettable and one of a kind! We probably saw them in Ljubljana for the first time, the last time, and never again."

"Slash was his usual reserved self, only addressing the packed hall for the first time near the end of the show, and with a handful of thank-yous he threw even more fuel on an already blazing atmosphere."

Location: Ljubljana / SiTi Teater / SloveniaDate: 25.01.2013 When the talk turns to musical experimentation that you hurl into the century-old template of recognizable tunes from the Slovenian folk music landscape, you'll struggle…

Performing: Motörhead, Anthrax, Diaries Of A HeroLocation: Munich / Zenith Halle / GermanyDate: December 1, 2012 The year has come full circle, the frost has set in, and as usual it brought a new Motörhead tour of Great Britain and…

"You can't miss it when His Excellency, the musical alien and guitar guru of elusive caliber with that one-of-a-kind art charisma, Steve Vai, appears onstage in front of you. All you can do is travel with him. And at the speed of light.…

"After this show, Vai remains a born stage entertainer, a grand wizard and master of shock-and-show excess, spiced up with the elusive playing of a unique six-string, even seven-string, theory! But that's enough, I'll save a few more words…

"El Kachon blew us away with their perfection and precise tuning, which reaches the level of a flawlessly running Swiss watch. This is a band that Slovenia is short on, so let's hope it gets the spotlight it deserves on the scene going…

Location: Ljubljana / RTV Slovenija (Studio 14) / SloveniaDate: Saturday, 13.10.2012 If anyone stands out from the general Slovenian apathy in this gloomy autumn October of 2012, it's without a doubt the sharp-witted Slovenian…

Location: Ljubljana / Križanke / SloveniaDate: 20.09.2012 Even a year ago, anyone who has to travel abroad to catch their favorite bands would have shot a sarcastic smirk at whoever dared predict that a concert by two legendary…

Location: Zagreb / Hipodrom / CroatiaDate: Wednesday, 08/29/2012 Good things come to those who wait! After more than six months of warming up for one of the biggest rock spectacles by one of the biggest bands of our time landing on…

"The Vienna show was one of the last on this year's European tour, and you could feel it: more energy, more ease, and a band playing even tighter than usual."

"Outstanding technical chops, pure joy in performing and a laid-back vibe once again added up to an unforgettable night of live music with Toto. These guys were simply born for the stage, born to perform!"

Location: Grado / Diga Nazaro Saurio / ItalyDate: July 28, 2012 Simple Minds are one of those sonic heavyweights who carried their musical craft over from the "golden eighties", the decade that crowned them with huge commercial…

"The night seemed pretty much perfect for a dose of eighties nostalgia, since besides showcasing hits from their current studio album "All You Need Is Now" (2011), Duran Duran, as they have done in recent years, had a collection of their…

"We haven't hosted a package of bands this good in a long time. It's genuinely rare for every act to be excellent, from the first opener onward, which makes it all the sadder that there were barely more of us in Gala hala than members of…

Location: Ljubljana / CUK Kino Šiška / SloveniaDate: Monday, 21.05.2012 Boštjan Narat is a poet, a musician, even a philosopher, known to everyone as the frontman and guitarist of Katalena and, now more than ever, a…

"A nice experience, a decent performance, a decent show, great, almost fanatical atmosphere. That makes up for it. Above all, everyone who had never seen Bayley on stage got their money's worth, as did everyone who missed Iron Maiden at a…

"Almost two hours of wandering through their set convinced me once again that Mary Rose are one of a kind on the Slovenian hard rock map"

"I never thought anything could surprise me after Cynic, Atheist and Pestilence played here. And then they casually announce that Fates Warning are coming to Orto bar"

Location: Pordenone / Palasport Forum / ItalyDate: Monday, February 20, 2012 The decision to go to this gig was a no-brainer, light as powder snow. Seeing the champions of technical prog metal again is always a thrill, especially…

Location: Ljubljana, CUK Kino Šiška, SloveniaDate: Saturday, January 22, 2012 The great Finnish singer Tarja Turunen, best known to most as the first and former voice of Finnish symphonic power metallers Nightwish, is diligently…

Performing: Death Destruction, Amaranthe, Vicious Rumors, HammerFallLocation: Ljubljana / CUK Kino Šiška / SloveniaDate: 03.12.2011 HammerFall is that musical outfit that hit the scene at the right time, in the right place. Back…

Location: Ljubljana / Hala Tivoli / SloveniaDate: 11/30/2011 A good five years after Whitesnake first visited the land on the sunny side of the Alps, David Coverdale and company came back to our capital. Unlike last time, Whitesnake…

"The night was a success in every way: Lizzy Borden's first-ever gig in Slovenia delivered on everything the band has to offer. The only complaint is the small crowd. In my book, a bit under 100 people is just not the turnout a band of…

"Two fired-up alt rock bands on one bill at Orto bar! Bosnian punk rock n' rollers No Rules from Tuzla and local punk rock rowdies Stranci from Celje. "

Location: Ljubljana / Arena Stožice / SloveniaDate: Friday, 11.11.2011 A lot has been written and said about the Elton John concert, which finally went down on Friday, on the catchy date of 11.11.11. When the Greatest Hits Tour 2011…

Location: Ljubljana / Cvetličarna Mediapark / SloveniaDate: 12.10.2011 Adi Smolar is a singer-songwriter of remarkable staying power who has carved out a special place for himself on the Slovenian musical "mainstream" scene.…

"In Flames delivered an unforgettable get-together and satisfied a jam-packed Kino Šiška, whose walls were bursting at the seams and buckling under the band's unstoppable alter-metal barrage!"

Location: Velden Am Wörthersee / Bluesiana Rock Cafe / AustriaDate: Wednesday, 7. 9. 2011 Carl Verheyen is a guitar wizard: a renowned, in-demand and hugely sought-after studio guitarist, a touring sideman for Supertramp back in the day…

"For a short while, Osibisa used their unique fusion of jazz, rock, funk and world music to transport us into the heart of the African savannas and jungles, with a brief stopover in the Caribbean islands."

"A Steve Hackett concert is an experience that pulls you into a musical world all its own, one you never want to leave. Sadly, it lasts "only" two hours."

"The future of Judas Priest is still a bit shrouded in fog, even though they're promising a new record. But if this was Judas Priest's farewell, it won't be bitter, it'll be sweet! Thanks to the metal gods who wrote the book of heavy…

"Whether or not this is RockLine's last Judas Priest live report, I can only say one thing. 'Thank you, metal gods!'"

"Putting Journey, Foreigner, Night Ranger and Kansas together on the "Rock The Nation" tour was a brilliant idea. It brought the true old guard of fans of classic eighties radio sounds to the halls of Germany, along with the legacy of bands…

" Three and a half hours of out-of-this-world playing from a Canadian band of modest size (a trio), brimming with a first-class feel for good, honest rock n' roll fun. Pure musical perfectionism in human form, on stage!"

"Avtomobili don't play all that often, but when they hit the stage, they simply enchant you. Their music and the way they perform it are so strong in substance and character that at a gig Avtomobili build a world of their own, one that can…

"It's all right there in front of you! It works in synergy! It generates itself, amplifies itself and fertilizes itself. The essence of musical magic, shining in full. On the club scene, you simply can't ask for more! If you're a…

Opća OpasnostApril 9, 2011Brežice / MC Brežice / Slovenia Croatian hard rockers Opća Opasnost are back from the dead. They made a spectacular comeback on July 10, 2008, opening for the legendary Whitesnake in Osijek alongside Divlje…

"Vanden Plas in every village!"

Location: Ljubljana, Cvetličarna MediaPark, SloveniaDate: 10.03.2011 The Power of Metal tour brought Finnish power metallers Thaurorod to our shores for the first time, Denmark's Mercenary back once again, and, for the first time…

"We witnessed a top-notch live show, the kind only seasoned old cats can put on, still pouring their whole heart into their music. "

Location: Kaufbeuren / All Kart Halle / GermanyDate: 02/11/2011 The day after the Accept show in Munich (report here), another big heavy metal event went down just ninety kilometers away in Kaufbeuren. Helloween rolled into the…

Location: Ljubljana / CUK Kino Šiška / SloveniaDate: January 26, 2011 The thirteenth studio album, "7 Sinners" (2010), has finally brought the Hamburg pumpkin-heads to the Slovenian capital! For the second time overall. Almost…

Location: Zagreb / Boogaloo / CroatiaDate: 25.01.2011 Helloween are one of the most important European metal bands, since they were one of the key acts behind the boom of heavy-power metal in Germany and Europe in the late eighties.…

Location: Murska Sobota / MIKK / SloveniaDate: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 This November and December are packed at the Youth Information and Culture Club Murska Sobota (MIKK), which is celebrating 15 years in business. The main hub…

"Helstar remain a powerhouse on stage, one of a kind. Jerry's absence showed, "peeking through" especially in the mid-tempo stretches of the songs, but still. "Glory To Chaos" got a fantastic introduction in Ljubljana, and everyone who…

"So Lynch mob didn't disappoint. It wasn't the tightly orchestrated show we got the day before at Satrijani, but the intimate vibe, a lot like the one at Bluesiana in Carinthia, plus the spontaneity and chemistry of four seasoned stage cats…

"Ljubljana succumbed to hordes of corpses and took on a lovely stench of death, and you could feel the thunder of intellectually refined Antichrists and heretics in the air. "

Location: Zagreb / Boogaloo / CroatiaDate: Friday, 10/29/2010 Joe Bonamassa - a child prodigy who was already scratching at guitar strings at four, on a guitar his father first pushed into his hands without asking. The man comes…

"Interceptor really got the crowd on its feet. A good 300 heads got a first-class helping of napalm cluster bombs on the spot, courtesy of the thrash metal foldout of Slovenia's legendary interceptor, and we wish it returns next time armed…

"A voltage-charged show confirmed the band's incredible form. There's only one thing you'd wish for: that a band like this always gets a stage big enough to unleash its famous horror theater to the max."

"Even if you squint and look the other way, you still have to admit that despite the merciless ticking of Alice Cooper's biological clock, catching one of his shows remains a real treat, worth the trip for every music gourmet out there."

"It felt like a Patti Smith come fully alive was playing her farewell show! A few times she even slung a guitar over her shoulders, and the beautiful interplay of three acoustic guitars was just one more piece of the puzzle that made this…

Location: Piazza Unita / Tarvisio (Trbiž) / Italy Date: Thursday, July 22, 2010 "The Song Book" is the name of the tour that has brought the American jazz fusion outfit Pat Metheny Group back to Europe! Since cloning is still too…

"Mark Knopfler treated a crowd of several thousand to the highlights of his solo career, with a few glimpses of the current album and, of course, a bit of predictable digging through the Dire Straits legacy"

"Billy Idol took the stage with his band 15 minutes before nine in the evening. The spiky blond hair, the tight radiator of abs, the trademark mugging with that curled lip always catching your eye, the fist-pumping!"

"The lights dimmed at Alcatraz, a venue that vaguely recalls Ljubljana's Kino Šiška, except the floor isn't stepped. The intro? Want a double vision? You got it. Double Vision it is. Of course, if you're in Milan at Alcatraz at that hour.…

"Perfect ballet pirouettes wrapped in the silken yarn of an era long gone. An era that only comes alive in the moments when the stage magic of Spandau Ballet comes alive with it."

"A decent bit of fun from an old tomcat, who served Bratislava an hour and a half of rock'n'roll treats. Only the sound stumbled a little — Pasienky hall, too, suffers from the famous Tivoli syndrome of non-acoustics"

Location: Ljubljana / CUK Kino Šiška / SloveniaDate: 04.11.2009 With a live broadcast from Ljubljana's Kino Šiška, Val 202, the second program of Radio Slovenia, presented the live compilation CD "VAL 09 - Imamo dobro glasbo", which…

Location: Vidia Rock Club / San Vittore (Cesena) / ItalyDate: Saturday, October 24, 2009 Barely a year and a half had gone by, and Swiss hard rockers Gotthard were already serving up a new record, "Need To Believe" (2009). New year,…

"Hanging out with Steve and Djabe was one of those magical concert nights that everyone there, especially those of us who got a short chat with the legend, won't forget anytime soon."

Location: Lignano Sabbiadoro / Arena Alpe Adria / ItalyDate: Sunday, 05.07.2009 Chickenfoot is an all-star lineup of veterans made up of Joe Satriani, Chad Smith (Red hot chilli peppers) and fifty percent of Van Halen (Sammy Hagar,…

"There's no need to stress that Helstar are masters of their craft. Bazen came alive again with them in that old-school 80s vibe, and Helstar played, without a doubt, one of the best gigs on our soil in recent memory."

Performers: Bloodbound, Sabaton, HammerFallLocation: Zagreb / Boogaloo / CroatiaDate: 08.04.2009 The concrete yard in front of Zagreb's Boogaloo club can be a pretty interesting and surprising place about an hour before showtime.…

Performing: Bloodbound, Sabaton, HammerFallLocation: Maribor / UŠC Leon Štukelj / SloveniaDate: Tuesday, 07.04.2009 HammerFall! Thirteen years have flown by since their debut album. Now, wiser and more seasoned with seven studio…

"Ghost Love Score, and then for the grand finale the obligatory Wish I Had An Angel, which set the Palasport hall on fire and sent it sky-high for good. And that's how an unforgettable 1 hour 40 minute evening with Nightwish wrapped up, the…

"The sound could probably have been handled a lot better too. It was downright catastrophic, and the biggest fans got shortchanged most of all, since the sound was supposedly worst right under the stage."

"There was also a hilarious moment mid-set when Al suddenly praised a guy in the front row and asked if he was a drummer, since he always claps in such a tight, on-the-beat way."

"Living Colour are poison, you see, especially for metalheads who want to spit out an identical copy on stage of what their studio work sounds like, frozen on tape. It's exactly this disregard for following set templates that sets the band…

"It was as if eroticism and elegance were holding hands at this gig. An unforgettable concert of big pop rock charm, which would have left an even stronger mark in normal weather."

"With Saturday's show, Mark Knopfler proved that after a full three decades in music, the competition still has a hard time keeping up with him."

"An hour and a half of unforgettable musical adventure, led by this trio's witty take on the musical experience, with bassist Tony Levin leaving his unforgettable mark on it, was over in a flash."

"Chimaira have convinced the Slovenes for the second time that, in their musical territory, they recognize no one better than themselves."

Location: Roncade (Treviso) / New Age / ItalyDate: 11/23/2007 Unbelievable! With how much I zip around Europe by every means possible, it still happens that I end up at a gig completely alone, with no company whatsoever. This time…

"A trio of three highly charismatic gentlemen, whose chemistry is built on rich experience, long road mileage and years of knowing each other, still runs like a well-oiled, relentless machine after more than 30 years, carrying the Rush…

Location: Vienna / Planet Music / AustriaDate: 20.10.2007 The most tempting lures for metal shows among our northern neighbors, Graz's Orpheum and Vienna's Planet Music, served up a gourmet treat for metal ears and a neck-muscle…

"The show by the "depleted" Genesis, whose lineup shortfall of two progressive heavyweights barely showed in the setlist (honestly, it's almost impossible to compare two completely different bands), turned out to be one of the most magical…

"The show was over way too fast! The guys had announced a CD signing after the gig. The crowd literally snapped up the CDs and swarmed the guys as they came out from backstage. Naturally, Tony Levin had the most work "swatting away the…

"Od Franclna Možgani wowed us with their instrumental acrobatics and witty stage approach."

Location: Faak Am See / AustriaDate: Friday, 08.09.2006 That's never happened to me before: finding out, through a random chat, only one day ahead that Alvin Lee is playing somewhere near Villach the next day. It was right before…

"Križanke couldn't handle all that Whitesnake volume. How was Plečnik supposed to know 100 years ago that Whitesnake would play here one day, and build in extra elements for it?"

"The chemistry between the crowd and the band was incredible all night. Not a single flub to be heard. Purple took our breath away (as always) with their famous trademarks. Flawless solos and songs flowing into one another through witty…

"I sure hope this was only the beginning of our concert-going and friendship with the "father" of neo-progressive rock: a Scottish giant with a gentle heart and a sharp pen."

"I haven't seen Slovenes join in with such unity and just the right amount of immersion at a "rock" concert in a long time, an event that was all about the simple flow of positive energy from the stage to the crowd and back."

"The Darkness are an unbelievably fired-up, energetic young band who simply made it. What stands out is how incredibly approachable they are with the crowd, without a trace of the snobbery you might expect from a group whose videos get spun…

"Mark Knopfler showed once again at this gig what passionate, creative guitar playing can be, with no pointless stage kitsch and no flinging himself around the stage (Mark leaves that to others, the younger guitarists), and on Tuesday the…

"Four hours!!! Madness! Satriani + Vai + Fripp = G3 2004!"

"U.D.O. in Ljubljana! Yes, miracles do happen when it comes to the live offering in Slovenia, but sadly the crowd didn't back it up, with only 100 heads showing up at the venue.

Location: Vienna (Wien) / Planet Music / Austria Date: 22.03.2003 FOR AN ENGLISH VERSION, please scroll down the bar! The old town of our visits, on the perfect day, a Saturday! Late in the afternoon we were the first to burst…

"Guess what Dio saved for last? Heaven came next and... hell. Yes!!! "Heaven And Hell", with the stage wrapped in black and a spotlight beaming red light up from below onto Dio's face, so Ronnie looked like the real devil. Ahh, that…