Große Freiheit (
German
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for 'Great Freedom') is the seventh album by the
Neue Deutsche Härte
Neue Deutsche Härte (; "new German hardness"), sometimes abbreviated as NDH, is a subgenre of rock music that developed in Germany and Austria during the early-to-mid 1990s and during the early 2000s. Alluding to the style of Neue Deutsche Well ...
band
Unheilig
Unheilig (German for "Unholy") was a German band that featured a variety of influences, including various pop and electronic styles as well as harder, nihilistic hard rock. The band was founded in 1999 and principally consisted of singer Bern ...
. It was released on February 19, 2010, as a standard 14-track album and a Fanbox Edition boxset which was limited to 5,000 copies that contains the following:
*a limited edition 16-track studio album (including 2 bonus tracks) in digipak.
*a bonus CD of unreleased studio recordings of Unheilig from the current studio sessions and recordings and songs from the first musical steps of Der Graf so far (never published).
*an Unheilig flag.
*Autobiography of Der Graf, 176-sided: Der Graf tells of his first musical steps up to his latest album ''Große Freiheit''.
The album's title refers to a street in
Hamburg
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St. Pauli
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, the
Große Freiheit
The Große Freiheit (German for: "Great Freedom") is a cross street on the North Side to Hamburg's Reeperbahn road in the St. Pauli quarter. It is part of the red-light district.
History
The street was named in 1610 after the fact that Count ...
, a side-street of the
Reeperbahn.
Track listing
Bonus disc
# Human Nations (First Musical Steps in 1992)
# The Beast (First Musical Steps in 1992)
# Lost Heaven (Unpublished song from the early Unheiligzeit)
# Faded Times (Unpublished song from the early Unheiligzeit)
# Seenot (Demo)
# Für Immer (Demo)
# Unter deiner Flagge (Demo)
# Geboren um zu leben (Demo)
# Geboren um zu leben (Demo 2)
Live album
On June 11, 2010, a live album was released with the same name, which contains a boxset with a CD and the DVD featuring the show. A Limited Delux Edition contains four discs while the Special Edition contains two discs.
Chart performance
In Germany, it remained at No. 1 for 23 non-consecutive weeks, to date the longest stay of any album in the 21st century and the first album by a German artist to do so.
''Große Freiheit'' is the second most downloaded album of all time in Germany behind
Adele's ''
21'', with digital sales between 100,000 and 140,000.
Spending 52 weeks in the German top ten, the album is the 17th album to spend a year or longer there and the first to do so since
Ich + Ich
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* ...
's ''Vom selben Stern'', which was released in July 2007. ''Große Freiheit'' left the top 5 of the
German Albums Chart for the first time the week it achieved this feat.
Chart positions
Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
Certifications and sales
Große Freiheit (Winter Edition)
This album was re-released on November 19, 2010, with all of the standard 14 tracks from Große Freiheit, excluding the two bonus songs. A second disc contains "Winterland" and its remixes. There is a new cover to reflect the title.
Track listing
Grosse Freiheit Tour 2010-2011
2010
*March 5 - Berlin, Germany - The Dome 53 at
Velodrom
The Velodrom (velodrome) is an indoor track cycling arena, in the Prenzlauer Berg locality of Berlin, Germany. Holding up to 12,000 people, it was also Berlin's largest concert venue, until the opening of O2 World in 2008.
It is part of a large ...
*March 19 - Bochum, Germany - RuhrCongress Halle
*March 20 - Erfurt, Germany - Stadthalle
*March 27 - Giessen, Germany - Hessenhalle
*April 1 - Munchen, Germany -
Zenith
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*April 3 - Berlin, Germany - Columbia Halle
*April 4 - Dresdon, Germany - Alter Schlachthof
*April 5 - Dresdon, Germany - Alter Schlachthof
*April 9 - Magdeburg, Germany - Factory
*April 10 - Hamburg, Germany - Docks Club
*April 11 - Hamburg, Germany - Docks Club
*April 12 - Hamburg, Germany - Docks Club
*April 16 - Leipzig, Germany - Agra Halle
*April 17 - Cologne, Germany - Palladium
*April 30 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
*May 1 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
*May 2 - Bosen, Germany - Hexentanz Festival
*May 6 - Bielefeld, Germany - Ringlokschuppen
*May 7 - Bielefeld, Germany - Ringlokschuppen
*May 8 - Wurzburg, Germany - Posthalle
*May 9 - Berlin, Germany - Columbia Halle
*May 12 - Vienna, Austrua - Gasometer
*May 14 - Cologne, Germany - Palladium
*May 15 - Oberhausen, Germany - Turbinenhalle
*May 20 - Stuttgart, Germany - The Dome 54 at
Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
*May 21 - Stuttgart, Germany - Liederhalle
*May 22 - Stuttgart, Germany - Liederhalle
*May 29 - Hamburg, Germany - Grand Prix Party at Spielburdenplatz
*June 11 - Interlaken, Switzerland -
Greenfield Festival
The Greenfield Festival is an annual rock music festival held on the outskirts of the town of Interlaken, in the Swiss canton of Bern.
Editions 2005
* Date: 24–26 June 2005
* Visitors: 25,500
Line-up:
* Adam Green
* Aereogramme
* Alter ...
*June 12 - Gelsenkirchen, Germany - Blackfield festival
*July 10 - Göttingen, Germany - MTV Campus Invasion 2010
*July 16 - Waregum, Belgium - Gothic Festival
*July 30 - Grafenheinichen, Germany - Jump Community Party at Ferropolis
*July 31 - Hanau Am Main, Germany - Amphitheater
*August 1 - Hanau Am Main, Germany - Amphitheater
*August 7 - Hildesheim, Germany -
Mera Luna Festival
*August 15 - Schwetzingen, Germany - Grosse Freiheit Open Air
*August 20 - Stormthal, Germany - Highfield Festival
*August 21 - Schwerin, Germany - Freilichtbuhne
*August 27 - Hamburg - Germany - HTA Hambuger Trab-Arena
*August 28 - Potsdam, Germany - Metropolis Halle
*September 2 - Wiesen, Austria - Two Days A Week Festival
*September 17 - Hemer, Germany - Landesgartenschaugelande
*September 18 - Bern, Switzerland - Bierhubeli
*September 19 - Zurich, Switzerland - One By One Festival
*October 1 - Berlin, Germany - Bundesvision at
Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
*October 22 - Hohenems, Austria - Tennis Events Center
*October 23 - Linz, Austria - Posthof
*October 24 - Graz, Austria - Helmut-List-Halle
*November 12 - Siegen, Germany - Siegerlandhalle
*November 13 - Siegen, Germany - Siegerlandhalle
*November 18 - Frankfurt, Germany -
Jahrhunderthalle
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The venue, whic ...
*November 19 - Frankfurt. Germany - Jahrhunderthalle
*November 20 - Regensburg, Germany -
Donau Arena
Donau Arena is an arena in Regensburg, Germany. The arena opened in 2001 and holds 4,936 people.
It is primarily used for ice hockey.
*Bob Dylan performed at the arena during his 2000 European Tour on May 25, 2000.
* P!nk Performed at the arena o ...
*November 25 - Vienna, Austria - Gasometer
*November 26 - Furth, Germany - Stadthalle (Furth)
*November 27 - Munster, Germany -
Halle Munsterland
*December 2 - Bochum, Germany - 1 Live Krone 2010
*December 4 - Bremen, Germany -
Bremen-Arena
*December 5 - Kiel, Germany -
Sparkassen-Arena
*December 10 - Braunschweig, Germany -
Volkswagen Halle
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Sports
Aside from serving as the home venue of ...
*December 11 - Chemnitz, Germany - Messe
*December 14 - Mannheim, Germany - Maimarktclub
*December 15 - Kassel, Germany - Kongress Palais-Blauersaal
*December 17 - Ulm, Germany -
Donauhalle
*December 18 - Trier, Germany -
Trier Arena
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It is currently home to the TBB Trier basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players ...
*December 25 - Berlin, Germany -
Berlin Arena
*December 26 - Berlin, Germany - Berlin Arena
*December 28 - Kempton, Germany - BigBox
*December 29 - Freiburg, Germany - Rothaus Arena
*December 30 - Düsseldorf, Germany - Phillips Halle
2011
*January 2 - Lingen, Germany - Emslandhallen
*January 7 - Magdeburg, Germany - Stadthalle
*January 8 - Bamburg, Germany -
Stechert Arena
*January 9 - Salzburg, Austria - Salzburg Arena
*January 14 - Dortmund, Germany -
Westfalenhallen
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*January 15 - Karlsruhe, Germany -
Europahalle
*January 20 - Augsburg, Germany - Schwabenhalle
*January 21 - Hannover, Germany -
AWD Hall
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It mainly hosts indoor sporting events, concerts and trade sh ...
*January 22 - Erfurt, Germany - Thuringenhalle
*January 28 - Rostock, Germany - Stadthalle
*January 29 - Cottbus, Germany - Messehalle
*February 4 - Cologne, Germany -
Lanxess Arena
*February 5 - Magdeburg, Germany - Stadthalle
*March 24 - Berlin, Germany - Echo 2011
*May 27 - Hannover, Germany - Expoplaza
*June 4 - Gelsenkirchen, Germany - Amphitheater
*June 5 - Gelsenkirchen, Germany - Amphitheater
*June 17 - Bonn, Germany - Kunst-und Ausstellungshalle
*June 18 - Fulda, Germany - Messe-Galerie
*June 25 - Frankfurt, Germany - Stadion Im Sportpark
*July 1 - Basel, Switzerland -
St.Jacobshalle
*July 2 - Clam, Austria - Burgclam
*July 3 - Clam, Austria - Burgclam
*July 7 - Dresden, Germany - Elbufer
*July 8 - Dresden, Germany - Elbufer
*July 9 - Dresden, Germany - Elbufer
*July 10 - Heilbrenn, Germany - Wertwiessen Park
*July 15 - Bielfeld, Germany - Ravensburger Park
*July 16 - Ulm, Germany - KlosterWiblingen
*July 17 - Baden-Baden, Germany - Rennplatz
*July 22 - Emmendingen, Germany - Schlossplatz
*July 23 - Munchen, Germany - OlympiaPark
*July 24 - Schwabisch Gmind, Germany - Schiesstal Platz
*July 30 - Erfurt, Germany - Streigerwald Stadion
*August 6 - Berlin, Germany - Kindl-Buhne Wuhlheide
*August 7 - Berlin, Germany - Kindl-Buhne Wuhlheide
*August 20 - Braunschweig, Germany - Volksbank Brawobuhne
*August 21 - Coburg, Germany - Schlossplatz
*August 26 - Losheim, Germany - Stranbad
*August 27 - Bremen, Germany - Pier 2
*August 28 - Hamburg, Germany - Trabenbahn
*September 1 - Rostock, Germany - IGA Park
*September 2 - Monchengladbach, Germany - Warsteiner Hockey Park
*September 3 - Gronau, Germany - Burgerhalle
See also
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List of best-selling albums in Germany
Germany is the third largest music market in the world, and the largest in Europe. This is a list of the best-selling albums in Germany that have been certified by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI). Since January 1, 2003, BVMI certifies an a ...
References
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Unheilig albums
2010 albums
Vertigo Records albums
German-language albums