The more than 1000 kilometers that Matze Rossi had to cope with since Friday in pouring rain on the autobahn for his appearance in Welzin, Mecklenburg, seemed to him no longer in the bones on Saturday evening at his home game in Schweinfurt instead of train station, with the best open-air weather stuck. The singer and songwriter was as happy as ever in the beer garden of the Kulturhaus.
In front of the entrance, however, one or the other disappointed face could be seen. According to the current regulations, more than 200 visitors were not allowed to take part in the concert. Everyone who was there on time experienced an all-round successful evening. As with last year’s beer garden concerts in the “Statti”, the hygiene measures were strictly implemented. That didn’t detract from the good mood.
Matze Rossi did not make the mandatory set list for his appearance in his house and yard club. The result was a dynamic program that didn’t miss any of his hits. One of his more recent successes, the song “You always know how late it is”, published at the end of April, which is dedicated to all dogs and therefore also to their masters, he was probably able to actually do live for the first time in the presence of one or two four-legged friends in the beer garden of the “Statti” play. The “dog song” has already been heard over 46,000 times on the Spotify streaming platform.
But Matze Rossi’s most successful piece so far is nowhere near. “If I do it” has been heard over two million times via Spotify. For a million listeners, the Swedish streaming giant will give the artist just 700 euros, Matze Rossi reveals to the audience before he sang his hit, in which he deals with his own finitude. His former, long-time label boss is said to have advised him not to perform the piece at the beginning of the concert.
The Schweinfurt audience would certainly not have taken it away from him that evening. At dusk the mood reached its boiling point. At the latest with his hymn “Best friends”, which he wrote for a deceased friend, Matze Rossi was only one of many who sang along in the beer garden. As an unplanned highlight, the Stattbahnhof legend “Hans ‘n’ Roses” also performed a piece, accompanied by Matze Rossi on guitar.
In the midst of the pandemic, the concert scene is still a long way from normal operations. In the “Statti” everyone makes the best of it. Next Saturday the Pig City Blues Project continues with the next beer garden concert.
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