Nenaโฃ to Performโ First Prague Concert, Recalls Filming wiht Czech Actor Otto ล imรกnek
Prague, Czech Republic – German pop icon Nena, best known โfor her 1983 hit “99 Luftballons,”โ will perform her first-ever concert in Prague as part of her Wir Gehรถren Zusammen tour on [Date not specified in text]. The performance, expected to last over two hours,โ will feature hits fromโ the โ1980s alongsideโ songs from her โ2020 album Licht, and โขa selection of โฃcovers.
Nena,whose real name is Gabriele โKerner,began her recording career in โค1982. Whileโ her first five albums received critical acclaim, โขcommercial success eluded her untill 2002 with โthe release of Neznรญ โfeat., โfeaturing a re-arranged version of “Anyplace, โคAnywhere, Anytime”โค with kim Wilde.
Her 2005 album โ Willst du mit MiR Gehn’ โachieved platinum sales, and she continued toโ experiment โwith her 2007โ album Cover โขMe, which included interpretations of artists ranging from David Bowie โขto โRammstein and Marleneโค Dietrich. A collaboration with German rapper Samy โขDeluxe on the Oldschool album in 2014 was described by โone reviewer as making her voice soundโ “as freshโค as in timesโ of aerobics โand Rubik’s cube.”
Nenaโ has operated her own โrecording company, The Laugh & Peas Company, as 2009. Her most recent album, โ Licht, releasedโ in 2020 for her 60th birthday, featured contributions from her four children โขandโค partner, drummerโ Philipp โขPalm.
The singer also holds a special connection to Prague, having filmed the music video for “You areโฃ Everywhere” โinโฃ the city’s historical center in 1990. the video featured Czech actor โฃOtto ล imรกnek in the role of Mr. โTau, a character Nena remembers fondly from โฃher childhood.โค “Mr. Tau has enchanted โme as a child,” โshe explained. “It was someone who understood me and who I still loveโ to this day.”
The Wir Gehรถren โคZusammen tour drew over โข150,000 โspectators across Europe last year. Nena will be accompanied by a โคten-member band inโข Prague.