On a cold Friday evening, the audience, at the open air stage at the Showshaw theatre at the Kingdom of Dreams kept warm by opening act of Traffic Jam, roared in appreciation as guitarist Mikkel Lentz, vocalist and keyboard player Jascha Richter and drummer Kare Wanscher appeared on stage.
With an energetic display by Kare on his drum kit, the dapper looking trio began the concert with their 2014 single "Silent Times" whose chorus "These are silent times/ The words wither away. Just like a flower that dies/There's nothing left to say," flattered to deceive as the band had indeed a lot to say.
"We begin our India tour. It has officially started. We are so happy to see you for the first time at our live concert in Delhi," Richter told fans who kept jumping up and down in delight. The vocalist also introduced a new bass player "who looks like a Viking," for the show.
After 'Sleeping Child' and 'Complicated heart' it was time for the single "Ill Wait for You."
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A video of the single lit up the the illuminated stage background.
Quite a performer, the lead vocalist entertained the crowd with his antics, scrunching up his face, gesturing and doing a little walk around on the stage.
Incidentally, the band calls itself MLTR in tribute to the King of Pop Michael Jackson, who is renowned for his onstage histrionics.
and dancing to the music of the 90s represented in the songs "You Take My Heart Away," and "Take Me To Your Heart."
As strains of "The Actor," one of the band's most recognizable songs, which Richter told the crowd "was a very old song, even older than the Bib Bang," there was hearty applause.
"We are very touched that you all still remember our songs. It has been so many years," he said.
After "Someday" the band lined up took a bow with Lentz blowing a kiss and exited the stage only to return and play a couple more songs including 'Paint My Love'.
The one-and-half hour concert concluded with the hit song "That's Why" which went like this, "I don't wanna say goodbye to you."
"Thank you Delhi. Hope you see you again soon," Richter singed off before bowing out finally.
The band, is now set the road and play at Guwahati, Dimapur, Kolkata and finally in Goa. The event was organised by Delhi-based 7 Sisters Entertainment.