AnnenMayKantereit Live 2026

In the organizer's words:

"Alles nix Konkretes": that was the title of the first album by Cologne band AnnenMayKantereit in 2016. There couldn't have been a better title. After all, there really was no career plan at the time, the motto was rather: do it first, follow the vibe, see what happens. Christopher Annen (guitar), Henning May (vocals) and Severin Kantereit (drums) had already done this when they met at school and performed together as street musicians, and it stayed that way when they released early songs on YouTube, produced their first album, which is now long out of print, and finally released a debut EP in 2015 with the equally telling title "Wird schon irgendwie gehen" (It'll work somehow).

And how it went: What has happened since then is quite extraordinary and - well, actually - one of the most impressive careers in German pop of the past decades. Since the band was founded in 2011, AnnenMayKantereit have continuously developed from an insider tip in Cologne to one of the most successful bands in Germany without ever losing their grip.

With their five albums to date, AnnenMayKantereit have achieved gold and platinum status, played at the biggest festivals; their videos for songs such as "Barfuß am Klavier", "3 Tage am Meer" and "Oft gefragt" have been clicked over 1.4 billion times on YouTube. They have 1.9 million TikTok followers and over 1.4 million on Instagram, and five million people listen to them on Spotify every month.

AnnenMayKantereit have also gained large international fan bases in countries such as Mexico, Ukraine and Turkey. Their version of Suzanne Vega's classic "Tom's Diner", recorded together with Giant Rooks, went gold in the USA, the band has played over 400 shows in total, received numerous awards and fulfilled a dream with a sold-out concert at Cologne's RheinEnergieSTADION in September 2023.

This list could go on and on, and yet you would never use a word like superstars in connection with AnnenMayKantereit , even though they have basically been superstars for a long time.

In 2026, AnnenMayKantereit will finally return with a new tour: there is already new music to hear and see: "Nur wir beide".

On 18.07.2026 , the Mönchengladbach audience can experience AnnenMayKantereit live at their open-air concert in SparkassenPark. Tickets are available at annenmaykantereit-shop.com, sparkassenpark.de and all known advance booking offices.

General advance booking start: 17.07.2025, 12:00 noon