Week in review: Ski Aggu at No. 1, Ministry say goodbye, summer 2027 fills up

Charts: Ski Aggu tops the Official German Albums Chart with his surprise album “Ski Aggu Musik” – his third number-one album, according to GfK Entertainment. Fontaines D.C. follow with “Dopamine Chamber”, and Tokio Hotel’s “Encore” is at number 3, their best placing in twelve years. In the singles chart, Tate McRae reaches the top for the first time with “Housewife”, pushing Taylor Swift’s “Patient Zero” down.

Rock & Metal: Two important albums are out on 30 October. Ministry bow out with “Hate To Go (Take Out Or Delivery)” on Cleopatra Records; their farewell tour in April 2027 includes Saarbrücken, Munich, Vienna, Berlin, Hamburg and Lausanne. Queens of the Stone Age release their ninth album “Perfecth” on Matador. Rock am Ring and Rock im Park (4–6 June 2027) have announced their second wave of acts with Killswitch Engage, Pendulum and Jinjer – 50 acts are now confirmed.

Tours and the Balkans: The 2027 concert summer is filling up. Sting plays eight open-air shows in Germany in June with his trio “Sting 3.0”, Toto mark their 50th anniversary with seven German concerts in July, and Alice Cooper comes for five open-air shows in June. The 2027 Eurovision Song Contest in Burgas is also taking shape: Serbia has confirmed its participation, the final is on 15 May 2027, and the government in Sofia is supporting the host city with more than 4.8 million euros.