Overview

• The duo’s civil partnership (GbR) formally ended on March 31, marking the close of their 35-year run as the Wildecker Herzbuben.
• Wolfgang Schwalm, 71, is rebranding as “Der Herzbube Wolfgang” with a new single and video set to launch this month.
• Wilfried Gliem, 78, continues home recovery from a chronic foot wound with daily nursing and retains trademark control of the Wildecker Herzbuben name.
• Both artists deny any personal rift and confirm joint performances on August 31 at Waldbühne Altenbrak and on September 18 at Heidi Klum’s ‘HeidiFest’.
• Claims by Bild of a bitter split and open auditions for a new Herzbube are rejected by Schwalm and Gliem as sensationalist and unfounded.