The Berlin band Pankow will bid farewell to the stage next year after 44 years. The "Stones of the East", as they are sometimes called, will tour Germany for the last time in 2025. According to their management, the band will announce next Tuesday (January 30) in Berlin's Prater where the musicians around singer André Herzberg will be performing.
Pankow announced their first farewell there in 1998 - according to the band, the 1990s were difficult. Partly because the public's appetite for East German rock had waned. However, the adrenaline that was still present then allowed them to return to the stage in 2004. "Nur aus Spass" was the fitting name of their comeback album (2006).
This was followed by numerous concerts and another album in 2011 with "Neuer Tag in Pankow" (Buschfunk). A quarter of a century after their last goodbye, the time has now really come. "We don't want to sound like our own cover band at some point," guitarist Jürgen Ehle told the German Press Agency. In addition, there has been a lack of continuity over the past 20 years.
