30 Years of Heppner

30 Years of Heppner

by Peter Heppner & Band

Presentation album	Best of tour
Beginning of the tour	October 31, 2017
End of the tour	2nd December 2017
Total concerts (by continent)	* Germany (6)    Poland (1)  Spain (1)
Concerts in total	8th

Peter Heppner & Band Tour Chronology

Peter Heppner Acoustics (2014/15)	30 Years of Heppner	Confessions & Doubts Tour (2018/19)

Stage design during the tour.

Heppner in Krefeld.

Heppner and Sanders in Erfurt.

Heppner and Meyn in Erfurt.

With 30 Years of Heppner is the fifth solo tour of the German synth pop - singer Peter Heppner .

background

With 30 Years of Heppner it was the fifth tour Heppner as a solo artist and consisted of an electric and acoustic set. The tour lasted just over a month from October 31 to December 3, 2017. It took him and his accompanying band through six German cities as well as once to Barcelona in Spain and once to Warsaw in Poland. In Spain it was Heppner's first concert as a solo artist and the third concert of his career. He already played two solo concerts with Wolfsheim in May 2002. In Poland it was Heppner's first concert in his career. The concerts outside Germany took place without guest appearances and thus consisted of a smaller setlist.

The concert series was a small club tour to celebrate Heppner's thirty year anniversary on the stage. During the entire tour he was supported by one of his long-time companions, Marcus Meyn (singer of the German synth-pop band Camouflage ). At the concerts in Dresden, Erfurt and Potsdam he was also supported as a guest singer by the US singer and long-time companion Kim Sanders . Heppner sang two to three duets each evening with both artists.

Opening act

The British synth-pop band Knight $ played in the opening act for all concerts. Their half-hour set consisted of eight songs: Uncivilized (cover version of the Canadian electro-pop band Psyche ), What We Leave Behind , So Cold , Cards on the Table , When the Lights Go Out , What's your Poison , Snap, Snap! The Alligator and Heart (cover version of the British duo Pet Shop Boys ).

Band members

• Achim Färber : drums
• Peter Heppner: Singing
• Carsten Klatte : guitar , harmonica
• Dirk Riegner : Keyboard , Piano

Tour dates

date	city	Venue	country
October 31, 2017	Barcelona	Nocturna Festival	Spain
17th November 2017	Munich	Backstage cultural center	Germany
18th November 2017	Krefeld	Culture factory
19th November 2017	Bremen	Aladin Music Hall
23rd November 2017	Dresden	Old slaughterhouse
November 24, 2017	Erfurt	Union house
November 25, 2017	Potsdam	Wash house
2nd December 2017	Warsaw	Progresja Music Zone	Poland

Setlist

The set list consisted of 22 or 23 songs, making it the largest concert program that Heppner played in his solo career. It consisted of songs from his two solo albums and, in part, a compilation of older guest contributions and Wolfsheim pieces. In the middle of the concert there was an acoustic session to commemorate the “successful” acoustic concerts of recent years.

On three evenings when Kim Sanders was a guest, Heppner played three duets with her. Together they sang the songs Deserve to Be Alone , Delicately Yours and Kein zurück . In Deserve to Be Alone is a piece that Heppner in turn wrote for Sanders. It was to be the first work by Heppner to be sung by a different interpreter. Sanders also sang the song in its solo version, ultimately the two decided to publish the song as a duet. During the tour, Heppner and Sanders sang the song live together for the first time. When performing without Sanders, Heppner sang the piece alone. In Delicately Yours is a cover version of the original from Sanders and Schiller in 2003. The song was the first time on this tour of Heppner - interpreted - in conjunction with Sanders. On the evenings without Sanders, the piece was dropped from the set list. No turning back is an old Wolfsheim piece that Heppner sang for the first time in a duet. On the evenings without Sanders, he sang the song with Marcus Meyn . Only Deserve to Be Alone was released in a studio version, the other two tracks not.

Heppner also sang a total of three or two duets with Meyn. In addition to Kein zurück , he sang the tracks The Smiling Face and Count on Me in a duet with him . The latter is a joint single from Heppner and Meyn's band Camouflage . They sang both songs together in various guest appearances that Heppner made between 2014 and 2015 at Camouflage. No turning back and That Smiling Face never appeared in an official studio version. The duets took place exclusively during the concerts of both parties. The following list is an overview of the main set that Heppner played during the tour ( Potsdam ):

1. I won't give up
2. Be alone
3. My world
4. Being Me
5. Once in a Lifetime
6. artificial worlds
7. That Smiling Face (with Marcus Meyn )
8. Count on Me (with Marcus Meyn)
9. And I
10. Care for you
11. Heroin She Said
12. Deserve to Be Alone (solo or with Kim Sanders )
13. Delicately Yours (with Kim Sanders; only in Dresden, Erfurt and Potsdam)
14. God Smoked
15. Dream of You
16. We are who we are
17. The Sparrows and the Nightingales
18. No turning back (with Kim Sanders or Marcus Meyn)

Addition 1:

1. Give Us What We Need (Truth Is Not the Key)
2. Life ... I feel you

Encore 2:

1. Annie
2. The flood

Encore 3:

1. I don't know who I belong to

See also

• Peter Heppner / Concerts and Tours

Web links

Commons : Peter Heppner - Trade Union House 2017  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Commons : Peter Heppner - Kulturfabrik 2017  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Peter Heppner - Articles (July 17, 2017). facebook.com, accessed January 1, 2018 . 
2. ^ Peter Heppner - Articles (May 31, 2017). facebook.com, accessed January 1, 2018 . 
3. ^ Peter Heppner - Articles (September 11, 2017). facebook.com, accessed January 1, 2018 . 
4. ^ Peter Heppner - Articles (October 25, 2017). facebook.com, accessed January 1, 2018 . 
5. ^ Peter Heppner - Articles (November 7, 2017). facebook.com, accessed January 1, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Knight $ Contributions (November 16, 2017). facebook.com, accessed January 1, 2018 . 
7. ↑ ^{a b} Live Review: Peter Heppner - Krefeld 2017. reflectionsofdarkness.com, accessed on January 1, 2018 . 
8. ^ Peter Heppner, Peter Heppner Akustik Tournee, Capitol Mannheim, December 4, 2014.
9. ↑ Schiller with Kim Sanders - Delicately Yours. austriancharts.at, accessed on January 1, 2018 . 
10. ↑ Peter Heppner Concert Setlist at Waschhaus, Potsdam on November 25, 2017. setlist.fm, accessed on January 1, 2018 . 
11. ↑ Peter Heppner Concert Setlist at Kulturfabrik, Krefeld on November 18, 2017. setlist.fm, accessed on January 1, 2018 .