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Pudelpunk Song Contest

In the organizer's words:

What do Udo Jürgens, Vicky Leandros, ABBA and Nicole have in common? They all once won the biggest music show in the world, the Grandprix Eurovision de la Chanson. With a pop song and at a time when microphones still had cables. Composer Rolf Kugel, once known as Mr. Grandprix, would sell his soul for the next big hit. But neither Roy Black nor Karel Gott show up when Kugel conjures up the spirits of the hits. Instead, the Godfather of Punk, Iggy Pop, appears. With the spotlight and all the razzmatazz, Iggy Kugel embarks on a club and time travel to the 1970s and 1980s: to CBGB's in New York - where Kugel falls in love with Blondie - from there to the Roxy in London and on to the legendary Ratinger Hof in Düsseldorf. In the battle for hit supremacy, Kugel and Iggy engage in a Pudelpunk Song Contest (PSC) in a class of its own! And until the very end, there is one question burning under everyone's guitar riffs: Will Kugel land the next big hit and linger in the oh-so-beautiful hit moment? There are always miracles ...

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Location

Theater Mönchengladbach Odenkirchener Straße 78 41236 Mönchengladbach