''Rockpalast'' (''Rock Palace'') is a German music television show that broadcasts live on German television station Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR). ''Rockpalast'' started in 1974 and continues to this day. Hundreds of

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, heavy metal and jazz bands have performed on ''Rockpalast''. Some acts were recorded for broadcast and for retail sale. All-night marathon shows called “Rock Night” (''Rocknacht'') were produced once or twice a year from 1977 through 1986 and simulcast throughout Europe via the

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network of TV broadcasters, thereby reaching around 25 million listeners on average. ''Rockpalast'' is involved in several German pop, rock and underground music festivals, once sponsoring the . The founder and long-time producer of ''Rockpalast'' was

Peter Rüchel Peter Rüchel (9 March 1937 – 20 February 2019) was a German music journalist, producer and founder of the WDR show Rockpalast, which since the mid-1970s has been hosting concerts by national and international bands and solo artists and broadc ...

together with . Soon,

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and

Albrecht Metzger Albrecht Metzger (born 1945 in Unteraichen near Stuttgart) is a German journalist, actor, television presenter, film director and cabaretist. Life and career Albrecht Metzger was editor of the Süddeutscher Rundfunk, SDR youth program ''Jour ...

joined as hosts of the events.

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's song " Believe in Me" became the official Rockpalast intro tune ever since their first broadcast in 1976.

Selected list of performers

Not all of these acts were recorded and broadcast. A list of the recorded gigs is readable on the Rockpalast homepage. * Agnostic Front * ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead *

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* Chicago * Tim Christensen *

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* George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic * Cold Chisel *

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* Graham Coxon *

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* Cutting Crew *

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* Elvis Costello and the Attractions * The Cult * The Cure *

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* Death Cab for Cutie * Deftones * Dexys Midnight Runners *

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* Dispatch * Dizzy Mizz Lizzy *

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* Ian Dury and The Blockheads * Eagles of Death Metal * Earth, Wind and Fire * Echo & the Bunnymen *

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* Einstürzende Neubauten *

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* Enter Shikari * Epica * Evanescence * Every Time I Die * Explosions in the Sky * John Fahey *

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* The Flaming Lips *

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* Flogging Molly * The Flower Kings * Robben Ford * The Frames *

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* Rory Gallagher *

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* Golden Earring * Gov't Mule *

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* Guru Guru * Nina Hagen * Peter Hammill * Roy Harper * Heaven & Hell * HIM *

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. * Bruce Hornsby * Ben Howard * Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson * Billy Idol * Incubus *

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* Interpol *

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* Iron Maiden *

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* Joe Jackson * The Jam * Rick James and The Stone City Band *

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* Johnny Clegg and

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* Mickey Jupp * Michael Karoli * The Kelly Family * B.B. King * King's X *

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* Kings of Leon * The Kinks * David Knopfler * Leo Kottke *

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* Kyuss * L7 * Lagwagon * Ronnie Lane from The Faces * Jonny Lang * Alvin Lee and Ten Years After * Level 42 *

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* The Lords of the New Church * Louisiana Red *

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* Machine Head *

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* Manic Street Preachers *

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* The Mars Volta * John Martyn *

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* Ted Nugent *

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* The Offspring * Mike Oldfield *

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* Oomph! *

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* Otherkin *

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* Parkway Drive *

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* Point Blank * The Police * Porcupine Tree * Powerwolf * Pretenders * The Pretty Things * Primus * Public Image Limited * Queens of the Stone Age * R.E.M. *

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* Rainbow * Rammstein * Marion Raven * Red Hot Chili Peppers * Return To Forever * Rockpile * Linda Ronstadt * Todd Rundgren *

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* Saint Jude * David Sancious * Michael Schenker Group * Screaming Trees * Shinedown * Silverchair *

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* Patti Smith * The Smiths * Sniff 'n' the Tears * Slipknot * Social Distortion *

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* Soundgarden * Southside Johnny * Spirit * Spock's Beard * Stiff Little Fingers *

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* Stray Cats *

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* Talking Heads * Mick Taylor * Tears for Fears *

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* Them Crooked Vultures * Therapy? * The The * Thin Lizzy * Richard Thompson *

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* Trust * Turbonegro *

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* U2 * UB40 *

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* Utopia *

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* Van der Graaf Generator * Velvet Revolver *

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and Double Trouble * Villagers *

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* Tom Waits *

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* Weezer * The Who *

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* Wilco * Ray Wilson * Edgar Winter * Johnny Winter * Wire *

Wucan Wucan is a German rock band from Dresden. The band were formed in 2011 and have released an EP and two studio albums to date. Francis Tobolsky (flute, rhythm guitar, vocals), Tim George (lead guitar) and Patrik Dröge (bass guitar) are the foun ...

* XTC * The XX * The Zutons * ZZ Top *

The Deadnotes The Deadnotes are a pop punk band from Freiburg in Germany founded in 2011 by Jakob Walheim (bassist) and Darius Lohmüller (guitarist). They asked their friend Yannic Arens to join the band as a drummer. The Deadnotes have toured Europe extensiv ...

References

External links

Official website

Westdeutscher Rundfunk

Unofficial archive website *
Rockpalast-Fans
Unofficial fansite
Rockpalast on Last.fm
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Selected list of performers

See also

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