theguardian Slovenian group Laibach become first overseas rock band to perform in North Korea, playing a set that is heavy on Sound of Music cover versions
With a 45-minute set that included cover versions of Edelweiss and Do-Re-Mi from the Sound of Music, the avant garde Slovenian group Laibach on became the first foreign rock band to play a gig in North Korea.
Foreigners who attended the evening concert in Pyongyang on Wednesday said the Slovenian rockers were given a warm, if slightly muted, reception by the 1,500 capacity crowd at the capital’s Ponghwa arts theatre.
“They seemed to really enjoy it. It wasn’t an audience pulling faces of distrust or confusion,” said Simon Cockerell, general manager of Beijing-based Koryo Tours, which arranged a special trip for foreign tourists to see the show.
It was the first of two Laibach gigs in Pyongyang arranged as part of 70th anniversary celebrations of the Korean peninsula’s liberation from Japanese colonial rule.
Apart from about 150 foreigners – including diplomats, NGO workers and tourists – the rest of the audience was made up of North Koreans.
“Hard to say exactly who they were, but it wasn’t a load of military uniforms or high-ranking officials,” Cockerell, told Agence France-Presse...
Source: www.theguardian.com Wednesday 19 August 2015 19.15 BST
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