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 24/7 DIVA HEAVEN - "Screechings From Berlin"- Crossroads Festival - Harmonie - Bonn - 27-10-23 + Bonus

24/7 DIVA HEAVEN     

Crossroads Festival - Harmonie - Bonn - 27-10-23 

1 - Shamebath

2 - Potface 

3 - Born To Get Bored

4 - J.T.

5 - Manic Street Ballet

6 - Face Down

7 - Crown Of Creation

8 - White Swamp

9 - Suck It Up

10 - Head On Collision

11 - Everyman

12 - Doctor Touch

13 - No.1

14 - Topped With Cheese

15 - Outro

16 - Victim

17 - Death To

18 - Bitter Lollipop

Bonus (Personal collection) :

Carnötzet - Palp Festival - Sierre - 23-10-21

19 - Victim

20 - Head On Collision

21 - J.T.

22 - Potface  

23 - White Swamp

24 - Doctor Touch

25 - Everyman

26 - Half Moon

27 - Bitter Lollipop

Encore : 

28 : No.1

Sonic Blast Festival - Vila Praia De Âncora - 12-08-22

29 - J.T.

30 - Head On Collision

31 - White Swamp

32 - Doctor Touch

33 - Bitter Lollipop

 

Technical info  :

Blu-ray Proshot + Audience shot

Video : Mpeg - 1920 X 1080 - 25 FPS - 16:9
Audio : Mpeg - 48000 Hz
Running Time : 147 mns
Size : 21,9 Go

Menu & Chapters - Artwork included

 

 

 

 

"Every cloud has a silver lining" they say. Yep, sometimes right out of the middle of inextricable mess, luck rises. 2021, the music industry hardly comes back to normal life and the festival scene is still on hold. The great guys from Palp Festival (probably the most gorgeous open-air live spot I've ever been to !) decide to postpone their Carnötzet edition to October. The little festival is commonly held in early June but this is obviously too early to book a decent line-up. Somehow and as far as I'm concerned, this is a lucky move. June is a much trickier period for me and festival competition hits harder. September 2021, I get a mail from the festival giving the details of the new line-up. To no surprise, I don't know any single band ! Let's explore ! First on the list, "24/7 Diva Heaven", yeaaaah what a name !! Three girls playing "butter meltin' rock". Even more exciting ! Their latest single "Bitter Lollipop" is on display, let's listen ! Appealing indeed. The video starts on a poppy gritty tune, with quite a heavier Weezer vibe, ... really nice ! They push the showy "girl band" touch to the limit with pigtails, pink lipstick, balloons, smiling... but the true nature of the girls bursts out at 1:15 !! Now in jeans and tank top, loose hair, scowling, they fire away a much harder racket !! This is thicker, this is louder, this is love at first listening !!!! I'm straight away on the net trying to devise a train trip to Switzerland ! More and quite unexpectedly so soon, that will be a nice opportunity to meet Lyudmyla and Julien again, a very friendly couple I met for the first time at "La Rocklette" festival in August ! Deal ! October, 23rd, 2021, I'm in Sierre's picturesque high-street. As always with the Palp team, the concept is truly original and thought out of the box. The term "Carnötzet" is a kind of slang expression from Romandy referring to a little and fully furnished private cellar where family and friends like to spend some time together, having lunch and drinking wine. The cave is the stage ! And you've got ten or so stages scattered all along one single street ! Quite unusual ... as usual with the Palp ! The locals can't really understand what the hell a French guy is doing here ! But of course, when the girls from 24/7 Diva Heaven hit the tiny stage that night, I'm front row ! The "venue" is packed (50 people maybe !) and the show is just up to the expectations !! A gritty, dirty, loud sound from the underneath but always with a girl's touch. The perfect mix !! I'm buying up everything I can at the merch table, get the two albums signed (still miss Karo's signature though, next time I hope !), warmly thank the girls for the show and come out from this cave with the feeling that it is already damn worth the trip to this far remote corner of Switzerland ! This is what you have here in the bonus section. Some parts of it at least. To be honest, I didn't remember filming so many songs but I'm glad I did. It was a pleasure to dive into them again even if, naturally, regarding the conditions, it is quite dark ! On a side note, it was also a treat to discover the other bands on the bill, Hathors (good friends of the girls obviously), Ester Poly, Blind Butcher, Dopplegänger, Harvey Rushmore & The Octopus, Lynn Maring (I was pleased to see again after the breakup of the great Chikitas !), etc ... All highly recommended !         

Of course, once you've had a first taste ...

There have been some years now that I've had a loud Portuguese festival in my sights. Late 2021, the Sonic Blast Festival lets out its first names and at the bottom of the list ... 24/7 Diva Heaven !! Everything falls into place !! Summer 2022, so here we are, on the road down to Vila Praia de Âncora. In the afternoon of  August,12th, I firmly stand against the crash-barrier of the stage. And again, even if the conditions are the complete opposite to what they were at Carnötzet (in bright daylight this time), the girls don't disappoint again ! And those who made the effort to turn up early know it all too well ! Some parts of this set are available in the bonus section of this blu-ray too.

Another thing I also like with these girls, through the only two shows I could attend, is that they really enjoy playing together. This is plain to see. No sulking, no smugness, no weariness, no auto-pilot show ... they're up for fun and they're having it. This is also quite obvious when they're off stage, during a Slomosa's show for example (some other good friends from what I could understand ! :-) you can catch a glimpse here !)

Of course, the "main course" of this blu-ray (not free from technical headaches again !!) is the show the girls played at Bonn, last October, for the Crossroads Festival. I have had a plan to pay a humble tribute to the band for a while, this concert is the perfect match ! Thank you so much Rockpalast for being around for so many years and for making us discover so much great music ! As far as I know, you were even around more than forty years ago when you worked in collaboration with the late brilliant "Chorus" show on French TV !! More than the seasoned art of filming, we have here the chance to have an insight in what is coming next for 24/7 Diva Heaven !! A couple of new songs were played that very night and they sound all damn good, with again a great variety in the writing ("Manic Street Ballet" and "Crown Of Creation" are just earworms stuck in my head ! please, set me free !! ;-)). Alongside with the two singles out so far, this new album is just going to be big as hell !! The release is due to October, 11th. Prick up your ears, duck and cover guys !!

Enjoy !

Cheers !

Chac