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READING PERFORMANCE & CONCERT “HENKE – PLAYS GOETHES ERBEN”
Wednesday, 18.04.2012

Oswald Henke takes aim for the “Theater am Tanzbrunnen”. After hitting the stage with his current reading performance “DIE ZEIT FORMT” (“time shapes”) he will make a second appearance with his band HENKE to take you away on a musical journey through time, debauching in the morbid-romanticism of GOETHES ERBEN. Alongside many treasured tunes, a selection of recent tracks from the band HENKE will also be part of this vintage-set.
CONJURE ONE (RHYS FULBER) PERFORMING SPECIAL LIVE SET @ AMPHI 2012
Wednesday, 18.04.2012

To substitute FLA we managed to bring up something very special:
RHYS FULBER, known as a long-term member and producer of many classic FLA-tunes decided to storm into the breach with his project CONJURE ONE. Paying respect to the given situation of FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY having cancelled their show, RHYS FULBER announced to play a unique set, that includes Songs from CONJURE ONE, as well as some DELERIUM tracks and a selection of FLA-classics that haven’t been spotted in a live-set for several years.
FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY - ALL SUMMER SHOWS CANCELLED!
Wednesday, 18.04.2012

Unfortunately the band FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY cancelled all their shows for summer 2012 with this original statement:
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“After much thought and considering we regret to inform our fans that we will be unable to perform at any summer shows we are currently booked for.
After an extensive tranche of shows supporting our last record we have to decided to spend next year focusing on writing and delivering new albums; an instrumental of tracks that will be featured in the videogame AirMech from Carbon Games, a new full length LP, and possibly a new Noise Unit record. Our apologies to any promoters/fans this may affect in a negative manner, we look forward to releasing new material and playing shows further down the road.
All the best,
FLA“
Three new bands confirmed!
Wednesday, 21.03.2012

Ravishing riff salvos, pounding electro beats, synth-pop, folk-noir and mediaeval sounds – 2012´s edition promises to become the most spectacular Amphi Festival of all times. In terms of musical variety the current choice of artists stands out a mile. Hence we announce three more additions, underlining the shear diversity of the line-up:

mind.in.a.box
Love is colder than Death (Theater stage)
Eklipse (Theater stage)
Amphi warm-up parties 2012
Wednesday, 21.03.2012

While the year progresses it is about time to announce the annual Amphi Festival warm-up parties, which give you the ideal opportunity to get yourself in the right mood for the festival. Find all confirmed dates here:

www.amphi-festival.de/2012/warmupparties.html
APOPTYGMA BERZERK confirmed and more!
Monday, 27.02.2012

From the perspective of a related fan it seems to be an almost impossible task finding a worthy replacement. Especially when talking about a style-shaping legend like FRONT242. Nevertheless with APOPTYGMA BERZERK we are very humble to announce a fantastic substitute, who already headlined the Amphi Festival back in 2007, alongside FRONT242.

Also recently confirmed are:
THE CRÜXSHADOWS
SPETSNAZ
THE WARS
SPIRITUAL FRONT (Theater Stage)
Statement regarding cancellation of Front242
Tuesday, 24.01.2012

Totally by surprise and incomprehensible for us, we received the following cancellation note from the band Front242:[...]

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“Front242 has decided not to perform in Europe after the 1st of May 2012 until further notice - The band needs a break.
Therefore, Front242 will NOT perform at Amphi Festival in Koln 2012 and Noctural Culture Night 2012 Festival in Deutzen. The promoters of those festivals are not responsible for this decision which is fully on Front242's behalf.”

We are sorry for this decision by Front242, especially as we know that many you would have liked to see the band´s performance at the Amphi Festival 2012.

Despite this bad news, let us look forward to the festival with pleasant anticipation. We are aware that the loss of Front242 will be hard to compensate musically, but we are already working on finding an adequate replacement!
NEW ARTISTS ANNOUNCED!
Tuesday, 06.12.2011

BLUTENGEL, AESTHETIC PERFECTION as well as A LIFE DIVIDED reinforce the musical line-up today with well orchestrated vampire-pop, pounding industrial-beats and cracking electronic rock.
Also we salute our highly acclaimed forensic expert DR. MARK BENECKE who is going to take you into the bizarre but fascinating world of traces and maggots.
Camping tickets now available!
Tuesday, 29.11.2011

Amphi Festival camping tickets are now exclusively available on our ticketshop!
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9 additional bands confirmed!
Saturday, 15.10.2011

The first half of the band announcements already brought forth a massive line-up, thus we continue in the best Amphi Festival manner by adding 9 impressive acts for whom you just can´t afford to miss the Amphi Festival 2012!

AND ONE (Headliner)
COMBICHRIST
FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY
NACHTMAHR
18 SUMMERS
ASSEMBLAGE 23
SCHÖNGEIST
LORD OF THE LOST
EISENFUNK
EISBRECHER as second headliner confirmed and more!
Tuesday, 23.08.2011

EISBRECHER have ultimately rocked themselves into the heart of the audience. The loading deck packed with new songs from their upcoming album (to be released in spring 2012), Captain Alexx and Noel Pix are about to cast the anchor at the Rhein shore, as the second headliner of the Amphi Festival 2012.

In addition to that four electronic highlights have joined our humble offerings:
- PROJECT PITCHFORK
- [:SITD:]
- SOLAR FAKE
- [X]-RX
Limited 5+1 group tickets - available for a short time!
Tuesday, 23.08.2011

The strictly limited group tickets are back on sale! By ordering the 5+1 group tickets you´ll receive six Amphi Festival tickets for the price of five. The group tickets are available either as weekend- or day tickets for each festival day. Also they are only available for a very short time, exclusively at the official Amphi Festival Shop under www.amphi-festival.de/tickets.
The Sisters Of Mercy headlining Amphi 2012!
Tuesday, 23.08.2011

Keen eyes will surely have spotted the banners, placed at the festival-ground, announcing the first 10 bands. THE SISTERS OF MERCY are headlining the Amphi Festival 2012. Also we have CAMOUFLAGE, DAF, MONO INC., CORVUS CORAX, COPPELIUS, HAUJOBB, SEABOUND, TYSKE LUDDER and WHISPERS IN THE SHADOW, writing the first chapter of a multi-layered programme of gothic-, medieval- and electronic sounds.
After the AMPHI is beforte the AMPHI!
Tuesday, 23.08.2011

Following the Amphi Festival´s overwhelming success throughout the last years (it has been sold out for the third time by now), you can expect nothing less than a major summer extravaganza for 2012. The 8th Amphi Festival will again take place at the Tanzbrunnen Cologne on 21. & 22. July 2012.