it’s been a while, and since even dave himself can’t remember if they played another gig after their 10th anniversary back in 2004, i’d say it was the first one.

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or.. the challenge of doing something different..

yesterday, arena, vienna.. the fabulous dresden dolls.. again. following my pics of krems/donaufestival i got invited to shoot in the arena as well, officially.. which doesn’t necessarily make a difference, but at least one has an armstrap to show if one of the venue’s staff is getting too curious bout a big lens..

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[posting to the archives..]

went there quite motivated, after the great shots i got from the dresden dolls in krems, but didn’t figure light could be *that* bad compared to krems.. and well, half of the bands haven’t been to my taste either.. there seems no lineup up anymore on the festivals’ site so i don’t have much info bout the bands at hand..

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it happened to be the 30th birthday of the female half of the dresden dolls – amanda – and it turned out to be an incredible concert. i again (like with chicks on speed the year before) took my camera and a single lens with me (1d”+85/1.2) as i didn’t know what security checks would be like and if one was allowed to shoot – well i should have read the dolls’ page in advance..

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vienna, gasometer, tyler was supporting the 80’s-legends “the simple minds” today, and all in all it was a bad thing. badly organized (first time for a while i had problems getting in though being accredited), sparsely visited (guess it would have looked sad without the view tyler-fans), and well.. simply had to leave after two tracks of those aged legends that were the main act..