Live concert reports

Wilde Life has collected all of Kim's setlists from the tour on this page (scroll all the way to the bottom).

The Traumrock event took place at the Erfurt Messehalle on Saturday night. Kim performed a set of her biggest hits and some covers. Almost more important than that, it was an opportunity for fans to congratulate her on her 51st birthday. A group of fans known as the 'Perfect fans' used the occasion to present Kim with a birthday cake. And it wasn't just any old birthday cake: it featured photographs of them all, around the familiar photograph of Kim on the cover of her latest cd 'Snapshots'.

Kim performed three songs during her twelve minute appearance: 'Ghost in my house' (lyrics), 'Everytime I see you I go wild' (lyrics) and 'You keep me hangin' on', with Scarlett doing backing vocals and Ricky playing guitar. 'Ghost in my house' originally appeared on the first B.E.F. album in 1982, as sung by Paul Jones. 'You keep me hangin' on' also appeared on this album with vocals by Bernie Nolan.

The BBC interviewed Bucks Fizz and Kim Wilde about the music business back in the Eighties when compared to now. You can see the report here.

Absolute Radio has a few pictures of Kim's performance on this page.

On the way down from England, there was a severe delay in Belgium, causing the band to arrive in Emmen too late for a soundcheck. Despite this, they managed to play at 2.30 pm for an hour before a very enthusiastic audience. Some time into the song 'Cambodia', Kim fell on stage. The audience gasped for a minute, but then Kim resumed the song, while mentioning afterwards that she had a sore knee. And then of course, there was the weather: playing on an open air stage, even the band became soaking wet. After the gig, Scarlett mentioned via Twitter: 'Soaked to the bone, but still smiling.

The site was closed for a while for fear of overcrowding. The organisers were very happy with the amount of attention they got for this day, which featured live concerts by Barclay James Harvest and Kim Wilde.

Fanmusik had the opportunity to interview Kim the day before she was performing at La Cigale in Paris last month. During the interview Kim talked about her career so far and her plans for the near future. The report also features video from the concert in Paris and comments from fans as they left La Cigale that night. 

The show was the last of three gigs this weekend. On Friday night, Kim performed live at the sold out La Cigale in Paris. It was perhaps the most overwhelming audience response she'd gotten throughout the tour, as the passion of the French erupted and swept over the stage all through the night. A slight change in the setlist had also taken place: instead of a medley of tracks performed by the band after 'Together we belong', the band now played 'Cambodia Reprise' with vocals by Scarlett, followed by 'Can't get enough (of your love)' instead of 'My wish is your command'.

Kim spent two weeks touring Germany as part of her 'Come out and play' tour. She visited 10 different cities all over the country, getting good reviews from the media and, of course, from the fans.

Wilde Life will make a special retrospective expo about the tour, but we need your help. Please send in your photographs, audio and video recordings and of course your stories about the tour. When there's enough material, it will all result in an expo on the website that will enable visitors of this website to see what they have missed.

Julian Reschke has made some beautiful photographs of Kim's performance in Oberhausen on February 27, which you can see here.

A review of Kim's performance in Stuttgart was published in the Eßlinger Zeitung. A translation of the article is available here on Wilde Life, on this page.