Berlin. Bushido’s live comeback initially doesn’t want to gain momentum. Finally, he brings his children onto the stage of the Mercedes-Benz Arena.
Bushido is back in Berlin – not sitting in the courtroom, but standing on a stage again for the first time after eight years of live abstinence. His “King Forever!” started on Thursday evening in front of a sold-out audience (14,000 spectators) in the Mercedes-Benz Arena.Tourwhich – if you believe his words – could be his last.
“I have always loved playing live for my fans. In recent years, this has not been possible due to many challenges in our lives,” said the musician, who is born Anis Ferchichi means in advance.
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Bushido in Berlin: No support act, but lots of interruptions
Bushido didn’t bring a support act, but the first of four short clips in which is played to get the mood in Bushido revisits his artistic and personal story from his first contact with rap as a teenager to starting his own family.
The Bushido concert on Thursday evening was the rapper’s first concert in several years. © dpa | Hannes P Albert
After the first clip, the rapper takes the stage and opens with the song „Ronin“ from his album “Carlo Cokxxx Nutten 4”. He then plays two songs from the beginning of his career, “When we come” and “Nie Wieder”.
Then comes the first of many Interruptions between individual songs. He repeatedly addresses the audience with thanks and also carries out a decibel volume measurement. He also brings a female fan onto the stage who is allowed to perform the song “Sonnenbank Flavour” with Bushido. What is well-intentioned becomes quite lengthy in the first half of the show.
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Bushido, whose concert is also at one Streaming provider is broadcast live, constantly interacts with the audience. “When people turn off the stream, they should say: Berlin fucked mother,” he says to the cameras.
The first part of the Bushido show is lengthy. © dpa | Hannes P Albert
You at least have to smile when the same streaming provider is later dissed with a line in the song “Stars”. Confrontational lines of text towards the policeunder whose protection Bushido has been permanently in recent years, he raps into the microphone with the same self-confidence as sexist or homophobic lines.
Bushido swaps rapper names on diss tracks
The song “Stress for no reason” was indicated for a while, Bushido was not allowed to play it live. That was now possible. Bushido made the decision that evening with the words: “How much of a stick in the ass is it if you simply ban songs like this?” When it comes to older songs, he only exchanges one or two rapper names with whom he either currently has a beef or has long since settled it.
14,000 people streamed into the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin-Friedrichshain on Thursday. © dpa | Hannes P Albert
In the second half of the show the concert really picks up speed. Fewer interruptions, more music in one go. Shortly before the end, Bushido gets four of his Kinder on stage, performs the song “Papa”. The first encore is a diss song against Capital Bra. After almost two and a half hours of show, Bushido closes with “Forever Young”, a song that he released together with Karel Gott.
Bushido leaves under a shower of sparkles stage the Mercedes-Benz Arena. He will stop here a second time as part of his tour on April 15th. The only thing that should be different at this point is the name of the arena.
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