“The gig went really well – up to the point when Simon was struck by lightning!” (Steve)

It was one of the hottest days of the year in Germany. At around 5pm there was a spectacular electrical storm and a sprinkle of rain which cleared the air and Kurparkfest 2008 kicked off in spectacular style.

With 5 stages competing sonically there was a real carnival atmosphere. Following a spectacular firework display MIND2MODE took to the stage at 11pm to a rapturous reception.

The set was:

1. VERTIGO
2. BEAUTIFUL DAY
3. NEW YEARS DAY
4. ONE
5. DISCOTHEQUE
6. WITH OR WITHOUT YOU
7. WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME

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1. I FEEL YOU
2. EVERYTHING COUNTS
3. MASTER AND SERVANT
4. PERSONAL JESUS
5. IT’S NO GOOD
6. NEVER LET ME DOWN AGAIN
7. ENJOY THE SILENCE
8. JUST CAN’T GET ENOUGH 1
9. JUST CAN’T GET ENOUGH 2

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1. WATERFRONT
2. LOVE SONG
3. DON’T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME
4. GHOSTDANCING / I TRAVEL 85 / GLORIA
5. ALIVE AND KICKING
6. NEW GOLD DREAM

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1. DESIRE
2. PRIDE (In the Name of Love)
3. BAD
4. DISCOTHÉQUE
5. NEW YEARS DAY
6. WITH OR WITHOUT YOU
7. WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME

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1. A QUESTION OF TIME
2. PRECIOUS
3. PERSONAL JESUS
4. I FEEL YOU
5. ENJOY THE SILENCE
6. NEVER LET ME DOWN AGAIN

It was a roller-coaster ride of back to back hits which the crowd really enjoyed making the MIND2MODE stage a very popular attraction.

During ‘Personal Jesus’, the heavens opened. The driest place in Kurparkfest was with the band – so a stage invasion ensued with the party continuing.

As the rain stopped the thunder and lightning caused a full power failure during ‘Just Can’t Get Enough’.

Moving into the second half of the show, by popular demand the band repeated a few songs.

The weather was becoming more and more violent. With MIND2MODE’s stage being the only one above the water level and was the last one to finish – all be it for safety reasons at 2:30am which meant that the last part of the show, featuring some more ‘obscure’ tracks could not be performed.

As the band began to dismantle the gear, a bolt of lightning struck the stage taking out Simon and a few others.

“I guess I was tempting fate by wearing the gold metallic Mr MacPhisto devil suit!” said Simon. “I have to say the care at the hospital was quite outstanding, though I think they may have been more interested at why C3PO’s gayer cousin had just been admitted for a lightening strike!”

So it was safe to say that this gig really did end with a bang!

Stand in bass player Dirk Schulte was on excellent form and all the band would like to thank him for doing such a great job.

Jacky will be back when we play 3 gigs in a week, with 2 gigs in Germany( 13 August at Maschseefest 2008, Hannover and 16 August at Citifest, Beckum ) and climaxing on 17 August at Tribfest – the UK’s biggest tribute band festival.