LOOK OUT, István is coming at you! This tour has been in the planning for a while but it took some time to organise it all. Now I’m ready to hit the scene and take my music to the masses. Alright, I’m slightly exaggerating here since I’ll be only playing small venues but no doubt I’ll have a good time and I’m sure that my audience will have fun too. Germany is calling as well, so that’s an added bonus. I have lived in several cities in (West) Germany in the 70s and it’ll be quite a shock to be back after 45+ years.
Take Berlin for example; I moved there in 1976, shortly before David Bowie decided to relocate to Berlin. Recently I listened to BBC podcast “Bowie in Berlin” and heard a song where he says he’s sitting in the ‘Jungle’. I instantly realized he was talking about one of my favourite hang-outs the Dschungel. Most of my weekends I spent in east-Berlin, at parties, meeting musicians and artists. I was a regular customer at Checkpoint Charlie. Not once did it cross my mind that I should document all this. I could have bought a camera after all. I have zero images but a lot of wonderful memories. The Stasi (secret service) would have confiscated my camera anyway. Berlin will be like another planet for me. Then again, London now looks a bit different to how it was in 1976!
Also I shall be playing my first ever Sofakonzert (house concert) at a friend’s house in Lemgo (near Bielefeld). A big thank you in advance to my hosts Ulrich & Christina. A Thank You also goes to Nigel Long who put the tour poster together. He did a marvelous job with the cover for my LP “Butterfly Dreamer”. There’ll be short reports from various locations and a grand summary at the end of my German foray. Check out my website https://istvanetiam.com and follow me on my fb page facebook.com/istvanetiammusic if you have not done so already.
ENGLAND
1 October CANTERBURY The Monument
7 October LONDON, Camden The Dublin Castle
8 October YORK Sotano
13 October WHITSTABLE Waterfront Bar
15 October ROCHESTER The George Vaults
16 October NOTTINGHAM Crafty Crow
21 October LIVERPOOL Cavern Pub
29 October BRIGHTON Ironworks Studios
DEUTSCHLAND
7 November KÖLN Tankstelle
9 November KALLMÜNZ Kunstraum Atelier Wigg
17 November LEMGO Privatkonzert
19 November HAMBURG Freundlich & Kompetent
20 November BERLIN Alter Schwede
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Hey Istvan, it was a great time with you at Lemgo. Have a good time at Hamburg and Berlin!
Hallo Burkhard!
Es freut mich von Dir zu hören. Das Sofakonzert bei Uli und Christina war ganz toll, eine wirklich angenehme, entspannte Atmosphäre.Es war auch schön, dass ich endlich wieder einmal mit Uli musizieren konnte. Du kannst meine Aktivitäten auf meiner HomePage verfolgen oder auch auf Facebook, falls Du Social Media verwendest. Bald werde ich auch von meiner Deutschland Tour berichten. Jetzt habe ich angefangen über meine England Tour zu posten.Es wird noch eine Weile dauern bis ich über Lemgo, Hamburg, Berlin etc schreiben werde. Langsam aber sicher ist meine Devise!
Ich hoffe, wir sehen uns bald wieder in Lemgo oder Umgebung!
Liebe Grüße,
István