Munich, 27th May of 2017. It was already pass
the 7.30 pm and the people was sitting impatiently waiting the show starts. Suddenly we
heard the voice of a man who announced to someone we know, Linda Jo Rizzo, she came
to the stage. A brief hi and the music started, she started to sing the song “Passion”,
one of her hits with Flirts, Linda walked from side to side making fans to sing
with her. When the song ended, she greeted the people in english and german. Many
international fans of disco music were there, so it was necessary the international
language. Stars Der 80's was announced as a charity event in order to help children, but also as an eurodisco party.
The first artist of this event was announced
and the show was going to start. In this way was called Gazebo, who went
right to the stage and started to sing his classic hit “Masterpiece”. Gazebo
was wearing a grey suit and he sang live with a charming elegancy that is
always a featuring of his shows. The second song he sang was a song from his
last album “Blindness”, a nice ballad that public followed calmly, then came a
song that was popular in Germany, “Lunatic”, and after this came his version of “Dolce
Vita”, for the next song, Gazebo told that it was a number one in
Germany, so people screamed excited, the song was “I Like Chopin”, his more
popular hit and it was very celebrated by his fans. The song ended with a standing public,
clapping effusively.
The first show was over, so Linda came back to the
stage, she announced the next band, it was the Austrian band Joy. The stage
was dark for a moment, soundtrack of Startrek was played as introduction and
then the three guys came to the stage Andy, Michael and Manfred, they
started to sing “Back To The 80’s”, the vocalist Michael Scheickl, who since
some time already is replacing to Freddy Jaklitsch, was jumping and dancing
happily with a lot of energy. When the song was over, they three said hello to
the public and Manfred announced the song “Hello”, classic hit from Joy, after
this, they performed their new song “Lunapark”, a very nice song that
public followed clapping, then Manfred announced their more known hit, “Touch
By Touch”, people was clapping and dancing very excited, Michael touched some
hands of the public. Next songs were “Japanese Girls”, “Valery”, “Check To
Check” and “Sunshine Boogie”, after this last, Manfred asked to everybody stand up, so they would enjoy their last song for the night, it was a medley of
their hits, (“Hello”, “Japanese Girl”, “Valery”, “Touch By Touch”). In this way, the show of Joy
was over and Linda came back once again to the stage.
First part of the event was over and she
announced a break of 15 minutes. People could take those minutes for relax
while the next part was coming. Some fans moved of seats and others
started to talk. People from different countries were there, fans of Fancy,
CCCatch, Gazebo and Joy.
After the pause, the moderator Linda announced
the next star, this time was the turn of Fancy. His dancers came one by one,
and the known intro of Fancy was played. Finally when he appeared, all
people acclaimed him, fans were clapping and dancing while he was singing, “Slice
Me Nice”, the public standing followed the song until the end, then Fancy said
hello to everybody, he spoke some words about the place and reminded to people
that they were in the famous Circus Krone, once Beatles were there in the same
spot he was now. Next song now was coming and it was “Chinese Eyes”, then followed “Running
Man”, “Bolero” and “Lady of Ice”, public was very excited and called him even
from the tribunes of the place. Fancy said that the next song was already
translated to many languages including the chinese, this song was “Flames Of
Love”, dancers came back again and he took this moment for change his jacket,
he wore the one that was being offered to the fans this day. After this song,
came his special disco medley with cover songs of Pet Shop Boys and Kyle
Minogue, he left from stage after this song and he came back with his classic
jacket of leopard. After speak some words with the public the last song of his
show started to sound, his Bolero Mix ("Bolero", "Chinese Eyes", "Lady Of Ice", "Flames
Of Love"), the music of his outro was played after and he left the stage
but instead to leave for the back part, he jumped to the public and went
walking to the exit between them, public only followed him with claps.
Linda cameback and was time for the raffle announced during all the
event. Organizers had to choose some winners from the public, the stuff that
was being offered belonged to the singers that were present in this event and
they donated it in special for this day. Lucky winners from public could win those
special souvenirs.
After the raffle, Linda announced the last show
of the night, so the show of CCCatch was ready to start. There were many guests
from different countries that travelled specially for this show.
The audience shouted excited and the dancers came
to stage. CCCatch began singing his rap short megamix (“I Can Lose My Heart
Tonight”, "Cause You Are Young”, “Heartbreak Hotel”, “Soul Survivor”) with
Gilly making the rap, while Moises was dancing. After the song, Caroline
greeted all her fans who were in Munich. Next song was coming and this time was
“Heartbreak Hotel”, then she
especially saluted her fans who had traveled from the farthest places in Europe
only for be there, next song was "Heaven and Hell", and followed her
hit "Jump In My Car", a song that she always ends acapella. She left
the stage after that, public was clapping for more but after a moment, the
dancers came saying that CCCatch was gone, it was only a joke, CCCatch came
back, ready for the next song, that was the rap version of “I Can
Lose My Heart Tonight”, someone from Spain screamed "Te quiero mucho",
Caroline repeated the expression in a warm greeting, her next song was the
original version of "You Shot A Hole In My Soul". After the song, she
gave some words of thanks to the organizers, she thanked to Fancy for making
this show possible, it was a charitable event for the children, so the cause
was noble, also thanked her family who was supporting her with their presence.
The next song announced was “Soul Suvivor” in rap version, the choreography by
Gilly and Moises was spectacular as always. Next song announced was the “Anniversary
Megamix” (“Strangers By Night”, “Cause You Are Young”, “Like A Hurricane”, “Midnight
Gambler”), from the public someone approached a bouquet of red roses when the
song was over, she thanked, and after her words, she left and let her dancers
to manage the fans. One last song was set, this was the Rap Long Megamix, (“I
Can Lose My Heart Tonight”, “Cause You Are Young”, “Heartbreak Hotel”, “Are
You Man Enough”, “In The Backseat Of Your Cadillac”, “Heaven and Hell”, “Soul
Suvivor”). The dancers took off their shirts during their choreography full of
enthusiasm and energy and the audience did not stop applauding, the show was
over. CCCatch said goodbye and at that moment, Linda Jo Rizzo along with the
other artists who participated of the event came to the stage together. Gazebo,
Joy, and Fancy, Caroline thanked Fancy again, but he came up to remind her
something in her ear, she then realized that she was speaking in English, talking
now in German she said to the public that everyone knew the international
language, however her next words were only in German, she knew that people from
all over the world had come to the show and not all were from German countries,
this was also the reason, Linda started the show talking in Spanish. During
this time the artists greeted each other. Linda thanked Gazebo, Joy and Fancy,
and Fancy also did the same, so they bid farewell to the public, announcing the
upcoming next event for November in Dresden.
That was all, the public began to look for the
exit, some others stayed near the stage looking for a picture with the singers.
Outside a long line already was formed for get an autograph from Linda Jo
Rizzo, some other fans went to the encounter with Fancy and a special group from
a list had the chance to meet with CCCatch. It took many time this waiting,
until Caroline finally came. The group formed was not really little, but she had all
the patience of the world for greet everyone, take pictures and sign records.
The
Circus Krone was already almost empty, lights were turn off and still some fans
were waiting for their turn to meet with CCCatch. Finally the last group was
ready and this was the end for a very nice night of Eurodisco music in the
heart of Munich.
