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Zillo competition – win free guest passes to the next show!

Zillo-Verlosung: Gewinnt Karten für das exklusive Cassandra Complex-Konzert am 04.09. in Hamburg

Die kultigen Briten Cassandra Complex spielen am Freitag den 04. September eine exklusive Soloshow in Deutschland im Logo Club in Hamburg. Zu diesem außergewöhnlichen Anlass verlost Zillo exklusiv 5 x 2 Gästelistenplätze. Dies wird die erste Live-Shows der UK-Cyberpunx um Rodney Orpheus nach ihrem Comeback beim Wave Gotik Treffen vor zwei Jahren sein. Wer gewinnen will, schreibe eine E-Mail mit dem Betreff “Cassandra Complex“ an info@zillo.de.

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Heerlen show diary

Thursday afternoon:
Just got home from college. The original plan was to drive directly to CXHQ and try to get a quick rehearsal in this evening, since we missed rehearsing last weekend because of my horrendous gastroenteritis. However it now seems Andy can’t make it this eve, and I’m incredibly far behind in stuff, so I decide to go up later and get some things done at home. Just as well, because it appears my gastroenteritis is having a mild return. Eeek! So I go to bed at 19.00 and sleep for an hour. Get up feeling crap and putter round the house. Finally get on the highway to Manchester at about 23.30.

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BIMFest review @ Reflections of Darkness

BIMFest was great, thanks to all who came. Extra-special thanks to Emelie from Psy’Aviah for introducing us too! The first review is out already at the Reflections of Darkness blog. Here are the important bits…

Music & Performance
The announcement on the festival website said “THE CASSANDRA COMPLEX will prove they’re still alive and kicking…”. And this wasn’t promised too much. They were indeed very alive and kicking presenting a Goth-rock-wave-electro concert how you with it would be. Just one thing was missing: Volker with his guitar and bass. But also as a trio the band rocked! They did not need any big banners or video screens, how Rodney surprised stated after he was asked by the promoters… he just said on stage “We don’t have a big banner or videos. We don’t need that. We’re THE CASSANDRA COMPLEX!” True, good music, dedicated musicians and an audience willing to party is all you need for a good concert. The setlist contained several true hits. So, we could enjoy ‘What Can I Do for You’, ‘Satisfy Me’ or the heavily requested ‘Moscow Idaho’.

During ‘Twice as good’, two fans entered the stage to give Rodney a hug who was just heavily smiling. He was in a real great mood, having a big smile in his face all over the concert, shaking his hips and shaking hands. Later in the set, he got a piece of paper from a girl in the audience with a music request… ‘Penny Century’. Unfortunately the band could not play this song because “Volker with his bass was missing” but anyway, we got one verse a capella. Great that there are still bands out there good for such spontaneous actions! Of course, THE CASSANDRA COMPLEX had to give an encore which consisted of ‘No Quarter’ and ‘March’. Fantastic show! I loved it a lot.

Setlist
01. What Can I Do For You
02. Datakill
03. Presents
04. God John
05. Twice As Good
06. Bad Faith
07. Second Shot
08. Satisfy Me
09. War against Sleep
10. Moscow Idaho
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11. No Quarter
12. March

Rating
Music: 9
Performance: 9
Sound: 8
Light: 7
Total: 8.5 / 10

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Show in Heerlen in January

Not much info yet, but it’s on January 30th at Nieuwe Nor in Heerlen, Holland (right next to Aachen, Germany) and will cost 12,5/15 Euro to get in. More info as we find out…