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Concert reviews in Austrian Newspapers

Bezirksblätter Article about MonaLisa Twins gig at the Shamrock pub in Leopoldsdorf

Translation:
MonaLisa Twins rocked Leopoldsdorf
For the MonaLisa Twins and their band an extremely successful live concert season found its worthy finale at the Shamrock pub in Leopoldsdorf. With every concert they got more experienced, their repertoire became bigger and their fans grew in large numbers. If you want to keep yourself up to date on the twins’ activities, please visit www.monalisa-twins.com.

We thank the Austrian newspapers “NOEN” and “Bezirksblätter” for their generous reviews of our live concert at Shamrock Pub / Leopoldsdorf,
Mona & Lisa

Noen Article about MonaLisa Twins concert at Shamrock Pub
Noen Article about MonaLisa Twins concert at Shamrock Pub

Translation:
30 concerts of the MonaLisa Twins: Success
Winter break / Singers played their last live concert for this year at Shamrock pub.
LEOPOLDSDORF / With a much larger repertoire than before the MonaLisa Twins and their band said goodbye for this year and gave their last live concert at the Shamrock pub in Leopoldsdorf.
After 30 live shows Backbeat, Drive & Rock ‘n’ Roll will fade away for the winter months unless Mona and Lisa are going to write new songs and rehearse with their band in their studio. “Plus it’s time to film some music videos which our international fans are already eagerly waiting for”, the twins explain and are looking forward to presenting some new works soon.

 

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Live at Shamrock Pub, Leopoldsdorf

MonaLisa Twins on stage at the Shamrock Pub in Leopoldsdorf

Backbeat, Drive & Rock ‘n’ Roll at the Shamrock Pub – and hell broke loose 🙂

With many new songs we surprised the audience and all our new fans from this area who got to know us shortly at an unplugged gig at Café Cult in Gaenserndorf. We are happy that you made it out to see us with our band and we would really appreciate it to have you back at Mamas bar when we will end our live season 2012 with a grand finale! The acoustics there is great and the atmosphere and the drinks are legend anyway. We are very much looking forward to see Max and his barkeeper crew again, they will welcome you all!

See you soon,
Mona & Lisa

 

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“Drive My Car” (Beatles-Cover) – New Live Video!

It’s been quite a while that we published a music video on Youtube! But we haven’t been idle: Since the trailer video to our first album “When We’re Together” in March 2012 we’ve been playing nearly 30 live shows to make our music and band known to people. And of course we’ve collected video footage of these gigs like squirrels use to collect nuts for a long winter. Since our international fans deserve to see more of us again and to “be live at our gigs” retrospectively we’ll spend our next weeks and months with some video-cutting :).

Here comes the first live cover “Drive my Car” (Beatles) which we shot at the Saloon in Vienna shortly.

You are welcome to rate and comment the video on Youtube, to share it with your friends and on your websites and to subscribe to our Youtube channel.

We dearly thank our great audience and true fans, of course our bassman Michael “Moz” Mozeth and drummer Philipp Wolf, our sound engineer Dad as well as our camera team Johann, Robert, Sebastian, Jacki and Michaela for their dedication!

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MonaLisa Twins play Live at Saloon, Vienna

MonaLisa Twins on stage at the Saloon (Donauzentrum) in Vienna

The Saloon is one of the best known live venues in Vienna if you want to listen to Rock ‘n’ Roll, Country or Blues musicians. At the end of our live concert season 2012 we have accumulated a repertoire of about 45 songs which we performed there with our band for a delighted and attentive audience. The location was booked out 2 weeks in advance but the lovely waiters always managed to find additional chairs for people who decided spontaneously to see us.

For us it was a highly successful concert …

…and it was really good to see so many fans who just got to know us this very summer and yet are visiting our concerts regularely. And we enjoyed it very much to perform for many old friends of tender years who we haven’t got to see for a long time. However, now you know what we have been spending our time on for the last couple years 🙂

It was our absolute pleasure!
Mona & Lisa

 

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Backyard Fest (Höfefest) at Groß-Enzersdorf Town

MonaLisa Twins playing at Backyard Fest Höfefest in Groß-Enzersdorf

We had a big backyard festival in a nearby town last Sunday!

Many private backyards were opened for the public to have the annual “Höfefest”. All kinds of bands were performing in the different courts and people could wander around town all day and got to see a lot of different acts, shows, art and activites.
At the end of a wonderful late summer day we brought our 60’s music to one of these beautiful backyards. It was such a pleasure to play there and we are so happy about all the people that came out. The perfect way to spent a Sunday night! 🙂

Yours, Mona & Lisa

 

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A Different Kind of Stage at The Organic Farm ADAMAH

MonaLisa Twins live at Biohof Adamah Festival

Althought it’s a bit unusual for this time of the year…

in Austria we had a hot and summery weather this weekend when we played at the big fest of the organic farm “ADAMAH”. More than 1000 visitors came to spend a relaxing and entertaining weekend at the farm. They served delicious organic food, had beautiful art displays and a whole lot of interesting activities for the old and young!
The picture shows the “organic” stage on which we were invited to contribute to the cheerful atmosphere by playing there for a good 2 hours.
We want to thank the farm team again for the generous and really tasty catering.

Mona & Lisa

 

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Band Quartet back at “Replugged”, Vienna

MonaLisa Twins live on stage at the Replugged in Vienna

We didn’t think we’d be coming back to Viennese “Replugged” so soon …

… but then we got invited back. We we’re the fourth to join the band quartet of “Captain of Coyotes”, “Coby Trip”, “Include me out” and “MonaLisa Twins”.
The fans of all bands were also the audience for all bands. All of us were able to listen to different kinds of music and make lots of new friends. It was great to create so much interest and atmosphere among the mostly young people with our 60ies music and own songs.

We wish the other bands all the best and lots of success! Thanks for the great and varied evening!
Mona & Lisa

 

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Beach Party at “3er Wirtshaus” in Zwerndorf

MonaLisa Twins at 3er Wirtshaus in Zwerndorf

“A beachparty in September?” you will ask.

Yeah, for Austrian weather conditions this is rather unusual but unusual things are quite common at Pepi Helm’s “3er Wirtshaus” at the Zwerndorf lakes. And his guests love him for that!
The “3er Wirtshaus” is the last of formerly 3 inns at Zwerndorf village and it has kept its rustic-romantic character. The host personally is cooking yummy meals, for special events he lightens up the idyllic garden with “tree candles” and inside as well as on the outdoor open air stage one can watch the finest music acts throughout the year. It is hard to believe but the “3er Wirtshaus” at the Austrian-Slovakian border is well-known internationally because of its world-class musicians that got to play there over the decades!

Unfortunately there has been rainy weather the days before, so not everyone was in beachtparty-mode. Some non-visitors obviously “relocated” their beach to their living rooms. Bad luck! For the sky cleared up that very evening and in- and outside people were having a great time with cool drinks and hot music.
A band that had won the Austrian Amadeus Music Award 2012 in the Jazz/World/Blues category played before us and afterwards we “backbeated” with a largely expanded repertoire that the walls were trembling :).

Many thanks to all who danced, sang and clapped along! You were great!

Mona & Lisa

 

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MonaLisa Twins unplugged at Culture Festival Favoriten

MonaLisa Twins unplugged at the Kulturenfest in Favoriten, Vienna

The festival was originally planned as an open air event. The location would habe been the beautiful Laaerberg Park in Favoriten which is the 10th district of Vienna.  Unfortunately the weather thwarted these plans (typically Austrian) and they had to relocate. The big hall and stage of the local Event Center was a fitting alternative and made for a nice ambience.

About 300 people got to know MonaLisa Twins “unplugged” in Favoriten!

They seem to liked it because many of them went to post their delightment on Facebook after the show. We are happy that our music went down so wll there and we warmly welcome our new fans!

Mona & Lisa

 

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Vernissage of Regina Unger and Martin Suritsch in Deutsch-Wagram

MonaLisa Twins play acoustic at the vernissage of Regina Unger and Martin Suritsch in Deutsch-Wagram

Recently we got invited by two local artists to deliver the musical frame for their vernissage. This time MonaLisa Twins as a duo. More than 100 guests as well as us had an art- and wonderful evening. The picturesque museum of Deutsch-Wagram made for a fitting location.

Although we did not consider us the “main act” but rather the support for this event, we were quite delighted to see old and new fans. They were listening to our music despite of darkness and cool temperatures until late at night. One guy took a several hour car ride just to be able to see us live that day and many people bought our new album which is great!

As usual you’ll get to see more pictures in our Facebook album.

Click to see see some of the art and the artists, mayor and city councillor in charge of cultural affairs.
We took the chance and ended the day with some yummy tartes flambées at City Pub Deutsch-Wagram. For those of you who did not try them yet: On October 11, 2012 there will be a good occasion to catch up on that, namely with a good glass of Irish beer and jiggy MonaLisa Twins 60ies live music – with band! Reserve your seats!

See you!
Mona & Lisa