25 Years of Sido: The Bad Boy with a Heart Enthralls

The evening was a tribute to 25 years of Sido – a career between raw hip-hop and chart-ready pop hits. Appropriately, he opened with his classic "Mein Block," which marked his breakthrough as a ghetto rapper in 2004. What followed was a perfectly choreographed show ranging from hearty-vulgar lyrics to his biggest radio successes. "Hey you, listen to me," it said right at the beginning, and the crowd was captivated from the first second.

The Rapper's Soul Striptease

But Sido wouldn't be Sido if he didn't also let us look deep. Between the songs, he spoke openly about his probably hardest year, 2022: the separation from his wife Charlotte Engelhardt after ten years of marriage, the public battle against sex and drug addiction, and his path to rehab. It was a frontal soul striptease, as honest and painful as many of his own lyrics. A message to his fans that gives hope: "Because many are asking: I'm doing well, I'm on a good path."

Between Loss of Control and Family Moments

It was precisely these contradictions that made the evening so captivating. How do excess and emotion fit together? Sido showed us. Minutes after his eldest son (25) accompanied him on the drums – "He's sitting over there. I love you!" – he accepted a golden joint from a fan: "Come on, let's smoke it together." It is the essence of what he raps in "Schlechtes Vorbild": "I am everything your parents always warned you about." A true Sido performance indeed.

An Evening to Remember

The energy on the Küchwaldwiese was electrifying. Thousands of arms swayed in rhythm, the audience sang along to every line, almost like in the good old "Splash" times. Chemnitz was not the only city that Sido thrilled; just the Saturday before in Rostock, he celebrated in front of similar crowds. This tour will definitely be remembered – as proof that Sido is still the bad boy with a heart who moves the masses.

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