Da Capo Udo Jürgens

In the organizer's words:

Udo Jürgens - a name that connects generations. With classics such as "Greek Wine" and "I've Never Been to New York", almost everyone knows him. As a thank you, Pepe Lienhard's orchestra performs a phenomenal tribute show at "Da Capo Udo Jürgens". The commentators Tobias Licht and Karim Khawatmi alternate between the shows. Due to high demand, an additional date has now been announced in Cologne. The tribute show "Da Capo Udo Jürgens" will take place on 24.04.2025 in Cologne's LANXESS arena.

He is a music legend, an icon, a world star - Udo Jürgens. Especially in this special anniversary year, on the occasion of his 90th birthday and the 10th anniversary of his death, he is on everyone's lips, ears and hearts. The chance to experience their favorite star Udo Jürgens once again and his brand new, previously unreleased song "Als ich fortging" live on stage for the first time ever has thrilled thousands of people, so that further additional dates have now been announced for 2025 due to the high demand. The live program "Da Capo Udo Jürgens " with Pepe Lienhard is the musical legacy of the iconic audience favourite, who we all miss so much, that has become a unique show. Tobias Licht and Karim Khawatmi, two other stars of showbiz, will host the entertaining show in an irregularly changing line-up.

In addition to the countless unforgotten hits such as "Ich war noch niemals in New York", "Griechischer Wein", "Aber bitte mit Sahne" and "Mit 66 Jahren", the song "Als ich fortging" (VÖ: 20.09.2024), which was recently and surprisingly discovered in Udo Jürgens' estate, will of course also be part of the brand new original show "Da Capo Udo Jürgens". Under the direction of Pepe Lienhard, the same orchestra that accompanied him at his last concert in Zurich ten years ago will bring Udo's legacy back to the stage from fall 2024, initially in 18 cities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and in spring 2025 for additional dates in twelve other German cities.

For Pepe Lienhard, himself a highly talented bandleader and saxophonist, it is a great pleasure and honor to pay tribute to his long-time friend and companion Udo Jürgens on the occasion of his 90th birthday and the 10th anniversary of his death with this phenomenal show: "Udo was such an important part of my life - I owe him a lot. We all miss him very much and are looking forward to going on tour with Udo once again," explains Lienhard emotionally.

The live show will be a musical journey through the extraordinary life's work of the unique artist, entertainer and star Udo Jürgens. Thanks to state-of-the-art technology, the audience will experience an ingeniously staged, absolutely spectacular show, both visually and acoustically: elaborately digitally edited original recordings of the last Udo Jürgens concerts will be accompanied live on stage by the excellent orchestra, while Udo will be seen larger than life on a huge screen - your perfect illusion .

With the two actors and musical performers Tobias Licht and Karim Khawatmi, two well-known names will lead through the shows as presenters in an irregularly changing line-up and provide the best entertainment between the songs. Cologne-born Tobias Licht is known above all from numerous prime-time television films, but has also proven his versatile talent more than once in many successful musical productions ("Im Weißen Rössl", "Chicago", "Berlin Berlin"). Karim Khawatmi has made a name for himself in the German arts and culture scene in plays and musicals such as "Jekyll & Hyde", "Jesus Christ Superstar" and "Mamma Mia", as well as in numerous television and gala appearances.Both Tobias Licht and Karim Khawatmi were engaged for the musical "Ich war noch niemals in New York" and are very familiar with Udo's repertoire - audiences can look forward to extremely entertaining and anecdote-filled evenings .

With "Da Capo Udo Jürgens", there is now the perfect opportunity to experience the musical work of one of the greatest artists and German-language songwriters of the 20th century live once again: Udo Jürgens was able to bring a smile to our faces and lightness to our hearts with his charming, amiable manner as well as his music.

On 24.04.2025, the show "Da Capo Udo Jürgens" will make a guest appearance in the LANXESS arena.

Advance ticket sales are already in full swing.

Source: Semmel Concerts