Looking back to... Puddles Pity Party (My June 2026 Shows)

With the ten shows of Weird Al Yankovic’s Bigger & Weirder Tour during 2026, I also run rather often into his support act at these shows, Puddles Pity Party. After I shared his performances in my dedicated post about the May 2026 show in Alpharetta and as part of the full camera concert coverage from Niagara Falls in July 2026, there are still a few shows missing I had visited.

As this week is rather sparse in regards of new album releases (at least those I have promos for…), I felt it is a good opportunity to head back to three shows I had in June 2026. Hope you enjoy taking you back to my posts about the sad clown, this time given in the Looking back to… format with Pictured Story sized pictures. Information about Puddles and his set can be found in the concert posts I linked above. My coverage from the Weird Al performances at these shows can be found in the post below.

Weird Al Yankovic (My June 2026 Shows)

Bell Auditorium (Augusta GA) – 2nd June 2026

The second show I had on my first trip to the Bigger & Weirder Tour 2026. A highlight of the show was the Ding Dong eating frequency of the fan on stage during the final show. A really nice performance by Puddles.

Enmarket Arena (Savannah GA) – 3rd June 2026

The day thereafter Puddles was the opening act at Enmarket Arena in Savannah, Georgia. The kid supporting him for Crazy Train and Message in a Bottle was an obvious choice – how could you not go for that? All three fan helpers did a really nice job. Thus, together with the really nice seat I had, it was one of my favorite Puddles shows.

First Horizon Coliseum (Greensboro NC) – 5th June 2026

I fought with health issues during the day, so that I did not focus that much on taking pictures. Nonetheless, the more his show took, the more I really liked it. It has definitely been a nice way to close my May and June 2026 trip to the tour.

Postings about Concerts

All postings about concerts I visited:

Dick Brave (9th July 2026, Monheim)

Three years after I featured a Ben Zucker concert there, I finally made it back to the Monheimer Sommer. The four ...

BAP (10th July 2026, Cologne)

The Cologne rock band BAP celebrated their 50th anniversary in their home town's largest permanent venue, the RheinEnergieSTADION. I was ...

Weird Al Yankovic (Niagara Falls, 5.7.2026)

After i had visited four shows of the Bigger & Weirder Tour in June 2026 already (incl. a show in Alpharetta, ...

Kip Moore & Jackson Dean (25.6.2026, Cologne)

Already before the Kip Moore and Jackson Dean show on 25th June 2026, it was already clear: this one will ...

Weird Al Yankovic (My June 2026 Shows)

I already shared impressions of Weird Al Yankovic's 31st May 2026 show in Alpharetta GA in a dedicated post. However, ...

Liam St. John (18.6.2026, Cologne)

After I had to limit my concert and sports coverage recently, I was really happy being back with another Sound ...

Looking Back To… Puddles Pity Party (31st May 2026, Alpharetta GA)

In my concert report, I already shared my thoughts and impression about Weird Al Yankovic's performance in Alpharetta on 31st ...

Weird Al Yankovic (31st May 2026, Alpharetta GA)

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Corey Kent (14th May 2026, Cologne)

After quite a bit of absence from the concert photography pit, it was time for another Sound of Nashville show ...

Looking back to… Song Suffragettes (Nashville, 6th April 2026)

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Looking back to… Brittany Brodie (Nashville, 1st April 2026)

A key mission of traveling to Nashville in late March / early April 2026 was to introduce my wife to ...

Looking back to… Redbird Common 9th Anniversary Show (Franklin, 31st March 2026)

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Country To Country 2026 in Berlin – My Thoughts

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My Sunday at Country To Country 2026 in Berlin (8th March 2026)

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My Saturday at Country To Country 2026 in Berlin (7th March 2026)

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My Friday at Country To Country 2026 in Berlin (6th March 2026)

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Ben Zucker (1st March 2026, Cologne)

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Nashville in Concert (20th February 2026, Oberhausen)

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Kelsey Waldon (28th January 2026, Cologne)

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Logan Mize / Tim Hicks (23rd November 2025, Hamburg)

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Falco in Concert (30th October 2025, Dusseldorf)

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Brett Young (28th October 2025, Cologne)

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Old Dominion (23rd October 2025, Hamburg)

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49 Winchester (22nd October 2025, Cologne)

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The BossHoss (1st October 2025, Cologne)

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Kane Brown (30th September 2025, Cologne)

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Chelsea Berman (28th September 2025, Rock Meets Country, Sempach)

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Rock Meets Country 2025 (Day 2, 27th September 2025)

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Rock Meets Country 2025 – Atmosphere

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Rock Meets Country 2025 (Day 1, 26th September 2025)

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M. Burwell, M. Hydes, N. Faraone (7th September 2025, Herdecke)

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Midland (29th August 2025, Hamburg)

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Sound of Nashville Open Air 2025 (Day 3, 24th August 2025)

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Sound of Nashville Open Air 2025 (Atmosphere)

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Sound of Nashville Open Air 2025 (Day 2, 23rd August 2025)

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Sound of Nashville Open Air 2025 (Day 1, 22nd August 2025)

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Jesse Daniel (16h July 2025, Cologne)

Back to the Freideck, two weeks later... After I had covered the Dasha show at the location in the North ...

Looking back to… Weird Al Yankovic at the “Bigger & Weirder Tour” 2025

After I introduced you to Puddles Pity Party in my first Looking back to... posting from Weird Al Yankovic's Bigger & Weirder Tour ...

Looking back to… Puddles Pity Party at the “Bigger & Weirder Tour” 2025

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Dasha (1st July 2025, Cologne)

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Caylee Hammack (21st May 2025, Cologne)

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Rock of Ages (Duisburg, 18th May 2025)

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Alexandra Kay (12th May 2025, Cologne)

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Jackson Dean (3rd May 2025, Cologne)

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Anne Haigis (30th April 2025, Erftstadt)

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T.G. Copperfield (12th April 2025, Hagen aTW)

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Alina Sebastian (5th April 2025, Hamm)

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CMA Fest 2025 Lineup Announced – My Guide to the Festival

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Dirkschneider (Frankfurt, 17th March 2025)

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C2C Country To Country Berlin 2025 – Splitter and Reprise

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C2C Country To Country Berlin 2025 – Day 3 (09.03.2025) – Evening Session

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C2C Country To Country Berlin 2025 – Day 3 (09.03.2025) – Day Sessions

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C2C Country To Country Berlin 2025 – Day 2 (08.03.2025) – Evening Session

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C2C Country To Country Berlin 2025 – Day 2 (08.03.2025) – Day Sessions

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C2C Country To Country Berlin 2025 – Day 1 (07.03.2025) – Evening Session

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C2C Country To Country Berlin 2025 – Day 1 (07.03.2025) – Day Sessions

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C2C Country To Country Berlin 2025 – Opening Event (6th March 2025) – The Bluebird Cafe

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Nathan Evans (5th March 2025, Berlin)

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Drake Milligan (25th February 2025, Cologne)

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My Country To Country Berlin 2025 Preview

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Carly Pearce (17th February 2025, Cologne)

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Jenn Bostic (16th February 2025, London)

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Warren Zeiders (3rd February 2025, Cologne)

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BAP (13th December 2024, Cologne)

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Kameron Marlowe (10th December 2024, Cologne)

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The Kolors (30th November 2024, Mons / Belgium, Pict. Story)

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Laura Evans (20th November 2024, Hagen)

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Koe Wetzel (7th November 2024, Cologne)

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Stephen Wilson Jr. (4th November 2024, Cologne)

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Blackberry Smoke (29th September 2024, Cologne)

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Visions of Atlantis (28th September 2024, Essen)

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Percival (Song of My Life Show, Erftstadt, 12th September 2024)

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Sound of Nashville Open Air 2024 (25th August 2024, Day 2, Cologne)

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Sound of Nashville Open Air 2024 (23rd August 2024, Day 1, Cologne)

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Jessica Lynn (Song of My Life Show, Erftstadt, 12th August 2024)

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Giovanni Zarrella (6th August 2024, Cologne)

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Andreas Dorau (25th May 2024, Essen)

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Sasha (24th May 2024, Düsseldorf)

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49 Winchester (21st May 2024, Cologne)

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Kacey Musgraves (5th May 2024, Cologne)

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Charles Esten (3rd May 2024, Hamburg)

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Carrie Welling & Kasey Williams (2nd May 2024, Hengelo)

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Darius Rucker (19th April 2024, Cologne)

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Restless Road, Redferrin & Carter Faith (6th March 2024, Frankfurt)

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Alexandra Kay, Hannah Ellis, Lakeview (5th March 2024, Cologne)

Especially as I could not make it to one of the Country To Country shows the weekend before, I was ...

Jenn Bostic (20th February 2024, London)

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Alex Diehl (2nd February 2024, Cologne)

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Eric Paslay (13th December 2023, Cologne)

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Gregor McEwan (6th December 2023, Cologne)

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Loi (19th October 2023, Cologne)

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Nacht der Gitarren (14th October 2023, Reutlingen)

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Kelvin Jones (8th October 2023, Frankfurt)

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Ron Pope (23rd September 2023, Cologne)

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Home Free (20th September 2023, Hamburg)

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Randall King (15th September 2023, Cologne)

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

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Ben Zucker (28th July 2023, Monheim)

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

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Rock of Ages (9th June 2023, Solingen)

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The Deslondes (6th June 2023, Cologne)

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

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Kip Moore (14th May 2023, Cologne)

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The Longest Johns (21st April 2023, Cologne)

In 2018, four Bristol guys recorded an old New Zealand shanty, which was about 150 years old at that time ...

Rock of Ages Opening Night – Red Carpet Impressions

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Rock of Ages (German Tour Opening Night in Munich, 5th April 2023)

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Matthias Reim (24th March 2023, Oberhausen)

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Weird Al Yankovic tours Europe 2023 – My Reprise

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

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Weird Al Yankovic (19th February 2023, Tilburg)

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Julian Taylor (15th February 2023, Cologne)

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Kane Brown (27th January 2023, Cologne)

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Brett Young (19th November 2022, Cologne)

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Milky Chance (18th November 2022, Cologne)

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Alexander Ludwig (2nd November 2022, Cologne)

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Five Weird Al Yankovic Shows in Florida – Some Concert Pictures

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

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Lindsay Ell (with Kyle Daniel & Shy Carter, 23rd August 2022, Cologne)

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

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Johnossi (12th June 2022, Cologne)

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

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

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Grand Ole Opry Show (18th March 2022)

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The Country Music Week turns Digital

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

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The Bourbon Room / Rock of Ages Hollywood

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

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C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 3 (08.03.2020) – Splitter

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

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

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

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C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 2 (07.03.2020) – Splitter

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

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

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C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 1 (06.03.2020) – Splitter

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Country 2 Country 2020 in Berlin – A Preview

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

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

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Brandy Clark (29th January 2020, Amsterdam)

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

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Noah Guthrie (9th December 2019, Cologne)

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James Barker Band (20th November 2019, Zurich)

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Mrs. Greenbird (Frankfurt, 7th November 2019)

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

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

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Logan Mize (26th October 2019, Cologne)

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Scotty McCreery (24th October 2019, Cologne)

I had a quite unfortunate timing with the debut of the German Country Music week. I missed some shows due ...

Country 2 Country 2020 Lineup – My View

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Andy Clark (19th October 2019, Dusseldorf)

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

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

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

Just one week after I had seen Lauren Jenkins together with Jilian Jacqueline and Gary Quinn at the YUCA in ...

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

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

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

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

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

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Thompson Square (5th September 2019, Cologne)

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Eric Paslay (3rd Sep 2019, Aschaffenburg)

Eric Paslay and his song Friday Night was one of the first songs, which really made me get in touch with ...

Weird Al Yankovic – “Strings Attached”, Indianapolis (29th August 2019)

As part of my Weird Al and Grass Court Tennis 2019 trip, I already visited two concerts of Weird Al ...

The British Country Music Festival (Blackpool) – A Preview

After taking the first steps into country music and country music concerts in the early Flyctory.com days, the website is ...

Wade Bowen (6th August 2019, Cologne)

The second half of 2019 features a massive lineup of country music stars in Germany. As you can see in ...

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

String Attached - the 2019 tour of Weird Al Yankovic is backed up by (local) symphonic orchestras. I traveled into Gilford, ...

CMA Fest 2019 – My Meet & Greets

During the CMA Fest 2019 in Nashville, I did quite a lot of Meet & Greets. I just felt it ...

Visiting CMA Fest 2019

The beginning of June was a very flattering moment to me. After I got more and more into country music ...

Write Like A Girl (London, 13th June 2019)

Just two days after I touched German soil back from CMA Fest 2019, I flew to London for another country ...

Christina Taylor & Carolyn Miller – Two Upcoming Country Artists

Facebook, Instagram and all other kinds of internet sources nowadays allow you to (sometimes by chance) find, follow and support ...

CMA Fest 2019 – Fan Events with Cassadee Pope and Jana Kramer

The closer CMA Fest 2019 came, the more I became aware of all the side events, which are not happening ...

Kenny Foster & Friends at the Listening Room (Nashville, 6th June 2019)

Getting more and more into country music, I more and more love songwriters rounds. Several singers or songwriters are on ...

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

While country music feels to have a first boom in Germany, the Netherlands are slightly ahead and have a quite ...

CMT Next Women of Country, Liverpool (10th May 2019)

On Friday, 10th May 2019, the Arts Club in Liverpool hosted the 2019 stage of the CMT Next Women of ...

My Favorite Country 2 Country Songs 2019

The beginning of March 2019 was a country music powerhouse to me. The Country 2 Country (C2C) debut in Berlin, ...

Country 2 Country in London 2019

After my 2018 debut at the London Country 2 Country and the first-time German event in Berlin the weekend before, ...

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

How to spent the time best between Country 2 Country 2019 in Berlin and Amsterdam and the "main events" in ...

Country 2 Country 2019 in Berlin

I visited Europe's biggest country music festival, Country 2 Country (C2C), for the first time in 2018 in London. I immediately ...

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

The first time I saw Danielle Hope on stage was in the female lead character Sherrie in my favorite musical ...

Rock of Ages – My favourite Musical

I love musicals in general - but two ones massively influenced my life. The first one was We will rock ...

Catherine McGrath at Arts Club Loft Liverpool

As part of her "Talk of this Town" tour, Catherine McGrath presented her equivalently named album. I visited the tour ...

LINA @ Kunst!Rasen Bonn

The former German capital Bonn has a vast tradition of open air concerts. Their current premier open air location is ...

Trip Report: On Tour with Weird Al Yankovic (Day 4)

Day 4, back to Atlanta, heading to where the trip started... and to my final concert of this trip. The ...

Trip Report: On Tour with Weird Al Yankovic (Day 3)

Saturday, 14th April, has not been regarded as the most thrilling day of this trip anyway. Travelling from the very ...

Trip Report: On Tour with Weird Al Yankovic (Day 2)

So long awaited... Time for the first concert of my trip to the Weird Al Tour 2018! Tried to start ...

My favourite Country 2 Country 2018 songs

As you might have seen in the other blog entries, I have been attending Europe's major country music festival, the ...

A Day at the Country 2 Country 2018

Country 2 Country, short: C2C, has established to be the largest country music festival in Europe. In fact, it is ...

Sports (USA)

Here are all my sports postings related to the USA:

Nashville Sounds at First Horizon Park

When it comes to major and professional sports, you might majorly think about three teams in Nashville. The Tennessee Titans ...

The Flyctory.com-Style Medal Count of the 2026 Milan/Cortina Olympics

The Fourth Post of this kind - this is definitely a tradition. Nineteen days of the Winter Olympic Games 2026 ...

The Whoopgate – My Thoughts about Wearables in Sports

Christiano Ronaldo uses it. Rory McIlroy has one as well. And since this week latest, we also know that tennis ...

Tucson Roadrunners at Tucson Arena

I more and more love watching matches of the second class North American professional ice hockey league, the AHL. The ...

Flyctory.com Best Ones 2025

The final post of the year deals with nothing but the Best Ones. After I shared my Favorite Songs and Favorite Albums and EPs ...

NHL Global Series 2025 at Avicii Arena Stockholm (Superior Platinum Experience)

A dream came true to me on 16th November 2025. On my birthday, my ice hockey team, the Pittsburgh Penguins, ...

Wheeling Nailers at WesBanco Arena

In February 2025, I somehow "completed" visitng the Pittsburgh Penguins franchise. After their PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh is some ...

Watching the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden

On my last Pittsburgh Penguins tour in April 2024, I also visited the away match at the New York Rangers ...

Mini Golf at KISS World Las Vegas

After I featured the museum at KISS World in Las Vegas already, it is time to also take you to ...

Flyctory.com Best Ones 2024

has come to an end - and my Best of posting is the one which is "traditionally" concluding the year. The ...

Mt. Atlanticus Minotaur Golf

Myrtle Beach calls themselves being the capital of mini and adventure golf. At least if you look at the density ...

Daytona International Speedway Tour

The Daytona International Speedway is definitely one of the most prestigious and traditional race tracks. Thus, when I had some ...

“Goldenes Oval” Opening Meeting – Track Events (Dresden, 30th August 2024)

Dresden is back on the list of major venues for athletics events. On 30th August 2024, the capital of Saxony ...

The Flyctory.com-Style Medal Count of the 2024 Paris Olympics

I did this kind of posting for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games as well as for the 2020/21 Tokyo Summer ...

Washington Capitals at Capital One Arena

The last of three ice hockey matches with the Pittsburgh Penguins I saw in April 2024 was in Washington D.C ...

Infosys Hall of Fame Open 2024 – Some Impressions

Apart from being ill, the week at the Infosys Hall of Fame Open 2024 in Newport, Rhode Island, has truly ...

Hall of Fame Open 2024 – Men’s Singles Final: A. Michelsen (USA) – M. Giron (USA) 7-6(4) 3-6 5-7

The men's singles final, held on 21st July 2024 at the Infosys Hall of Fame Open in Newport, was a ...

Hall of Fame Open 2024 – Men’s Doubles Final: R. Cash / James Tracy (USA) – A. Goransson (SWE) / S. Verbeek (NED) 3-6 4-6

The first match on the last day of the Infosys Hall of Fame Open has been the doubles final. At ...

International Tennis Hall of Fame – Class of 2024 Induction

The highlight of my trip to the Infosys Hall of Fame Open 2024 was of course the Saturday evening ceremony ...

Hall of Fame Open 2024 – MS SF R. Opelka (USA) – A. Michelsen (USA) 2-6 0-6

After I had to skip the whole Friday at the Infosys Hall of Fame Open due to sickness, I was ...

Hall of Fame Open 2024 – MS R2 M. Giron (USA) – B. Paire (FRA) 4-6 7-5 6-4

After the Indians Chandrasekar and Kadhe advanced to the doubles' semifinals, I headed straight to Center Court of the Infosys ...

Hall of Fame Open 2024 – MD QF A. Chandrasekar / A. Kadhe (IND) – C. Harrison / V. Kirkov (USA) 6-4 1-6 1-x [10-7}

After their promising first round victory, the Indian doubles pairing Ariundh Chandrasekar and Arjun Kadhe had to play their quarterfinal ...

International Tennis Hall of Fame – 2024 Inductees Press Conference

The big moment is coming closer. On Thursday, 18th July 2024, the three inductees into the International Tennis Hall of ...

Hall of Fame Open 2024 – MD R1: A. Goransson (SWE) / S. Verbeek (NED) – J. Paris (GBR) / R. Ramanathan (IND) 6-3 4-6 1-x [10-8]

The last Indian player to kick off duties at Newport was Ramkumar Ramathan. Getting into the men's doubles main draw ...