After the big 50th anniversary in 2025 and the extensive, equally successful tour in 2026, KARAT are set for the next high.
After the big 50th anniversary in 2025 and the extensive, equally successful tour in 2026, KARAT are set to fly high again: Because Claudius Dreilich (vocals), Bernd Römer (guitar), Martin Becker (keyboards), Daniel Bätge (bass) and Heiko Jung (drums) are celebrating "45 years of Der blaue Planet" in 2027. They are taking this as an opportunity to focus on their masterpiece on the 2027 tour.
When "Der blaue Planet" was released in 1982, KARAT were in their seventh year of existence, with songs such as "König der Welt", "Schwanenkönig" and "Über sieben Brücken musst du gehn", they had long since added some classics to their repertoire. But with the album "Der blaue Planet", KARAT reached an even higher level of quality. It became the most successful Amiga LP in the rock/pop segment and was the first album by an East German band to go gold in West Germany. It even reached the Top 10 and stayed in the charts for 48 weeks.
Today, "Der blaue Planet" is considered a timeless cult album, songs such as "Jede Stunde", "Blumen aus Eis", "Falscher Glanz", "Marionetten" and of course "Der blaue Planet" have a firm place in the history of German-language pop music. KARAT are looking forward to paying tribute to these songs as part of "45 years of Der blaue Planet", but anyone who knows the band knows that the many other emotional highlights of their long career will not be neglected either.
