Yuri Shevchuk and the group "DDT" present the long-awaited concert program "History of Sound". The best songs from the most iconic albums of the legendary band - from the moment of its foundation to the present day - for the first time combined into one program, an extended version of which will be performed at grandiose concerts on March 5, 2017 in Moscow, on the stage of the Olimpiysky Sports Complex and on March 11, 2017 in native St. Petersburg, within the walls of the CCC.
It seems that the group has been going to this large-scale concert all their lives. Having long mastered the largest venues in the country with high-tech shows, destroying stereotypes about Russian rock, they reached the most hidden meanings and floated to the surface again “born in the USSR”: uniting millions of people who speak the same language and live in the largest country in the world. Without exaggeration, the program of selected songs of the DDT group is the main rock event of the decade, the program consists of three parts - according to three eras of the legendary band. An impressive nationwide tour awaited by millions of fans of the band will end grand concert in St. Petersburg. The tracklist included the songs “Don't Shoot”, “Autumn”, “That's All”, “Major Boys”, “I Got This Role”, “In the Last Autumn”, “Whistled”, “Wind”, “Motherland”, “ Eyes”, “Leningrad”, “Revolution” and other well-known compositions.
The band's sound has changed drastically since its inception: from rhythm and blues to industrial and indie music. Sometimes it became more decisive, sometimes more voluminous and lyrical. The repertoire included philosophical waltzes, and rock ballads, and satirical fables, and poetic readings. DDT show programs are several special trailers with equipment, huge screens with colorful video art and conceptual multimedia installations. But the main thing for which they love DDT remains unchanged - their interest and love for a person in this difficult time of change.
Yuri Shevchuk has always occupied a special niche in Russian rock. The main milestones in the life of the leader of DDT can be described by a simple listing of songs that have become popular throughout the country.
Written in 1981 in Ufa, the song “Rain” is probably the earliest of all DDT hits. We all remember the pacifist song "Don't Shoot!" (1982). They say that it was then that the group called its "chemical" name. "I got this role" - a bitter confession young man late Soviet era(1984). In "Leningrad" there was a joyful anticipation of change (1987). "Premonition of the Civil War" was written in 1988 immediately after the funeral of Alexander Bashlachev. Shevchuk wrote the bitter hit Rodina in 1989 after reading Boris Pasternak's brilliant novel Doctor Zhivago. In the text appeared "black headlights at the neighboring gate", "crowded scaffold" and a verse about "God the Father". Later in 1991, DDT recorded the song "Born in the USSR", in response to the collapse of the Union, which has long become a meme. And only in 1992 the notorious "What is Autumn" brought Shevchuk a massive people's love. The second hit about the beloved city "Black Dog Petersburg" (1992) is a real Russian blues, heavy and gloomy. Another hit was beautiful song"You're Not Alone", which featured a memorable video featuring a trucker and a running dog. In the album "That's All" (1994) there is not a single passing song. The most famous song about Chechen war – « Dead city. Christmas "(1995). The song "Love" (1995) was born from Shevchuk's flight to the village - so as not to go crazy from what he saw in Chechnya.
You can continue to list the names of your favorite songs familiar to everyone, it is important to understand that we managed to live together with them in three different eras, to survive the impossible, it seems that they have learned to live again - in a new time and a new reality.
In the spring of 2017, you will get a rare opportunity to hear all your favorite songs in one concert, which have not been performed for a very long time, but, in the opinion of the musicians, are still relevant today.
We are glad that the program happened - we have the opportunity to expand the boundaries of meanings and make our musical fields experimental. the main task- place all the songs that we want to play within the boundaries of one concert ..., - says Yuri Shevchuk.
For many, DDT concerts are a sign of the quality of live music. And this time the band is ready to present their legendary sound, their interesting visual and lighting solutions in Moscow. You can remember and sing your favorite songs at a meeting with the DDT group on March 5, 2017 at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex and on March 11, 2017 at the St. Petersburg Sports Complex. This amazing concert is sure to go down in history! Don't miss the opportunity to be a part of it.
The best songs from the most iconic albums of the legendary band - from the moment of foundation to the present day - are for the first time combined into one program, an extended version of which will be performed at grandiose concerts on March 5, 2017 in Moscow, on the stage of the Olimpiysky Sports Complex and on March 11, 2017 in the native Petersburg, within the walls of the SKK.
For many, DDT concerts are a sign of the quality of live music. And this time the group is ready to present their legendary sound, their interesting visual and lighting solutions in both capitals.
It seems that the group has been going to these large-scale concerts all their lives. Having long mastered the largest venues in the country with high-tech shows, destroying stereotypes about Russian rock, they reached the most hidden meanings and floated to the surface again “born in the USSR”: uniting millions of people who speak the same language and live in the largest country in the world. Without exaggeration, the program of selected songs of the DDT group is the main rock event of the decade, the program consists of three parts - according to three eras of the legendary band. An impressive tour across the country, which is waiting for millions of fans of the group, will end with a grand concert in St. Petersburg. The track list included the songs "Don't Shoot", "Last Autumn", "That's All", "Major Boys", "I Got This Role", "Whistle", "Wind", "Motherland", "Eyes" and other, well-known compositions.
The band's sound has changed drastically since its inception: from rhythm and blues to industrial and indie music. Sometimes it became more decisive, sometimes more voluminous and lyrical. The repertoire included philosophical waltzes, and rock ballads, and satirical fables, and poetic readings. DDT show programs are several special trailers with equipment, huge screens with colorful video art and conceptual multimedia installations. But the main thing for which they love DDT remains unchanged - their interest and love for a person in this difficult time of change.
Yuri Shevchuk has always occupied a special niche in Russian rock. The main milestones in the life of the leader of DDT can be described by a simple listing of songs that have become popular throughout the country.
Written in 1981 in Ufa, the song "Rain" is probably the earliest of all DDT hits. We all remember the pacifist song "Don't Shoot!" (1982). They say that it was then that the group called its "chemical" name. "I got this role" - a bitter confession of a young man in the late Soviet era (1984). In Leningrad, there was a joyful anticipation of change (1987). "Premonition of the Civil War" was written in 1988 immediately after the funeral of Alexander Bashlachev. Shevchuk wrote the bitter hit "Motherland" in 1989 after reading Boris Pasternak's brilliant novel Doctor Zhivago. In the text appeared "black headlights at the neighboring gate", "crowded scaffold" and a verse about "God the Father". Later in 1991, DDT recorded the song "Born in the USSR", in response to the collapse of the Union, which has long become a meme. And only in 1992 the notorious "What is Autumn" brought Shevchuk massive popular love. The second hit about the beloved city "Black Dog Petersburg" (1992) is a real Russian blues, heavy and gloomy. Another hit was the beautiful song “You are not alone”, for which a memorable video was shot with a trucker and a running dog. In the album "That's All" (1994) there is not a single passing song. The most famous song about the Chechen war is “Dead City. Christmas "(1995). The song "Love" (1995) was born from Shevchuk's flight to the village - so as not to go crazy from what he saw in Chechnya.
You can continue to list the names of your favorite songs familiar to everyone, it is important to understand that we managed to live together with them in three different eras, to survive the impossible, it seems that they have learned to live again - in a new time and a new reality.
In the spring of 2017, you will get a rare opportunity to hear all your favorite songs in one concert, which have not been performed for a very long time, but, in the opinion of the musicians, are still relevant today.
“We are glad that the program happened - we have the opportunity to expand the boundaries of meanings and make our musical fields experimental. The main task is to place all the songs that we want to play within the boundaries of one concert…”, says Yuri Shevchuk.
Dear site visitors! We offer you a report and a photo report from the concert of the DDT group with the "History of Sound" program, which took place on March 5, 2017 in the Moscow sports complex "Olympic"!
Over the years, the DDT group has made large-scale concert shows exclusively based on new songs and albums. "Black Dog Petersburg", "World Number Zero", "Missing", - each of these conceptual programs was a real phenomenon in the world of domestic rock, proving that thousands of people for a lot of money are ready to listen not only to hits with a ten or twenty-year history, but also to completely fresh material. Something similar was expected from Yuri Shevchuk this time too, because the leader of DDT spoke in an interview about the new songs he had accumulated. Contrary to all assumptions, in the fall of 2016, the group presented the retrospective program "History of Sound", consisting of compositions, some of which have not been played live for many years. At the same time, Shevchuk noted that "History of sound" - "this is not a set of songs, but the history of the country through the prism of his personal perception". "We included in the concert exactly those songs that, in our opinion, best convey the mood and atmosphere of a particular time" the musician said.
Residents of Murmansk were honored to be the first to attend such a unique concert. It was from here that the DDT tour started in September. Until the end of 2016, the team managed to give about twenty more concerts: from Petrozavodsk and Arkhangelsk to Kaliningrad and Vilnius. On March 5, Yuri Shevchuk and his team reached Moscow. DDT was expected in the capital for a long time. Having played the album "Transparent" in 2014, the band no longer performed in the Mother See with solo concerts. Therefore, the choice of the sports complex "Olympiysky" to show the "History of Sound" did not surprise anyone. DDT was and is one of the few Russian rock bands, which is able to assemble this gigantic hall.
The organizers of this concert obviously did not calculate their possibilities. After selling around 20,000 tickets, they were unable to provide a fast track to the complex. As a result, already an hour before official start concert in front of each entrance "Olympic" stretched slowly moving hundred-meter line. Parterre spectators were especially unlucky, who had to stand in the dank rain for another such long queue to exchange a ticket for a bracelet. DDT fans had to spend more than an hour to get into the "Olympic" stadium. Naturally, such an ill-conceived organization could not but cause spectators to conflict with each other and with the riot police guarding the entrance. Some people could not stand the nerves and they broke down on the "brothers in misfortune" or police officers, and someone tried to break through the barriers and barriers.
In order for everyone to enter the hall, the start of the show would have to be postponed for two hours. Unfortunately, no one had such a reserve of time. "Will we wait? There are 5-6 thousand people on the street who can't enter yet. Or shall we start?"- asked Yuri Shevchuk, who appeared on the stage with a 35-minute delay. Of course, the overwhelming majority "voted" for the second option. So the arena "Olympic" was filled right in the course of the concert.
DDT this evening appeared in an expanded composition. To permanent participants group Yuri Shevchuk, guitarist Alexei Fedichev, keyboardist Konstantin Shumailov, drummer Artyom Mamai, bass player Roman Nevelev, trombonist Anton Vishnyakov and vocalist Alena Romanova were occasionally joined by violinist Sergei Ryzhenko. If recent fans may have wondered "Who is this?", then the old-timers remember Ryzhenko well from participation in concerts and recordings of several DDT albums. A photograph with other veterans of the group, who stood at the origins of its creation 36 years ago, the public saw on the screen on the song "Remember". It is this number with last album DDT "Transparent" opened the concert after a short instrumental composition.
The "History of Sound" program is divided into three blocks corresponding to three eras in the life of DDT: 80s, 90s and 2000s. The first part of the show started with the song "Born in USSR", the arrangement of which has changed a lot compared to the studio original - from a loud pathos anthem, the composition "turned" into a quiet reflection on the fate of "born in the Soviet Union".
"Welcome to Soviet Union! Where port wine cost 1 ruble 20 kopecks, every second wanted to become an astronaut, and toilet paper even Brezhnev didn’t have it!”- invited the audience on a journey through the collapsed empire Shevchuk. DDT has prepared a whole selection of pieces of old songs in the most authentic sound. This potpourri included "Policeman at the Rock Club", "Conveyor", "Snake Petrov", "Mom, I love Luber", "Boys Majors", "Dead Dog", "Revolution" and "Time". Despite a thorough screening at the entrance, the DDT fan club still brought in numerous pyrotechnics. Under the "Revolution" on the dance floor, the first fireworks broke out. Adjacent to this retro block was "Pig on the Rainbow", in 1982 gave the name to the debut studio album DDT.
"Moscow, St. Petersburg haven't got you yet?" the leader of the DDT asked the audience. By adding that "St. Petersburg are different", Shevchuk addressed a song to his beloved city "Leningrad". After the line "And we are all afraid that we will reach the war" the group suddenly switched to a fragment of the ever-relevant "Do not shoot". From there, the concert moved on to the next most serious part, dedicated to the 90s. Here were also "I Got This Role", and "Premonition civil war" , and "Boys" with shots of the Chechen war - songs written in very difficult times for Russia, freshly and sharply describe the current situation in our country. It seems that they came out from the pen of Yuri Shevchuk not a quarter of a century ago, but literally the other day.
The History of Sound program changes from concert to concert. In the "Olympic" for the first time long years DDT played the song "Truth to Truth". On the screen at that time there was a video chronicle of the "black October" of 1993 and the dispersal of the anti-Putin March of Millions in 2012.
The "heavy" atmosphere that arose in the sports complex was dispelled by the Russian folk "Rain Side" performed by Alena Romanova and "Blizzard", on which Shevchuk descended into the depths of the dance floor along a special bridge. Yuri Yulianovich himself also danced - only not in the stalls, but on stage. Putting aside the guitar, the leader of DDT announced the next block of the program: "Now there will be a slightly different sound!" Non-stop, the group presented excerpts from "hard" industrial action movies "To battle", "We", "They Came For You" with a chorus from "Ceiling". Such a sound from DDT has not been heard for several years - since the musicians skated the grandiose tour "Otherwise".
From civic themes, the band turned to lyrics. First half of the song "Love"Shevchuk sang only to the accompaniment of keyboards, and one of the verses of the composition "Night-Lyudmila" Alena Romanova, imitating the poetess Bella Akhmadulina, recited in a lingering poetic form. Yuri Shevchuk also did not do without poetry. own poem "When One" the musician inserted in the middle of the song "New Heart", with which the third "epoch" of the concert began - the 2000s.
Shevchuk has repeatedly noticed in interviews or at his concerts that he does not like performances in the style of "karaoke", when hits sound entirely from the stage. On the "History of Sound" there was a place for the songs planned for release on the album under the working title "Brick Walls". If new "Descendant of Secret Christians" and "Tea" Muscovites could hear live last year at a charity festival, then the performance "Russian spring" and "Love Isn't Gone" became a premiere for the metropolitan audience. The people received the fresh songs very warmly: it seemed that all the spectators were attentively listening to the text, and already on next concert these songs will be sung in chorus.
In general, in the final part, the concert entered a completely traditional course: "Last Autumn", "Whistle", "Pogrom" with a call for peace in Ukraine and Russia ... Song "Wind" accompanied a video with photographs of Russian rock heroes who left this world: from Viktor Tsoi and Mike Naumenko to Svyatoslav Zaderiy and Mikhail Gorshenyov. "These guys were very talented and very free!"- in continuation of the theme, Shevchuk sang "Song of Freedom", noticing that "without freedom there is no love, and without love there is no creativity".
The best songs from the most iconic albums of the legendary band - from the moment of foundation to the present day - are for the first time combined into one program, an extended version of which will be performed at grandiose concerts on March 5, 2017 in Moscow, on the stage of the Olimpiysky Sports Complex and on March 11, 2017 in the native Petersburg, within the walls of the SKK.
For many, DDT concerts are a sign of the quality of live music. And this time the group is ready to present their legendary sound, their interesting visual and lighting solutions in both capitals.
It seems that the group has been going to these large-scale concerts all their lives. Having long mastered the largest venues in the country with high-tech shows, destroying stereotypes about Russian rock, they reached the most hidden meanings and floated to the surface again “born in the USSR”: uniting millions of people who speak the same language and live in the largest country in the world. Without exaggeration, the program of selected songs of the DDT group is the main rock event of the decade, the program consists of three parts - according to three eras of the legendary band. An impressive tour across the country, which is waiting for millions of fans of the group, will end with a grand concert in St. Petersburg. The track list included the songs "Don't Shoot", "Last Autumn", "That's All", "Major Boys", "I Got This Role", "Whistle", "Wind", "Motherland", "Eyes" and other, well-known compositions.
The band's sound has changed drastically since its inception: from rhythm and blues to industrial and indie music. Sometimes it became more decisive, sometimes more voluminous and lyrical. The repertoire included philosophical waltzes, and rock ballads, and satirical fables, and poetic readings. DDT show programs are several special trailers with equipment, huge screens with colorful video art and conceptual multimedia installations. But the main thing for which they love DDT remains unchanged - their interest and love for a person in this difficult time of change.
Yuri Shevchuk has always occupied a special niche in Russian rock. The main milestones in the life of the leader of DDT can be described by a simple listing of songs that have become popular throughout the country.
Written in 1981 in Ufa, the song "Rain" is probably the earliest of all DDT hits. We all remember the pacifist song "Don't Shoot!" (1982). They say that it was then that the group called its "chemical" name. "I got this role" - a bitter confession of a young man in the late Soviet era (1984). In Leningrad, there was a joyful anticipation of change (1987). "Premonition of the Civil War" was written in 1988 immediately after the funeral of Alexander Bashlachev. Shevchuk wrote the bitter hit "Motherland" in 1989 after reading Boris Pasternak's brilliant novel Doctor Zhivago. In the text appeared "black headlights at the neighboring gate", "crowded scaffold" and a verse about "God the Father". Later in 1991, DDT recorded the song "Born in the USSR", in response to the collapse of the Union, which has long become a meme. And only in 1992 the notorious "What is Autumn" brought Shevchuk massive popular love. The second hit about the beloved city "Black Dog Petersburg" (1992) is a real Russian blues, heavy and gloomy. Another hit was the beautiful song “You are not alone”, for which a memorable video was shot with a trucker and a running dog. In the album "That's All" (1994) there is not a single passing song. The most famous song about the Chechen war is “Dead City. Christmas "(1995). The song "Love" (1995) was born from Shevchuk's flight to the village - so as not to go crazy from what he saw in Chechnya.
You can continue to list the names of your favorite songs familiar to everyone, it is important to understand that we managed to live together with them in three different eras, to survive the impossible, it seems, we learned to live again - in a new time and a new reality.
In the spring of 2017, you will get a rare opportunity to hear all your favorite songs in one concert, which have not been performed for a very long time, but, in the opinion of the musicians, are still relevant today.
“We are glad that the program happened - we have the opportunity to expand the boundaries of meanings and make our musical fields experimental. The main task is to place all the songs that we want to play within the boundaries of one concert…”, says Yuri Shevchuk.
The legendary rock band DDT has finally brought to Moscow the long-awaited concert program "History of Sound". For the first time in six years, the musicians performed on the stage of the Olimpiysky sports complex. In more than thirty songs, the entire history of the band, 38 years long, was displayed. More details in the material "MIR 24".
Long wait
We had to wait quite a long time for the concert, and it happened not through the fault of the musicians, but because of the organizers. They forgot to warn the audience about the need to get a special bracelet. As a result, people were forced to stand in the rain for two or even three queues of several thousand people each. They walked very slowly: in 20 minutes they managed to walk about 10 meters. The DDT group went to the meeting, the concert began 40 minutes later, but the queues did not end even after that. Eyewitnesses also reported a mass brawl, but this information. Some fans of rock music had to wait for one and a half to two hours. As a result, they were only able to see half of the concert.
What is the reason, the organizers did not explain. According to the spectators, 10-20 people were allowed in at the entrance, after which the volunteers arranged a “break”. People reacted to the delay in different ways: someone compared the queue with the famous queue to the exhibition, someone urged Yuri Shevchuk to go out and arrange a concert right on the street, someone threatened the organizers with a lawsuit for poor quality services. did not lose heart and cheered each other up with the songs of their favorite band.
The long-awaited concert began with a greeting from the leader of the band. Shevchuk took the stage and told what songs the audience would hear. According to him, the setlist successfully combines history and mythology. legendary band. “Welcome to the historical party of the DDT group. Thank you for not sparing money in these harsh days. We will not talk much, we will sing: there will be old songs, new ones. It will probably not be some kind of history, but mythology, because even now everyone is engaged not in history, but in mythology. Well, thank you, friends,” Shevchuk said and signaled to the musicians.
Songs about freedom
DDT started the concert with an instrumental introduction. The screens showed the lights of large cities from the window of the plane. The liner that flew around the world, as it were, invited the audience on a journey through the history of the group. The stage was dark and only Shevchuk could be seen. Only on the next song, "Remember" (album, 2014), the stage was lit up with light, and the audience saw the band itself - keyboardist Konstantin Shumailov, guitarist Alexei Fedichev, drummer Artem Mamai, bassist Roman Nevelev, trombonist Anton Vishnyakov and, of course, backing vocalist Alena Romanova. On the screen, meanwhile, the journey around the world continued and solar system through the eyes of a child. The video sequence ended with a photo of the first line-up of the group, thereby reminding the viewer of main topic this concert - "History of Sound".
Having played two relatively new compositions, DDT decided to recall those sharply social compositions that brought her fame in the 1980s. - "times when", according to Shevchuk, "port wine cost twenty rubles, and probably even Brezhnev did not have toilet paper." This part of the concert was opened by the lively song “Born in the USSR”, which replaced the minor one “Remember”. At the end of the composition, both Shevchuk and Romanova started dancing. The band then reminisced about their rock and roll past and played "Rock Club Policeman". A satirical and light song about an internal affairs officer who fell into a hippie society was replaced by a heavy "Conveyor", during which the audience could see Shevchuk in overalls. Potpourri of songs from the era of stagnation continued "Serpent Petrov". The snake in the video turned out to be, of course, green - bottles and glasses replaced each other to an almost bardic accompaniment.
Photo: Vladimir Astapkovich, RIA Novosti
From the working days of the Soviet intelligentsia, Shevchuk moved on to those whom he, like the entire rock community of that time, sincerely hated. Young people appeared on the screen gym with a characteristic facial expression, she began to play “Mom, I love Luber”. The theme was continued by “Major Boys”, only not on “daddy’s Volga”, but on completely. The crowd on the screens applauded them no less than in the late 80s.
The “Revolution” became a symbol of new trends to which the Soviet society of that time was doomed. in August 1991, against the backdrop of the Marseillaise, which DDT quoted, was replaced by Vremya. A real protest march ignited the crowd, which Shevchuk himself egged on; all together they sang about how "everything is high." The hall continued to sing on the waltz "Leningrad" - a song that also reflected the features of the band's biography, as the video sequence reminded of.
War and Peace
Changed the social theme the main problem creativity DDT - war and peace. Before "Do not shoot" Shevchuk remembered Chechnya. This problem is relevant now, he recalled. “Love is not enough, there are many people who want to push their foreheads together. In St. Petersburg, they have already prepared for the blockade, 300 g of rations,” said Shevchuk.
Photo: Vladimir Astapkovich, RIA Novosti
I decided to sweeten the bitter pill for the audience: the anti-war anthem was replaced by the major "She is to blame - spring." Then the guitarist changed the electric guitar to the ukulele, and Shevchuk sang the autobiographical “I got this role” under the views of St. Petersburg on the screens, and soon returned to the problem of the world again: “New blockade”, “Russian Spring” and “Plastun”. "Premonition of the Civil War" was accompanied by a video sequence, which at the same time resembled the frames of the "Wall" of the group Pink Floyd, and the work of Salvador Dali. The anti-war set was completed by the touching "Boys" with photos of the participants in the Chechen campaign.
Shevchuk decided to dilute the further program, sustained in the same acute social vein, with a couple of hits. At the Blizzard, the hall began to sing again, couples began to circle around the dance floor. The lyrical ballad was replaced by the rock-thrillers “To Fight” and “We”, periodically interrupted by Shevchuk’s recitative (at a press briefing after the concert, Yuri Yulianovich admitted that he was very sympathetic to rap). This was followed by "They Came For You" and the melancholy "Ceiling". The Petersburg well house on the screen turned into spaceship, traveling through the sky, which the ceiling turned into in the song.
Long live Love!
Shevchuk put aside the acoustics and sang “He lived for many years, he lived for many winters” - “Love” sounded under the amazing beauty of the solo on the keys. The leader of the DDT again decided to sing with the audience: the audience, at his call, picked up "Oh-oh-oh-oh." Meanwhile, beautiful maidens waltzed on the screens against the background of white birch trees, and gray-haired elders turned into mustachioed officers.
Photo: Vladimir Astapkovich, RIA Novosti
The slow composition was replaced by the famous "Night-Lyudmila", to the accompaniment of a trombone and peppy rock and roll, it dispersed and auditorium, and Shevchuk himself with backing vocalist Alena. Romanova read a touching poem between rhythmic choruses. Alena was followed by other members of the group: Nevelev and Vishnyakov performed a brilliant jazz solo for bass guitar and trombone. Lyrical theme was continued with the song "New Heart", which was accompanied on the screen by the countdown to our time, and the poem "When One". picked up acoustics again and dedicated next track women. “I appreciate your courage to make tea” is a simple and at the same time surprisingly cute hymn to the fair sex.
Then the leader of the DDT decided to chat with the audience, dragging out a shrill "ooow". The hall repeated these sounds after his idol for two minutes, until another hit sounded - “In the last autumn”. The sing-song audience was also delighted with the next song about “how two men went to war” - “Whistled”. The hits were followed by the ironic "Pogrom" - on the screens, the audience saw what the musicians were doing on tour and that they could play the trombone backwards. The peppy composition was replaced by the piercing "Wind". Shevchuk in this song decided to commemorate all his colleagues in the shop - from stars like Alexander Bashlachev, Mike Naumenko, Viktor Tsoi, Sergey Kuryokhin, Yuri Klinsky and Gorshko to former musicians DDT - Nikita Zaitsev and Igor Dotsenko. The hall honored the memory of the musicians with flashlights on their phones.
Russian and Soviet rockers fought for the most important thing - for freedom, Shevchuk emphasized and sang "The Song of Freedom". Traditional Russian rock was replaced by unexpectedly electronic “Love is not lost”. The era of rock and roll, however, was reminiscent of psychedelic pictures on the screen. This composition, which was ambiguously perceived in the auditorium, almost became the last in the setlist, but suddenly a mysterious young man in a cap appeared on the stage. The chords of "Rain" familiar from childhood sounded, and the dancer began to move to the beat of the music, which surprised the audience a lot. According to Shevchuk himself, he found Ilya Durapov on YouTube, contacted him and invited him to a Moscow concert. Whether the dancer will take part in new shows is still unknown.
The musicians bowed to the audience and left the stage, but the fans were in no hurry to leave the Olimpiyskiy. After a two-minute break, the guitarist and keyboardist first appeared on the stage, and then Shevchuk himself. Having sung "Motherland", the DDT leader talked to the audience for a while, and then sang, probably main song in his work - "That's all." Cameramen aimed their cameras at the auditorium, which was lit up with thousands of lights. Shevchuk once again said goodbye to the audience, reminding them of the main thing in this life - Peace and Love.
Vasily Dolgopolov
