23rd August 2022 has been a very special day to me. Always great to be able to cover a Lindsay Ell show – even even (much) better to welcome her in my home town Cologne. Especially as Lindsay was also the very first main act I covered in a concert with Flyctory.com, during her March 2019 concert at the Blue Shell in Cologne, she is a very special act to that website. With Kyle Daniel and Shy Carter, two very interesting artists as support acts, Sound of Nashville really brought an interesting lineup to the Helios37. Here is my concert review.
This posting comes with 374 major size pictures as part of the concert gallery.
Helios37 – About The Venue
It’s the second time I visited a concert at the Helios37. The previous show I had in this venue in Cologne-Ehrenfeld was the Scotty McCreery Show in October 2019. At that show, the rather low-capacity venue (250 people max) had been very packed, so that I was curious how the Lindsay Ell show would be alike. There a lot of other small mid-size venues around, public transport connection is excellent.
Lindsay Ell & Support – About The Artists
The main artist of this evening was truly Lindsay Ell. The 1989-born Canadian artist’s last album Heart Theory was an amazing and very personal release – one of my favorite albums in 2020. She also was support of German schlager-rock artist Ben Zucker on one of his last German tours (or at least half of them), which lead to some popularity outside the German schlager scene. I added some bio information about her in the Heart Theory review.
Shy Carter was the only artist of that lineup I haven’t seen live on stage before. He is known as a rapper, producer, but also songwriter and singer. Born 1984 in Memphis, the US-American artist already wrote and worked with artists like Kane Brown, Keith Urban, Meghan Trainor or Jason Derulo. During the last years, however, there was a certain focus on country songs. One of the latest famous writes is God Whispered Your Name, interpreted by Keith Urban.
In line with Lindsay Ell, the last time I saw Kyle Daniel live on stage has been during the 2020 Country to Country Festival in Berlin. He is an amazing storyteller and songwriter, people really loved him. He is rather closely connected to the German country music scene. In the German shows, he also presented his brand-new EP Following The Rain, which has been released in 2022 (see some more bio in that review as well).
Lindsay Ell & Support – The Show
The show started right in time at 20:00 hrs, when Kyle Daniel started his 30 minute set. Daniel was supported by guitarist David Henriksson on these shows. They played a nice set of new songs like Everybody’s talking to rather classic tracks like God bless America (Damn Rock n Roll) from the 2019 What’s There to Say? EP. It was already getting really hot and humid in the poorly ventilated Helios37, not only because Daniel could really catch the masses.
The Sound of Nashville organizers had to prolong the intermissions between the artists for some fresh air in the narrow venue. Thus, Shy Carter entered the stage together with his guitarist at about 20:45 for a forty minute set. You could see that Carter was likely the least familiar face to the audience at that evening. But with songs like Heaven, most popularly interpreted by Kane Brown, but written by Shy Carter, he could quickly win the love of the Cologne crowds, even though they more and more had to fight the heat in the Helios37, which rather felt like the Hell-ios this evening.
Last, but absolutely not least, there was Lindsay Ell and her some 60 minute set. Lindsay was the only artist who stepped on stage on her own this evening. Accompanying guitar and keyboard parts were partially pre-recorded and looped. The Canadian played a wide range of track and also featured tracks like Gravity from her 2018 album. She felt pity with the sweating audience and partially turned her ventilator in the direction of her fans to help them cool down. In songs like The oTHEr side, Lindsay showed her rock voice. Of course, Lindsay Ell concerts do come with some virtuously played guitar solos as well. The set even allowed to have a happy birthday song for the sound-mixing guy. make you has likely been the emotional highlight of the evening. Lindsay closed her set with Criminal, before her fans could choose the encore before going home.
Lindsay Ell & Support (23rd August 2022, Cologne) – The Gallery
Here are 374 major size pictures of the show. They are located in the concert gallery:
Lindsay Ell & Support – My View
Three amazing, but very different artist lead to a very interesting evening in Cologne. Shy Carter impressed me with an amazing set, Kyle Daniel is a German country fan favorite anyway. And Lindsay Ell? You could feel any second how much she loved to play for the Cologne audience – even though people just head to care a lot about the heat in the venue. Amazing artists and just great to have Sound of Nashville and the country music concert season kicked off again in Cologne.
Postings with Gallery
Here are all Flyctory.com postings, which come with a larger size picture gallery:

Home Free (20th September 2023, Hamburg)

CC 2024: SV Wiler-Ersigen – FbS Bohemians 5-3 (1-1, 2-3, 3-0) – Showdown 1-x

CC 2024: Floorball Köniz Bern – Tatran Stresovice 2-5 (1-1, 1-1, 0-3)

Randall King (15th September 2023, Cologne)


#TrueAthletes Classics Leverkusen 2023 – Track Events


#TrueAthletes Classics Leverkusen 2023 – Field Events



Ben Zucker (28th July 2023, Monheim)


German Athletics Nationals 2023 – Day 2 Track (9th July 2023)


German Athletics Nationals 2023 – Day 2 Field (9th July 2023)


German Athletics Nationals 2023 – Day 1 Field (8th July 2023)


German Athletics Nationals 2023 – Day 1 Track (8th July 2023)


Seepark Biker Days Pfullendorf 2023 – Day 3 Concerts (2nd July)


Seepark Biker Days Pfullendorf 2023 – Day 2 Concerts (1st July)


Seepark Biker Days Pfullendorf 2023 – Day 1 Concerts (30th June)


Rock of Ages UK Tour – A Personal Farewell and Thanks



The Deslondes (6th June 2023, Cologne)


Puffin Watching at Hafnarholmi in Northeast Iceland


Saturn Oil Open 2023: R. Ramanathan (IND) / N. Zimonjic (SRB) – D. Brown (JAM) / T. Sandkaulen (GER) 4-6 7-6(4) x-1(9-11))



Kip Moore (14th May 2023, Cologne)


Traveling on Iceland’s Ring Road (Reprise)


Walking the City Walls of Dubrovnik



The Longest Johns (21st April 2023, Cologne)


Dümptener Füchse – ETV Lady Piranhhas Hamburg 7-4 (3-0, 1-0, 3-4)


Rock of Ages Opening Night – Red Carpet Impressions


SSF Dragons Bonn – Red Devils Wernigerode 5-4 (2-2, 0-2, 3-0)


Matthias Reim (24th March 2023, Oberhausen)



Weird Al Yankovic tours Europe 2023 – My Reprise


Mitchell Tenpenny & Morgan Evans (3rd March 2023, Hamburg)


Weird Al Yankovic (19th February 2023, Tilburg)



Julian Taylor (15th February 2023, Cologne)


ISTAF Indoor Duesseldorf (29th January 2023)



Kane Brown (27th January 2023, Cologne)


Red Devils Wernigerode – Berlin Rockets 8-11 (1-2, 2-6, 5-3)


Red Devils Wernigerode – UHC Weissenfels 6-5 (2-3, 3-1, 1-1)



Brett Young (19th November 2022, Cologne)



Milky Chance (18th November 2022, Cologne)



Alexander Ludwig (2nd November 2022, Cologne)


Five Weird Al Yankovic Shows in Florida – Some Concert Pictures


Davis Cup Norway vs. India: Norway seals the Victory in doubles already


Davis Cup Norway vs. India: Norway in the Lead after Day 1


Davis Cup: Norway vs. India – Preview


Carly Pearce & Sarah Darling (12th September 2022, Hamburg)



Gipsy Kings & More Than Words (11th August 2022, Cologne)


KölnTriangle Cologne View – a great View of Cologne


German Floorball Under 15 Girls – Final: Red Devils Wernigerode – Dümptener Füchse 5-4 SD (1-1, 3-3, 1-x)


German Floorball Under 15 Girls – P3 Match: SG Weissenfels/Jena – FBC Havel 6-9 (1-5)


German Floorball Under 15 Girls – P5 Match: FC Stern Munich – Sportvg Feuerbach 11-1 (2-1)



Johnossi (12th June 2022, Cologne)


Kicking Off The Weird Al Yankovic Tour 2022 (Day 5, 29.4.2022)


Kicking Off The Weird Al Yankovic Tour 2022 (Day 3, 27.4.2022)


Grand Ole Opry Show (18th March 2022)


The F35 Kjölur-Route in Iceland


KEC “Die Haie” Cologne – ESC Planegg-Würmtal 1-6 (1-2, 0-1, 0-3)


SSF Dragons Bonn – ETV Piranhhas Hamburg 4:6 (1:3, 0:3, 3:0)


Flying Norlandair from Akureyri (AEY) (not) to Grimsey (GRY)


German Cup: DJK Holzbüttgen – PSV 90 Black Wolves Dessau 14:1 (4:0, 4:0, 6:1)


F-Liiga Women: SB-Pro Nurmijärvi – TPS Turku 2-5 (1-3, 0-2, 1-0)


F-Liiga Women: EräViikingit – SSRA 7-2 (3-1, 1-0, 3-1)


F-Liiga Women: FBC Loisto – SB-Pro Nurmijärvi 4-6 (3-1, 0-2, 1-3)


F-Liiga Women: EräViikingit – Classic 3-1 (1-0, 1-0, 1-1)


Davis Cup Finland vs. India – Some Practice Session Views


Davis Cup Finland vs. India, Day 2: “Suomi” advances after Doubles


Davis Cup Finland vs. India: Finland in the lead after Day 1 Singles


Flying the PAD Aviation Embraer Phenom 300


MeerExpress – Flying the Air Shuttle to Norderney & Juist


Aviodrome Lelystad (Netherlands)


“Zärtliche Chaoten II” – exploring Gran Canaria 32 years later


Venice City Sightseeing by Vaporetto


bett1HULKS Championship 2020: Alexander Zverev (GER) – John Millman (AUS) 6-0 3-6 6-3


bett1HULKS Championship 2020: Sharan (IND) / Sandgren (USA) – Marach (AUT) / Pavic (CRO) 4-6 2-6


bett1HULKS Championship: Egor Gerasimov (BLR) – Daniel Altmaier (GER) 6-1 6-0


bett1HULKS Championship: Jordan Thompson (AUS) – Gilles Simon (FRA) 3-6 5-7


bett1HULKS Championship 2020: Sumit Nagal (IND) – Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) 6-3 (4)6-7 1-6


bett1HULKS Indoors 2020: Davidovich Fokina / Verdasco (ESP) – Masur / Molleker (GER) 3-6 6-1 10-8


bett1HULKS Indoors 2020: Gonzales (MEX) / K. Skupski (GBR) – Nielsen (DEN) / Puetz (GER) 4-6 6-1 10-5


bett1HULKS Indoors 2020: Sharan (IND) / Withrow (USA) – Herbert / Mahut (FRA) 3-6 3-6


Imperial War Museums Duxford


Arcen Castle & Garden


Vliegtuigsuite Teuge (NED) – Sleeping in an Ilyushin IL-18


Frankfurt Airport during Covid-19


Planespotting at In-N-Out Burger Los Angeles Airport


C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 3 (08.03.2020) – The Main Stage


C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 3 (08.03.2020) – The Side Stages


C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 2 (07.03.2020) – The Main Stage


C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 2 (07.03.2020) – The Side Stages


C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 1 (06.03.2020) – The Main Stage


C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 1 (06.03.2020) – The Side Stages


De Havilland Aircraft Museum (London Colney)


Olivia Lane (8th February 2020, Hassocks / Brighton)


Brett Eldregde / Lauren Jenkins (29th January 2020, Amsterdam)


Brandy Clark (29th January 2020, Amsterdam)



Brett Eldredge / Lauren Jenkins (24th January 2020, Cologne)


SB-Pro Nurmijärvi – Classic Tampere 4:2 (0:1, 4:1, 0:0)


SB-Pro Nurmijärvi – Koovee Tampere 7:2 (2:1, 3:1, 2:0)


Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Abu Dhabi


Mount Washington and the Pittsburgh Inclines



Noah Guthrie (9th December 2019, Cologne)


Sharjah Al Mahatta Historic Airport Museum


James Barker Band (20th November 2019, Zurich)



Mrs. Greenbird (Frankfurt, 7th November 2019)



Ben Zucker & Van De Forst (6th November 2019, Cologne)



Willie Jones & Tyler Rich (29th October 2019, Cologne)


Dusseldorf Airport Photo Tour



Logan Mize (26th October 2019, Cologne)



Scotty McCreery (24th October 2019, Cologne)



Andy Clark (19th October 2019, Dusseldorf)


Sarah Darling, Kenny Foster, Robert Counts (13th October 2019, Frankfurt)


SSF Dragons Bonn – MFBC Leipzig/Grimma 0:3 (0:1, 0:0, 0:2)


DJK Holzbüttgen – SSF Dragons Bonn 9:8 (2:4, 3:2, 4:2)



Rock of Ages (Zons / Germany, 28th Sep 2019)


Loganair From Glasgow To Barra Airport (BRR)


Exploring Barra With Barra Island Tours


Lauren Jenkins & Austin Jenckes (16th September 2019, Amsterdam)


British Country Music Festival – Day 3 (15th Sep 2019)


British Country Music Festival – Day 2 (14th Sep 2019)


British Country Music Festival – Day 1 (13th Sep 2019)


Sound of Nashville Press Event & Logan Mize Concert (11th Sep 2019, Cologne)



Jillian Jacqueline & Lauren Jenkins (9th September 2019, Cologne)


Thompson Square (5th September 2019, Cologne)


Eric Paslay (3rd Sep 2019, Aschaffenburg)


Flugausstellung Peter Junior (Hermeskeil)



Wade Bowen (6th August 2019, Cologne)


SV Menden – 1. FC Köln 3:5 (0:3) (31st July 2019)


Weird Al Yankovic, Strings Attached Tour (Bank of NH Pavilion, Gilford, 18th July 2019)


Elvis Presley’s Graceland – The Exhibitions


Elvis Presley’s Graceland – The Mansion


Maren Morris & RaeLynn GIRL Tour 2019 in Amsterdam (22nd May 2019)


Two Light Shows at Marina Bay


Visiting the Abu Dhabi Presidential Palace


National Emergency Services Museum Sheffield


UHC Laupen U21 – Red Ants Rychenberg U21 7:1 (2:1, 4:0, 1:0)


SSF Dragons Bonn – TV Schriesheim 5:8 (1:1, 3:1, 1:6)


Country 2 Country in London 2019



“Sound of Nashville” in Cologne (6th March 2019)


Country 2 Country 2019 in Berlin


Flying with Southern Airways Express


Dubai Miracle Garden – A flowerful Wonderland


Danielle Hope at “The Crazy Coqs” (London, 17th Feb 2019)


WFCQ 2019: Germany – Russia 8:4 (4:1, 3:3, 1:0)


WFCQ 2019: Finland – Austria 37:0 (12:0, 10:0, 15:0)


WFCQ 2019: Hungary – Netherlands 4:1 (1:1, 1:0, 2:0)


WFCQ 2019: Slovakia vs. Latvia 5:3 (2:1, 3:2, 0:0)


WFCQ 2019: Netherlands – Latvia 2:11 (1:5, 0:2, 1:4)


WFCQ 2019: Slovakia – Hungary 12:1 (3:0, 5:1, 4:0)


WFCQ 2019: Russia – Finland 1:18 (1:2, 0:13, 0:3)


WFCQ 2019: Austria – Spain 5:5 (2:0, 3:2, 0:3)


WFCQ 2019: Austria – Russia 4:13 (1:3, 1:5, 2:5)


WFCQ 2019: Netherlands – Slovakia 2:8 (0:1, 1:5, 1:2)


WFCQ 2019: Spain – Germany 3:6 (0:1, 1:3, 2:2)


Red Lions Frauenfeld – Kloten-Dietlikon Jets 3:12 (0:4, 1:5, 2:3)


Floorball Riders DBR – UH Appenzell 5:4 (3:2, 2:1, 0:1)


Täby FC – Pixbo Wallenstam IBK 7-0 (3-0, 2-0, 2-0)


FBI Tullinge – Hagunda IF 4-5 SD (0-1, 1-2, 3-1, 0-1)


CC 2019: Men’s Final: Storvreta IBK – SC Classic 3-10 (1-3, 1-3, 1-4)


CC 2019: Women’s Final: Vitkovice – IKSU 3-8 (1-2, 2-4, 0-2)


CC 2019: Men’s Place 3: Florbal Mlada Bolesav – Floorball Köniz 2-9 (1-4, 1-3, 0-2)


CC 2019: Storvreta IBK – Florbal Mlada Bolesav 10-5 (2-0, 3-3, 5-2)


CC 2019: Women’s Place 3: SB-Pro Nurmijärvi – Piranha Chur 5-3 (2-1, 0-1, 3-1)


CC 2019: IKSU – Piranha Chur 11-5 (6-1, 1-1, 4-3)


CC 2019: SB-Pro Nurmijärvi – 1. SC TEMPISH Vitkovice 4-5 SD (2-0, 1-4, 1-0, 0-1)


CC 2019: SC Classic – Floorball Köniz 7-1 (3-0, 1-1, 3-0)


Speyer Technology Museum


Emirates National Auto Museum


Red Ants Rychenberg – UHC Waldkirch-St.Gallen U21A 4:3 (2:1, 1:1, 1:1)


Red Ants Rychenberg – UHC Laupen 2:4 (2:1, 0:3, 0:0)


Finnish Aviation Museum (Suomen Ilmailumuseo)


SB-Pro Nurmijärvi – Koovee Tampere 11-3 (4-0, 3-2, 4-1)


Catherine McGrath at Arts Club Loft Liverpool


Davis Cup Serbia vs. India: Day 3


Davis Cup Serbia vs. India: Day 2


Davis Cup Serbia vs. India: Day 1


Davis Cup Serbia vs. India: Preview


Floorball Bundesliga: DJK Holzbüttgen – ETV Piranhhas Hamburg 2:7 (1:3, 0:4, 1:0)


US Open (Tennis) – 1st September 2018


US Open (Tennis) – My Day – 31st August 2018


Casa Loma (Toronto)


Riding the Hogwarts Express


CN Tower and Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada


Bata Shoe Museum


SV Menden – 1. FC Köln 0:1 (0:1) (2018 pre-season)


Willemstad – the Colorful Capital


Kura Hulanda Museum – Not just about Carribean Slavery


Curacao Ostrich Farm


One Day in Bonaire


Visiting the Home of the Curacao Liqueur Factory


Willemstad – Maritime Museum and Harbour Tour


Finnish Superfinal (Men): Classic – Happee 6:2 (0:2, 4:0, 2:0)


Finnish Superfinal (Women): Classic – SB-Pro 2:3 (0:0, 2:2, 0:1)
Concerts (All Around Cologne)
Here are all my Concerts postings related to the Greater Cologne area:



Randall King (15th September 2023, Cologne)


Heart To Heart Event (29th August 2023, Düsseldorf)



Ben Zucker (28th July 2023, Monheim)


Rock of Ages (9th June 2023, Solingen)



The Deslondes (6th June 2023, Cologne)


Everette & Austin Jenckes (23rd May 2023, Cologne)



Kip Moore (14th May 2023, Cologne)



The Longest Johns (21st April 2023, Cologne)



Weird Al Yankovic tours Europe 2023 – My Reprise



Julian Taylor (15th February 2023, Cologne)



Kane Brown (27th January 2023, Cologne)



Brett Young (19th November 2022, Cologne)



Milky Chance (18th November 2022, Cologne)



Alexander Ludwig (2nd November 2022, Cologne)



Gipsy Kings & More Than Words (11th August 2022, Cologne)



Johnossi (12th June 2022, Cologne)


Björn Heuser (28th May 2020, Drive-In Show, Bonn)



Brett Eldredge / Lauren Jenkins (24th January 2020, Cologne)



Noah Guthrie (9th December 2019, Cologne)



Mrs. Greenbird (Frankfurt, 7th November 2019)



Ben Zucker & Van De Forst (6th November 2019, Cologne)



Willie Jones & Tyler Rich (29th October 2019, Cologne)



Logan Mize (26th October 2019, Cologne)



Scotty McCreery (24th October 2019, Cologne)



Andy Clark (19th October 2019, Dusseldorf)



Rock of Ages (Zons / Germany, 28th Sep 2019)



Jillian Jacqueline & Lauren Jenkins (9th September 2019, Cologne)



Wade Bowen (6th August 2019, Cologne)



“Sound of Nashville” in Cologne (6th March 2019)

