Friday, Saturday, Sunday – three times in a row, Die Ärzte were to play a sold-out open-air show at Tempelhofer Feld in Berlin. But at least the first concert has to be canceled at short notice. It is still uncertain whether the performance on Saturday will work out.
The concert by the band Die Ärzte planned for tonight in Berlin was canceled a few hours before it started. Unlike the group’s club show about two months ago, which had to be canceled due to illness in the band, this time the weather is to blame.
The concert scheduled for Friday was an open-air performance at Tempelhofer Feld. Heavy rain has been falling over Berlin since the afternoon. Lightning can also be seen and thunder heard. The storm is expected to intensify in the evening.
First, the band Donots, who were supposed to be the support act for Die Ärzte, informed their fans that the concert was, in the truest sense of the word, a failure. “Dear people, today’s concert has to be canceled due to bad weather and danger to life and limb. Everyone here is inconsolable. Please come home safely,” the band said in a statement.
A little later, Die-Ärzte-drummer Bela B also addressed everyone who had gotten a ticket for the show on Friday in a story on his Instagram page. “Today’s concert has been cancelled,” he says into his smartphone camera under a canopy on the former airport site in Tempelhof. He calls on all people who are not there yet not to set off at all. The police and fire brigade no longer allowed anyone onto the site.
There is not only an official storm warning, the musician explains to the certainly disappointed fans. It is also to be expected with “crass lightning discharges” over the site. “And I think that’s not so good when it comes down to a crowd,” said Bela B.
Two more sold-out Die Ärzte shows are planned for Saturday and Sunday at the same location. Although the weather forecast for Saturday in Berlin also looks pretty bleak, it is still planned to hold the concert. Only the holders of a ticket for the show on Sunday can take a deep breath. Friendly weather is expected in Berlin at the end of the week.
