“The Doctors” open “issues of the day” and to appeal in Coronavirus-crisis policy

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Emma Teitel
Emma Teitel
Emma Teitel is an award-winning national affairs columnist with the Toronto Star who writes about anything and everything. She got her start at Maclean's Magazine where she wrote frequently about women's issues, LGBT rights, and popular culture.

The Punk musicians of the “Doctors” have opened in the evening, the “daily theme” in the First. With guitar riffs you played the initial melody of the ARD news programme, and said: “Here the Doctors is a German television with the issues of the day”. It was the first Time in the show’s live music was played.

The appearance of the Berlin-based Band, however, had a serious Background. Farin Urlaub, Bela B and Rod Gonzales appealed to the policy, not to mention in the corona crisis, the culture industry. The people who work in the music scene, would be ignored in times of Corona, said Doctors-singer vacation.

“The Problem is, we take culture as given, culture is always there,” said holiday. On the case of too little, that culture is not only commercially successful band, musicians need to like themselves, but a whole base: the club operator, the so-called Roadies, so engineering and construction helpers, as well as smaller Bands that have no record deals. If the wegbreche, then it is a “long-term damage,” he said.

People for seven months without work

Drummer Bela B reported that because of the lack of performance opportunities in the crisis, many of these people would have been seven months of no work. “We hope to bring the politicians to see the industry with 1.4 million people,” he said.

Car concerts, and Stream the concerts played, the Band as a bridging option in the corona crisis no role. “That’s not like us. Our audience must RUB against each other,” says Bela B. their planned Tour had moved The Doctors for the next year. “We must accept, probably, that as long as Corona is raging like it is now, just that the kind of gigs we like to play, is simply not possible,” said holiday. For smaller, less known Bands and club owners and the technicians, the Situation was worse.

For the Band of the appearance, however, was also a welcome event to promote their new Album. On Friday, The Doctors had “released” their new Album “Light”, and thus their Comeback after eight years of Pause given. Here you can read more about the MIRROR-Album of the week.

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