The intro of the day's themes on Friday evening sounds different - much more rocky.
At that time, the successful rock band Die Ärzte will open the daily themes.
This has never been done before: a band performing live in the Tagesthemen.
The doctors presented their new album "Hell".
The band spoke about Corona aid.
Berlin - "Here is
ÄRZTE
Deutsche Fernsehen" - the
daily topic intro on
Friday evening (23.10.) Caused some confusion at first.
The gong and the melody of the intro sounded different - far too different.
And the voiceover was not the same either.
Guests: the punk rock band
Die Ärzte
.
The normally not serious punk musicians came to the “
Tagesthemen
”
as interview partners with a serious concern
: During an unusual appearance on the ARD news program, the Berlin band appealed to politicians
not to forget the culture industry
during the
Corona crisis
.
The people who work in the
music scene
and earn their money with it would be ignored in times of Corona, said doctor singer
Farin Urlaub
.
The band had opened the Tagesthemen on Friday evening with a mini performance - there has never been live music on a news program.
“At first I thought I was still wearing the radio.
This performance saved me the entire evening, great action! ", Commented a user on Twitter.
Topics of the day: The reason for the appearance of the rock band Die Ärzte
"The problem is actually, we take culture for granted, culture is just always there," said front man Farin Urlaub.
It is not noticed enough that culture not only needs commercially successful band musicians like themselves, but a whole substructure: club operators, so-called roadies, i.e. technical and construction workers, as well as smaller bands that do not yet have record contracts.
If that breaks away, it will be "long-term damage".
Serious words that the 56-year-old tells live.
Drummer
Bela B
.
reported that because of the lack of opportunity to appear during the crisis, many of these people have not had a job for seven months.
"We hope to get politicians to see this industry with 1.4 million people."
Car concerts or stream appearances did not play a role for the band as a bridging option in the corona crisis.
“That doesn't suit us.
Our audience has to rub against each other, ”says Bela B. The doctors had
postponed
her planned tour
until next year
.
"We'll probably have to come to terms with the fact that as long as Corona is raging as it is right now, that the kind of concerts we like to play are simply not possible," said Urlaub.
For smaller, lesser-known bands or club operators and the technicians, the situation is worse.
"The people who work in the music scene are ignored in times of Corona," says Farin Urlaub from the band "Die Ärzte" in an interview with #tagesthemen.
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- Tagesthemen (@tagesthemen) October 23, 2020
Die Ärzte: The new album “Hell” is in the starting blocks
After their last album "Auch" in 2012, the band released their new album "Hell" after eight years.
With 18 new songs, the musicians want to get their fans in the mood again.
What songs can their followers expect?
After all, it's been a long time since the band released a new record.
The second song on the album is called “Plan B” - is there one?
“There is no plan B, we can only do that. I felt that was the right message,” admits Bela B. at rollingstone.de.
