{"id":5911,"date":"2016-04-17T17:53:29","date_gmt":"2016-04-17T15:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/passioncolorseverything.com\/blog\/?p=5911"},"modified":"2022-01-06T17:02:06","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T15:02:06","slug":"cool-venue-hard-work-and-3-am-easter-eggs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/passioncolorseverything.com\/blog\/?p=5911","title":{"rendered":"Cool venue, hard work and 3 am Easter eggs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00c1rst\u00ed\u00f0ir & Kyle Woolard \u2013 Alte Brauerei, Annaberg-Buchholz; April 16th, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

Annaberg-Buchholz, middle of nowhere, Sachsen, another place I had never heard of before \u00c1rst\u00ed\u00f0ir announced a concert there, but since it was a weekend, I had to go of course. The gig was a little strange with an audience that needed a while to warm up, but I loved it nonetheless. Loved the venue as well, it was just a really nice place with friendly staff.<\/p>\n

We had to leave Dortmund at 7:48 in the morning to get to Annaberg in the afternoon so it was a short night for P., I. and myself. We managed to have some tea before we left and took our breakfast along. It as a long train ride with four or five changes, but to everyone\u2019s surprise it went smoothly and we arrived pretty much at the scheduled time. Once there it took us a long walk up the hill to our hotel. A shower and a bit of sleep later I felt much better and we were ready to set out to the venue. It was a cool place with wall art and a surprisingly large selection of drinks. I immediately liked it.<\/p>\n

Kyle had to work really hard this time. I\u2019m not sure if it was because not all of the audience understood English or if they were just slow to respond. Either way, not everyone laughed at his jokes and it took quite some time before people got into it. They did well on the sing along though. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

In the beginning he asked how we were and I replied \u201cTired!\u201d \u201cTired??\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s all your fault!\u201d I joked. Kyle completely changed the setlist around, adding even a new song called \u2018La Llorona\u2019. He said it was about a guy who always had to have everything and had to have that woman too and La Lllorona is a legendary ghost of a crying woman.\u00a0In the end there was a call and response sing along that worked surprisingly well.<\/p>\n

Kyle did the magic trick again as well and this time the woman he asked for a number said \u201cSeven\u201d: He asked her twice if she was sure and if maybe it wasn\u2019t a five to which I. commented \u201cFive was so yesterday\u201d. \ud83d\ude00 It turns out the number on his sheet of paper really was a seven so he showed it to us, raised his arms in victory and joked that it had to work at one of the ten shows he was doing. His set was a perfect warm up for the guys and after he ended with \u2018Vancouver\u2019 the audience seemed ready for more. I had missed that song in Hagen and was glad to see it back in the set.<\/p>\n

Setlist (most probably not correct):<\/u><\/p>\n

Blurry
\nThe girl from Ipanema
\nEquador
\nPatagonia
\nLa Llorona
\nOccupy Anchorage
\nVancouver<\/p>\n

I talked to Kyle for a while, telling him how happy I was to have \u2018Vancouver\u2019 back. He said he felt exhausted because he had to work so hard. It was worth it though. Then I talked to Ragnar until it was time for them to go on stage. He was just going to tell me a story, but that had to wait until after the show. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

Annaberg was as different from Hagen as it possibly could have been in terms of venue, audience and lights. Where in Hagen everything was big and bright, Annaberg was small and mostly bathed in red light. Yet were Hagen had suffered from too many people being busy with anything but listening to the music, the audience in Annaberg was much more attentive. Yes, it took them a while to warm up, but they really were into it by the time the concert ended. So for I. and P. who had really felt distracted in Hagen, this made up for it. For me, it was equally good.<\/p>\n

As usual the guys were chatting with the audience, but it only worked partly. There was laughter when they talked about the things Annaberg has that Iceland does not (trees, nice weather) and Ragnar said he didn\u2019t see any of those things because he was sleeping. Yet later, when they asked for recommendations of good local beer nobody replied. Still, it was clear that the audience appreciated the music.<\/p>\n

For \u2018Shine\u2019 Ragnar told the usual story about going to Mars and the tings he would miss if he did: \u201cLocal German beer, nature, family, friends\u2026\u201d \u2013 I looked at P. and I. mouthing \u201cYep, in that order!\u201d and we smiled at each other. We smiled at each other often that night, enjoying the performance. It was a good one overall, even though the guys had to work hard to win over the audience.<\/p>\n

Still, in the end everyone seemed happy and when they stood in front of the stage for the first encore people loved it. \u2018Systir\u2019 was again a highlight for me but I also loved \u2018\u00c1 me\u00f0an j\u00f6r\u00f0in sjefur \u2019 and \u2018You just have to know of me\u2019. Beautiful.<\/p>\n

Not so many people stayed after it was over so there was a lot of time to chat with the guys. Before we left I even talked the guy behind the bar into giving me the concert poster that was on the wall behind him. \ud83d\ude00 It was a nice night that ended in emotional conversations in our hotel room in the wee hours of the morning.<\/p>\n

Setlist (probably incomplete):<\/u><\/p>\n

Himinhvel
\nThings you said
\nSomeone who cares
\nMoonlight
\nSilfurskin
\nShine
\nYou just have to know of me
\nLjo\u00f0 \u00ed sand
\n\u00c1 me\u00f0an j\u00f6r\u00f0in sjefur
\nAges
\nSystir
\nShades
\nYou again
\nN\u00fa gleymist \u00e9g<\/p>\n

G\u00f3\u00f0a veislu gj\u00f6ra skal
\nHei\u00f0in<\/p>\n

pictures of this concert<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00c1rst\u00ed\u00f0ir spring tour: 2 concerts down, 16 to go, next stop: Munich<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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