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The nineties are back: The founder of the Loveparade Dr.
Motte is planning a new techno extravaganza called »Rave the Planet« on July 9th in Berlin.
The parade team led by Dr.
Motte expects 25,000 people on the streets so far;
150 artists and 18 music vans are expected.
The "Rave The Planet Parade" sees itself as a political demonstration with a catalog of demands, as the organizers emphasize.
It is therefore about the recognition and preservation of electronic dance music culture as a cultural achievement.
Technoculture in Berlin should therefore be included on the UNESCO list as intangible cultural heritage.
The website states that two years of pandemic and social distancing have left their mark on society.
It's time to get over the divide and finally get back together.
»The current world situation is also tense.
Wars and horrific images, such as those in Ukraine at the moment, determine our everyday life and the media.
Once again it is important to strengthen what is good and to show that there is another way.«
With the Love Parade that Dr.
Motte as a brand has not been heard for a long time and which ended catastrophically in Duisburg twelve years ago, the new company does not have much to do.
"We continue to tell the story of the spirit of the Love Parade," said the 61-year-old, but that's where the similarities end.
"This will be a happy event in which we will implement security concepts coordinated with the authorities."
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The planned route should lead from Kurfürstendamm, Potsdamer Platz and the Brandenburg Gate in the direction of the Victory Column.
In addition to music, speeches are planned, and an unconditional basic income of 12,000 euros a year is to be raffled off 25 times.
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Motte, whose real name is Matthias Roeingh, founded the Love Parade in Berlin more than 30 years ago.
In 1989 it was still a small party, with 150 techno fans dancing under the motto "Peace, Joy, Pancakes" on Kurfürstendamm.
Five years after the start, 120,000 ravers celebrated.
In 1999 the organizers counted 1.5 million visitors.
Due to a lack of sponsors, the Loveparade was canceled in 2004 and 2005 - until a fitness studio entrepreneur stepped in.
In Berlin, the parade soon found no consensus with the Senate and migrated to the Ruhr area, where it again attracted many visitors in Essen (2007) and Dortmund (2008).
Bochum decided not to do so a year later for reasons of space and safety.
In 2010, a catastrophe broke out in the crowd in Duisburg.
21 people died and more than 500 others were injured.
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