These are the Sportfreunde Stiller: Rüdiger Linhof, Florian Weber and Peter Brugger (from left) Photo: Matthias Balk/dpa
From BZ/dpa
The band Sportfreunde Stiller is distancing itself from the World Cup in Qatar.
The band denied that their new album “Jeder nur ein X” was deliberately released shortly before the start of the World Cup (November 11th): “We can’t identify with this World Cup,” songwriter and singer Peter Brugger told the German press -Agency. “It shows the brutalization of capital. That’s perverse.”
Will Brugger follow the World Cup soccer games on TV? “It’s a question of conscience. Of course I’m in the mood for football and the World Cup, but everything around it makes it difficult for me.” He would think it would be great if all spectators boycotted the World Cup. “That would excite me. I would be there.”
Sportfreunde Stiller have a close connection to football: the band name is based on their former football coach and with the song “54, 74, 90, 2006” they contributed the fan anthem to the 2006 World Cup in Germany.