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| At may 7th Vicky Leandros gave the last concert
of her 1999 "Weil mein Herz Dich nie mehr vergißt"-tour in the
Oetkerhalle in Bielefeld. |
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| The concert and tour were a big hit. Leandros gave
25 concerts in cities through Germany and Austria. |
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| The tour delayed for two months, because Vicky
suffered from Laryngitis (a sore throat), earlier this year. She demonstrated
her regained health in this lovely concert, because her voice is still in
very good shape. This does not only count for her voice; in her late forties
she still looks great. Sexy little gowns, transparent textiles and glitters
are completing the young image she already has for more than thirty years. |
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| Her career has shown more ups than downs.
It started in 1965, when her first record "Messer, Gabel, Schere, Licht"
immediately became a hit in Germany. Three years later the success became
international with "L’amour est blue". This record, specially
made for the Eurovision Song Contest, is still the best sold festival-record
ever. In ‘72 she won this contest with "Apres toi", and sold
more than 6.000.000 copies of it. During the seventies she succeeded with
a countless number of albums, television-portraits, tours in different languages
and countries. Who can not remember mega hits like "Ich hab’ die
Liebe geseh’n" (1,5 000.000 copies) and "Theo, wir fahr’n
nach Lodz"? From the beginning of the eighties
until 1995 Vicky had a long career-pause, because of her family. She did
only a few projects and made some hits ("A l’Est d’Eden"
and "Verlorenes Paradies"). In following of the German schlager
revival, Jack White persuaded her in 1995 to make a comeback. Her name
came back in the charts with the album "Lieben und Leben". The
huge sell of more than 40.000.000 records worldwide is her most prestigious
result until now. |
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| The songs were mixed well in this concert; Greek
folkloristic songs, chansons, ballad’s and her successful 70’seventies
schlagers The accent seems to lie more on romantic popsongs, a repertoire
she intends to extend in the next years. Her voice seems to suit this kind
of songs very well, stronger; she excels in it! Her public enjoy it too.
For the same reason she recently changed from record company (Warner Brothers).
In the autumn she intends to release a new album. |
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The concert opened with "So stark hab’
ich noch nie gefühlt". Through changing the text slightly, Vicky thanked
her audience for coming, for their patience and understanding for the delayed
tour. In a fast speed she sang a lot of old and new songs, in different
languages. The best examples are "Lago Maggiore im Schnee", "Apres
toi", "L’amour est blue", "Dreams are good friends"
and "Wie sich Mühlen dreh’n im Wind (The windmills of your mind).
The highlights were definitely "Free again", John Lennon’s’
"Love", Mort Schumanns’ "Le Lac Marjeur" and "Weil
mein Herz Dich nie mehr vergißt". The last one caused a thrill through
the audience and the applause last minutes long. These songs made once again
clear that Vicky is a performer of the highest level. |
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| Because it was her last concert, the young and
talented crew was in a very good mood. Teasing Vicky with little jokes (backing
vocals a little bit to long, little clownish acts, frequent screaming for
"Theo,..."), they expressed their gratitude for the good cooperation.
Leandros enjoyed it, had a several long laughs and made jokes ("Yes,
so you can see a "Theo,..." in almost every song this evening.").
It gave this concert a very pleasant and intimate character. Leandros also
acted very informal; relaxed as an experienced performer for a big audience.
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| The concert ended with evergreens like "Die
Bouzouki Klang", "Hey John Mc Kenzie", "Ich hab’
die Liebe Geseh’n" and of course "Theo,.......". In
tears she thanked her faithful fans, who supported her for such a long time
with the song "Amazing Grace". |
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