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Pop and Rok Magazine - August 1985

Panathinaikon Stadion "Kallimarmaron",
Athens, Greece.

IN THE BACKSTAGES OF FESTIVAL

The big moment reached. The notorious two-day festival are medium in the program of festive events for the nomination of Athens as cultural capital of Europe, and certain from the gnwsto'tera names of European new music of scene Mrs mind intense their presence.

For us the "journalists" the two days were... tetrai'mero tiredness, trexj'matos and stresarj'smatos, because from Thursday the midday began the cover of festival and finished Sunday the midday. Apart from more I had been charged with all kinds works that you can imagine.

The week of therefore festival they began to reach in Athens all official calling. The first and better Hagen that went straight to Crete for interruptions. I imagine that would feel as her house of one and the island has ended up German parojkj'a. Thursday the evening returned in Athens, where ma'natzer her and thugs attacked in the journalists. Grocje's him did not avoid nor the persons in charge of company that they went him they receive.

The same day came the Stranglers, the Depeche Mode and the Telephone. For remainder no one did not know nothing. The Clash declared that they will come Saturday the midday, because they do not want they see no one from their compatriots.

See that in the tsakwmoy's den yperteroy'n alone Greek groups. And where I was reported in Greek groups, the Musical Brigades that would represent the local musical scene the last moment they declared that they withdraw from the festival.

I learned the reasons, but I will try to come in contact with the Tzjma'ko in order to I learn all the truth. I hope front I finish the article, him to have accomplished. Also in him you will advertize that was registered in the foreigner magazines, in most nowhere was not entered the name Clash. The big group was presented as guest group, because they do not wish their name fjgoyra'rej in their same list with... Culture Club.

The eves therefore, the arrival of David Bowie, that went to Patmos for interruptions - this make was written in all the newspapers - gave the hope in many that perhaps the petyhime'nos artist, would make his presence in pa'lko the Panathinaikos of Stage.

Thursday the evening, the organizers Nouvelles Frontieres, Roxanne and theatre Awning invited all music business in a koktaj'il that was given in swimming-pool of hotel Athens Hilton, to price of artists that takes part in the festival. Journalists of magazines and newspapers, musicians, producers, representatives of djskografjkw'n companies, known and unknown persons of radio and television, talantoy'hoj and ata'lantoj artists...