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 June 06, 2009: “Club Tropicana”,
the 4th Mark Medlock album produced by Dieter Bohlen, enters the
German album sales charts at number 3. The album is the 4th Top 3
album for Mark Medlock and the 25th Top 3 album for a Dieter
Bohlen production. “Club
Tropicana” also enter the charts in Austria (at number 7) and in Switzerland (at
number 15).
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 May 29,
2009: Daniel Schuhmacher, the winner of the latest season of TV talent show
“Deutschland sucht den Superstar” enters the charts at number one in Germany,
Austria, and Switzerland. The Dieter Bohlen produced song “Anything But Love”
is also new at number seven in Billboard’s European Singles Sales Charts.
“Anything But Love” is the 16th Dieter Bohlen production to top
the German singles sales charts.
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 May 22, 2009: “The Night Is Still Young” by Sandra
feat. Thomas Anders enters the German singles sales charts at number 46 this
week. The Maxi CD has the following track list: 1) The Night Is Still Young
2) The Night Is Still Young (Extended Version) 3) Sandra - The Night Is Still
Young (Solo Version) 4) Sandra – Redis-moi.
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 May 08,
2009: The new Mark Medlock single “Mamacita” enters the German singles sales charts
at number two this week. “Mamacita” is the 15th Dieter Bohlen
production to top the German charts and the 39th Top 10 hit for
Dieter Bohlen in Germany. In Austria, “Mamacita” enters the charts at number
4 and in Switzerland at number 38. The song also enters Billboard’s European
singles sales charts at number 12 this week. Last year’s “Summer Love”
re-enters the German singles chart at number 82.
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April 17, 2009: New Dieter Bohlen and Thomas Anders
CD’s are being released in the next few weeks. “The Night Is Still Young” by
Thomas Anders & Sandra will be released on May 8. Several appearances on
German TV will follow. Dieter Bohlen continues to produce music for Mark
Medlock. Mark’s new single “Mamacita” will be released on April 24. The
premium version of the Single/Maxi-CD will contain the following tracks: 1)
Mamacita – Single Version 2) Mamacita – Karaoke Version 3) Heart To Heart –
Alana Remix 4) Mamacita –Videoclip. Mark Medlock’s new album “Club Tropicana”
will be released on May 8.
Addendum May 08, 2009: The track list for “Club
Tropicana” is as follows: 1) Mamacita (Album Mix)) 2) Copacabana 3) Que Sera
4) Second Chance 5) Reach For The Stars 6) Put A Smile On Your Face 7)
Forever 8) Heart To Heart 9) Wild Wild World 10) Forgive Me 11) Why Can’t We
Live Together” 12) Last Summer” 13) Mamacita (Videoclip).
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January
30, 2009: In an online chat that took place on January 23, Thomas Anders
announced the release of a new album entitled “Good Karma” in the spring of
this year. Unlike recent download only releases, the album will also be
available as a CD. The album will be a pop album (“Modern Talking meets Kylie
Minogue”). The album will contain a duet with Sandra of “Maria Magdalena”
fame – the song will be entitled ‘The Night Is Still Young”. Another song
will be a duet with female Polish singer Kasia Nova. The album will be
produced by Berlin/Germany-based producer Sound-Chateau, who already produced
last year’s download singles “Ibiza Baba Baya” and “For You”.
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January 23, 2009: As part of a series of albums
celebrating the 40 year anniversary of German TV show “ZDF Hitparade”, a Blue
System “Best of” album entitled “Bas Beste aus 40 Jahren Hitparade” will be
released on February 20. The album will contain the following tracks: 1)
Intro 2) Sorry Little Sarah (Maxi Version) 3) My Bed Is Too Big 4) Under My
Skin (Radio Version) 5) Silent Water 6) Love Suite 7) Magic Symphony 8) Love
Me On The Rocks 9) Love Is Such A Lonely Sword 10) When Sarah Smiles 11)
Lucifer 12) Déjà vu 13) Romeo & Juliet 14) History (Album Version) 15)
Operator 16) That’s Love 17) Laila (Airplay Mix) 18) Outro 19) Sorry Little
Sarah (New York Dance Mix).
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November 21, 2008: Today another download single by Thomas
Anders was released. “Kisses For Christmas” is available via iTunes and other
popular online music services. The download bundle contains the following
four versions of the Christmas song: 1) Radio Version 2) Extended Version 3)
Orchestral Version 4) Karaoke Version. In the U.S., the iTunes sales price
for the bundle is $3.96.
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 August 09, 2008: Thomas Anders has
released two new songs “Ibiza Baba Baya” and “For You”. Two versions of both
songs are available as paid downloads via online music services such as
iTunes and Musicload. A physical single is not available at this time and it
is unclear if a physical release is planned. Both songs are dance songs
produced by Berlin/Germany-based producer Sound-Chateau. A video contest on
Thomas-Anders.com asks fans to create their own online videos for “Ibiza Baba
Baya”. The contest is running until, August 31 – the prize is a 2-week trip
to Spanish island Ibiza.
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May 16,
2008: The new Mark Medlock single “Summer Love” enters the German singles
sales charts at number one this week. “Summer Love” is the 15th
Dieter Bohlen production to top the German charts and the 37th Top
10 hit for Dieter Bohlen in Germany. In Austria, “Summer Love” enters the
charts at number 5 and in Switzerland
at number 14. The song also enters Billboard’s European singles sales
charts at number five this week. “You Can Get It”, last year’s summer hit by
Mark Medlock & Dieter Bohlen, re-enters the German singles chart at
number 92 and is new in the Georgian airplay charts at number six. The album
“Dreamlover” climbs to number 42 in Germany, after re-entering the charts at
number 74 last week. In Lithuania, Mark Medlock’s & Dieter Bohlen’s
“Unbelievable” climbs from number 24 back up to number 13.
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May 16, 2008: A new book by Dieter
Bohlen is planned for release in October of this year. The book will be
entitled “Der Bohlenweg: Planieren statt Sanieren” (“The Bohlen Way: Leveling
Instead of Redevelopment”). The book will have 250 pages and will be released
by publishing house Heyne Verlag. An audio book will be released by Random
House Audio.
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May 16, 2008: On May 03, German teenage magazine
BRAVO awarded Dieter Bohlen with a platinum “Otto” lifetime achievement
award. This is only the fourth time in the history of BRAVO that a platinum
“Otto” was awarded. Previous platinum awards went to Michael Jackson and The
Bee Gees in 1996 and to German TV show host Thomas Gottschalk in 2004.
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April 12, 2008: The new Mark Medlock single “Summer
Love” will be released on May 2. The song was again written and produced by
Dieter Bohlen but this time Dieter will not be featured as Mark’s duet
partner. According to music label SonyBMG, the new single is an uptempo song.
“Summer Love” is the first single release from Mark’s upcoming third album,
which will be released in May (release data is still to be determined).
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April
12, 2008: The album “Fly Alone” featuring the finalists of the fifth season
of “Deutschland sucht den Superstar” spends a second week in the Top 10 of
the German album sales charts. After entering the charts at number 2 last
week, the album slips to number nine this week. “Fly Alone” is the 26th
Top 10 album for Dieter Bohlen in Germany.
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March 07, 2008: Dieter Bohlen will
write and produce an album for the 10 finalists of the fifth season of TV
show “Deutschland sucht den Superstar” (the German version of Pop
Idol/American Idol). Dieter Bohlen previously produced similar albums for the
first and second season of the show but was not involved in the production of
the third and fourth season albums. The new album will be entitled “Fly
Alone” and will be released on March 21. Here is the tracklist of the album
according to SonyBMG: 1) Fly Alone 2) All For One 3) I Can’t Believe 4)
Behind The Rain 5) Alone Again 6) Don’t Give It Up 7) I Can’t Smile Without
You 8) You Better Stop 9) No More Goodbyes 10) Never Ever Let You Go 11)
Wonderful 12) Don’t Bring Me Down 13) Sad Eyes.
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February 02, 2008: The 19th annual Thomas Anders
Fan Party took place in Koblenz (Germany) last Sunday (January 26). During
the party, Thomas Anders introduced two new songs to the fans that had
arrived from all over the world – “Ibiza Mi Felicidad” and “For You”, two pop
songs. At this time, it is unknown if and when these songs will be released
on CD. Asked about his plans for this year, Thomas indicated that he has
requests for concert appeances in Russia (St. Petersburg, Moscow,
Kaliningrad), Belarus (Minsk), Ukraine (Odessa), Turkey (Istanbul), Israel
(Tel Aviv), and Italy (Rome). However, all of these potential concert appearances
are still tentative. Thomas also
indicated that he plans another tour with Christmas songs for 2008.
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January 19, 2008: Mark Medlock and Dieter Bohlen are
among the nominees for this year’s Echo Awards, the official awards of the
German music industry. Mark
Medlock is nominated in the categories “Artist National Pop/Rock” and
“Newcomer National”. Dieter Bohlen is nominated in the category “Music
Producer National” for his work with Mark Medlock. Nominations and awards are
based on retail sales. The award ceremony will take place on February 15 in Berlin. German TV station
RTL will broadcast the award ceremony.
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January 19, 2008: A few years ago, German "Schlager" singer Oliver
Lukas recorded a cover version of Modern Talking’s “No Face, No Name, No
Number” ("So frech wie Du ist keine"). His new single “Saint
Tropez” is again a song composed by Dieter Bohlen. However, the single was
not produced by Dieter Bohlen but rather by his former co-producer Louis
Rodriguez.
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January
11, 2008: Mark Medlock & Dieter Bohlen’s album “Dreamcatcher” has
achieved Gold status in Germany for shipments of more than 100,000 units. The
single “You Can Get It” has now achieved Platinum status with shipments of
more than 300,000 units. (Source: GSC Research)
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January 04, 2008: 2007 turned out to
be a very successful year for Mark Medlock and Dieter Bohlen. The charts
detailing the best selling singles and albums of the year in Germany show the
singles “Now Or Never” and “You Can Get It” at number 7 and 8 respectively
and the album “Mr. Lonely” at number 11.
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January
04, 2008: On December 17, Thomas Anders perfomed the last of 9 Christmas
concerts in Wiesbaden (Germany). All concerts were performed in front of
relatively small audiences of a few hundred attendees in local churches in
several German cities. Here is the track list of the concerts: 1) Intro/Carol
of Bells 2) Blue Christmas 3) Medley of Children’s Christmas Songs: Ihr
Kinderlein kommet, Schneeflöckchen Weißröckchen, Alle Jahre wieder, Morgen
kommt der Weihnachtsmann, Morgen Kinder wird’s was geben 4) Chestnuts
Roasting On An Open Fire 5) Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer 6) Christmas
Lullaby 7) Jingle Bells 8) Oh Happy Day (performed by Pamela O’Neal without
Thomas Anders) 9) You’re My Heart, You’re My Soul 10) I’ll Be Home For
Christmas 11) Let It Snow/Winter Wonderland 12) Es ist ein Ros’ enstprungen
12) White Christmas 13) Medley: Oh Tannenbaum, Süßer die Glocken nie klingen,
Oh Du fröhliche 14) Silent Night/Stille Nacht 15) Jingle Bells 16) What Are
You Doing On New Year’s Eve.
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November 30, 2007: The album “Dreamcatcher” from
Mark Medlock & Dieter Bohlen spends a second week in the Top 10 of the
German album sales charts. After entering the charts at number 2 last week,
the album slips to number six this week. “Dreamcatcher” is the 25th
Top 10 album for Dieter Bohlen in Germany.
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November 09, 2007: “Unbelievable” from Mark Medlock
& Dieter Bohlen enters the German singles sales charts at number four
this week. “Unbelievable” is the the 36th Top 10 hit for Dieter
Bohlen in Germany. In Switzerland the single enters the charts at number 27
and in Austria at number 19.
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September 28, 2007: On October 12, Sony BMG Germany will
release a new Modern Talking compilation album in its “Best of the Best”
series. The album will contain the following tracks: 1) Cheri, Cheri Lady
(Special Dance Version) 2) You Are Not Alone (Extended Version) 3) Down On My
Knees 4) You Can Win If You Want (Special Dance Version) 5) Sexy Sexy Lover
(Extended Rap Version) 6) Jet Airliner (New Version) 7) China In Her Eyes (Video
Version) 8) Geronimo’s Cadillac (Long Vocal Version) 9) Brother Louie Mix ’98
(Extended Version) 10) Atlantis Is Calling (S.O.S. For Love) (Extended
Version) 11) Don’t Take Away My Heart (New Rap Version) 12) Ready For The
Victory (Alternative Radio Version) 13) Fly To The Moon (New Rap Version) 14)
TV Makes The Superstar (Extended) 15) Modern Talking Megamix 2000 16) Modern
Talking No 1 Hit Medley.
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September 28, 2007: After being involved in the first four
seasons of TV show “Deutschland sucht den Superstar” (the German version of
Pop Idol/American Idol), Dieter Bohlen will join the jury of another casting
show on TV. German TV station RTL will broadcast a series of three shows
entitled “Das Supertalent” on October 20 & 27 and on November 3. Goal of
the show is to find new entertainment talents.
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September 28, 2007: The second Mark
Medlock album is again being produced by Dieter Bohlen and Dieter will also
sing on the album, similar to his contribution to the current single “You Can
Get It”. The new album will be called “Dreamcatcher”. The tentative release
date is November 9. On October 26 the new single “Unbelievable” will be
released.
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July 13, 2007: “You Can Get It” from Mark Medlock
& Dieter Bohlen enters the German singles sales charts at number one this
week. “You Can Get It” is the 14th Dieter Bohlen production to top
the German charts and the 35th Top 10 hit for Dieter Bohlen in
Germany. In Switzerland “You Can Get It” enters the charts at number three
and in Austria at number four.
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July 13, 2007: In December of last year, Dieter
Bohlen and his girl friend Carina became the victims of a break-in and
hostage situation at Dieter Bohlen’s house. Last week, German police solved
the crime and arrested the two perpetrators (17 and 18 years old at the time
of the crime respectively). The perpetrators admitted the crime and face up
to 10 years in prison.
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July
03, 2007: Mark Medlock’s debut album “Mr. Lonely” entered the German album
sales charts at number one last week and continues to be number one for a
second week in the new German album sales charts published today. “Mr. Lonely
is the 10th album produced by Dieter Bohlen to reach number one in
Germany. According to SonyBMG 65,000 albums were shipped to German retailers
during the first week of sales. Counting sales in Austria and Switzerland
(the album entered the charts at number two in both countries) 42,000 albums
were sold by retailers to consumers during the first week of sales, enough
for “Mr. Lonely” to enter the United-World Charts at number 37.
Counting album shipments during the first 12 days of sales, “Mr. Lonely” has
now achieved Gold status in Germany (100,000 albums shipped) and the single
“Now Or Never” has achieved Platinum status (300,000 singles shipped). In the
meantime, “You Can Get It” from Mark Medlock & Dieter Bohlen is holding
on to the number one spot in the German trend charts for a second day – the
German trend charts are based on retail sales during the previous day.
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June 15, 2007: On June 29, Mark
Medlock’s second single “You Can Get It” will be released in Germany. A
ballad version of the song can be found on Mark’s debut album “Mr. Lonely”.
However, the single will feature a dance version of the song and Dieter
Bohlen will sing in the chorus. The cover of the single features both Mark
Medlock and Dieter Bohlen. The song will premier on German TV show “Wetten,
dass …?” on June 23. The Maxi-CD will contain two Mark Medlock songs that are
not on the album. Here is the track list: 1) You Can Get It (Single Version)
2) You Can Get It (Modern Mix) 3) You Can Get It (Karaoke Version) 4) Love Is
A Game 5) Why This Kiss 6) You Can Get It (Video Clip).
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June
15, 2007: It appears that Dieter Bohlen has launched a new project. The
website Moving-Heroes.ru introduces
the female Russian duo Moving Heroes and their album “Golden Times”. Dieter
Bohlen is listed on the album as Executive Producer but music and lyrics are
not written by Dieter. The website features a music video, sound clips, and
several photos that show Moving
Heroes and Dieter Bohlen. The music of Moving Heroes is similar in style to
Modern Talking.
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June 08, 2007: In December, Thomas Anders will give
a series of concerts with Christmas songs in Germany. Between December 4 and
December 20, Thomas will perform in 8-10 German cities (two of the concerts
are still tentative).
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June 08, 2007: Last Friday, Thomas Anders gave a
concert in Heilbronn (Germany). The 2 hour concert took place in the “old
theatre”, a venue with limited capacity for only about 200 attendees. Here is
the track list of the concert: 1) Gentleman 2) Songs Forever Medley: Some
People, Arthur’s Theme, Around The World, Is This Love, True 3) Atlantis Is
Calling 4) Across The World Tonight/Barcos De Cristal 5) When Will I See You
Again 6) Me Va, Me Va 7) Something Stupid 8) Can’t Smile Without You 9) Brother
Louie 10) Where Do I Begin 11) Am I Wrong 12) Songs That Live Forever 13)
Cheri Cheri Lady 14) Modern Talking Medley: You Are Not Alone, Sexy Sexy
Lover, Juliet, We Take The Chance 15) You’re My Heart, You’re My Soul 16)
Encore: Jump, Shout, Boogie 17) Encore: A Foggy Day 18) Encore: Songs That
Live Forever.
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May 25,
2007: “Now Or Never”, the first single of “Deutschland sucht den Superstar”
winner Mark Medlock enters the German singles sales charts at number one this
week. “Now or Never” is the 13th Dieter Bohlen production to top
the German charts and the 34th Top 10 hit for Dieter Bohlen in
Germany. In its first week of release “Now Or Never” sold enough units to
reach Gold status (150,000 singles sold) – a rare achievement during a time
when even number one hits only sell a few thousand copies a week. “Now Or
Never” also enters the charts at number one in Austria and in Switzerland and
enters Billboard’s European singles sales charts at number six.
Dieter Bohlen and Mark Medlock are currently working
together on Mark’s first album “Mr. Lonely”. The album will be released on
June 15 and will have the following track list: 1) Now Or Never 2) You Are So
Beautiful 3) Seven Days 4) Relax Your Heart 5) Mr. Lonely 6) You Can Get It
7) Every Time You Go Away 8) Just Like Heaven 9) Oh Sarah 10) I Miss You 12)
If You Just Call Me 13) I'm Just A Dreamer 14) Sad Sad Story 15) Only A Fool.
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May 18,
2007: On June 1, Thomas Anders will have a rare concert appearance in
Germany. He will perform a 90 minute show in Heilbronn. During the concert he
will sing several Modern Talking hits, many of his solo songs, and a few
cover versions of songs from other artists. In addition, Thomas will sing a
brand-new song called “Gentleman” (written by Thomas Anders and Achim
Brochhausen).
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May 11, 2007: One week ago, Mark Medlock won the
finale of the fourth season of “Deutschland sucht den Superstar”. Today, the
winning song “Now or Never”, a Dieter Bohlen produced song, was released in
Germany. Two versions of the Maxi-CD are available – a 4-track CD with 3
versions of “Now or Never” (single version, acoustic version, and
instrumental version) and the song “Only A Fool” and a 2-track CD with the
single version of “Now or Never” and “Only A Fool”. Dieter Bohlen and Mark Medlock are currently working on an
album that is tentatively scheduled for release on June 1.
Earlier this week, German newspaper Bild ran an article
about Dieter Bohlens and Mark Medlock with the headline “Will they be even
more successful than the old Modern Talking?” quoting Dieter Bohlen as
(probably jokingly) saying that he and Mark would launch a new “Modern
Talking”. However, on German TV show “Johannes B. Kerner Show”, Dieter later
clarified that while he could imagine to accompany Mark on the piano during
some live performances (similar to his performances with the finalists of the
first season of “Deutschland sucht den Superstar” during their German tour),
his current work with Mark is strictly a solo project for Mark.
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May 04, 2007: Tomorrow, the finale of the fourth
season of “Deutschland sucht den Superstar”, the German version of Pop Idol/American
Idol, will be broadcasted by German TV station RTL. As in previous years,
Dieter Bohlen has been one of the jury members. In tomorrow’s show, one of
the finalists (Mark Medlock) will sing a new song written and produced by
Dieter Bohlen. The song is called “Now or Never”. If Mark wins the contest, a
single with “Now Or Never” and a second song (“Only A Fool”) will be released
in Germany on May 11.
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January
26, 2007: This year’s official Thomas Anders Fan Party took place on January
6 in Koblenz. Among the news Thomas shared with the fans during the party:
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Thomas is discussing with his record label if
releasing a DVD with live footage from a concert he gave in Belarus may be
possible (depending on legal and business issues that still need to be
resolved).
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The next Thomas Anders album will definitely not be
released in 2007 but a release in 2008 is realistic. There are no specific
ideas for the sound of the new album yet.
·
There will be no additional seasons of the TV show
“Formel Eins” that is co-hosted by Thomas Anders.
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There will definitely not be a second Modern Talking
comeback.
Part of the party was a mini concert featuring the
following songs:
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Medley: Sweet Life, I Write The Songs, Just
Dream
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Sunday Father
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Looks Like We Made It
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I Can't Smile Without You
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Mandy
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Around The World
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You're My Heart, You're My Soul 2006
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Sweet Dreams
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Cheri Cheri Lady 2006
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The Rose
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Jump, Shout, Boogie
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It's Just Another New Year's Eve
For
photos from the party click here.
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December 15, 2006: Dieter Bohlen, his current
girl friend Carina, and his household staff have become the victims of a
break-in and hostage situation at Dieter Bohlen’s house earlier this week.
Two armed perpetrators forced Dieter Bohlen’s gardener to knock on the door
to the house, so that the housekeeper would open the door. Once in the house,
the perpetrators tied up Dieter Bohlen, his girl friend and his staff,
threatened to kill all of them, and forced Dieter to open his safe, which
contained about euro 60.000 (est. US$80,000). While Dieter Bohlen normally
does not have this much money at home, he had planned to buy a car for his
son for his 18th birthday with this money. The perpetrators
demanded more money and threatened to kill Dieter, unless he would accompany
one of them to the bank to get more money, while the other one would stay
behind with the other hostages.
Dieter Bohlen advised the perpetrators that his house is
under video surveillance by the police, which made the perpetrators upset and
more aggressive. When, the perpetrators stepped outside of the house with
Dieter Bohlen, he somehow managed to break free and run for the police
without being caught. When Dieter returned with the police, the perpetrators
had run away. Fortunately, none of the hostages suffered any physical harm.
However, Dieter Bohlen and his girl friend have not returned to the house
since, having difficulties dealing with the emotional after-effects of the
traumatic situation. The police is investigating.
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December 03, 2006: The German media spent the week
speculating about a second comeback of Modern Talking, after Dieter Bohlen
said in an interview that “for the right occasion he wouldn’t mind performing
with Thomas Anders again in a big concert”. Thomas Anders ended these
speculations by telling German newspaper “Rhein-Zeitung” that a “Modern
Talking comeback is a pure phantasy of Mr. Bohlen. This topic is over. Forever.”.
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November 25, 2006: For the first time since Modern
Talking’s final concert in 2003, Dieter Bohlen made a live concert apperance
last night. Dieter Bohlen performed at the “Disco 80” festival in Moscow. He
performed three Blue System songs (“My Bed Is Too Big”, “Magic Symphony”, and
“Under My Skin”) and a medley of Modern Talking hits. In between songs,
Dieter addressed the fact that he was performing without Thomas Anders:
"I was a lot of times here before twenty years with my friend Thomas.
Today, I’m alone here. (…) Maybe the next time I will come with Thomas, I
don’t know. You know, the future will tell us.”.
Addendum December 03, 2006: After performing in front of
30,000 attendees of the “Disco 80” festival, Dieter Bohlen was awarded with a
peace award by the Russian organization “Peacemaker”.
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October
20, 2006: Thomas Anders will return to the United States for two concerts
next week. Thomas will perform in Irvington, New Jersey on October 28, and in
New Britian, Connecticut on October 29.
Addendum November 25, 2006: According to the official
website of Thomas Anders (Thomas-Anders.com), due to the continuing success of Thomas
Anders’s performances in the United States, additional concert apperances in
Chicago, Miami, and Toronto (Canada) are in planning.
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September 22, 2006: Modern Talking’s “The Final
Album” re-enters the international album sales charts in Malaysia at number
15 this week, spending a 14th week in the Top 20 of the charts.
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September 22, 2006: On October 29, German TV station
Kabel 1 will start airing the fifth season of Eighties music TV show “Best of
Formel Eins”. Thomas Anders will once again be one of the hosts of the show.
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August
25, 2006: According to an article that will be released in tomorrow’s edition
of German newspaper Bild, Dieter Bohlen and his girl friend Estefania
separated a few months ago. Rumours about a possible break-up have breen
spreading through the German media for weeks but have so far been denied by
Dieter Bohlen. Bild quotes a close friend of the couple. Dieter Bohlen met
Estefania during backstage during a TV show where Modern Talking performed
their song “Win The Race” in 2001.
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July 14,
2006: German TV station RTL announced that the fourth season of “Deutschland
sucht den Superstar”, the German version of Pop Idol/American Idol will start
in January next year. Dieter Bohlen will again be one of the jury members.
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July 07, 2006: German newspaper Bild made the dream
of one of his readers come true – record a CD. Bild arranged a meeting
between 30-year old Ute Schönherr, who is in a wheelchair, and Dieter Bohlen.
During the two hour meeting, Dieter Bohlen recorded the song “Sad Sad Love”
with Ute.
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July 07, 2006: Nathalie Tineo’s debut album “Licht
und Schatten”, produced by Dieter Bohlen, enters the German album sales
charts at number 87 this week. “Licht und Schatten” is the 54th
album produced by Dieter Bohlen to enter the album sales charts in Germany.
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June 23, 2006: “Won’t Forget These
Days 2006” from Music Team Germany, the celebrity project for the 2006 soccer
world championship that features Thomas Anders among various other artists,
enters the German singles sales charts at number 48 this week.
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June
23, 2006: Nathalie Tineo’s debut album “Licht und Schatten” was finally
released today after several delays. The music for the entire album was
written by Dieter Bohlen.
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May 26, 2006: The second single by Nathalie Tineo
“Sei so wie Du bist” („Be As You Are“) enters the German singles sales charts
at number 64, while her first single “Ich liebe Dich” (“I Love You”)
re-enters the charts at number 99. Both songs were written by Dieter Bohlen.
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May 26,
2006: After recently canceling his Ukrainian tour for the second time, Thomas
Anders will perform 6 concerts in Russia between June 12 (Yekaterinenburg)
and June 19 (Moscow).
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May 19, 2006: Thomas Anders was among a number of
German singers, actors, comedians, and athletes who participated in the
“Music Team Germany” band project. The celebrities recorded the official song
for the TV broadcasts of the 2006 soccer world championship by German TV
station Premiere. The song “Won’t Forget These Days ‘06” is a remake of a
song by German band Fury In The Slaughterhouse. A Maxi-CD with 5 versions of
the songs is scheduled for release in Germany on June 9.
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May 19, 2006: Three years after its
release “The Final Album” by Modern Talking re-enters the international album
sales charts in Malaysia at number 19, spending a 10th week in the
Top 20 of the charts.
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May 12,
2006: Thomas Anders’s DVD “The DVD Collection” entered the German music DVD
sales charts at number 15 this week.
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April
29, 2006: According to GfK Media Control, the animated Dieter Bohlen movie
“Dieter – Der Film” climbs from number 7 to number 5 in the German DVD sales
charts in its second chart week. In Switzerland, the DVD enters the chart at
number 15 – information for Austria is not available. The soundtrack to the
movie is so far only available in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland but will
be released internationally in May under the title “Dieter – The Hits”. The
release date differs from country to country. For instance, in Finland the
album will be released on May 3, in Sweden on May 4, and in Poland on May 18.
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April 29, 2006: According to German newspaper Bild,
Dieter Bohlen is planning to develop a musical based on his life story. He is
currently negotiating with the producers of the musicals “The Lion King” and
”Dirty Dancing” in Hamburg (Germany). The musical would feature Dieter Bohlen
songs.
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April 14, 2006: The Thomas Anders DVD will be
entitled “The DVD Collection” and will be released in Germany on April 28.
The DVD will contain material from the showcase performance of “Songs
Forever” that Thomas gave on March 13 in Cologne (Germany), as well as
several video clips from Thomas Anders and Modern Talking. Here is the
complete track list: 1) Songs That Live Forever 2) All Around The World 3)
For Your Eyes Only 4) Volare 5) Tell It To My Heart 6) Some People 7) You’re
My Heart, You’re My Soul 2006 8) Cry For Help 9) Road To Higher Love 10)
Standing Alone (Duet with Glenn Medeiros) 11) When Will I See You Again 12) Love Of My Own 13) One Thing
14) Independent Girl 15) Tonight Is The Night 16) King Of Love 17) Brother
Louie ’98 (Modern Talking) 18) TV Makes The Superstar (Modern Talking) 19)
You’re My Heart, You’re My Soul (Modern Talking). Bonus material: 1) Cry For
Help (Clip) 2) Songs That Live Forever (Slideshow) 3) Some People
(Soundcheck) 4) Interview 5) TV-Spot. The DVD also includes an (electronic)
autograph card.
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April 14, 2006: Last year, Thomas
Anders had to interrupt his Ukrainian concert tour after playing only 2 of
originally 16 scheduled concerts due to the tour company not meeting their
financial, technical, and transport obligations. This year, Thomas returns to
the Ukraine. In April and May, he will perform a total of 10 concerts in the
Ukraine. The tour will start in Kharkov on April 24 and end in Kiev on May 5.
Prior to the Ukrainian tour, Thomas will perform a concert in Almaty
(Kazakhstan) on April 16 and on April 19 he will be in Russia to give
autographs and promote his new album.
Addendum May 19, 2006: The Ukrainian tour was cancelled
again. No further details are available at this time.
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April
14, 2006: Romanian girl duo Indiggo recently spent two weeks in the German
charts with the Dieter Bohlen produced single “Be My Boyfriend”. German group
Banaroo also recorded the song – it can be found on their recently released
album “Amazing”. The Banaroo version of the song was written but not produced
by Dieter Bohlen. On May 12, the second single by Nathalie Tineo will be
released in Germany. The song “Sei so wie Du bist” („Be As You Are“) is again
a Dieter Bohlen production.
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March
31, 2006: Nathalie Tineo’s debut single “Ich liebe Dich”, written and
produced by Dieter Bohlen, enters the German charts at number 38 this week.
The single is the 80th Top 40 hit for Dieter Bohlen in Germany.
Meanwhile, Romanian girl duo Indiggo spend a second week in the German charts
with the Dieter Bohlen produced single “Be My Boyfriend” at number 94, down
from number 89. Counting both of these latest Dieter Bohlen productions, the
total number of Dieter Bohlen productions that entered the German singles
sales charts stands at 118.
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March 31, 2006: On March 20, Thomas Anders was
awarded the title of an honorary professor of the University of Kiev. Going
forward, Thomas will teach several lectures for students studying for a
master’s degree in the field of pop music. During the press conference held
for the purpose of this announcement, Thomas Anders also answered questions
related to his ongoing career. Thomas confirmed that there will be a DVD
release in the near future. The DVD will contain Thomas’ solo videos as well
as parts of the showcase performance of “Songs Forever” that Thomas gave on
March 13 in Cologne (Germany). Thomas also confirmed that he will give
several concerts in the Ukraine during the next few months – unlike the
showcase performances in Germany, the concerts will feature a mix of songs
from the new album and past hits, including Modern Talking songs. Asked about
the new Modern Talking song “Shooting Star” contained on the soundtrack to
the animated Dieter Bohlen movie, Thomas indicated that the song is not cut
together from pieces of old Modern Talking songs (as had been speculated by
many fans) but is indeed a previously unreleased Modern Talking song that
Dieter Bohlen used to promote his new album. Thomas also indicated that he recorded
other Modern Talking songs with Dieter Bohlen that were never released.
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March 24, 2006: Three years after the second
break-up of Modern Talking, Modern Talking still have chart success. The 2001
album “The Very Best of Modern Talking” has been moving in and out of the
Estonian charts for several weeks – this week the album re-enters the
Estonian album charts at number 2.
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March 18, 2006: The new Dieter Bohlen
album, the soundtrack to “Dieter – Der Film”, enters the German charts at
number 13 this week. Counting Blue System albums, the soundtrack is the 9th
Dieter Bohlen solo album to reach the Top 20 in Germany and the 13th
solo album to enter the Top 100. In Austria, the album enters the charts at
number 41, becoming the 8th Dieter Bohlen solo album to enter the
charts. The new Thomas Anders album “Songs Forever” also enters the German
charts this week at number 43 – the album is the second Thomas Anders solo
album charting in Germany after 2004’s “This Time” peaked at number 14.
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March
18, 2006: A Thomas Anders DVD is tentatively scheduled for release in Germany
on April 21. The DVD of the animated Dieter Bohlen movie is tentatively
scheduled for release on April 10. The movie recently aired on German TV –
5.51 million viewers tuned in to watch the movie on its debut night, which
gave TV station RTL a 15.9% market share overall during the time slot
and a 30.5% market share among
viewers between the ages of 14 to 49.
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March
18, 2006: Earlier this week, Thomas Anders performed “showcase” concerts in 3
German cities (Münstermaifeld, Cologne, Hamburg) in front of small audiences
(about 400 attendees per concert). An additional concert that was originally
scheduled to take place in Berlin was canceled on short notice due to
scheduling conflicts. During the concerts, Thomas exclusively performed songs
from his new album “Songs Forever” as well as a few other songs in a similar
style. This is the tracklist of the concerts: 1) Songs That Live Forever
(Intro) 2) Have I Told You Lately 3) Arthur’s Theme 4) Is It Love 5) True 6)
Sweet Dreams 7) Tell It To My Heart 8) Some People 9) Songs That Live Forever
10) You’re My Heart, You’re My Soul 11) For Your Eyes Only 12) A Foggy Day
13) All Around The World 14) Volare 15) Cry For Help (Encore).
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March 18, 2006: According to German newspaper Bild,
the Dieter Bohlen song “Bizarre Bizarre” contains a hidden message. If the
songs is played backwords, Dieter Bohlen can be heard whispering in German “I
am greeting all Modern Talking fans. There will never be an end to Modern
Talking.”. Dieter Bohlen told
Bild that he just wanted to express that Modern Talking’s music will live
forever. German TV station RTL also interviewed Dieter Bohlen about the
hidden message. In the interview, Dieter indicated that this was just a joke
he came up with while working on recording the song. When asked about a
possible comeback of Modern Talking, Dieter indicated that he feels that he
is too old to perform on stage but could imagine launching a new group with
young singers singing Modern Talking songs.
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March 11, 2006: Country band Texas Lightning won the
German pre-selection for the European Song Contest, beating Thomas Anders and
“Schlager” singer Vicki Leandros. During the live show broadcasted on German
TV station ARD, Thomas sang the classic song “Volare”, as well as “Songs That
Live Forever” – his song written for the competition.
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March
03, 2006: As reported previously, Dieter Bohlen produced the song “Be My
Boyfriend” for Romanian girl duo Indiggo, who participated with the song
in the Romanian national
selection for the European Song Contest (Grand Prix De Eurovision). The national selection was decided in
part by a jury and in part by viewer votes. “Be My Boyfriend” finished at
number 7 out of 12 competing songs (the song was voted #6 by the viewers but
did not receive any points from the jury). This means that Indiggo will not
represent Romania during this year’s European Song Contest.
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February 24, 2006: The track list for
the soundtrack to the animated Dieter Bohlen movie “Dieter Bohlen – Der Film”
has been finalized. As reported previously, the album will be released on
March 03 in Germany and will contain 11 brand-new Dieter Bohlen songs –all
songs are sung by Dieter Bohlen himself (sound samples can already be found
on Amazon.de). In addition, the album will contain 7 Modern Talking songs,
including the previously unreleased song “Shooting Star”.
Here is the complete track list in the final order: 1)
Dieter Bohlen “Gasoline” 2) Dieter Bohlen ‘Take Me To The Clouds” 3) Modern
Talking “Shooting Star” 4) Dieter Bohlen “If I Were You” 5) Dieter Bohlen
“Bizarre Bizarre” 6) Dieter Bohlen “Tears May Go” 7) Dieter Bohlen “Don’t Let
Me Down” 8) Dieter Bohlen “Love Is Stronger” 9) Dieter Bohlen “Senorita” 10)
Dieter Bohlen “The Way You Smile” 11) Dieter Bohlen “How Will I Know” 12)
Dieter Bohlen “I Promised You” 13) Modern Talking “You’re My Heart, You’re My
Soul” 14) Modern Talking “You Can Win If You Want” 15) Modern Talking “Cheri
Cheri Lady” 16) Modern Talking “Brother Louie” 17) Modern Talking “Atlantis
Is Calling” 18) Modern Talking “Geronimo’s Cadillac”.
At this time, there are no plans to release a single
from the album. However, a video for the song “Gasoline” featuring scenes
from the animated movie started airing on German music TV channel Viva today after
premiering on German TV station RTL last Saturday.
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February 24, 2006: In March, German publishing house Heyne will
release a paper back book with humorous quotes from Dieter Bohlen. The book
will be entitled “Meine Hammersprüche” (roughly translated “My Best
Sayings”).
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February 24, 2006: Nathalie Tineo’s debut single,
written and produced by Dieter Bohlen, will be released in Germany on March
17. The single will have the following track list: 1) Ich liebe dich 2) Engel
3) Wunderland 4) Ich liebe dich - Video. Nathalie’s debut album will also be
released in March – all songs were written and produced by Dieter Bohlen. The album will be released on April 21
and will have the following track list: 1) Ich liebe dich 2) Du bist das Meer
3) Immer nur dich 4) Sag, dass du mich liebst 5) Ohne dich 6) Die Zeit des
Glücks 7) Nebelmond 8) Engel 9) Ich kann nicht schlafen 10) Liebe bleibt
nicht 11) Im Schatten des Windes 12) Bitte bitte bleib 13) Wie ein Blatt im
Wind.
Another Dieter Bohlen production is the debut single of
Romanian girl duo Indiggo. The single „Be My Boyfriend“ will be released in
Germany on March 10 and will have the following track list: 1) Be My
Boyfriend 2) I’m Coming.
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February 10, 2006: On March 4, German TV station RTL
will show the animated movie “Dieter Bohlen – Der Film” (“Dieter Bohlen – The
Movie”), a comedy based on Dieter Bohlen’s first book, the autobiography
“Nichts als die Wahrheit” (“Nothing But The Truth”). Dieter Bohlen himself
speaks the voice of his animated character. The movie was produced at a cost
of 6.5 million euros (7.7 million U.S. $) and was originally intended for
release in German movie theaters.
The soundtrack to the movie will be released on March 3
and according to Sony BMG will contain 6 Modern Talking classics (“You’re My
Heart, You’re My Soul”, “You Can Win If You Want”, “Cheri Cheri Lady”,
“Brother Louie”, “Atlantis Is Calling”, and “Geronimo’s Cadillac”) as well as
12 new songs written and produced by Dieter Bohlen. The new songs will incude
one previously unreleased Modern Talking song called “Shooting Star” as well
as 11 songs, for which the Sony
BMG website lists Dieter Bohlen as the artist, which appears to suggest that
Dieter Bohlen actually sings these songs rather than just being the
songwriter and producer (to be confirmed). Here is the tracklist with the 12
new songs: 1) Gasoline 2) Shooting Star 3) Bizarre Bizarre 4) Don’t Let Me
Down 5) The Way You Smile 6) Senorita 7) How Will I Know 8) If I Were You 9)
I Promised You 10) Tears May Go 11) Love Is Stronger 12) Take Me To The
Clouds.
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February 10, 2006: Dieter Bohlen is starting to be more active
again as a music producer. In March, a German language album Dieter Bohlen
produced for new artist Nathalie Tineo will be released. In addition, girl
duo Indiggo will participate in the Romanian national selection for the
European Song Contest (Grand Prix De Eurovision) with the Dieter Bohlen song
“Be My Boyfriend”, which will also be released as a single. Finally,
according to German newspaper BZ, Dieter Bohlen and German singer Nino De
Angelo are considering to work together again (Dieter Bohlen wrote two Top 20
hits and produced one album for Nino De Angelo in 1989).
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February 10, 2006: According to the official website of
Thomas Anders (Thomas-Anders.com),
the tracklist of the new Thomas Anders album “Songs Forever” is as follows:
1) Cry For Help 2) For Your Eyes Only 3) Have I Told You Lately 4) All Around
The World 5) Some People 6) Tell It To My Heart 7) Do You Really Want To Hurt
Me 8) Is This Love 9) Songs That Live Forever 10) Sweet Dreams 11) Arthur’s
Theme 12) You’re My Heart, You’re My Soul 13) True.
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January 13, 2006: On January 7, this
year’s annual Thomas Anders Fan Party took place in Koblenz (Germany). During
the party, Thomas shared some news with the fans. Her indicated that there is
a chance that a DVD with all the music videos from his solo career may be
released soon, assuming that all the rights can be obtained from the
respective record companies. Furthermore, he indicated that the interrupted
Ukrainian tour (2 concerts took place in October 2005) will be continued in
April. The release of the new Thomas Anders album will be supported by 4
“showcase” performances in Germany in mid-March. Each show will be performed
in front of 400 attendees – 200 of these tickets per show will be reserved
for journalists and other media representatives. There will be no videos to
support the album release, as Thomas is targeting an older audience. The
album will be called “Songs Forever” and will be released by independent
label Edel on March 10. The album will contain one original song “Songs That
Live Forever”. Thomas Anders will compete with this song during the German
pre-selection for the European Song Contest. The other songs on the album
will be swing versions of hits from the 80’ies. During the party Thomas
Anders sang the charity song “A Very Special Feeling” (will be available only
in the shops of regional newspaper Rhein-Zeitung). After the first part of
the show, Thomas Anders performed a concert in front of the fans to showcase
songs from the new album + several other swing versions of 80’ies hits. Here
is the complete track list from the concert: 1) “Songs That Live Forever” 2)
“Some People” (Cliff Richard) 3) “Cry For Help” (Rick Astley) 4) “Ebony +
Ivory” (Paul McCartney/Stevie Wonder – song will not be on the album) 5) “For
Your Eyes Only” (Sheena Easton) 6) “Have I Told You Lately” (Rod Stewart) 7)
“Never Gonna Give You Up” (Rick Astely – song will not be on the album) 8)
“Tell It To My Heart” (Taylor Dayne) 9) “Every Breath You Take” (The Police –
song will not be on the album) 10) “Arthur’s Theme” (Christopher Cross) 11)
“Is It Love” (Whitesnake) 12) “All Around The World” (Lisa Stansfield).
Thomas indicated that the following songs will also be on the album: “True”
(Spandau Ballet), “Come Back And Stay” (Paul Young), and “You’re My Heart,
You’re My Soul” (Modern Talking).
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January 01, 2006: Thomas Anders will be one of the
contestants participating in the German pre-selection for the European Song
Contest (Grand Prix De Eurovision). Thomas Anders will perform a ballad
during the pre-selection show on March 9 in Hamburg (Germany). Thomas Anders
will compete against female “Schlager” singer Vicki Leandros (she won the
European Song Contest in 1972 for Luxembourg) and against country band Texas
Lightning (headed by German comedian Olli Dittrich). The pre-selection
contest will decide who will represent Germany in the 2006 European Song
Contest.
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January 01, 2006: During the show “Stefan Raabs
Nacht der Stars” on German TV station Pro 7, Thomas Anders performed a Modern
Talking song on German TV for the first time since the 2003 breakup of the
pop duo. Joined by the show’s host (comedian Stefan Raab), Thomas Anders
performed a swing version of “You’re My Heart, You’re My Soul”.
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