NibeFestival28-06-2003

Saturday, June 28th - the final day with music on Nibe Festival - Sparkler played their concert at the Måneskin Scenen. The concert was planned to start at 6 P.M. according to the brochures and festival-newspapers, but due to problems with the bass, the concert wasn't able to start right away. So some of the audience lost patience and left the tent to listen to some of the other bands in stead.
When everything was set and the concert could begin, Sparkler started out by playing the wonderful Total Control - one of my personal favourites, which was followed by Stop, Mr. Pete and Tiger. Especially during the last mentioned song the audience recognised the radio and TV-hit and they seemed to get more vivid. After Tiger they played the very beautiful songs I See Stars and Magnifying Glass.
Sparkler also played Tracy Chapman's Talkin' 'bout A Revolution, but unfortunately not many people where left to hear this beautiful version of the old song, as one of the main names of the festival, Poul Krebs, had just started his concert on the main stage (he went on stage at 6:30 P.M.).
I think it is a shame that the reviewers in the newspapers don't pay any attention to this, and conclude that people left the tent due to a bad concert in stead of looking at the time the other artists on the big stage began their concerts. After all they are professionals, so at least you could expect a bit research from them (wrong quotations, wrong text-titles etc. are also common slips every time you read concert- and album-reviews).
A lot of artists suffered being surpassed by the main artists, as they lost part of their audience when the artists on the main stage started playing. I don't think this had anything to do with whether the bands gave a good or bad concert. It was just bad luck if they had to play at the same time as one of the bands on the main stage ...
When Sparkler's second single, Someone Else To Dig, was played, they moved on to the soft and sweet You Belong To Me. You could just feel how the audience hardly breathed and just stood there and listened to this fantastic piece of art (as you might guess this is also one of my absolute favourites!)
Fool For You, Why Should I Worry and You Don't Notice were the last songs played at the concert in Nibe. As can be seen on the set list, Sparkler had prepared Free Session as the encore song, but because of the delays caused by the bass-problems, there wasn't any time for that and the crew started preparing for the next band as soon as Sparkler left stage.
As a final remark I would just like to say that Stephan and I thought it was a very good concert Sparkler gave in Nibe! You could really feel the energy from the stage and how all the members of Sparkler gave a bit of their own personality to the band.
When you feel how much Freya, Rune, Peter, Kåre and Jakob enjoy playing together on stage, it just adds something special to the fantastic experience a Sparkler-concert always is.

Copyrightfree photograph by unknown photographer

Nibe set list, 28. June 2003

My good friends, loyal Freya-fans
- the cute couple, Agnete & Stephan
in the tent where Sparkler played.
(Photograph by unknown photographer)

Nibe 28. June 2003 *Agnete Birch Smith* has sent the following review on Sparkler's performance at The 2003 Nibe Festival. Photographs mainly by Agnete Birch Smith © 2003 Review by Agnete Birch Smith © 2003
	Saturday, June 28th - the final day with music on Nibe Festival - *Sparkler* played their concert at the Måneskin Scenen. The concert was planned to start at 6 P.M. according to the brochures and festival-newspapers, but due to problems with the bass, the concert wasn't able to start right away. So some of the audience lost patience and left the tent to listen to some of the other bands in stead. When everything was set and the concert could begin, *Sparkler* started out by playing the wonderful Total Control - one of my personal favourites, which was followed by *Stop, Mr. Pete* and *Tiger. Especially during the last mentioned song the audience recognised the radio and TV-hit and they seemed to get more vivid. After Tiger* they played the very beautiful songs I See Stars and *Magnifying Glass. Sparkler* also played Tracy Chapman's *Talkin' 'bout A Revolution, but unfortunately not many people where left to hear this beautiful version of the old song, as one of the main names of the festival, Poul Krebs, had just started his concert on the main stage (he went on stage at 6:30 P.M.). I think it is a shame that the reviewers in the newspapers don't pay any attention to this, and conclude that people left the tent due to a bad concert in stead of looking at the time the other artists on the big stage began their concerts. After all they are professionals, so at least you could expect a bit research from them (wrong quotations, wrong text-titles etc. are also common slips every time you read concert- and album-reviews). A lot of artists suffered being surpassed by the main artists, as they lost part of their audience when the artists on the main stage started playing. I don't think this had anything to do with whether the bands gave a good or bad concert. It was just bad luck if they had to play at the same time as one of the bands on the main stage ... When Sparkler's second single, Someone Else To Dig, was played, they moved on to the soft and sweet You Belong To Me. You could just feel how the audience hardly breathed and just stood there and listened to this fantastic piece of art (as you might guess this is also one of my absolute favourites!) Fool For You, Why Should I Worry* and You Don't Notice were the last songs played at the concert in Nibe. As can be seen on the set list, Sparkler had prepared Free Session as the encore song, but because of the delays caused by the bass-problems, there wasn't any time for that and the crew started preparing for the next band as soon as *Sparkler* left stage. As a final remark I would just like to say that Stephan and I thought it was a very good concert *Sparkler* gave in Nibe! You could really feel the energy from the stage and how all the members of Sparkler gave a bit of their own personality to the band. When you feel how much Freya, Rune, Peter, Kåre and *Jakob* enjoy playing together on stage, it just adds something special to the fantastic experience a *Sparkler-concert always is. Copyrightfree photograph by unknown photographer Copyrightfree photograph by unknown photographer Nibe set list, 28. June 2003 My good friends, loyal Freya-fans - the cute couple, Agnete & Stephan in the tent where Sparkler played. (Photograph by unknown photographer) Photographs (mailny) by Agnete Birch Smith© 2003* Photographs and text used by permission from the photographer