1996
April 26th, 1996 - Laibach concert at Szene Wien in Vienna, Austria (Occupied Europe NATO Tour)
April 27th, 1996 - Laibach concert at Die Buhne im Hof in St. Polten, Austria (Occupied Europe NATO Tour)
Pope John Paul II in Slovenia
May 17th, 1996 - Pope John Paul II first visited Slovenia between 17th and 19th May 1996, at the invitation of Milan Kucan, who was then Slovenia's president. His visit brought a large turnout to see him which was noticed by Laibach who were concidently working with the religous theme on the Jesus Christ Superstars studio album. It probably didn't changed anything on this album but the trip inspired 300,000VK album Also Sprach Johann Paul II, released the following year.
June 27th, 1996 - Laibach concert at Gasometer in Vienna, Austria (Occupied Europe NATO Tour)
August 8th, 1996 - Recording work starts on the 300,000VK album 'Also Sprach Johann Paul II' completing later in the year on November 8th.
Occupied Europe NATO Tour 1994-95
August 12th, 1996 - Mute Records released the CD/Video box set 'Occupied Europe NATO Tour 1994-95'. Both video and CD are from the live recording of 1995 concert Dakota in Ljubljana, the included clips from from the NSK event in Sarajevo that year.
Jesus Christ Superstar - God Is God and promotional video
October 7th, 1996 - Mute Records released the single 'Jesus Christ Superstar/God is God'. The 12" record 'God Is God (Optical Remixes)' is also released.
Jesus Christ Superstars
October 28th, - 1996 - Mute Records released the album 'Jesus Christ Superstars'.
Jesus Christ Superstars European Tour
November 9th, 1996 - Laibach concert at Mafia in Reggio Emilia, Italy
November 10th, 1996 - Laibach concert at Velvet in Aviano, Italy
November 12th, 1996 - Laibach concert at L'Usine in Geneva, Switzerland
London
November 14th, 1996 - Laibach concert at Electric Ballroom in London, UK
November 15th, 1996 - Laibach concert at Nijdrop in Opwijk, Belgium
November 16th, 1996 - Laibach concert at Milky Way in Amsterdam, Holland
November 18th, 1996 - Laibach concert at Gino in Stockholm, Sweden
November 20th, 1996 - Laibach concert at Sentrum in Oslo, Norway
November 21st, 1996 - Laibach concert at Underground in Gothenburg, Sweden
November 23rd, 1996 - Laibach concert at Vegas in Copenhagen, Denmark
November 25th, 1996 - Laibach concert at Markthalle in Hamburg, Germany
November 25th, 1996 - Laibach concert at Live Music Hall in Cologne, Germany
November 26th, 1996 - Laibach concert at Live Music Hall in Cologne, Germany
November 27th, 1996 - Laibach concert at Rohre in Stuttgart, Germany
Dresden. Photos by Thomas Bunge
November 28th, 1996 - Laibach concert at Megadrome in Dresden, Germany
November 29th, 1996 - Laibach concert at Pfefferberg in Berlin, Germany
December 1st, 1996 - Laibach concert at Incognito in Munich, Germany
December 2nd, 1996 - Laibach concert at Batschkapp in Frankfurt, Germany
December 4th, 1996 - Laibach concert at Utopia in Innsbruck, Austria
December 5th, 1996 - Laibach concert at Semilasso in Brno, Czech Republic
December 6th, 1996 - Laibach concert at Sky Club in Prague, Czech Republic
December 7th, 1996 - Laibach concert at Ebullition in Bulle, Switzerland
1997
WORLD 1997 JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTARS TOUR DATES
March 07th, 1997 - Laibach concert at New York - NY - USA (Irving Plaza)
March 08th, 1997 - Laibach concert at Boston - MA - USA (Axis)
March 09th, 1997 - Laibach concert at Montreal - QUE - Canada (Les Foufones Electrique)
March 10th, 1997 - Laibach concert at Toronto - ONT - Canada (Lee's Palace)
March 12th, 1997 - Laibach concert at Detroit - MI - USA (7th. House)
March 13th, 1997 - Laibach concert at Cleveland - OH - USA (Peabodies)
March 14th, 1997 - Laibach concert at Chicago - IL - USA (Excalibur)
March 15th, 1997 - Laibach concert at Mineapolis - MN - USA (First Avenue)
March 17th, 1997 - Laibach concert at Dallas - TX - USA (Galaxy)
March 19th, 1997 - Laibach concert at Phoenix - AR - USA (Ice House)
March 20th, 1997 - Laibach concert at Los Angeles - CA - USA (Roxy, may have been called Perversion)
March 22nd, 1997 - Laibach concert at San Francisco - CA - USA (Trocadero)
March 24th, 1997 - Laibach concert at Portland - OR - USA (La Luna)
March 25th, 1997 - Laibach concert at Seattle - WA - USA (The Fenix)
March 26th, 1997 - Laibach concert at Vancouver - BCO - Canada (Town Pump)
Interior of the Planit at the Tramway Arts Centre. Photos by Alexei Monroe
April, 1997 - Irwin and Peter Mlakar visit Glasgow for two NSK projects. Irwin mounted their "Interior of the Planit" exhibition, and together with Peter Mlakar of the Department of Pure and Applied Philosophy took part in the "Virtual World Orchestra" club-art event at the nearby Old Fruitmarket. There was a passport bureau processing new NSK passport for the visitors.
Peter and Laibach with the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra
May 15th, 1997 - Laibach teamed up with the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra to present a classical interpretation of their early material; with songs such as Drzava and Vade Retro played by the orchestra with Milan Fras providing the vocals. The concert was attended by the President of Slovenia Milan Kucan along with other high dignitaries from Slovenia. The event was marred in contorversy mainly due Peter Mlakar's opening ceremony speech which had the Archbishop of Slovenia storming out the venue in protest.
Križanke
May 31st, 1997 - Laibach concert at Križanke in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Also Sprach Johann Paul II
June, 1997 - Release of the 300,000 V.K. CD album 'Also Sprach Johann Paul II'.
MB December 1984
June 23rd, 1997 - Mute's sub label the Grey Area released the CD album 'MB December 1984'. The bulk of the material was taken from the special but secret concert by Laibach commemorating the second anniversary of the death of Tomaz Hostnik on the 23rd December 1984.
October, 1997 - Laibach's Russian tour which included two dates in Ukraine.
October 5th, 1997 - Laibach concert at the National Exhib. Centre in Kiev, Ukraine
October 6th, 1997 - Laibach concert at the New York Club in Kiev, Ukraine
October 8th, 1997 - Laibach concert at the Theatre of Russian Drama in Kharkov, Russia
October 10th, 1997 - Laibach concert at DK Gorbunova in Moscow, Russia
October 11th, 1997 - Laibach concert at LDM in St. Petersburg, Russia
October 13th, 1997 - Laibach concert at Variety Theatre in Yekaterinburg, Russia
October 14th, 1997 - Laibach concert at Monolit Centre in Chelyabinsk, Russia
Barnaul
October 17th, 1997 - Laibach concert at DK AMZ in Barnaul, Russia
October 18th, 1997 - Laibach concert at DK Jeleznodorozhnikov in Novosibirsk, Russia
November 14th, 1997 - Laibach concert at Hala sportova in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Laibach first concert in Serbia since Slovenia broke away from the Yugoslavian federation.
1998
Hard Drive
1998 - The release of 300,000 V.K. CD album 'Hard Drive', the exact date is unclear. Credited to Bill Gates due to a sample of Bill talking, he also appears on the cover design.
May 14th, 1998 - Laibach concert at ŠTUK in Maribor, Slovenia
May 17th, 1998 - Laibach open air concert at Zadar, Croatia
Queen Elizabeth Hall
July 10th, 1998 - Laibach concert at Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, UK. The concert was part of the Festival of Central European Culture.
September 1st, 1998 - Laibach concert at the Bridge Festival in Sarajevo, Bosnia
September 12th, 1998 - Laibach concert at Kulturni Centar Lamparna in Labin, Croatia
1999
1999 - Very limited activity from Laibach as the members took time off to deal with other matters.
Early version of The Unofficial Laibach Site
July, 1999 - The Unofficial Laibach Site was launched on the University of Glasgow server. It was one of a number of unofficial websites created. The Bodyproject's NSK site based in Athens later went on to become the official NSK State site.
Summer 1999 - The Kosovo conflict captured the world's headlines with Nato getting involved. The conflict sparked a renewed interest in Laibach's Nato album, there was even a web site looking at the connections where they and many other thought the album was surprisingly prophetic.
The first album remastered
September, 1999 - Fourth issue of Laibach's first album released on CD, it had been remastered with a new cover design plus extra bonus tracks.
The Blair Witch Project soundtrack album
September, 1999 - Laibach's song God Is God featured in the CD soundtrack for The Blair Witch Project film.
The Laibach tribute album
February, 2000 - A Laibach tribute album was released by the Italian-based Radio Luxor label. SCHLECHT UND IRONISCH: LAIBACH TRIBUT featured 14 tracks from bands such Andrew King, Kirlian Camera and Runes Order.
Laibach received the municipal prize
June 1st, 2000 - On the twentieth anniversary of Laibach the town of Trbovlje awarded its municipal prize to Laibach in recognition of its achievements.
June 1st, 2000 - The Ghost Concert, location near Logatec (Slovenia)
EXPO 2000
June 18th, 2000 - Hannover, EXPO 2000 (Germany) Laibach play as part of the Slovene Day at Expo 2000 Hannover, supported by Slovene techno artists Random Logic and Umek
June 26th, 2000 - Laibach concert at Goriska Brda, Vipolze Castle (Slovenia)
Arvika Festival
June 15th, 2000 - Laibach performance at the Arvika Festival (Sweden)
Elektrotehnika Slavenika
September '00 - Laibach's own label NSK Records with NIKA Records released a sampler CD titled Elektrotehnika Slavenika with issue 199 of the UK Wire magazine. It featured material from Slovenia's Electronic scene.
October 10th, 2000 - Laibach concert in Ljubljana, LIFE Festival at the Cankarjev Dom (Slovenia)
December 15th, 2000 - Laibach concert in Belgrade, Klub XL (Yugoslavia)
December 16th, 2000 - Laibach concert in Belgrade, Klub XL (Yugoslavia)
