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ANTILLECTUAL 25y! August 13, 2011 Most Ridiculous Show Ever!

Ever since Rise Against released their first album, we’ve been fans of the band. I think their 2003 Revolutions Per Minute album has made such an impact on our musical development that you can hear their influence. It’s not just the sound of the band that appeals to us; their social awareness and the way they incorporate it into their lyrics and media appearances inspire how we do things.

The first time we played together with them was in June 2008 at Oosterpoort in Groningen, with Long Way Down from Groningen opening the show. By then, they had already played big venues, and I remember that they had brought their own catering on that tour, something we hadn’t experienced yet. Not sure if it had to do with vegan or health preferences, but the food was delicious!

In 2011, we worked with Glenn Gillmann of Mighty Vision Bookings. He received an email from x-why-z Konzertagentur with a request from Rise Against management to check whether we wanted to support them on their show at the Philips Halle, now called Mitsubishi Electric Halle, in Düsseldorf. We would be the second of three bands, and they offered the highest fee we had received up to then. We didn’t know how quickly we could reply to Glenn to say that we wanted to do this show! Not only was it with Rise Against, but it was also at a venue we had never heard of; after looking it up, we found it had an 8,000-capacity! And not long after confirming the show, we got the news that it had sold out! The opening band of the night turned out to be Templeton Pek, who we now consider friends.

When we arrived at the arena in the afternoon, there was already a line of people outside waiting to get in hours later. We parked our van in the middle of the Rise Against bus park, a big group of huge nightliners and trucks, making our not-that-tiny van look tinier than ever before. Even though empty venues always look smaller than filled venues, this one was still huge when empty. We walked around, taking in the absurdity of it all, checking out the view from the balconies, looking at how small... Read on at Antillectual.con/25y via bio link

Pics by Tom Roelofs
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