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| LuNaSeA |
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.
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| ShellSh0ck |
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finally zeh mother of all parades is back! :gsmile: |
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| PvDOBseSSioN |
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 :rolleyes: |
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| LuNaSeA |
| well, the resident german who posted above you says that they've already been doing tv spots for it left and right.. :) |
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| holycow24 |
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 :crazy: |
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| arturob |
| omg! I neeed to go! |
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| Zewad |
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!! :D |
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| Choobak |
| So much going on in berlin in so few days.. World cup final on the 9th, Loveparade six days later! |
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| phoenixBEBE |
OMGGGGG
...awesome that its back
...but WHY this year?!!! :( :( :(
well i HOPE that it goes on, and i HOPE that its there to stay
this would def be one of those 'gotta go before i die' type of thing, i mean, i went to SF for it, but gotta experience this IN Berlin
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| Zewad |
| quote: | Originally posted by Choobak
So much going on in berlin in so few days.. World cup final on the 9th, Loveparade six days later! |
we got a winner... this is why its gonna be big IMO
if you dotn already have yoru flight now then you arent getting one.. i mean come on folks.. its teh world cup.. half the globe will be there... |
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| LuNaSeA |
| well, i'm bookin mah trip through www.airhitch.org :cool: ghetto-ass website but i've had friends use it, it's great!!! :D |
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| FastFashion |
| This is the ONLY LOVEPARADE i would EVER attend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!8:toocool: |
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