Old acquaintance

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Old acquaintance
Concert in the Tanzbrunnen in Cologne 2018. Clemens Schmuck, Nils Olfert, Ingo Wolfgarten, Daniel Dickopf and Björn Sterzenbach (from left to right)
Concert in the Tanzbrunnen in Cologne 2018. Clemens Schmuck, Nils Olfert, Ingo Wolfgarten, Daniel Dickopf and Björn Sterzenbach (from left to right)
General information
Genre (s) A cappella / vocal pop
founding 2017
Website well-known.band
Current occupation
Daniel "Dän" Dickopf
Vocals (baritone)
 Ingo Wolfgarten
Vocals (baritone / vocal percussion)
 Clemens jewelry
Voice ( tenor )
 Nils Olfert (until 2020)
Vocals ( bass / vocal percussion)
 Bjorn Sterzenbach
singing
 Friedemann Petter (from 2020)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
We are there!
  DE 23 December 15, 2017 (2 weeks)
Life is Beautiful
  DE 9 07/12/2019 (3 weeks)

Old friends are a German music group that emerged in 2017 as the successor to the Wise Guys . The group sings a cappella and describes their style of music as "a cappella pop".

Career

The first album We are there! appeared in December 2017 and only contained new German-language original compositions. The associated tour in 2018 included over 120 concerts in practically all major German cities, many of which were sold out months in advance.

The band's second tour began in August 2019 with the release of their second album Das Leben ist schön . When performing in churches, the show focused on quieter songs with less choreography and a smaller light show.

After the concerts, the band usually organizes an "afterglow" in which they sing one or two songs unplugged (i.e. without reinforcement) in the entrance area of ​​the venue and then stand by the concertgoers for discussions and criticism.

At the beginning of August 2020, the band announced that Olfert would leave the band at the end of the year. A little later, the band introduced Friedemann Petter as their successor. This had made it to the semifinals at The Voice of Germany 2016 . From 2018 to 2020 he was a member of the five-member a cappella group HörBänd , which dissolved in 2020.

Just like the predecessor band Wise Guys , old acquaintances support the 2 Euro help from Misereor .

Special concerts

Already on their first tour, old acquaintances played two large open-air concerts at the opening of the season in Cologne's Tanzbrunnen and on the 101st German Catholic Day in front of around 15,000 spectators on the Schlossplatz in Münster.

  • Concert in the Tanzbrunnen 2018.

  • At the Katholikentag 2018 in Münster.

  • Open Air on the Schlossplatz in Münster.

The old friends also appeared next to Culcha Candela as the second main act at the 37th German Evangelical Church Congress in Dortmund . The concert had around 14,000 spectators.

Discography

Albums

  • 2017: we are here!
  • 2019: life is beautiful
  • 2020: Colorful socks (will be released at the end of October 2020)

Web links

Commons : Old Friends  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart sources: Germany
  2. ↑ 14,000 spectators at Culcha Candela on the Kirchentag. Retrieved July 9, 2019 .