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Silbereisen: Schlager scene is a family
Florian Silbereisen welcomes the 5,000 hit fans at the start of the tour “The Big Schlagerfest. XXL” in the WT Energiesysteme Arena Riesa. photo
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Pop singer Silbereisen is not alone on stage at many of his shows. Other celebrities such as Thomas Anders and DJ Ötzi accompany him – and have become a piece of family for Silbereisen.
Colleagues in his industry see pop singers Florian Silbereisen is by no means competition. “We support each other, that’s the nice thing,” the 42-year-old told the German Press Agency on the sidelines of one of his concerts. In his shows people celebrate together – everyone wants to have fun together, said the singer.
For 20 years, Silbereisen has been presenting the so-called festival shows, in which well-known pop stars as well as young talents appear on stage with him. “We really all sing together, both the audience and us on stage. This strength gives me a lot – and certainly the audience too.” Silbereisen continues to delight people of different generations with his shows.
Only the corona pandemic interrupted his tour
He has been on tour every year since 2005, only the corona pandemic interrupted this rhythm, said the pop singer. “At the end of the day, you’re really a family that’s traveling. I mean, you spend day and night together, you sit together in the hotel, you eat together, you also spend whatever free time you have during the day, together, sitting together in the car, on the bus.”
According to the singer, these experiences would connect him extremely with the other celebrities. “And that gives us all a lot of power and so we have fun together in the evenings. This togetherness is actually something very, very nice these days.”
Start of the anniversary tour
The start of the anniversary tour “The Big Schlagerfest XXL 2024 with Florian Silbereisen” took place on Saturday evening in Riesa, Saxony. In the next few weeks, Silbereisen and his team will also be visiting Leipzig, Rostock, Erfurt, Munich and Frankfurt, among others. Other stars of the scene will also be on stage with the pop star, such as DJ Ötzi, Thomas Anders and Ross Antony.