Rockpalast

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Rockpalast
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.

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A partial list of the musical artists who have performed at Rockpalast, and some of whose performances were recorded and broadcast, include:

R.E.M. performing on Rockpalast at the Grünspan Club in Hamburg on November 2, 1998.
R.E.M. performing on Rockpalast at the Grünspan Club in Hamburg on November 2, 1998.

a With an appearance by the Flying Karamazov Brothers.
b First full show with backing band in Germany.

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