Trike Gets Jiggy In The Biggest Theater in Germany

We played at the Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. It was big, sexy, ornate and deeply impressive. The most AMAAAAZING theater I've ever seen.

It was a strange show: Anselm, the booker, wanted to be innovative and stuck us in the middle of the audience; amongst all the red chairs. There were lighting people above us in the rafters, rigging up green, blue and red lights... and blinding white ones of course.

The soundcheck was the longest we've had. The sound just wasn't quite right, and I don't know why. I think it must have been because the bands would normally be below, on the stage, and that's how the sound system is generally rigged up.

Anyway, the room was fairly full when we started. I began with Count Orsino's monologue in the beginning of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night... sitting in the back of the room. I made my way to the "stage" and we played "My Little Pony". When Xania danced my keyboards shook like jelly, and I only had about two feet of space to move in. So, very little space. I was a bit trapped.

The connection with my silver keyboard was a bit whack and kept getting super loud and then super quiet. It made it tricky to play.

In the end, the set was plagued with technical problems and the audience was so far away it was hard to connect with them, but a few times, I made my way down to them and hugged them, sang to them, beat them up with boxing gloves... that kind of stuff.

They were (as Hamburgians often are) a bit stiff; a bit stuffy... but by the end we had a loony, crazy, dancing crowd. The jog was the longest we've ever done; jogging into the main train station and around the block... we were all a sweaty mess by the time we returned. They still wanted more so we did two encores: Trikey and Chachi Boys and Girls. We also played our very new song: "Sweaty Cigarette", which is becoming more and more enjoyable to play, now that I've finally memorized the lyrics.

Here is a video I made about the place. It's got some hilarious moments, like when Anselm (the booker) trips and tries to play it cool, and when Xania and I eat apples.

Enjoy: