Illness forces Kraftwerk to miss Melbourne Global Gathering

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The first ever Global Gathering tour of Australia kicked off yesterday in Melbourne, but all did not go to plan with German electro godfathers Kraftwerk missing their headline set to due a sudden and very serious illness.

“Last night at the Melbourne Global Gathering event Kraftwerk band member, Fritz, was very unwell and was attended to by our onsite medical team,” read a statement, issued today by Future Entertainment. “On advice of the doctor, he did not play at the event as was transported to hospital for observation. Subsequently, Kraftwerk did not perform and the Gorillaz were moved to the main stage to play the closing set.”

“Rhymefest, one of Mark Ronson’s MCs, made the announcement to the waiting crowd,” the statement continued. “We’re happy to announce that Fritz has been cleared to fly and will be playing at the Perth event today. Kraftwerk and Future Entertainment apologise to Kraftwerk fans who missed out on seeing this legendary outfit perform in Melbourne.”

Stay tuned to ITM this week for updates on Global Gathering and post-event coverage of the tour’s first weekend in Melbourne and Perth.

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A New Sky

A New Sky said on the 23rd Nov, 2008

I was at that show, and was pretty disapointed as Kraftwerk were the main driving force behind the reason I purchased tickets. Ralf Huetter suggested a possible Melbourne side show in the near future though... so fingers crossed....

angy

angy said on the 23rd Nov, 2008

Whoah...

St_Jude

St_Jude said on the 23rd Nov, 2008

holy fuckah! thank goodness he's right for perth!! *crosses fingers* and *touches wood*

JekDaFunk

JekDaFunk said on the 23rd Nov, 2008

First of all last night they said it had to do with him having a heart attack, and now he is clear for perth? clearly this has just been a clever ploy on behalf of Future due to the weather and lack of ticket sales Global was shocking on so many fronts,

A New Sky

A New Sky said on the 23rd Nov, 2008

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=3hIzQU0rAXQ ^there is a video i posted of the announcement... pretty disappointing but hopefully it just makes the gig they do to make up for it even better.

Bromantis

Bromantis said on the 23rd Nov, 2008

robots don't get sick, what a load of bullhickey.

lpeake

lpeake said on the 23rd Nov, 2008

Yeah, I was there, gutted when I heard this, glad to see he's ok. Fingers crossed for a side show!

bluepeople

bluepeople said on the 23rd Nov, 2008

f@#king wankers. i was there freezing and rocking my arse off and your going to tell me he was unwell. i was in the rain all day to hear that shit. f@$k of kraftework and dont bother coming back

ryan xxx

ryan xxx said on the 23rd Nov, 2008

suck it melbourne

gracearcasm

gracearcasm said on the 23rd Nov, 2008

I was so upset about this last night, it was probably the only time I was going to have the opportunity to see Kraftwerk.. That said, it meant that I got to enjoy the full 3 golden hours of A

tben

tben said on the 23rd Nov, 2008

how does someone have a 'sudden and very serious illness' then get cleared to fly off immediately to a string of transnational gigs?

brenly

brenly said on the 23rd Nov, 2008

and the gorillaz were freaknnnnnn SHITE too!!!

realkirill

realkirill said on the 23rd Nov, 2008

ggggggggggggaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy.... couldnt care less about kraftwerk... but for fudges sake... youre an electronic group, u press play on a cd and stand around in front of a some pretty lights pretending to fiddle with knobs and keyboards, pulling a s

fricster

fricster said on the 23rd Nov, 2008

Shattered actually. So bad about fritz's health - but having waited all day in the shocking weather it was such a let down. I really hope that they can come back to Melbourne. I am glad he is on the mend and can play in the other states. Lucky them!

Fiaz

Fiaz said on the 23rd Nov, 2008

what the f*** is wrong with some of you people? get over yourselves.

kamshaft11

kamshaft11 said on the 23rd Nov, 2008

Above

amanda fantastique

amanda fantastique said on the 23rd Nov, 2008

ahaha.. its all fake, shit organisers, they pulled out cause they didnt want to play to a crowd of 100 people

jacquelinepee

jacquelinepee said on the 23rd Nov, 2008

my god, hope they are all good for sydney!!

em_bem

em_bem said on the 24th Nov, 2008

What's with all the complaining?? I don't know about anyone else but I just appreciate that it wasn't disgustingly crowded and everyone was rocking it in the rain and having the time of their lives anyway!

brenly

brenly said on the 24th Nov, 2008

REFUND!!! :D

A New Sky

A New Sky said on the 24th Nov, 2008

This was band was the reason I went to Global, Kraftwerk had better come back to Melbourne as stated on the night, otherwise I want a refund.

StrayPixel

StrayPixel said on the 24th Nov, 2008

Have some compassion for the guy, he suffered a minor heart attack!

Rysh

Rysh said on the 24th Nov, 2008

He promised they would come back... i was a few metres from them at the very front when they announced it, he said they would come back... They seriously better come back ........

winterkiss

winterkiss said on the 24th Nov, 2008

what the hell is wrong with you people?? They're old men! He had some heart attack or something, and he didn't even come on stage last night for Perth. His son took his place. It was amazing. Finally got to see my idols live and I feel so privileged. I'm

Ben Royal

Ben Royal said on the 24th Nov, 2008

winterkiss says... on November 24th, 2008 what the hell is wrong with you people?? They're old men! He had some heart attack or something, and he didn't even come on stage last night for Perth. His son took his place. It was amazing. Finally got to se

A New Sky

A New Sky said on the 24th Nov, 2008

True dat, Ben Royal. Or they coulda just put one of the robots on in his place.

TheWalkingDisaster

TheWalkingDisaster said on the 24th Nov, 2008

unbeleivable "fans" you all are. a heart attack is pretty serious. shame on you all

A New Sky

A New Sky said on the 24th Nov, 2008

@ TheWalkingDisaster ^ Don't get me wrong, if the guy's sick, I'd rather wait and see Kraftwerk when their fit and fighting, and I'm not doubting that at the time it may have seemed serious. However he's been cleared to fly and play 3 more shows in Aus

moky

moky said on the 25th Nov, 2008

i was backstage when he made the announcment i was told of this hours b4 yet every 1 was lyk "ur kidding".. i was shocked as well but hey no biggie as long as he makes a full recovery im sure kraftwerk will be back once again :)

TheReturn

TheReturn said on the 25th Nov, 2008

Another rumour ghoing round is that …apparently they partied too hard in their dressing room beforehand.

matzta73

matzta73 said on the 25th Nov, 2008

I can see within the next few years the future of these dance events are getting out of hand like Gloablisation is (look at what has happened with the credit crisis)... it will all implode and will go back to where it all first started (clubs).