Christmas tour 2025
If you had to choose a top 5 East German songs that have long since become classics, that form the soundtrack of several generations and still reach the hearts and minds of their listeners today - these two songs would definitely be there: "Als ich fortging" and "Am Fenster". They are the greatest hits of their protagonists (although not the only ones), and both songs have long since taken their place in the annals of German-language pop and rock music. One of them, "Als ich fortging", is exemplary for the career of the charismatic singer/songwriter Dirk Michaelis. The song first became a very special gem in the late 1980s and has lost none of its fascination to this day, becoming one of the most covered ballads - there are several foreign-language versions as well as punk, jazz, a capella, techno, harmonica and trumpet versions. The other, "Am Fenster", gave its creators, the band City, who disbanded in 2022 after 50 years, cult status. The track lives above all from the impressive violin solo and violinist Georgi "Joro" Gogow's very own style. Dirk Michaelis and Joro Gogow will now be collaborating again on a Christmas tour in December 2025. This is not the first time that the versatile poet and the devilish violinist have appeared on stage together. As early as "Ostrock in Klassik", "Rock Legenden" and the joint Christmas concerts with City, it became clear that magic happens when these two perform together. And not just for the sake of completeness: with Sören Birke on duduk and harmonica, there is a third member who combines passion with musical craftsmanship. Christmas concerts are often associated with pathos and kitsch, but Michaelis and Gogow take a different approach. Their shows certainly have contemplative moments - for example when they celebrate their versions of "Sind die Lichter angezündet" or "Stille Nacht" (which is also released on a single CD).However, the rare ability to combine lightness with emotional depth, which is typical of Dirk Michaelis' entire oeuvre, is also the jewel in the crown of their joint Christmas tour. In addition to the Christmas songs mentioned above and a few others, the concerts will be a journey through his work to date, a mixture of best-of and personal favorites. There will certainly be "Felsenfest", "Heimat" and "Stilles Dorf", but also "Wie ein Fischlein unterm Eis" and "Wer die Rose ehrt". And there will be songs like "Wenn ich dir nie begegnet wär" from the eleventh studio album "Mir gehörn Vol. 2", which will be released in fall 2024. Each song makes it clear that neither Michaelis nor Gogow can be reduced to their big hits. Of course, these will not be missing.
