The Dukes of York - feat. The Queens

Here's for something new.

Jens Skwirblies, my bandmate from Die Paniker Keyboard Stage right, asked me to join a talk show format band, and I couldn't be happier (hence screamin' "Hell, yeah!" before he was ending the question). And so here we are, a classy, classy bunch of beautiful people, finest musicians, and at the helm, the master of disaster York Lange, steering the show with eloquence, charm and humor.

Check out https://werkommtderkommt.de/

Take your time to check this out:

Coming up - Richie live

12.06. 2026 - Geldern

13.06. 2026 - Chattahoochee Hamburg

26.06. 2026 - Daun

27.06. 2026 - Arnsberg-Neheim

01.07. 2026 - Bad Nenndorf

29.07. 2026 - Kiel Tonberghalle

07.08. 2026 - Kriebstein Seebühne

08.08. 2026 - Bad Segebg. Kalkberg Oase

22.08. 2026 - Eppingen Open Air

26.08. 2026 - Kiel Metro Kino

29.08. 2026 - Linau (private party)

30.08. 2026 - Kiel Tonberghalle

04.09. 2026 - Norden Festival Schleswig

30.09. 2026 - Malente Immenhof

28.10. 2026 - Kiel Tonberghalle

27.12. 2026 - Hamburg Bahnhof Pauli

31.12. 2026 - Bischofsgrün

White: Der Udonaut und die Paniker
Red: Johnny B. Bad
Green: Wer kommt der kommt

Violet - Mona & die falschen 50er

What's up, Ridge?

Meeting (and rehearsing with) Udo Lindenberg

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Dreams come true. Sometimes. Happened to me in May '22. No kidding', seriously!

In April '22 I got a call from Andy, a guy who turned out to be a member of the „inner circle“ of Udo Lindenberg’s tour production team. In essence: „The artist wants to meet you, Richie! And bring your guitar...“.

Wait... WHAT?!?

Fou...

So, this happened on May 1st 2022:

I drove to Timmendorfer Strand, where UL and the Panikorchester were rehearsing for the tour ’22, and met all these icons I knew from concerts and articles and the telly. I met the man himself and we rehearsed his music all day long. Mark well: Not a tribute band, I was part of the real deal!

I met a totally friendly, overwhelmingly nice guy, professionally well informed about this Richie Jones he was making music with. A man who’s absolutely reflected and aware about his attribute being a national treasure, totally committed to making everybody in the room feel comfortable and easy, including himself.

Maybe the purpose of having me at a rehearsal was to check out some plan B on guitar players against the background of the pandemic.

Since the tour took place without any virus incident (hence me not playing on this tour), you might ask: „Okay, now what’s next?!?“ Frankly, I dunno. Still, I keep dreaming of being part of Germany’s greatest Rock’n Roll circus. But whatever may come, hey, I’m already on the bright side of life. I played with Udo Lindenberg, he liked what he saw/heard, and nobody will ever take that away from me.

Surely, a dream came true…

Hamburg, May 2022