SOPHIE AUSTER / USA

In the organizer's words:

"Milk for Ulcers" European Tour 2025

SOPHIE AUSTER is back after her maternity break with a new album and a tour of Germany in May. "Milk for Ulcers" - the title of her fourth studio album, which will be released in 2025 - is the most intimate and emotional album she has ever written.
Now she wants to take it out into the world and share it with her fans live.

"While I was writing and recording my new album, my niece and my brother died. My father was diagnosed with cancer. I found out I was pregnant, gave birth to my son Miles, and four months later saw my father die in the house I grew up in," says SOPHIE AUSTER, describing the circumstances surrounding the creation of "Milk For Ulcers".

She explains that the album title "Milk for Ulcers" came about during a conversation about outdated healing methods. The metaphor describes the ambivalence of healing: while milk can relieve pain in the short term, it aggravates ulcers in the long term. The album addresses the difficulty of healing wounds without offering simple answers and highlights the complexity of loss and grief. It reflects feelings of defiance, anger and pain, but also hope and joy, especially through her experiences as a mother. The last song on the record, "Blue Team", is dedicated to her father, Paul Auster. Fortunately, she finished it in time for him to hear it before he died.

In an age of AI algorithms, artificially generated feelings and an extremely short attention span, SOPHIE AUSTER is an artist who offers an alternative concept with her music. Although her songs are about personal loss, the emotions they deal with, such as grief and anger in the face of uncontrollable events, are universal and unifying. They create a contrast to a media world that promotes isolation rather than community and often fails to recognize the value of such feelings.

SOPHIE AUSTER, daughter of two writers, grew up in a creative environment where artists and musicians of all disciplines came and went. She discovered her passion for singing at the age of eight and released her first album at sixteen. Two years later, this album was produced by Naive Records in France and acclaimed by critics across Europe, marking the beginning of her touring career. AUSTER attracted the attention of renowned fashion houses early on and appeared as a model at exclusive events for Chanel, Dior and Ferragamo. In 2019, she secured a publishing and recording contract with BMG, which released her album "Next Time". In the same year, her single "Mexico" was featured in John Turturro's film "The Jesus Rolls". Over the course of her career, AUSTER has received numerous awards, including the top prize in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest for her song "Little Bird" and the honor of Female Vocalist of the Year by Cosmopolitan Spain.

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Price information:

VVK: 30 € + service and VVK fee / B.O.: 38 € / standing room only