Superstar Rod Stewart's appearances in the German capital are always among the highlights of the singer's German tour - and so it was yesterday when the 79-year-old once again made a stop at the Uber Arena (formerly the Mercedes-Benz Arena) for the first time since 2019.
Stewart and his band once again had plenty of hits from the last few decades in their luggage. "I give people what they want to hear," Sir Rod once said in an interview. And that includes such classics as "Maggie May", "Baby Jane", "I Don't Want To Talk About It" or "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy" and "Sailing".
Among the 17,000 spectators in the completely sold-out arena was almost the entire Austrian national football team, including the coaching staff, who have their base camp at the European Championships in Berlin. Coach Ralf Rangnick, an avowed fan of Stewart and his music, had managed to organise 30 tickets at the last minute - a special way of preparing for the Austrians' first European Championship match against France in Düsseldorf on Monday.
It is not known whether the Austrian national coach sang along to the songs on Saturday evening as loudly as the rest of the fans in the Uber Arena. But the atmosphere was great - the audience and singers celebrated in high spirits throughout the evening.
People danced to "Young Turks", held each other in their arms during songs like "Tonight's The Night" and showered Stewart and his once again fantastic musicians with thunderous applause. And this time there were no discordant notes like the day before in Leipzig, when Sir Rod announced his song "Rhythm of My Heart" dedicated to Ukraine and expressed his solidarity with the war-torn nation - "F*** Put in" he shouted again into the arena and approving applause rang out. In Leipzig, there were still boos. "The best audience we've had on this tour so far," Rod Stewart complimented his fans from the stage, many of whom were once again dancing and singing in front of the stage in the green and white jersey of Celtic Glasgow. The shirt of the Scottish champions and cup winners has long been socially acceptable at Rod Stewart concerts - more and more people are really dressing up for Sir Rod. Speaking of football, Sir Rod was in no doubt in Berlin that he had had to digest the bitter 5-1 defeat of his beloved Scottish national team against Germany the day before. The Brit was in a great mood on Saturday. A professional, from head to toe.
After around two hours, the evening came to an end and the fans left the arena in high spirits, many of them flocking to the neighbouring bars and pubs to round off the evening with a spontaneous after-show party.
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