The Butcher Sisters – The Great Music Band Tour – 16.01.2025 – Batschkapp, Frankfurt

Thursday, January 16, one day before the release of the new album, the big party for the new album was to take place at the Batschkapp in Frankfurt. But half past six, half an hour before the doors opened, everything was suddenly in the stars. Power failure. Everything was dark. Not just in the Kapp itself, but in the whole block, the power was out. Nervousness grew and rumors began to spread that the whole concert might even be canceled. But shortly after eight, a few minutes after the official start of the show, cheers erupted and the power was back on. And so, a few minutes later, the doors finally opened and the half-frozen fans were able to quickly enter the sold-out hall.

Avralize

So that everyone would have time to get into the hall, Avralize didn’t start immediately after the doors opened, of course, but only 50 minutes after the scheduled time so that the concert wouldn’t run quite so late. Although strictly speaking that wouldn’t have been so bad, but more on that later. First up was Avralize, a band I already saw last year as headliners on the small stage of the Traffic Jam Open Air. In any case, they quickly managed to create a good atmosphere and the audience was quickly warmed up again. They were able to trigger both a large mosh pit and a wall of death and so their own small release party for their new single Wanderlust, which was released on the same day, was a complete success.

Setlist Avralize: Lotus // Stab by stab // Canvas // Higher // Wanderlust // Upside down

Bluthund

To save even more time, there was a mini break of maybe 10 minutes, during which Bluthund played the typical pre-songs. And then the show started. Abraxas kicked off straight away, jumping into the pit and up the barrier during the first song and seeking contact with the fans. And to Beat braucht Bauch there was also a lot of cheering as Alex and Stropo from TBS came on stage… with somewhat strange pants, no idea how to describe them, so just have a look at the gallery and you’ll know what I mean. But they went down very well. During Maskenmannfrau there was the first Wall of Death of the gig and for Büro until Rente the first circle pit. But not an ordinary one, because as usual Abraxas had a simple office chair with him on stage, with which he then went into the crowd so that the circle pit could run around him. The previous atmosphere escalated and you could almost have believed that Bluthund was the headliner. But that wasn’t the end of the special features. Fans of Bluthund can guess what was to come. Scheisswut was of course not to be missed. And what does Abraxas do? Right, he divides the crowd for a Wall of Death, but didn’t miss the opportunity to go into the middle beforehand, to fire up the audience, to awaken their anger so that they can let it all out during the Wall of Death. But he is also known as a climbing artist. Someone who tries to climb somewhere in every venue. That’s not quite possible in the Batschkapp, but at Hass Hass Hass he still didn’t miss the chance to take another dip in the audience, which consisted of him somehow getting to the stairs and then crowdsurfing back to the stage from there. After 40 minutes it was over and the band had certainly won some new fans after the gig.

Setlist Bluthund: Bye Bye Irokesengang // Unser Weg // Beat braucht Bauch // Leute // Mit meiner Maschine // Maskenmannfrau // Büro until Rente // Egal // Scheisswut // Hass Hass Hass // Wir fackeln alles ab

The Butcher Sisters

And then it was time. It was time for The Butcher Sisters. First Kai, Manuel and David entered the stage one after the other. The lights went out or changed to half strobe and Alex and Stropo came on stage with small scooters with light wheels. And off they went with Sonnenbrille, which is also the opener from the new album. And to show what was to come that evening, confetti strips were fired directly into the audience. Chaos was the order of the day! Alex then gave birth to the next baby live on stage and Reiner was born. The crowdsurfer rate was already damn high and it wasn’t going to stop all evening, the security guards had their hands full. To make it even more fun, Stropo briefly disappeared from the stage to return with two inflated clubs. So of course it was immediately clear what was to follow, UGA UGA BAM BAM! By now a classic, with Stropo jumping into the pit with a club and thrashing the front row. That evening was no different. Three songs in and the scent mark was set. And there was the first break. A large glass with a stylish minibar was brought on stage and a huge Aperol was mixed. This was then passed around in the front row so that it could be drunk while the song of the same name was played. After three stripes, Stropo ran to the loo with a microphone. Well, no wonder. But a replacement was needed to keep the show going. And that was none other than Mehnersmoos, who can be found as guests on the album for Bierdurst. And to make sure it didn’t get boring, Gregor and Marcus from the King Nugget Gang came on stage right afterwards for the noodle song. And Marcus also had some swimming noodles with him. Real noodles for the noodle song would have been more appropriate, but would have been hard to see. So the swimming noodles were enough. Things got a little more contemplative for Mein Stern, during which Stropo also went crowdsurfing.

Bauchtasche then marked the second time that the confetti cannons were fired to make the chaos even bigger. The special features continued, Stropo suddenly conjured up a trombone for Zeig Mir Dein and played it. Or at least pretended to. This definitely went down well and some people decided to extend the crowdsurfing to surfing. In other words, one person was carried lying on their back while the second person stood upright on top of the surfer. You can see what I mean in the gallery. After Bauch Beine Po it got dark. Jungle noises could be heard, so it was clear what the next song would be, Banana. And of course the inflatable water banana came again and was thrown directly into the audience, where it was boarded relatively quickly by two spectators and after a short time the mosh pit minister joined them, only to be ordered down by Stropo because he wanted to. And jumped on from the stage and rode around the audience himself. Then came Friday and it was time for the encore. The short break was used to allow Manuel and David to get rid of their banana costumes and for Stropo to return as a dragon and Alex as a knight. For Drachentöter, a song they had recorded for the album together with Equilibrium. There was a very large circle pit as well as a wall of death, with almost the entire Batschkapp opening up from left to right. The party was slowly coming to an end, but Baggersee was still to be played. And what do you have with you at a quarry pond? An inflatable beach ball, of course. The only difference was that this ball was the size of a man and was thrown into the crowd, where it flew happily back and forth and confetti strips rained down from the stage for the third time. At the end, they realized that they hadn’t had any canned beer and invited the whole mosh pit crew on stage. Loyal fans who had bought tickets for every concert on the tour to get them in the mood. And what did they get? A canned beer drinking contest and the finale with the matching song. The mosh pit crew was allowed to stay on stage for this. Then it was over and the time until the last special of the evening at midnight, the launch of the new album combined with a signing session, was no longer that long, “thanks” to the power cut and the late start to the evening.

Setlist The Butcher Sisters: Sonnenbrille // Reiner // UGA UGA BAM BAM // Aperol // Drei Streifen // Bierdurst (mit Mehnersmoos) // Der Nudelsong (mit King Nugget Gang) // Mein Stern // Bauchtasche // Zeig Mir Dein // Bauch Beine Po // Banana // Freitag // Drachentöter // Baggersee // Dosenbier