Tollwood Summer Festival

The programme has been released for this year's Tollwood Summer Festival (17th June - 11th July 2004). Tollwood is Munich's big, twice yearly, music and arts festival. The Summer festival takes place on the Olympiapark. This is different to the Winter Tollwood which is at the Theresienwiese. Highlights this Summer are almost entirely a bunch of old has-beens: Status Quo, Alice Cooper, The Village People + Jimmy Sommerville, Nena (you know, the chick who sang 99 red balloons), The Stranglers, and James Brown (at 71 years old possibly your last chance to see him before he croaks). I think I'll invite my old man over to Germany for this one. Glastonbury it is not. Having said that, the summery atmosphere at Tollwood is usually kinda cool. It can make a nice change from your regular beer garden hang-outs.

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Photo from the Tollwood website.

Great Status Quo concert and for 2 hours non-stop "rockin all over the world" ! Amazing to think that they are close to getting a pension these days ??? What was also impressive was the large presence of "old wrinklies" alongside younger people. Nice to see a band that play real instruments and can span the whole age generation. Only drawback, the mud at Tollwood !!!! After all the rain we have had it is a quagmire !!!!. Make sure to take your wellies if you go visit in the next few days.

Air is playing tonight!!!! Anyone have tickets???