Dear Amphi Festival Fans,
just a few weeks ago we shared the experience of celebrating the 7th Amphi Festival together at the Tanzbrunnen Cologne. 16.000 attendants from all over the world turned that incredible weekend into THE event of the dark festival summer! Unfortunately this summer turned out to be much darker than usual, with almost no festival passing along without at least one major rainstorm. And the Amphi had not been spared though. Thanks to its solid pavement, the rain sheltered main stage, the additional programme at the Theater stage and the newly introduced festival café at the Staatenhaus, it had proven capable again to offer an uncompromised festival experience, even while St. Peter opened up his flood gates!

AFTER THE AMPHI IS BEFORE THE AMPHI!
Following the Amphi Festival´s overwhelming success throughout the last years (it has been sold out for the third time by now), you can expect nothing less than a major summer extravaganza for 2012. The 8th Amphi Festival will again take place at the Tanzbrunnen Cologne on 21. & 22. July 2012 and, even in this early stage, we are very happy to offer you an impressive line-up. Keen eyes will surely have spotted the banners, placed at the festival-ground, announcing the first 10 bands. THE SISTERS OF MERCY are headlining the Amphi Festival 2012. Also we have CAMOUFLAGE, DAF, MONO INC., CORVUS CORAX, COPPELIUS, HAUJOBB, SEABOUND, TYSKE LUDDER and WHISPERS IN THE SHADOW, writing the first chapter of a multi-layered programme of gothic-, medieval- and electronic sounds.

In this respect we would also like to thank you for your enormous positive feedback and band requests, we already received by the annual visitor poll. It is our utmost pleasure to announce, that we were able to implement some of your biggest favourites into the 2012 line-up directly:

NEW BANDS AND 2nd HEADLINER CONFIRMED FOR AMPHI FESTIVAL 2012!
It gets colder again in 2012! In the fifth year after their first Amphi Festival appearance (oh dear, how time flies…) EISBRECHER have ultimately rocked themselves into the heart of the audience. The loading deck packed with new songs of their upcoming album (to be released in spring 2012), Captain Alexx and Noel Pix are about to cast the anchor at the Rhein shore, as the second headliner of the Amphi Festival 2012. In addition to that four electronic highlights have joined our humble offerings!

On Friday 12th August PROJECT PITCHFORK released their latest album “Quantum Mechanics”. In tune with their latest works the Hamburg based electro-pioneers did not hesitate to confirm their appearance at the Amphi 2012 immediately. Also we welcome Amphi festival first-timers [:SITD:] from Bochum, whose steaming beats will set the floor on fire. Same goes for Sven Friedrich, who recently released “Frontiers”, the second album of his electronic project called SOLAR FAKE,. Finally, after their impressive opening act at this years Amphi Festival, there will be another encounter with the Cologne-based [X]-RX, aiming to bring down our Staatenhaus with a full blast of Cyber-Rave action!
Alongside 34 Acts on the main stages, Open Air and at the Staatenhaus, you can look forward to an attractive line-up of reading performances, talks and special concerts at the Theater stage. Our preparations are up and running, so watch out for first announcements very soon!

LIMITED 5+1 GROUP TICKETS – ONLY FOR A SHORT TIME!
The strictly limited group tickets are back on sale! By ordering the 5+1 group tickets you´ll receive six Amphi Festival tickets for the price of five. The group tickets are available either as weekend- or day tickets for each festival day. Also they are only available for a very short time, exclusively at the official Amphi Festival Shop under www.amphi-festival.de/tickets.

TICKETS:
Original festival tickets can be booked in advance exclusively on the Amphi Ticketshop at www.amphi-festival.de/tickets. Festival tickets are further available online at www.protain-ticket.de & www.dark-ticket.de and at all nationwide EVENTIM box offices.
For further information please check:
www.amphi-festival.de
www.facebook.com/amphifestival
Best regards
Your Amphi Festival Team



VIII. AMPHI Festival - The ORKUS Open Air 2012 – Facts:

Date:
21. - 22. July 2012

Venue:
Köln – Tanzbrunnen
Programme:
THE SISTERS OF MERCY + EISBRECHER + PROJECT PITCHFORK
CAMOUFLAGE + DAF + MONO INC. + CORVUS CORAX + COPPELIUS
[:SITD:] + SOLAR FAKE + HAUJOBB + SEABOUND + [X]-RX
TYSKE LUDDER + WHISPERS IN THE SHADOW
+ many other artists and supporting programme!
Tickets:
-Orginaltickets, 5+1 group tickets are exclusively available at our Amphi Ticketshop under www.amphi-festival.de/tickets
-Furthermore you can buy festival tickets online at www.protain-ticket.de & www.dark-ticket.de and all nationawide EVENTIM box offices.

NEW BANDS ANNOUNCED FOR AMPHI FESTIVAL 2012:
Ladies and gentlemen, raise the curtain for another headliner: AND ONE are back! With a new line-up and a massive amount of energy, creative-source Steve Naghavi calls the shots on the dancefloor! The „COVER FOR THE MASSES SPECIAL“ promises to become the biggest Amphi party of all times, just perfect to “DeMo”-lish the Tanzbrunnen altogether!

Further we have COMBICHRIST, throwing a barrage of Industrial and modern electrobeats into the scale, while FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY prefer to teach the sound of the old school, by which they recently caused the most beautiful EBM-pogo in years at the E-tropolis Festival in Berlin. In addition to that Thomas Rainer will send out his “Girls In Uniform”, joining the Amphi Festival 2012 with NACHTMAHR. And if you ask why, he would possibly answers: „Because I can!“.
Meanwhile Felix Flaucher & Frank Schwer, best known by the name of 18 SUMMERS, joined the Amphi Festival with slightly more mellow offerings. Almost 10 years after „Virgin Mary“ (released in 2002) the Swabians celebrate their comeback with a new, highly anticipated album. Also aiming for the live-stage, they chose to play the Amphi Festival 2012. Additionally ASSEMBLAGE 23, the goth-rockers LORD OF THE LOST and SCHÖNGEIST signed up like EISENFUNK, whose YouTube video-hit „Pong“ has been watched over three million times by now and who turned out to be one of the shooting stars of our annual visitor poll!

5+1 GROUP TICKETS ALMOST SOLD OUT– SECURE NOW!
Along with the intense programme the first ticket contingents are running short on stock. Earlier than ever, the strictly limited 5+1 group tickets are almost sold out. If you want to save hard money, buying 6 tickets for the price of 5, you should secure your 5+1 group ticket immediately, as we expect them to be gone very soon.
5+1 group tickets as well as high-quality original-design Amphi Festival tickets are exclusively available at the Amphi Ticketshop under www.amphi-festival.de/tickets. Further, standard tickets can be purchased online from www.protain-ticket.de and on all nationwide EVENTIM box-offices.

Dear Amphi Festival Fans,
Once again the year comes to a close and Christmas time is upfront the door! Soon enough the busy advent season gives way to a wonderful celebration amidst your family and friends, when the world allows itself to rest for moment on Christmas Eve.

Nevertheless, with the Amphi Festival there is already reason enough to look forward to 2012. Even if the world really came down, we would just want to crank it to 11 for one last time! In order to offer you a massive celebration we succeeded in collecting four additional artists, raising the stakes on the way to next year´s most exciting summer-festival event. By no surprise the Amphi Festival already turns out to be one of the hottest gift–ideas beneath the Christmas tree! Whoever doesn´t have a ticket yet, needs one under the fir for sure!
NEW BANDS ANNOUNCED FOR AMPHI FESTIVAL 2012:
Slow but steady the lines are closing. With more than 20 acts already confirmed, such as The Sisters Of Mercy, And One, Eisbrecher and Project Pitchfork, BLUTENGEL, AESTHETIC PERFECTION as well as A LIFE DIVIDED reinforce the musical line-up today with well orchestrated vampire-pop, pounding industrial-beats and cracking electronic rock.
Also we salute our highly acclaimed forensic expert DR. MARK BENECKE who is going to take you into the bizarre but fascinating world of traces and maggots. This time he prepared a special festival topic, already leaving us curious what he is up to next!
OFFICIAL CAMPING TICKETS FOR 2012 AVAILABLE NOW:
Along with the festival at the Tanzbrunnen we offer the Amphi Camp, situated in the beautiful “Jugendpark” of Cologne. Tickets for the official Amphi Festival camping ground are exclusively available now from the Amphi Ticketshop under www.amphi-festival.de/tickets! For all information concerning the Amphi Camp please head over to www.amphi-festival.de/2012/camping.html.
SPECIAL CHRISTMAS OFFER ON AMPHI MERCHANDISE:
Now and only for Christmas time we have a special offer running in our Amphi Merchandise Shop, including special-prices for various items. Until 18.12.2011 you get 25% discount on t-shirts, girlies and tank tops from the 2011 collection, plus discount on all car-window stickers. Don´t miss this opportunity, especially when you´re still looking for a Christmas gift or great accessory to surprise your friends with. Just pick it up on: www.amphi-festival.de/merchandise!

FESTIVAL TICKETS:
Original festival tickets can be booked in advance exclusively on the Amphi Ticketshop at www.amphi-festival.de/tickets. Festival tickets are further available online at www.protain-ticket.de and at all nationwide CTS/EVENTIM box offices.

For further information please visit:
www.amphi-festival.de
www.facebook.com/amphifestival
Best regards
Your Amphi Festival team