KARAT 50 - Tour 2025

Of course, back in the 1970s in East Berlin, when musicians from Panta Rhei and the Horst-Krüger-Band came together, it was not foreseeable that this new band would one day take its place in the annals of the history of German popular music. On the other hand, it was clear pretty quickly that something great was happening here. And by the beginning of the 1980s at the latest - just five years after the band was founded - KARAT were one of the most important German bands - in both the East and the West.

In 2025, guitarist Bernd Römer, drummer Heiko Jung, keyboardist Martin Becker, bass guitarist Daniel Bätge and singer Claudius Dreilich invite you to a very special anniversary: 50 years of KARAT will be celebrated. In addition to an extensive birthday tour lasting the entire year, there will be an album with new songs and a new Karat book that covers all five decades. And last but not least, KARAT will go on a big anniversary cruise: In May, the KARAT ship AIDAdiva will set off for Norway.

50 years of KARAT not only stand for classics such as “Über sieben Brücken”, “King of the World”, “The Blue Planet”, “Swan King”, “Albatross”, “Jede Stunde” or “Mich zwangt keiner auf die Knie”, countless awards and chart positions as well as over twelve million records sold, but also for a band that has arrived in the here and now with fresh ideas, unbridled passion and powerful energy.