Hamburger Goldkehlchen give a farewell concert in front of 52,000 spectators in the Volksparkstadion

They sing off-key, loudly and anything but perfect. And yet they have now filled the Volksparkstadion! The men's choir Hamburger Goldkehlchen gave its farewell concert in front of almost 52,000 spectators. And brought a lot of celebrities onto the stage.

Founder Flemming Pinck describes the choir’s last concert as a “once in a lifetime thing”. In the sold-out stadium, the 103 men were able to fulfill a dream and play their biggest concert, true to the motto “the best comes last”.

They spent 14 months planning it, says Markus Tiedemann, CEO and show manager of the Goldkehlchen. «My only goal is for people to go home with a smile. If they can forget their worries for three hours, we have achieved everything," he describes. With a large contingent of guests, surprises and pyrotechnics, the choir thrilled its fans one last time. There was a lot of applause from the audience for their own hits like “Moin Moin Hamburg” and “Laut & Schief”. Because everyone can feel the passion of the choir, which is transmitted to the audience. In addition to their own songs, the Goldkehlchen performed well-known cover versions that were celebrated by the audience. “Everybody” by the Backstreet Boys in particular created a good atmosphere with extra choreo.

Heating program before the show

Even before the actual concert, the visitors were offered a lot: a fan march from the Goldkehlchen gang quarters in Hamburg-Altona to the Volksparkstadion heralded the event. A DJ then warmed up the atmosphere before Swedish a cappella group Dad Harmony began their warm-up show. Then the Sportfreunde Stiller performed, followed by Johannes Strate.

Several surprises

But that's not all, in addition to the already announced musicians, the Goldkehlchen also brought surprise guests onto the stage, including Barbara Schöneberger, with whom they sang “Without You”. Clueso later inspired fans with his song “Chicago”. The Hamburger Goldkehlchen also gave a stage to the South African Lesedi Show Choir, with whom they then performed “Where is the love”. By the way, they were moderated by Ingo Zamperoni, dressed as a Roman gladiator. And anyone who thinks that this is no longer possible is mistaken. Shortly before the end of the concert, a referee from the Guinness World Records suddenly came on stage and confirmed a world record for the largest audience for a choir.

With Paul Pott's "Time to say goodbye" there was a deservedly epic farewell for the Hamburger Goldkehlchen themselves. Because, as they confirmed again, that was their last concert.