Really not a wonder at a stroke – Rock & Pop

James Blunt likes to say that he wrote only one song. "Freiburg, are you ready?" the Brit asks in the Freiburg Sick Arena Monday night, before he even plays.

And of course, Freiburg is ready for "You're Beautiful", the blitz that made Blunt known in 2005. With fervor, fans sing in the audience, reach out with their smartphone or cradle at rhythm of their partner. There are many more women than men among the 2,500 visitors to the Sick Arena, many groups and merry young people dancing with their girlfriends and filming stories on Instagram during the concert.

James Blunt is not a marvel for the 44-year-old likes to spend – and it will be clear tonight. For 90 minutes, Blunt and his group worked concentrated and energetic in the singer's work

. Blunt's tour of the previous album "Moon Landing" was a medium-sized battle of hardware with a giant disco ball, scene UFOs and astronaut costumes. The "The Afterlove" board reduces: no canvases, costumes and sets. Agitated, Blunt hurries up and down the stage in jeans and t-shirt at the beginning of the concert with the electric guitar in his hands, then performs the elegiac "I'll take everything" still on the piano, before & # 39; 39, he does not reach the acoustic guitar for "Wisemen". Breaks? Not necessary gender borders? No interest The live band of Blunt knows what to do, accompanies it regularly. Everything is fine.

"Goodbye my Lover", "High", "Postcards", "1973": The very big successes are many – but in the majority also a little older, yes. It is surprising that it is precisely the current tube "Melody" that is missing in the setlist of Freiburg – a song of the producer Lost Frequencies with the voice of Blunt. By the way, the number was heard at the Tüsee Sea Festival about a week ago – during the Belgian DJ's performance on the main stage.

Instead, Blunt gave the result of another DJ cooperation: "Okay" This was created with the German DJ Robin Schultz. And Blunt talks about continuing education to keep up with his time – his friendship with mega-star Ed Sheeran. Useful was a party together at Blunts Verbier in Switzerland: "During the day I taught skiing and at night he taught me to write songs," Blunt chatter. Sheeran encouraged him to write a song about the love of his wife and son – the elegant Make Me Better. "My wife always says: It's the most beautiful love song that Ed Sheeran ever wrote for me."

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Before singing "You're Beautiful," he sends a warning to the men present in the audience: "The next song is because your girlfriend has dragged you here."