{"id":23170,"date":"2016-08-25T18:15:04","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T22:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=23170"},"modified":"2016-08-22T20:04:27","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T00:04:27","slug":"nena-announces-99-luftballoons-over-america-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=23170","title":{"rendered":"Nena announces 99 Luftballoons Over America tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NENA\u00a0is coming to America: yep, that Nena! <em>99 Luftballons\u00a0<\/em>was the first German-language song to enter the US charts since Marlene Dietrich, yet although the pop queen toured all over the world, she never made it over to the US to perform. NENA has continued to rule the charts in Germany with sixteen studio albums and countless hits, and now is finally her time to take America by storm.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/La4Dcd1aUcE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the 33 years since it was released, NENA\u2019s <em>99 Luftballons<\/em> (\u201c99 Red Balloons\u201d) has had an unmatchable impact on popular and music culture. \u00a0Although NENA never stopped making music \u2013 she\u2019s had a three-and-a-half decade career of hits and 16 studio albums behind her in Germany &#8211; and has toured in countries as far as Japan, NENA never got to tour the US. It\u2019s one of those flukes in music history where what should have happened didn\u2019t happen. But in NENA\u2019s own words,\u00a0<em>\u201c\u2026now\u2019s the right time. It\u2019s always now!&#8230;When you want to do something and it just doesn\u2019t happen, you shouldn\u2019t be sad or disappointed because, well, 35 years later, it happens! It\u2019s perfect timing.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/1d59aca4aeedaab429816159e\/images\/5a35fae3-1d52-4601-a05e-ae0e243c3d45.png?resize=400%2C266&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" align=\"none\" \/>At the heart of NENA is a rock\u2019n\u2019roller with unbeatable stage presence and energy to spare, whether she\u2019s playing to regularly sold-out crowds at the biggest arenas or more intimate club venues. Just take a listen to NENA\u2019s latest outing \u2013 the excellent, energetic and rocking live album &#8216;Live at SO36,&#8217; recorded during a within-minutes sold-out concert at the famed Berlin club SO36. The opening rocking riffs of <em>Noch Einmal<\/em> NENA struck on her Telecaster sent out a shockwave of energy that carries through an entire night. From pure rockers to new-wave favorites to the touching ballads that fans sing along word-for-word, NENA can electrify a crowd with her incomparable, instantly recognizable voice and her own brand of rock\u2019n\u2019roll that includes influences of The Ramones, Blondie, and Talking Heads, among many others. The dancing never lets up with NENA until the lights finally go on at the end of the night. That\u2019s what NENA is going to ultimately bring to the US \u2013 an amazing live energy that can shake an entire audience to its core.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s captured the hearts of Germany: her numerous top ten hits and 25 million sold records are proof of that. Now it\u2019s time to share that with America. NENA\u2019s most recent studio album, &#8216;Oldschool,&#8217; is the perfect fusion of her constant drive for artistic development and genuine authenticity. Produced and co-written by German hip-hop superstar\u00a0Samy Deluxe, it blisters with a sense of immediacy and newness while especially playing lyrically with references to her past.<\/p>\n<p>NENA has never been a nostalgia act; she still delivers onstage an exhilarating mix of her amazing and expansive discography. With that much spark, it\u2019s a recipe for an utterly mind-blowing evening. American fans that missed the opportunity to see NENA when they were first introduced to her now have that chance. To paraphrase her latest single, there\u2019s no time like \u201cGenau jetzt\u201d (right now).<\/p>\n<p>NENA\u00a0will be playing\u00a0San Francisco\u00a0on\u00a0September 30,\u00a0Los Angeles\u00a0on\u00a0October 2,\u00a0and\u00a0New York City\u00a0on\u00a0October 4.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlieaction.us1.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=1d59aca4aeedaab429816159e&amp;id=74b02458b5&amp;e=3a430a552a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">SAN FRANCISCO Tickets Here<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/girlieaction.us1.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=1d59aca4aeedaab429816159e&amp;id=9644f88b59&amp;e=3a430a552a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">LOS ANGELES Tickets Here<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/girlieaction.us1.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=1d59aca4aeedaab429816159e&amp;id=4a66e4b3c6&amp;e=3a430a552a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">NEW YORK CITY Tickets Here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>NENA\u00a0is coming to America: yep, that Nena! 99 Luftballons\u00a0was the first German-language song to enter the US charts since Marlene Dietrich, yet although the pop <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=23170\" title=\"Nena announces 99 Luftballoons Over America tour\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23171,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[25,28,1907],"tags":[57,5384,5383,5385,5382,1245],"class_list":["post-23170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-live","category-music","category-news","tag-80s","tag-99-luftballons","tag-99-red-balloons","tag-america","tag-nena","tag-tour-dates"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/7d6b3c71-5dbd-4b69-80f8-211fb711710a-e1471910246315.png?fit=383%2C391&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-61I","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":43880,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=43880","url_meta":{"origin":23170,"position":0},"title":"NENA announces first UK shows in 15 years","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"August 27, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"German pop legend\u00a0NENA\u00a0is making her long-awaited return to the UK this October with two exclusive live shows\u2014her first on British soil in 15 years. 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