5 star review of their dublin show
A quarter of a century on, the metallic clang of Trans Europe Express still sounds audacious, and Radioactivity's stark beauty can still make you gasp with excitement. Secondly, it is difficult to think of a live gig in recent times more brilliantly staged. The quartet are virtually motionless: when Ralf Hutter intermittently nods in time to the music, the audience whoop, as if he's just slid across the stage on his knees and started handing out roses to ladies in the front row.Posted by Mike at March 29, 2004 06:19 PMInstead, you concentrate on things that don't normally matter: the lighting, which is stunning, and the projections, including films of lederhosen-clad men leaping into vast pre-war cars for Autobahn.
The biggest cheer comes when they leave the stage and are replaced by robot doubles that perform to a backing tape. Somewhere in the bowels of the theatre, you suspect the band are chuckling at the irony.