Overview

• He told dpa he wants to compete at the Eurovision Song Contest again, expressing a desire to represent Germany once more.
• He is celebrating his 80th with a large event at Munich’s Hotel Bayerischer Hof, with about 550 invited guests and multiple stages.
• After four cancer diagnoses and a prior heart operation, he reports remission and continues to live with polyneuropathy.
• His musical Zeppelin is slated to return to the Festspielhaus Füssen on October 16, and he says two additional musicals are nearing completion.
• In recent interviews he reflected on past marriages, saying two ex-wives were unfaithful, and he criticized shrinking radio and TV space for German-language music and low digital royalties.