Tote Hosen singer met König: “Thinking of my mother”: Campino explains performance in tails

Tote Hosen frontman Campino appeared in tails at a state banquet with King Charles III. defended. “There are simply things that are important to you and that you have to do, no matter what kind of shitstorm there is,” Campino (62) told the dpa in Düsseldorf. The Tote Hosen frontman appeared in tails for a dinner with Charles in Berlin last year. This brought the 62-year-old, who became known as a punk rocker, some ridicule.

Mocking Campino in a tailcoat? “I didn’t give a shit”

“The tailcoat was mandatory, that was the dress code,” said Campino. “I didn’t give a damn that so many people made fun of me in a tailcoat. I certainly wouldn’t have shown up in jeans. I would have made a real fool of myself.”

Campino referred to his origins from a German-British family: “I’m half English, half German. My mother came to Germany from England in 1947, when everything was still broken here. The history between these two countries, the difficult relationship, the hostile one “The mood in the 60s that slowly dissipated, that commonalities were discovered again over time, the relaxation, even the friendship: all of these things, of course, particularly move me.”

Thoughts of his late mother

If the cooperation and friendship between both countries is to be underlined on an evening like this in Berlin, “then it is also an invitation to me to make my contribution. At that moment I was simply thinking of my late mother. She would have “I was really happy and that’s why I did it,” said Campino.

This Wednesday, the rock musician has another official appointment with state protocol: In Düsseldorf, he and the other Toten Hosen will be presented with the State Prize of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.