Adventure Land in Stukenbrock

Concert: The Pur cover band "Abenteuerland" plays at the Niebel event hall. The musicians from Braunschweig come across as fan-friendly and authentic. The guests want to hear the Pur classics.

The Pur cover band "Abenteuerland" plays in the Niebel event hall. The musicians from Braunschweig are fan-friendly and authentic. The guests want to hear the Pur classics.

Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock. Women's carnival? Pur is played. Student party? Sometime after two in the morning, the "Pur hit mix" comes on. Grandma's 65th birthday? Pur plays over and over again. "Pur is a cult band. It just has to be played," says Michael Westermeier. The voice of the Holter is already hoarse during the break. Everyone can sing along to the soft rock lyrics of the old Pur classics.

This heated up the atmosphere in the Niebel event hall. Germany's first and only Pur cover band, Abenteuerland, was playing there. The five guys from Braunschweig in Lower Saxony performed the Swabians' greatest hits: "Wenn sie diesen Tango hört," "Drachen sollen fliegen," and "Abenteuerland" were naturally on the set list. When Abenteuerland plays, "people always want to hear the classics," says Carsten Heinze, the band's singer. "Pur always works, no matter where we go," says guitarist Stephan Koopmann.

Is that true? Yes, definitely. During the intermission, a group of women were discussing the concert. "We hope there will be some more old songs that we can sing along to." Cornelia Caruso specifically wanted to hear "old classics."

"We hope that there will be some more old songs that we can sing along to."

During the second half of the concert, the audience repeatedly chanted "Lena." "Lena" was Pur's first song to enter the German singles charts in 1991 and is still a melody that automatically gets your feet tapping to disco fox.

Pure? "I heard that in my youth," said Tania Meyer. She waxed lyrical: "When the singer presents, he has a voice similar to Hartmut Engler. Very authentic." Thorsten Niebel agreed. "I really like the whole combo. My gut feeling tells me that no one was waiting for this, and now it's good." The concertgoers were definitely satisfied: "It's nice that something like this is being offered here in Stukenbrock," said Sabine Mende. "The atmosphere is good, especially we are in a good mood," said Anne Eller with exuberant enthusiasm. The band's proximity to the audience certainly contributed to this. Singer Carsten Heinze didn't just play with the audience, he involved them. In the second half, he sat down on the edge of the stage and took selfies with the fans during the song. A little later, the audience was even allowed to sing into the microphone when Heinze mingled with them. After all, everyone knew the lyrics.

After two and a half hours—Lena was, of course, the last song on the set list—and two encores, it was time to call it a night. The band thanked the "fantastic" audience, and the more than 250 fans thanked Abenteuerland with long applause.

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