Rockpalast
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For the Porcupine Tree album, see Rockpalast (download double CD).
Rockpalast | |
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Format | Music |
Created by | WDR |
Country of origin | Germany |
Broadcast | |
Original channel | WDR |
Original airing | 1974 |
Rockpalast is a German music television show that broadcasts live on German television station Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR). Rockpalast, which translates to English as Rock Palace, started in 1974 and continues to this day. Hundreds of rock and jazz bands have performed on Rockpalast, and their performances were recorded; many are available on DVD or videotape through their website and from retailers like Amazon.com.
The show once sponsored the Bizarre Festival, but that has been discontinued.
[edit] List of performers
A partial list of the musical artists who have performed at Rockpalast, and some of whose performances were recorded and broadcast, include:
a With an appearance by the Flying Karamazov Brothers.
b First full show with backing band in Germany.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Official website (German)
- Westdeutscher Rundfunk (German)
- Rockpalast at the Internet Movie Database
- Rockpalast Archiv - unofficial archive website