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Fritz Kalkbrenner started his tour on 7 March 2013. He combines a variety of genres, his tracks sound a little bit melancholic and warm with a hint of pop, but always cool and smooth. Kalkbrenner is promoting his new album „Sick Travellin‘“, released October 2012, with more than 30 shows on his tour across Europe and Asia. During his 3-hour gig, he creates a fantastic atmosphere, a night you´ll always remember. On 28 March 2013, Fritz Kalkbrenner is playing a sold-out show at Batschkapp (more…)

The members of SEEED took a break for a couple of years to work on several solo projects, but now SEEED are back, with an impressive new album and a large-scale tour across Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The band is internationally well known, famous for their energy and passion on stage. SEEED played sold-out shows on 8 and 9 December 2012 at the Max- Schmeling- Halle in Berlin, fascinating (more…)

     Mieze (lead singer), Andy (guitar), Bob (bass) and Gunnar (drums) are the members of the band MIA. After a three-year hiatus they are back now, playing shows in 13 German cities on their „Tacheles“ tour. Each of MIA.´s shows is a unique experience and on 15 Dezember 2012 they played a show in Berlin. For 1 ½ hours, the audience was mesmerised by a mixture of punk and electronic music. Opening act for each of the 13 shows was the band Laing (second prize winner at BuViSoCo). Black Box Music provided the lighting and sound equipment für MIA.´s „Tacheles“ tour in cooperation with Audiosmith and Tigersound. (more…)

In September 2012 – six years after her last album – Nelly Furtado now releases her fifth studio album, named „The Spirit Indestructible“. The long-awaited European tour finally started in March 2013. Nelly Furtado is touring Italy, Switzerland and Slowenia and she is playing 5 shows in Germany. On Sunday, 3 March 2013, she performed in Berlin. After the performances of Celia Pelli, Dylan Murray and Noah Becker, Nelly Furtado entered the stage punctually at 8pm and excited the audience. The singer, who is of Portuguese – Canadian origin, has not lost her charm over the last years and delivered an excellent performance with a great voice. The audience was delighted by her natural attraction. The high-light of the show was the guest appearance of singer Ray Garvey, who performed the hit „All good things“ together with Nelly. (more…)

In January 2013, the 10th anniversary of the „Premium“ fashion fair was celebrated with a festive dinner hosted by celebrity chef Markus Semmler, followed by a big party with live acts such as „The Cuban Brothers“. The „Premium“ fashion fair is one of the trendiest and most diverse fashion events, where international trends are being presented. Anita and Norbert Tilmann, who initiated the „Premium“, succeeded in assuring Berlin´s status as internationally accepted fashion capital with their fashion fair, as the „Premium“ is meanwhile a permanent feature of the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in Berlin. In order to celebrate the 10th anniversary appropriately, (more…)

Paddy Kelly went on tour with his siblings Patricia, Kathy, Paul and Joey Kelly to tell us a “musical Christmas tale”, which begins with The Nativity of Jesus and ends nowadays. The Kelly Family was visiting 12 German cities in Dezember 2012 with their program under the titel “Stille Nacht – Eine musikalische Weihnachtsgeschichte für die ganze Familie” (silent night – a musical Christmas tale for the whole family). The tour started on 12 Dezember 2012 at EWE Arena in (more…)

The band announced a large-scale tour in fall 2012, named after their 4th studio album: “Himmel auf” (open the sky). They played shows in 16 cities in Germany and Switzerland. On 08 Dezember 2012 they were performing at the O2 World in Berlin, playing a (more…)

Beth Ditto and the band members Brace Paine and Hannah Blilie played in front of 5000 people on 18 November 2012 at Velodrom in Berlin and the concert was a huge success. The highlight of the night was the moment, when the singer didn´t play the encore on stage but disappeared in the crowd, singing an endless version of the song „Heavy Cross“. At the end of the night, she was standing at the monitoring desk, singing „We are the champions“, surrounded (more…)

Max Raabe and his „Palast Orchester“ are touring the world since February 2011 with the show „Küssen kann man nicht alleine“ (you can´t kiss alone). The culmination of the current tour was the show on 27 November 2012 in Offenburg. In between, Max Raabe played 14 concerts at Admiralspalast Berlin from 22 October 2012 till 4 November 2012. Max Raabe is an internationally well known singer from Germany, who founded the „Palast Orchester“ already in 1986 (more…)

After great and unique events in 2011 with Mando Diao, Kasabian, Einstürzende Neubauten, Hercules & Love Affair, Polarkreis 18, Bonaparte, K.I.Z., the concert series Berlin Live was presenting this year´s concerts. Berlin Live is a concert series also recorded for television which shows the large variety of Berlin´s international music scene. Berlin is energetic, diverse and attracts many artists. A creative music scene has evolved here, which is permanently (more…)