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written by Marko Jakob
translated by Judith Reumont

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After a long break the Plage Noire festival once again takes place! Finally again, there is a place in the festival calendar for Plage Noire. It was last held in 2009 and this year it was bigger and more professional than ever before. It took place in the holiday park Weißenhäuser Strand.

A surprise in the house of LORD OF THE LOST as the man behind the keyboard, Gared Dirge, had been simply “borrowed” by no less than world star DAVID HASSELHOFF for his tour. The fans were certainly curious in advance as to how the band will compensate for this “failure”. This secret was aired before the concert for all fans that were at the autograph session. Onto the stage actually came only four. In the dense fog, only the outlines of the musicians were seen at first. Cracking Rock and Metal sounds flooded the tent, which was now very well filled. Of course singer Chris sent a greeting to Gared, who will soon come back to the band. The band also did not use any technique to replace Gared, they simply played the keyboard sounds with the guitar. This sounded a bit unusual for some songs, like ‘Six Feet Underground’ or ‘Dry the Rain’, but also somewhat cool. You won’t get to hear the songs that way often. The whole audience clapped and sang along when asked by Chris.

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