On July 22, 2023, German singer Thomas Anders from the legendary group "Modern Talking" will learn the strange-sounding word "Kilučiai", the French from Ottawa, who even impressed Indian Bollywood with the superhit "D.I.S.C.O.", superhits "I've Been Thinking About You", "You Bring on the Sun" is the famous Anglo-American company "London Beat" and they didn't even imagine that their ballad would be heard not only in all corners of the world, but also in the advertisements of banks and insurance companies, it would become the soundtrack of dozens of famous films and TV series, and it would be re-sung will Laura Branigan, Karel Gott, One Direction, Jay-Z and many more world music stars - "forever young and immortal" Germans - group Alphaville be used in their compositions!
The legendary hits of "Modern Talking" will be played in Kilučiai
Another star of the summer music festival "Biržiečių slovenų" is Bernd Weidung, known to everyone in the world as Thomas Anders from one of the most successful bands in the history of pop music, Modern Talking!
In 1979, T.Anders, who won the Luxembourg Radio song contest, soon recorded his single "Judy" and met Dieter Bohlen, who made CC Catch famous, during a concert tour.
With the group "Modern Talking", Thomas released many songs that reached the top five of the charts of dozens of countries around the world, and the super hit "You're My Heart, You're my Soul" stayed at the top of the charts for half a year and reigned in 81 countries!
And now the singer, who is welcomed in various corners of the Earth, has sold more than 125 million copies of albums, counting group and solo recordings, received more than 420 platinum and gold awards!
In 1989, Thomas released his first solo album "Different" and started a successful solo career, later held concerts with the revived "Modern Talking", collaborated with "T-Seven" (soloist of Mr. President), "No Angels", Marta Sanchez, Isabel Varell and many others.
French, British, Americans
Patrick Jean Baptiste, the soloist of the French disco music duo, worked for a famous company in Paris, got a job at Air France, founded the group Black Underground and played music in the bars of the French capital. Here, manager Daniel Vangarde, who worked with Dalila, Sheila B.&Devotion and others, noticed him and offered to participate in a music disc project together with dancer and vocalist Annette Eltice.
And the first single "D.I.S.C.O.", recorded in the Canadian capital Ottawa (the band's name is "Ottawan" originated from the Canadian capital), shook Europe, and when you hear the words of the next hit "Hands up, baby, hands up..." - just hearing these words makes you want to dive into eighties parties.
The career of the British-American group "London Beat" began in 1990, when they were signed by the leader of the legendary duo "Eurythmics" and famous producer Dave Stewart.
Having achieved the first success in the Netherlands, the collective soon "conquered" the whole world with the hugely successful hit "I've Been Thinking About You". This song reached number two on the European singles chart and number one in the US, and music lovers were not disappointed by the group's other singles "You Bring On The Sun", "A Better Love", "Come Back" and Bob Marley's classic song "No Woman No Cry". cover
Forever young and immortal
"We've been playing and being popular for decades, so we feel like we're immortal," say members of the pop legend Alphaville.
The band, made famous by the ballad "Forever Young", immediately shot to the top of popularity. However, the German electronic music group did not become the creator of one superhit. "Big in Japan", "Jerusalem", "Sounds Like a Melody", "Flame", "Dance With Me" and many other Alphaville singles entered the charts in Norway, Switzerland, Sweden, Germany, Netherlands, Russia, UK and even - the charts of Argentina, Japan and other countries, the prestigious US magazine "Billboard". Having completed more than 20 world tours, the band seems to travel back in time and continue their story of immortality with each start.
Official photo of the performers.
1) During the concert in Kilučiai, the vocalist of the legendary group "Modern Talking" Thomas Anders will perform the super hit "You're My Heart, You're my Soul" and other well-known songs.
2) The band Alphaville, famous for the ballad "Forever Young", is coming to Biržai district
3) Patrick Jean Baptiste, soloist of the French disco music duo "Ottawan", sends his best wishes to all Birzeans
4) London Beat "conquered" the whole world with the hugely successful hit "I've Been Thinking About You".
