So there I was at the Private Line show at Nosturi in Helsinki. There were actually three bands playing that night: Dirty Licks, Hybrid Children and Private Line as headliner. But I was meeting up with friends before, so I missed out on seeing Dirty Licks. I only saw half of Hybrid Children, not because I was late, no, actually they were running late, but because I was seeing many friends at Nosturi and went to talk with them. So I only saw half of Hybrid Children, and that not even very attentive, so I rather not judge them or say much about their show. From what I realized: it was nice and I'll probably catch them live again elsewhere.
Now it was time for Private Line, and I was jumping downstairs to the photo pit, because I only had three songs time to take good pictures from down there. Private Line started out rocking as usual and all the girls in the audience started screaming, almost squeaking like little pigs, as Sammy (singer) came on stage. Somehow I immediately realized that the guys were totally happy -- maybe to be back on stage, maybe that Christmas is finally over, or something else -- because they were smiling and laughing, joking and making fun all the time during the gig. That was really nice to see and the audience really enjoyed it as well. Every once in a while Jack (guitar) was sitting down on stage and played while sitting. The music of Private Line is very powerful and they were playing with such a passion that you can't stand still and just watch, you have to interact. Whether it's singing along, dancing, jumping or clapping. Everybody did something and so the whole Nosturi was following Private Line with everything they did.
After about an hour they were done playing but we wanted more. So a special guest entered the stage for one song to sing instead of Sammy: Sir Christus, the guitar player from the Finnish band Negative! Now all the girls in the front row went totally crazy. That one song he was singing felt so long, maybe it were even two, but it still felt like an eternity. Finally Sammy came back on stage to sing one final song and then that was it. The show was over. A really great show!!!
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28. Dezember 2007
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