voice to burn through the Velodrom in Berlin. They started out in 1994, as a live band without a record, but a political message instead – and they established themselves as a mind-blowing live act in no time. Their first album – “The Day The Sun Went Out” – was released in 1997, followed by “After The Eulogy” (2000), which featured the hit record “Rookie”. In 2003 they published the album “Tomorrow Come Today”, and keeping the three-year-release rhythm, “The Misery Index: Notes From The Plague Years” came out in 2006. Their sound might have gone a bit more emo over the years, but the political messages, and the impulsive live energy have remained the same. After a lot of touring, their success became an international breakthrough in 2005, when BoySetsFire signed a contract with the Swedish record label Burning Heart Records. Surprinsingly, the band announced their break-up in 2007, and they played their very last live gig on European soil at the very first edition of the Telekom Extreme Playgrounds in Herten. BoySetsFire are back where they left!
There are some more world class names on the sports roster of Europe’s most successful action sports event series. BMX Vert has Germany’s only partaker Benjamin Kopp butting heads with last year’s third-placed Austin Coleman (USA). Freshly confirmed for BMX Street are 2009’s third Alessandro Barbero (ITA), as well as 2010 whizz kid Alex Coleborn (UK) and Germany’s super talented Bruno Hoffmann from Cologne. Following the Telekom Local Support Street Challenge last weekend, the roster also features Markus Braumann (Berlin), Ondra Slez (CZ), Janek Wentzky (Essen), as well as Amateur and WildCard winner Mattis Hansen (Flensburg).
Ticket sales for the Telekom Extreme Playgrounds have already begun. Tickets for this music- and action sports highlight at the Velodrom in Berlin on Dec. 5th, are available for just 25 Euros (plus fee). Alternatively, there’s the 5-Friends-Ticket (100 Euros plus fee), which costs for four, but admits five persons. Either way, tickets are available through www.telekom-playgrounds.de and most official box offices.
Info & tickets: www.telekom-playgrounds.de
Confirmed Riders
BMX Street
-Harry Main (UK)
-Dennis Enarson (USA)
-Ryan Nyquist (USA)
-Gary Young (USA)
-Alex Coleborn (UK)
-Bruno Hoffmann (GER)
-Alessandro Barbero (ITA)
-Markus Braumann (GER)
-Ondra Slez (CZ)
-Janek Wentzky (GER)
-Mattis Hansen (GER)
BMX Vert
-Vince Byron (AUS)
-Francisco Zurita (CHI)
-Jan Valenta (CZ)
-Benjamin Kopp (GER)
-Austin Coleman (USA)
Tickets are available now: www.telekom-playgrounds.de