Show Day 16: Berlin

Woke up around 8:30 after a proper & long sleep. Felt somewhat anew, but also a bit under the weather. Not that strange since your immune system gets seriously tested on the road. But still feeling more than okay. After breakfast, Nina and I did admin and accounting, checked out the hotel around 11:00 and waited to get to the venue. Nina had to get some more silk paper at a shop, because we still needed to have enough to wrap the art prints for the last six shows. I didn’t feel like waiting in the hotel lounge and told Egil I was going to the venue already. After a five minute walk I got there and found Andy waiting on a bench next the Metropol. Apparently an old theater which was opened in 1905 and for some time was a cinema too. Wikipedia is always a good place to get some info.

I checked the internet to see if Motörhead played there in the past. Of course they did!
11 Nov 1983 (last show ever of the Another Perfect Day-line up with Lemmy, Phil & Robbo), 04 Dec 1986 (with Savatage as special guest) and 13 Dec 1987 (with Destruction and King Diamond!) to be precise. Call me sentimental but knowing that Lemmy & Co. played there makes me happy! The stage was real narrow and deep though… Gwenael couldn’t get close to the sides when Eivør played. Also Nina and I faced a new challenge when we checked out the merch space. For tonight we had to set up shop in a round booth. The promoter of the venue was a bit reluctant when Nina asked for extra tools to work with. But justifiably Nina said that we should get at least a tad more cooperation for the merch fee they charged us for.Read more