Denyo opens this year's Rock am Kopp series
Concert of the city marketing campaign "The city is me" on Saturday, 18 July 2015 at 4 pm
July in Chemnitz will be hot again: The popular Rock am Kopp concert series starts the next round on Saturday, 18 July 2015, at its usual location: the Karl Marx Monument. This year, artist Denyo feat. Symbiz will open the first Rock am Kopp at 4 pm. Admission is free.
The well-known Chemnitz club Atomino has once again been won over as organiser. Jan Kummer, spokesperson for the club: "We are looking forward to a relaxed, summery concert with a pioneer of hip-hop history." The Chemnitz-based label Phlatline / splash established contact with Denyo. "We've known Denyo since the end of the 90s at a festival in the AJZ," says Phlatline artist DJ Ron: "The latest album was the reason for us to get in touch again and I'm looking forward to performing with him on stage."
Denyo, whose real name is Dennis Lisk, became famous as Absolute Beginner with Jan Delay and DJ Mad. In addition to music, he has hosted radio and television programmes such as the Vox show "Cover My Song", which won the Television Award in 2012. In April of this year, he released his fourth solo album "Derbe". He is accompanied by the ghetto bass specialists Symbiz.
"Rock am Kopp proved to be a magnet for visitors last year. It is a format that is sure to attract many young, music-loving people to the city again this year and carries an important message: Chemnitz wants you!", says Katja Uhlemann, press officer for the city of Chemnitz. The idea for the concert came from the advertising agency zebra as part of the city marketing campaign "The city is me".
This year's main sponsors of the first event are Volksbank Chemnitz and envia Mitteldeutsche Energie AG.
"We are happy about any initiative to revitalise our city centre and if it appeals to young people, we are there!" says Gerd Koschmieder, member of the Board of Management of Volksbank Chemnitz.
envia Mitteldeutsche Energie AG is also taking part in the concert series for the second time: "We are delighted that there will be a new edition of "Rock am Kopp". After the concert series was a great success for Chemnitz last year, we are happy to be a supporter again in 2015," says Claudia Anke, deputy press spokeswoman for envia Mitteldeutsche Energie AG.
Other supporters of Rock am Kopp are Getränke Pfeifer and Radio Chemnitz.
Keyword "Rock am Kopp":
The Rock am Kopp concert series first started in 2014 as part of the "The city is me" communication campaign. Thousands of fans watched the show on stage in front of the city's secret landmark, the Nischl. Further information on the "Die Stadt bin ich" campaign can be found at www.die-stadt-bin-ich.de and at www.facebook.com/diestadtbinich.