Ski Festival

DAVID GUETTA
KID ROCK
PINK

David Guetta - 5 December 2009

Over 13,000 fans attend David Guetta concert

Conditions could not have been better: a deep-snow winter landscape, perfectly prepared runs and David Guetta at his best. At 21:30pm, the wait was finally over for enthusiastic fans who came to the season launch event.

Superstar DJ David Guetta opened his sensational set with his mega-hit, “I Gotta Feeling”. With more than 13,000 visitors, the Schladming ski season opening event in the Planai stadium, which sold out three weeks before the event, broke all previous visitor records. 280 national and international media representatives attended a press conference in the snow with David Guetta at the Planai Bergstation (1800 metres above sea level) and met the visibly cheerful star, who had only just arrived from LA. The star DJ arrived for the press conference wearing a real “Schladming Rock” jacket, in a Guetta Look-branded VIP cable car gondola. The press conference was held against a background of an ice-cool DJ booth. Planai Managing Director Ernst Trummer and Schladming Mayor Jürgen Winter officially welcomed the renowned artist.

But there was no ice in the mood at David Guetta’s mega-concert – the evening was super-hot, and not even the summer’s mega-hit “When Love Takes Over” (feat. Kelly Rowland) was missing.

Budding Austrian pop star and 2009 Amadeus prize winner Anna F., who toured with Lenny Kravitz in the spring, opened the concert in the Planai Stadium.

 

KID ROCK - 7 December 2008

The appearance of US rocker KID ROCK at the Schladminger Planai Stadium caused a small commotion – cheered by some 6.000 excited fans. Another highlight was the press conference in the snow before the actual concert at the Planai finishing line with KID ROCK. He controlled the run device in person.

After KID ROCK‘s arrival in Schladming, he first went to the finishing line in order to answer the questions of some 170 (!) media representatives. As can be expected Kid Rock controlled the run device specially designed for the occasion – patrolled by five more devices – to the location. The managing directors of the Planai-Hochwurzen railways, Komm.-Rat Dir. Albert Baier,  mayor Jürgen Winter and Tourism Manager Kurt Pfleger personally introduced the rocker. During the interview KID ROCK presented himself good-natured and endured 30 minutes during the bitter cold to answer the questions of the media while smoking his cigar. The Planai-Hochwurzen railways and the Tourism Association Schladming presented their investments in the scope of this ski festival. Some € 30 million were spent for the new parking garage at the Planai Stadium, a new Tele-mix cable railway system (one gondola follows after three chairs) and a hotel next to the Planai Stadium.
The acts „Cardiac Move“, „Finger11“ and „Sorgente“ got the concert started before 6,000 fans in the Planai Stadium. KID ROCK himself presented an impressing show on his giant stage (Outside measurements: 22m long, 12 m high), including excellent light effects. 20 million sold records proved him an exceptional artist from Detroit (USA). He entered the European pop heaven with his newly published record 'Rock N Roll Jesus’. His summer hit „All Summer Long“ is still being played up and down the charts on a number of stations. As Kid Rock himself stated during the press conference, he will enjoy a short holiday in Schladming and go skiing on Monday somewhere on the Planai runs.

PINK - 8 December 2007

Superstar Pink’s performance at the Schladming Planai Stadium was a sensation in itself, cheered on by more than 7,500 ecstatic fans. The biggest highlight prior to the concert, however, was Pink’s official opening of the Planai “music slopes”, a world novelty.

After Pink’s arrival in Schladming, she rode up to the Planai – naturally, in a trademark pink Planai Cable Railways gondola lift that was especially coloured for her. The official reception of the female rock singer was conducted by Planai Cable Railways manager, Komm. – Rat (comm. council) Dir. Albert Baier, and the mayor, Jürgen Winter. With a powerful push of the start button, Pink officially opened the new music slopes atop the Planai – and the first skiers skied down to her hit song, “Get the Party Started”. The music slopes of the Planai are now open to all skiers.
Pink – who was accompanied by her husband, Carey Hart – was in a great mood during an interview with journalists (a total of 120 local and foreign media representatives, photographers, and TV teams). At the concert, which took place at the Planai Stadium, the supporting band, “Excuse me Moses”, got the audience rocking. The first members of the audience had already been waiting in the cold for Pink since 7 this morning, in order to obtain the best spots. Pink gave an impressive show on the giant stage with brilliant light effects.