June 18th, 2023, Eichenring, Scheessel, GER, Hurricane Festival 2023, in the picture “THE ARTS” Photo © Rojahn
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On September 13th and 14th, 2023, Die Ärzte will return to their hometown of Berlin with their “Autumn of Life” tour. The self-titled “Best Band in the World” is playing two concerts in the Columbiahalle. However, “this time without dogs and horses,” as the band announces on their self-deprecating posters.
Tickets
Both concerts (September 13th and 14th) are completely sold out.
But if you couldn’t get tickets for the upcoming gigs, you can look forward to 2024. The band is coming to the capital again with their “OMG the doctors LOL” tour and playing two performances at Tempelhof Airport. Tickets for 2024 can be obtained here.
Directions
The address of the Columbiahalle is: Columbiadamm 13-21, 10965 Berlin. The easiest way to reach the venue within Berlin is by public transport. The U6 subway line goes to Platz der Luftbrücke station, from where it’s just a few minutes walk. Bus lines 104 and 248 also stop at Columbiadamm/Platz der Luftbrücke and Columbiadamm/Friesenstraße, from which the hall is also within walking distance.
By car you can get to the location via the A2 (Hannover) and the A9 (Nuremberg/Leipzig). If you drive on the A10 (Berliner Ring) towards Berlin center, take the motorway exit to Tempelhofer Damm. The Columbiahalle does not have its own parking space, but there is a parking garage diagonally opposite on the Tempelhof Airport site that charges one euro per hour.
times
Admission to the Columbiahalle begins at 6:30 p.m. The three Die-Ärzte members Farin Urlaub, Rodrigo Gonzalez and Bela B. are scheduled to come on stage at 8 p.m. The concert is expected to last around three hours.
Support
A supporting act for the evening has not (yet) been announced.
Setlist
You can never predict with certainty which tracks Die Ärzte will play. For example, at their show in Vienna they created the “Evening of the Unusual Setlist” and delivered a set full of rarely played tracks. However, these songs were played more frequently at their previous concerts:
- Whoever loses has already lost
- song of failure
- My baby was at the hairdresser
- Money
- Tamagotchi
- The misanthrope
- Noise
- Quark
- I don’t know (if it’s love)
- Mullet Superstar
- Is this still punk rock?
- Attention: Bielefeld
- No more war, no more Las Vegas!
- The sad ballad by Susi Spakowski
- A hit
- Anastasia
- Red mini skirt
- Son of the Void
- Mondo bondage
- Dark
- The banana
- To know
- For us
- Trick 17 m. p.
- Dumb
- Glorious Years (Intro “Drum Dance”)
- Perfect
- Unrockable
Encore:
- Life before death (Farin solo)
- Your fault
- Boring
Encore 2:
- The Earl
- Sky blue
- Hooray
Encore 3:
- How it goes
- Boy
- Cry for love
- Perm vs minipli
- Good night