Political Statements: Organisers Invite Alphaville Back to the Festival
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16 Articles
Artists criticise the band's unloading. Politics also reacts. What is behind the fight for democracy and freedom of expression at the Happiness Festival and how the makers react.
Because Alphaville frontman Marian Gold declared on stage that "the Nazis shouldn't take our country away from us," his band was disinvited from another festival. Fellow musicians subsequently rallied behind him. Now the organizer is backing down.
After the eclat about the invitation from the Hockenheimring Happiness Festival due to political statements, co-organizer Markus Krampe goes to the band Alphaville - and even invites them to perform again.
Turnaround after the invitation because of political statements: Now the band is supposed to play according to the will of the organizers at the Happiness Festival. Previously there were among others criticisms by Toten-Hosen-Frontmann Campino.
Turn around after the invitation because of political statements: Now the band is supposed to play according to the wishes of the organizers at the Happiness Festival. As a co-organizer explains.
The organizers of the Happiness Festival suddenly admit mistakes and make a reconciliation offer. Does Alphaville appear now?
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