Helge Schneider
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After dropping out of high school, he started an apprenticeship as a construction draftsman. He soon changed plans and was admitted to the Duisburg conservatoire to study piano, after passing an entrance exam for particularly gifted applicants (it later turned out that his diploma was invalid since he dropped out of high school too early). He then toured as a little-known jazz musician and as entertainer, basically as stand-up comedian in local clubs. Schneider plays various instruments such as the Hammond organ, acoustic and electric guitar, ukulele, drums, piano, accordion, trumpet and others.
He became a popular comedian in the 1990s and still is among the best known German comedians. He toured and still tours (alone and with his bands “Hardcore”, “The Firefuckers” and others) through major concert halls with a mixture of music and comedy. He frequently appears on German TV, and is probably best known for his song Katzenklolied (Kitty Litter Box Song): “Katzenklo, Katzenklo, ja das macht die Katze froh” (“Kitty litter box, kitty litter box, that makes the cat happy.”), a number one hit in 1994. He wrote, directed and starred in four movies. In 2007 he appeared as Adolf Hitler in a satirical film: Mein Führer: The Truly Truest Truth About Adolf Hitler.
Schneider has written nine books, including an autobiography (“There is my whole life in this book, up to right now. The second part comes in thirty, forty years”) and a musical, “Mendy - das Wusical”, which appeared at Bochum Theatre in 2004.
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Moers festival
Freizeitpark Krefelder Straße, Moers, Germany
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Rettung naht - Superhelgi auf Tournee
Stadthalle F, Wien, Austria
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Vorschau 2010
17 Jul 2009 | from www.helge-schneider.de
- Das Buch 17 May 2009 | from www.helge-schneider.de
- Enthüllungsbuch 14 May 2009 | from www.helge-schneider.de
- Tourneeticker 23 Mar 2009 | from www.helge-schneider.de
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