Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Legendary concert promoter Fritz Rau dies

The German concert promoter Fritz Rau passed away on August 19, at the age of 83. He became a legend in the trade and used to be mentioned as the man who brought the rock stars to Germany.
Fritz Rau organized concerts with Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, Madonna and many, many more. Frank Zappa mentioned Fritz Rau in one of his songs, Shall We Take Ourselves Seriously?

Some nice pictures here:
http://www.dw.de/a-tribute-to-music-promoter-fritz-rau/g-17036839

More to read here:
http://www.dw.de/fritz-rau-who-brought-the-stars-to-germany-dies/a-17035692

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