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Good Charlotte

And then it was time…
Drummer Dean Butterworth, bassist Paul Thomas, guitarists Billy Martin and Benji Madden as well as his twin brother and Good Charlotte front man Joel entered the stage one after the other, and were greeted immediately with thunderous applause and equally loud screaming of their female followers. The beginning was the song “Self Help” from the album “Generation Rx”. Although the boys from Maryland, USA, are on the same named European tour, they played surprisingly few pieces on the new album.

No problem for hard-boiled Good Charlotte fans, because already with the second song “The Anthem” from the year 2002, those people felt transported back to the times of their childhood and youth. This feeling intensified when singer Joel Madden asked the audience how old they were when they first heard Good Charlotte. “Ten, thirteen, nine,” he counted the audience’s fingers stretched up. With the words “Let’s go back to the year 2004”, he finally sang the hit “Predictable” from the album “The Chronicles of Life and Death”, and heated up the already great atmosphere in the hall. Of course there were also some newer albums and songs like “Life Changes”, “Actual Pain”, “The River” or “Prayers” came out of the speakers and were sung along eagerly, although not in the same strength as the “Oldies”. The crowning finale of the show was finally the smashing “Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous”, in which no one really stood still anymore.

An incredibly great evening that gave the audience a musical journey back in time to their youth. Even many years after their big breakthrough, the guys from Good Charlotte proved that the pop punk of the 2000s is far from obsolete.

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Good Charlotte

Good Charlotte

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Good Charlotte

Good Charlotte

Good Charlotte

Good Charlotte

Good Charlotte

Good Charlotte

Good Charlotte

Good Charlotte

Good Charlotte

Good Charlotte

Good Charlotte