In their new song “Fahr mit mir (4×4)”, Kraftklub and Tokio Hotel go on a musical road trip to escape German conservativeness and provincial folklore: “Asparagus fields pass by / If I leave, I won’t come back”. The goal of the trip: A place without national flags in the allotment garden and only the one rule, to lead one’s life in such a way that “Franz Joseph Wagner [Kolumnist bei der Bild] what would mind“.
The collaboration between the two bands, which were socialized in East Germany, is quite surprising. But it is even more surprising that Bill Kaulitz is singing in German for the first time in a long time. Most recently, Tokio Hotel only released English-language songs, such as the single “Bad Love” in February 2022. Now the exile from Magdeburg, who now lives in the USA, is singing in German again and even getting involved in German debates: “I’m sorry, something with a home office can’t be home for me,” it says on the joint song with Kraftklub. In Germany, CSU politician Horst Seehofer renamed the Ministry of the Interior to the “Federal Ministry of the Interior and Homeland” in 2018, which was criticized by many as a conservative PR move. Nevertheless, the new SPD Interior Minister Nancy Faeser left it with the controversial name when the government was formed in 2021.
“Fahr mit mir (4×4)” is a harbinger of the upcoming Kraftklub album “Cargo”which is scheduled for release on September 23, 2022 – five years after the band’s third and still current album “No night for nobody“. In the meantime, singer Felix Brummer has published his extremely successful solo album under the name Kummer “Kiox”, went on tour with it and then announced that he would end his solo career in favor of his main band, Kraftklub
Kraftklub on “Kargo” tour 2022
With the new album in their luggage, the band is going on tour this winter. For some of the concerts there are currently still tickets. Here is an overview of all gigs:
- November 10th, 2022 Kiel, Wunderino Arena
- 11.11.2022 Rostock, town hall
- 11/12/2022 Lingen, Emslandarena (sold out)
- 14.11.2022 Hamburg, sports hall (sold out)
- November 15, 2022 Braunschweig, Volkswagen Hall
- November 21, 2022 Dusseldorf, Mitsubishi Electric Hall
- 22.11.2022 Munster, Halle Munsterland
- November 25, 2022 Stuttgart, Schleyer Hall
- November 26, 2022 CH-Zurich, Hall 622 (sold out)
- 11/28/2022 Cologne, Palladium (sold out)
- 11/29/2022 Cologne, Palladium (sold out)
- December 1st, 2022 Berlin, Max-Schmeling-Halle
- 02.12.2022 Leipzig, Quarterback Immobilien Arena (sold out)
- 03.12.2022 Frankfurt a. M., festival hall
- 04.12.2022 Erfurt, exhibition hall