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• Silbermond is a German rock band from Bautzen,Saxony

• The band consists of Stefanie Kloß, Andreas Nowak and Johannes and Thomas Stolle.

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• Silbermond's band members originally met in 1998 when they participated in the music project Ten Sing. Two years later, they decided to form their own group, and as a result they began performing locally under the name Jast (composed by the initial letters of band members.).

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• In 2001, they changed their name to Silbermond, simultaneously concentrating on songs in German language for the first time.

SILBERMOND• In January 2004 the group got

the chance to perform as opening act for singer Jeanette Biedermann. Afterwards they released their first single "Mach's Dir Selbst", followed-up by their debut album Verschwende deine Zeit, which was eventually certified double platinum in Germany and Austria and spawned three further singles, including top 5 hit "Symphonie".

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• At the end of 2004 the band went on tour, and in April 2005 they published their first concert DVD Verschwende Deine Zeit - Live, which reached gold status. Silbermond participated in the Berlin installment of Live8. They performed "Zeit für Optimisten" after Green Day's set and before Chris De Burgh in the concert lineup

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• In April 2006, Silbermond released their second album Laut Gedacht. The album debuted at #1 on the German and Austrian albums chart and spawned another top 10 hit with its lead single "Unendlich". While the album's second single, "Meer Sein" failed to enter the top 30, its third single, "Das Beste", released in October 2006, became the group's first number one single.

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• The Premium/Maxi-CD includes five songs, including a collaboration with the Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg under the direction of Scott Lawton.

• On 7 July, 2007 they performed at the German leg of Live Earth in Hamburg.

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• By: Petra