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A very exciting and wonderful time has now come to an end today. On February 29th, we (Ian, Annie & Bobby) set off for Switzerland. Starting our music-filled journey with a performance at the Gemmi Taverne in Kandersteg.
Our path led us (even through the mountains!) across Northern Italy, down to the Côte d'Azur, through Menton, past Nice to Cannes, further to Grasse and beyond Montpellier.
We played our songs on streets, in tunnels, on squares and on plateaus. The paths we traveled often left us speechless, so breathtakingly beautiful was what we were allowed to see.
We were able to capture some experiences and impressions as a vlog, and there are also posts about the road trip and the concerts on our social media channels.
There were very rainy days, the temperatures at night were really very cold, well below 10 °C, but ultimately the sun came out and gave us a wonderful feeling of spring.
14 nights - 11 cities - 3200 km
There were still 2 acoustic performances in Northern Germany, and today, Sunday, 24.03., we returned from Berlin: The band played a great concert at Schokoladen on Saturday.
First show in 2024:
Bands Privat presents
Ian Leding f.b.l.
and
03.02. 2024 - 20 p.m.
Jena, Johannisplatz 26
Großer Saal
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IAN LEDING
- full band lineup -
The band is complete again:
Welcome to the man with the bass guitar
Detlef Kasper
...and this is how an exciting year 2023 came to an end:
NCN - Deutzen
Tag des kreativen Hofes - Leipzig
Café und Köstlich - Salzhausen
Höfert´s Nachbarschaftsbar - Magdeburg
Zum Schwarzen
Keiler - Nienburg
"Das Schloss Rockt" was a blast!
next stop: AK bel Etage, Bad Oeynhausen 24.06.2023
So we say "Good bye!"
...to all the great hosts of our concerts
...to all the people who took part and listened to our music
...to all promoters who cared for us and made livemusic possible
...to all the helping hands who made the private events possible
...to Plum Green for absolutely great conversations, so much fun and finally, of course, your music!
See ya!
Playing in ZLOT (Poznan) on 14.06.2023 has been absolute cool. We had so much fun that we didn´t take any pics :-)
It was all the worse that the booker of our performance on 15.06. in Walbrzych had a fatal accident. Of course, the gig was cancelled, and so we parted ways with Plum Green on the evening of June
14th. in Poznan.
Dear Kiwis, we miss you very much. It was a great time with you! Good luck with the next stages of your European tour <3
And so we set out on 15.06. on the way back home, because already on 16.06. Ian would be on stage again, this time with the full band lineup in Münster at "Das Schloss Rockt".
But on the way we made a stopover: Hoefert's Nachbarschaftsbar in Magdeburg spontaneously offered us to play there in the evening. Thank you Aaron! We'll meet again!
13.06.2023
Ian Leding & Plum Green live at Chmury - Warsaw (PL)
We did it!
What a perfect venue for us to play at!
Perfect organization, perfect timing, perfect sound, perfect care and finally perfect crowd!
Thanks for Pawel & Sylwia from Deerhunter Booking for having us! We had a great time at Chmury and absolutely we like to come back again one day <3
pics by Plum Green, Ian Leding and Annie Rose
13.06.2023
live at Chmury - Warsaw (PL)
first time playing in Poland - together with Plum Green
we´re really looking forward to it
following dates in Poland:
14.06. ZLOT - Poznan
15.06. A Propos Club - Walbrzych
11.06.2023
once again with Plum Green - once again a weeping willow, but this time a very huge and impressive one.
Leipzig - Miltitz
home of
Schärdschher
We loved it so much to play at this familiar place that we absolutely like to come back!
Thank you so much B E N Felgentreff!
pics by Ronny Unger
10.06.2023
live at Shakespeare Pub in Herdecke-
this time outside, because nobody wanted to sit inside on such a summer evening.
We had a lovely and very interested audience, and noone has been part of the "black scene".
Thank you all for listening and keep on hearing live music!
09.06.2023
Secret Garden - near Hamburg
We met a lot of friends,
some of them had traveled a really long distance
to be able to take part
in this special event.
Cold at night - magic all time
pics by Mara Sund
08.06.2023
live on "Kleine Sommerbühne - Biergarten Gretchen, Hannover
They say, it´s the most beautiful beer garden of Hannover...
we agree!
It was fun to play there.
pic by Luna Lioncourt (fb)
07.06.2023
Our Tour started in Detmold, Gartenbühne Haus Niewald, together with Plum Green.
Fantastic Crowd - magical atmosphere
Thank you all who were with us and celebrated our touropening in such an intimate way
pic by Thomas Simon
In a few days we´ll start our tour together with Plum Green from Melbourne, Australia.
The first date is a very special gig in a private atmosphere: Gartenbühne - Haus Niewald
Schwarzer Frühling im Bärenzwinger - Dresden
Es war uns eine Ehre!
pic by Markus Digwa
12° Aetherloge
Frankfurter Allee
Berlin
Es war uns ein Fest!
pic by Melanie Rummler
Ian Leding full band lineup live @ a private birthday party in Preussisch Oldendorf, 10 September 2022
Thx to DJ Cyberpagan for the vid of "Storclouds"
You might have seen it in my story or on my Facebook that I've returned to #patreon.
As an artist I am sharing most of my art for free. You can listen to my music on several platforms without being charged. But this kind of "business model" doesn't fill my fridge or pay my bills,
so I think it's absolutely fair for an artist to found a special club where you can become an exclusive member for a small fee.
Being a member of this "inner circle" means that you love the art I'm creating and are willing to support me on a regular basis. In reward you will have access to the process of creating my art,
lots of very personal insights into my life as a musician and songwriter. This is in a way a triple A backstage pass, but with the difference that there's far more for you to explore than just
crappy backstage rooms 😉
Will you join me on this trip? Let me know what you think (and don't worry, I will not shut down my usual social media networks).
Yours,
Ian 🖤🦇
What do you do when there's no club to play in? When it´s forbidden to meet some people in their living room and play a private gig? When there´s even no chance to hit an open air stage and many live streams have already been done?
***Go out and bring the music on the street!***
And if you like what we do and have forgotten your wallet at home...
Homebound - a live stream concert.
Recorded live in my kitchen during lockdown 2020 on April 1st. The concert was broadcasted live via Facebook live stream due to restrictions during the corona virus pandemic.
There are some videos of this very special concert on YouTube.
You can watch the whole livestream on our facebook page.
It will exclusively be available on CD or digital download via our bandcamp and at our live shows.
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