Udo Lindenberg

Known for ActingBorn 1946-05-17 (age 80)Gronau, Germany

Udo Gerhard Lindenberg is a German rock musician, writer, and painter. After beginning his career as a drummer in the late 1960s with bands and musicians such as the City Preachers and Peter Herbolzheimer, he increasingly focused on singing and writing his own songs starting in the early 1970s. As one of the first rock musicians to present lyrics in German, he helped pave the way for the breakthrough of German-language rock music. Since then, Lindenberg has continuously evolved into a leading and defining figure in the German music scene, and his recordings have frequently achieved gold status. With his 34th studio album, *Stark wie Zwei* (Strong as Two), he topped the German charts for the first time in his career in 2008, at the age of 62. In the 1980s, alongside his musical endeavors, Lindenberg increasingly dedicated himself to the subject of inner-German relations. Despite his considerable efforts, however, he was denied the opportunity to perform in the GDR with his band, the Panikorchester—with the exception of a heavily monitored performance held in 1983 before a hand-picked FDJ audience at the Palace of the Republic in East Berlin. A tour that had already been scheduled for 1984 was subsequently cancelled by the GDR leadership. Later, a high-profile exchange of gifts took place: in 1987, Lindenberg presented Erich Honecker with a leather jacket, received a *Schalmei* (shawm) in return, and finally gifted Honecker an electric guitar on the occasion of the latter's first visit to the Federal Republic of Germany. Since the 1990s, Lindenberg has also gained recognition as a painter. His first exhibition in 1996 was followed by numerous others—including the 2005 exhibition *Keine Panik. Udo Lindenbergs bunte Republik* (No Panic: Udo Lindenberg’s Colorful Republic) at the Haus der Geschichte (House of History) in Bonn. His works have garnered increasing attention and are now held in various collections, including that of the German Federal Chancellery. In 2010, the Federal Ministry of Finance issued two special postage stamps designed by the Ministry itself. Udo Lindenberg has received numerous awards for his body of work. He has lived primarily in Hamburg since 1968. Since July 2016, he has been an honorary citizen of his birthplace, Gronau (Westphalia).Read more

Movies & web series

Ein Herz für Kinder

Westernhagen: MTV Unplugged

Na siehste!

Die Wahrheit über Extrabreit

Das aktuelle Sportstudio

Udo Lindenberg: Stärker als die Zeit - Live

Udo Lindenberg & Das Panikorchester: Ich mach mein Ding - Die Show

Tabaluga und die Zeichen der Zeit

Bio’s Bahnhof

Through the Night with...

Bambi

Atlantic Affairs

Kurt Weill

Auf los geht's los

Panic Time

Nena feat. Nena - Live

Head Full of Honey

Mein Name ist Otto

Udo Lindenberg & Das Panikorchester - 50 Jahre Rock'n'Roll in der bunten Republik

Die Harald Schmidt Show

Udo Lindenberg: MTV Unplugged Live aus dem Hotel Atlantic

Die Akte Lindenberg - Udo und die DDR

ZIBB

Die Drehscheibe

3 nach 9

Boulevard Bio

Geld oder Liebe

North Sea Is Death Sea

Am laufenden Band

Je später der Abend

Zwischenmahlzeit

Musik aus Studio B

Lindenberg! Mach dein Ding

NDR Talk Show

Die ultimative Chartshow

Supermarket

Super

Titel, Thesen, Temperamente

Totgesagte leben länger

Scene of the Crime

Menschen

The Seduction of Angels

WWF Club

Please Turn the Page

Son of Hitler

7 Dwarves: The Forest Is Not Enough

Goldene Kamera

Na sowas!