Laibach in North Korea (1 Viewer)

[pete]

Controversial Slovenian pop group Laibach will be the first foreign band to perform in North Korea, director Morten Traavik has told the BBC.

Mr Traavik has arranged for the group to play two concerts in Pyongyang in August in front of 2,000 people.
The concert programme will include some of Laibach's hits over their 35-year career and North Korean folk songs.

The band has been slated by some critics because of its ambiguous use of political and nationalist imagery.
But admirers say that their tendency to wear military uniforms on stage is a critique of totalitarian ideology.
Norwegian director Mr Traavik says that in North Korea they will be uncontroversial - even performing songs from The Sound of Music.

Also on their play list is one of this year's most popular hits in North Korea, performed by the all-girl band Moranbong: We Will Go To Mount Paektu.

North Korea allows 'first foreign band to perform' - BBC News

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[Cornu Ammonis]

"Hits" - chortle

 

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[Lili Marlene]

I have never even heard of this band

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

I have never even heard of this band

No great loss. They've been on the go for 30+ years, first few years they did decent industrial/noise and then they went into the ironic covers business as part of some concept art about totalitarian regimes. They sound like Rammstein without the oomph.

 

[hydromancer]

Laibach and North Korea's first Western concert - BBC News

 

[Jerry Twig]

That DPRK summer hit has a nice ABBA vibe to it