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Kissin’ Dynamite announce three final shows with singer Hannes Braun
German band Kissin’ Dynamite has revealed “The Big Goodbye”, three shows in Germany that will be the final ones with Hannes Braun on vocals.
Dear people, dear fans, dear companions, dear friends,
First of all, to avoid any misunderstandings and to take the wind out of the sails: KISSIN’ DYNAMITE is NOT breaking up and | will continue to remain a part of the band. However, there is a big change coming to KD, which | would like to explain to you here. In 2026 | will play my last shows on the mic with my boys. Or in other words: | will retire from the Rock’n’Roll stage and will no longer be the voice of KD.
After almost 20 years as the singer of the band and over 1,000 shows played all around the globe, this is quite a drastic cut. Probably you feel the same as | do. | have experienced so much out there on the “road,” pretty much ever since | was still a child. | grew up with it and | owe it a lot in my life. Together with my boys | have experienced the craziest things out there that would easily fit into five lifetimes. And yet | have not even reached the middle of my life! So, saying goodbye to the stage Is, as you can imagine, a very carefully considered and for me important and necessary step. For KISSIN’ DYNAMITE, ever since our founding in 2007 (and even the five years before as “The Blues Kids”), there has only ever been one direction – forward!
There was only an accelerator and no brake. | think that’s what defines us. We don’t do things halfway. We always go full throttle, literally, whether on stage or off. Back then already, at the age of 12, we swore (it was Ande, Steffen and me) that we would really make it. Onto the big stage! Tours, chart success, playing big halls and yes – back then we also dreamed of groupies, haha. :-) l am incredibly proud of this path together, to the point that | can’t find the words to describe how | feel when | look back on all of it. | have tears of joy in my eyes! But | have to admit something important to myself, something | have been carrying with me for quite a while. Exactly this tour life has, over the years, become something that has taken a big toll on my health.
It’s not the 90 minutes on stage, but the constant traveling, the lack of sleep, the pressure and the stress of everyday touring that consume me. At some point in life, you just have to do the “right” thing to protect yourself and your health. And | have now come to that realization. And | am grateful to myself for it. In recent years, when it came to touring with the
band, | felt more and more like a brake. | wanted less, but that just doesn’t go together with our plan to go “upwards.” So here | let go, not only for self-protection, but also out of love.Because | love this band. It means so much more to me than just playing live. For me, it means true and unconditional friendship. Unity. Support. Family. For some this may sound paradoxical, and some who cannot or do not want to understand me may say: “Why is he letting his friends down?” But it’s actually the exact opposite. | firmly believe that only if | take this step can we lift the band into completely new spheres and let it unfold its full potential. | am very sure of this.
“Sometimes you have to let go of something good in order to achieve something great!”
So, | am stepping down as singer because | wish that together we can head towards an even more beautiful future. Of course, this means a lot of effort, | am well aware of that, but | am, as always, by my boys’ side and will continue to walk this path together with them. Just in the place where | have enormous power. | will remain the songwriter, the producer and, if you will, the captain of our ship. With full focus on these roles and with a new, motivated person at the mic, | see a truly bright horizon ahead.
But I’ll be damned if | just slip away quietly and secretly from the microphone. Quite the opposite: | want to fulfill one last lifelong dream together with you out there: When | was twelve years old, | already dreamed of playing my very own arena shows with my band. And | would say – if not now, when? Will you join me and the boys to celebrate my very last shows with KISSIN’ DYNAMITE? There will be no
more dates with me after this, so don’t say I didn’t warn youl! ;-) For me and the rest of the guys In KISSIN’ DYNAMITE, a new era begins afterwards, which we will again face TOGETHER. Just with a different face on stage than mine!So, to all you young talents out there: step up, write to us! IT’S NOT THE END OF THE ROAD!!!
Yours,
Hannes