In the organizer's words:

The successful GenZ musician NESS is fulfilling a dream for her fans '26: she is rearranging her songs into pure unplugged versions for the "Hautnah Akustik Tour 2026" next May and inviting her community to meet her in some acoustically and visually special concert venues. Experience NESS, closer than ever before! With the songs from her current EP "Leben überleben" and her now very impressive back catalog in her luggage, the artist will play five exclusive, purely acoustic shows.

NESS has established herself as the unmistakable voice of her generation: she is one of the most streamed artists in Austria and has built up an immense presence on social media with her music, content, style and charisma. Ever since the release of her EP "Leben überleben" as well as her millions of streamed songs and the collab with Kontra K and Unheilig on "Geboren, um zu leben", which entered the German singles charts at number 4, she has been a permanent fixture in the German-speaking music scene. NESS enjoys true star status in her loyal, ever-growing community because her lyrics about mental health, identity, vulnerability and strength strike a chord: honest, poetic and always authentic.

After three headlining tours, several sold-out shows, celebrated festival gigs such as at the Donauinselfest or the CSD Cologne and the aforementioned EP "Leben überleben" from October '25, NESS is back with another highlight - pssst, now it's getting acoustic!

With the "Hautnah Akustik Tour 2026", NESS announces her most personal and intimate concert series to date. In five selected cities, the up-and-coming singer-songwriter will show a completely new side to her music: pared-down, acoustic, direct.

The tour takes her to special, atmospheric venues - the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Carl-Orff-Saal in Munich, the Kleine Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, the Heimathafen in Berlin and the Gloria in Cologne - and creates a space in which NESS 's songs have an even more direct effect with a careful and exclusive acoustic production. Each show is deliberately kept small: NESS presents her unplugged shows in an approachable, warm, vulnerable way and full of genuine moments - up close and personal. Her courage to allow closeness is what her fans have appreciated about her for years.

On the "Hautnah Akustik Tour 2026", fans can experience NESS 's songs in these very special settings - with a purely acoustic band in an intimate atmosphere. Tickets for the five exclusive dates are available everywhere.