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The LOVE is Back!!!!!!
www.loveparade.de
July 15, 2006
it's on like donkey kong!!!! 
BERLIN TO REVIVE LOVE PARADE
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europ...reut/index.html
Tuesday, February 21, 2006; Posted: 2:14 p.m. EST (19:14 GMT)
BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) -- Germany will revive its famous "Love Parade" this summer after a corporate sponsor rescued the techno street party from bankruptcy, the festival's founder and main organizer said on Tuesday.
Dr. Motte, the pseudonym of Love Parade founder and organizer Matthias Roeingh, said he expected around 1 million techno fans to converge on the German capital to gyrate to the beat of electronic music during the weekend of July 15 -- six days after the 2006 soccer World Cup ends.
"We believe the Love Parade is alive," he told reporters at a news conference to announce the festival's revival after a two-year hiatus. "It's a fitting conclusion to the World Cup."
Rainer Schaller, owner of McFit, Germany's largest fitness studio chain and the Parade's key corporate sponsor, said it was time to bring the Love Parade home. In recent years the Parade was moved to Austria, Switzerland, Britain, Israel, South Africa, Mexico and San Francisco.
"The Love Parade is a German export hit. This brand has achieved cult status and is known worldwide. That this mega event should not take place in its homeland just because of financial problems was unacceptable for me," said Schaller.
The Parade began as a street party of some 200 people in a divided Germany in 1989, but expanded rapidly after the Berlin Wall collapsed.
It became a symbol for Berlin's hip image during the 1990s, with the number of attendees reaching as high as 1.5 million. But it waned in recent years before descending into virtual financial collapse two years ago.
The Love Parade started generating losses after it lost its status as a demonstration in 2001, which forced it to pay for many services which the city had provided free of charge before, such as blocking off roads, relocating bus stops and cleaning up the massive amounts of rubbish left behind by revelers.
Dr Motte said the festival's organizers were discussing the security situation with German police and other authorities to assure that the party is as safe and orderly as possible.
He also said they would set booths up at the festival to educate the revelers about the negative effects of drugs, which are quite popular among many participants who often rely on them to keep dancing for days without interruption.
"I think the Love Parade should be saying we think drugs are uncool," said the well-known techno DJ.
Copyright 2006 Reuters. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
finally zeh mother of all parades is back! 
don't get ur hopes up, they said it was gonna happen for a couple years but when it gets closer to the date it gets cancelled
but hopefully its true 
well, the resident german who posted above you says that they've already been doing tv spots for it left and right.. 
o man
how i would LOVE to go to this.
alas, I doubt I will have the $$ or the ability to get time off work (since I will have started somewhere only a couple months prior)
wellllll.... never know... maybe I'll get some kickass job that will require me to travel to Germany THAT WEEKEND, haha.
Rachel
omg! I neeed to go!
i get a weird feeling that htey are trying to get it to what it used to be... b/c this is way way early compared to the past few years..
maybe this is the year that everybody has been waiting for... b/c i know just about everybody on TA has said before OMG im going next year.. blah blah..
oh and btw.. i must go to this!! 
So much going on in berlin in so few days.. World cup final on the 9th, Loveparade six days later!
OMGGGGG
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| Originally posted by Choobak So much going on in berlin in so few days.. World cup final on the 9th, Loveparade six days later! |
well, i'm bookin mah trip through www.airhitch.org 
ghetto-ass website but i've had friends use it, it's great!!!
This is the ONLY LOVEPARADE i would EVER attend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!8
YEA!!!
bump, newsstory from CNN added!!!
ya damn right it's OFFICIAL!!!!!!!!!
A gay parade for gay people.
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| Originally posted by Highmay A gay parade for gay people. |
Hahahaha!
dah-nee is gonna have zee crazhee gerhmannn trance in her pantsss!!!
left right left!
perhaps i will finally get to go...
it's about time i visited my dad again anyhow. and i think amdam might be calling my name as well.
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| Originally posted by ShellSh0ck well the "Christopher Street Day" is going to take place the week after (22.7.2006), but thx for you input jayme. |
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| Originally posted by Highmay i actually meant it in its most literal sense...i just wanted to see who bit first...i shouldnt be surprised it would be a foreigner... |
i'm glad that your expectations have been fulfilled.
here's an article i found
Berlin, 21 February 2006 !
The Loveparade celebrates its so long expected comeback on 15 July 2006 in Berlin.
After a two-year break, the return of the world�s biggest party in the federal capital is made possible by a new main sponsor, McFit GmbH.
With a seven- figure sum, the hippest electronic music DJs worldwide will be brought into the arena to offer the hundreds of thousands of visitors an unforgettable experience. With a revised concept for trucks, sponsors, and clubs the Loveparade will �evolutionize� the old recipe for success.
�The Loveparade is a German export success. This trademark has cult status and is known all over the world. I couldn�t accept that this mega event in my home country couldn�t take place any more solely because of financial problems,� says Rainer Schaller the new Managing Partner of Loveparade Berlin while explaining his dedication. Since January 2006 he has been applying his business know-how there and at the same time has brought in a new main sponsor, McFit. Schaller is the owner and Managing Director of the leader on the German fitness market. �The target groups are identical, the advantage for is ideal both sides�, the 37-year-old adds.
The new concept professionalizes financing and realization of the Loveparade without affecting the original character of the event. The partner�s main aim is realization of a free party at which everything that is hip in electronic music from around the world spins. One of the amendments concerns the choice of DJs: club culture-bearers worldwide can apply via the newly designed homepage www.loveparade.net.
A jury comprised of fifty per cent experts from the electronic music scene and fifty per cent homepage users makes the final decision about which clubs and DJs will have a truck at the Loveparade 2006. �It�s up to the fans�, says the new press officer at Loveparade Berlin GmbH, Maurice Mau�.
�They decide via an online voting system on the choice of DJs and by participating in the Loveparade will again hopefully make this ravers� celebration day the biggest party in the world.�
In 2006 the highlight of the parade is again the closing party at the Victory Column with a line-up of top DJs and the traditional speech given by Dr. Motte. The Loveparade 2006 will balanced mix of old and new, music fans from across the world united; the best there is to offer free of charge, and an all-out party on Berlin�s streets. Preparations are running at full throttle and the organization team has its hands full. �We�ll do our utmost to make the Loveparade 2006 a complete success�, Mau� promises.
Loveparade 2006 � The New Concept
What stays the same? Fundamentals: the Loveparade remains true to its basic structure: the event is also a free of charge party for all visitors in 2006 where DJs will spin everything that�s hip in electronic music. Loveparade Berlin GmbH is developing a concept to professionalize the organization of the Loveparade that will not endanger the original character of the event. Venue: As always, the closing party with a speech by Dr. Motte and a line-up of top DJs will have its venue at the Victory Column.
What�s new? Internationality: The Loveparade 2006 focuses on the international music scene. Together with the Government of Berlin and international Loveparade twin towns, media partners and worldwide recognized club culture-bearers are to be involved so that the Loveparade 2006 can bring together people of all nations at a gigantic party in Berlin. Accordingly, the trucks will represent the whole spectrum of �who is who� in worldwide club culture.
Financing the trucks: For the first time, Loveparade Berlin GmbH will provide clubs with trucks free of charge. This will ensure that all club culture-bearers will have the same opportunity to be present at this annual meeting of techno regardless of financial power. This has been made possible by sponsors who have rented single trucks from Loveparade to place them at the disposal of the clubs or DJs. The participating club culture-bearers are responsible for the design of the trucks in agreement with the respective sponsor. In return, advertising space for the sponsors will be made larger on the trucks in 2006. The main sponsor McFit will be represented with two trucks at the Loveparade and will give some of the sought-after seats on the trucks to its members.
Voting: Club culture-bearers from all over the world can apply to take part at the Loveparade by submitting an audio test via a newly designed Internet platform. A jury comprised of fifty percent experts from the electronic music scene and fifty percent visitors to the homepage will make the final decision about which clubs and DJs have a truck at the Loveparade 2006.
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