I’ve been checking Laibach website for tour dates for over a year now so it is little surprise that we’ve driven to Montreal for the concert at Cafe Campus this Monday and even less surprise that we’ve had a blast.

In format the concert was very similar to the last one we’ve been to in ’97 at Foufs. Laibach has been around for almost 25 years, so I was not expecting anything new. However, I found this concert better than the last one and here are some of reasons:
* I am more familiar with the band and their music then I was in ‘97, which will make any concert more enjoyable
* They seemed to have spent more money on this one. The lighting was impeccable and big, the movie was projected to the entire wall rather than little square spot like last time and they brought the Laibach chorus girls with them
* Last time we were in the balcony so we a) did not get the full frontal thing which makes a difference at a Laibach concert and b) did not really see the keyboard player which is another cool thing about the Laibach concert

The keyboard player could have carried the concert by himself, except the front man did the job way too well. And then the chorus girls came in and the whole thing got taken to a new level.

Some other tidbits from the concert include:
* The opening band The Bonfire Madigan was cool.
* Before Laibach came on stage there was a light show with Blue Danube blasting – very well done.
* During the “Now You Will Pay” there was a looping video of a door, I thought this was clever. Other videos were probably clever too, but I wouldn’t know.
* I actually got my act together before everything was sold out and gone (well, asked Chris) to get T shirt and CDs (signed) from both bands. Usually by the time I decide that I want to buy the CD or a T-shirt the vendors are long gone or are selling some leftover junk that isn’t even from the band and nobody in their right mind would want.
* Our old Dark Wave Nights crew was at the concert so we got to catch up with Rachie, Evil Dr Go and Mr Black.
* The class that I cut in order to go to Montreal for the concert ended up being cancelled.