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A punk professor with a penchant for poetry

(Bild: Bastian Bochinski)

Campino is more: the Tote Hosen frontman writes books and goes to university. In Upper Austria he is associated with Lido Sounds, the first edition in 2023 remains inextricably linked with the Toten Hosen. Campino's lyrical vein is worth reading - tickets for Lido Sounds 2025 are already available.

He is one of the most popular rock musicians and has been inextricably linked with Upper Austria since the first Lido Sounds: Campino, frontman of Die Toten Hosen. They had their first concert in Upper Austria in 1984 at the Posthof in Linz, which ended with a performance ban.

They only returned in 2023, celebrating the finest punk rock and thus also manifesting Lido Sounds. Since then, a lot has happened with Campino and the music festival on the banks of the Danube, which has been returning ever since.

Die Toten Hosen recently received the State Prize in North Rhine-Westphalia and Campino, whose real name is Andreas Frege, has recently become a university professor and talks about poetry and democracy.

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Family history and fan diary
He has his own books up his sleeve. Campino called his debut "Hope Street" (Piper, €15). In it, he talks about his German-English family, his love for a country that stands somewhere between the Beatles and Brexit - and, of course, his raging passion for Liverpool FC. A personal family story and fan diary.

Campino's second book "Kästner, Kraftwerk, Cock Sparrer. Eine Liebeserklärung an die Gebrauchslyrik" (Piper, €17). It is highly recommended to anyone interested in Campino's favorite poems and lyrics and their influence on the Toten Hosen's songs.

Current line-up of Lido Sounds 2025 with lots of rap
The Lido Sounds music festival on the banks of the Danube in Linz is entering its third edition from June 27 to 29, 2025, as we reported. The headliners include RAF Camora and AnnenMayKantereit. Also taking part: rapper Badmómzjay, Ski Aggu, Kreiml & Samurai.