The Rock Meets Classic tour is a huge event in Germany with top musicians and an A-list of guest vocalists. HeadBangers LifeStyle asked Alex if he wanted to write a tour diary, which he agreed doing. This tour has existed for 30 years and with the necessary breaks it would have taken place again and again. The difference is that this production really goes on tour with the whole thing. We are on the road with this entire circus for about 3 weeks through a large part of Germany.
Unfortunately, after the pandemic, a number of cities dropped out, partly because the costs for this production are really huge and partly because promoters simply do not have this budget yet after the pandemic. You will of course also notice it yourself when you go shopping. Now imagine that you are on the road with people, then a hotel stay that is 20 euros pricier will of course make a big difference. The whole Rock Meets Classic story started for me about a month and a half ago. I was on tour with Hardline , jumped in with metal queen Doro and then last year with my friends from Primal Fear.
As is well known, Mat Sinner has a long history of health problems behind him. About 1. I was a bit dazed there at first. Of course, I immediately said yes. Well, how does it work… you get a list of songs and the key. Then you start working. In between I was still musically on the road in the USA, but just had my equipment with me to practice there.
When I came back it became more and more concrete. Tour confirmation, updated track list. Of course, I know the band, it is actually Primal Fear, without Mat and with a keyboard player who is also the musical director.
They are all the best in their field! Michael Ehre drums at oa. And me on bass [big smile]. The adventure started Thursday, April 7. All the equipment was taken by car to a company for event technology. There the band rehearsed the material for 2 days. Everything was played and changed where necessary. In the end, it comes down to the fact that the musical director has a certain idea and wants it to be implemented that way. Lisa does that very well.
