Purple Schulz - Ich hab nicht ewig Zeit - The 70th Birthday Tour

Photo: ©Ben Schulz

PURPLE SCHULZ turns seventy. So what? He keeps going. Makes music. Goes on tour. "Ich hab nicht ewig Zeit" is the name of the new programme - which translates roughly as "I don't have forever". No complaints, no looking back, no farewell. Just a clear statement. And the soundtrack to a decision: do it now!

His songs have accompanied generations of listeners - among them hits like "Sehnsucht", "Verliebte Jungs" and "Kleine Seen". But PURPLE SCHULZ is more than his catalogue of successes. His repertoire captures personal ruptures, takes on social questions, and has lost none of its urgency. Even the familiar songs sound different today: denser, sharper, more immediate. The new programme builds on that. It's about pace and stillness, noise and clarity, the personal within the political - and vice versa. An evening with conviction, humour and substance. PURPLE SCHULZ connects the intimate with the universal, the vulnerable with the resilient. He doesn't celebrate time - he questions it.

Musically he stays unpredictably agile, moving effortlessly at the keyboard between pop, chanson and chamber-music density. On the 22-string Harpejji - a hybrid of piano and guitar - he produces a sound that hits immediately: clear, close, unmistakable. An instrument you rarely hear and never forget. On guitar: Norman Keil. A songwriter and musician who has spent many years on German stages, he brings timing, stage presence and a fine feel for dynamics that gives the songs extra depth and energy. No nostalgia, no retrospective. Just an evening that means something: an invitation to listen, a prompt to think, a reason to feel. An evening with conviction. And songs that stay with you.

Advance tickets: Gütersloh Marketing and www.reservix.de
Tickets: Box office on the night: 47 € (subject to availability)