Clint (TV) Belgium

Im Gespräch mit einer Reporterin plaudert Helmut in einem Restaurant über Musik und gibt private Einblicke.

De rode Loper (TV)

een

Belgium

Helmut in Zolder 

TVL Nieuws (TV)

TVL

Belgium

Helmut in Zolder

De 7de Dag (TV)

10:00

Belgium

Helmut in Zolder

Wien heute (TV)

 Austria

ORF

Gespräch, Ausschnitte von der Time To Swing-DVD

- 28.09.2008  24 Stunden Radrennen

Zolder - Belgium

In Heusden-Zolder in Belgien findet das "Lotto 24 Hours Cycling @ Zolder" Radrennen statt. Helmut geht mit einem eigenen Team "Helmut Lotti & Friends for Unicef" an den Start. In einem Team sind u. a. sein persönlicher Assistent Omer Denies, sein Manager Piet Roelen und seine Freundin Jelle van Riet. Helmut geht 3 Mal an den Start und schafft 5 Runden in 35 Minuten. Der Erlös seines Teams in Höhe von 25.000 Euro geht an Unicef.

Bonnie & Clyde (Recording) (TV)

RTBF 07:00

Belgium

Interview, Gesangsauftritt

De Laatste Show (TV)

 Belgium

13:40

Interview, Helmut zeigt seine Steppkünste

Mittagsmagazin (TV)

 ZDF 13:00 Germany

Einblicke in die neue DVD, Interview

Leute heute (TV)

 ZDF 17:45 Germany

Einblicke in die neue DVD, IntervieW

Q-Music (Radiosender)

 Belgium

 Interview, Bad Bad Leroy Brown

Circus Lotti September 23rd, 2008 Hi all, The 'circus Lotti' is going full speed ahead. The only thing missing on this promo tour of 'Time to Swing' is the trapeze act. I feel as if I'm on a fancy fair. And I literally was in Vienna. Vienna was one of our first stops. The TV show where I was a guest, was recorded on the fancy fair. Three rounds on a go cart and then the interview that took place in a mirror tent. On one question I looked long and narrow, on the other answer small as a smurf and at one point it seemed as if I had a water head. Must be the Austrian sense of humour? Don't get me wrong: becoming the Flemish Brad Pitt has never been my great ambition, due to, eh, my genetic characteristics, but I am pretty sure the measurements of my head mostly don't deviate from the standard. After Vienna I returned to Brussels, where the American Ambassador and his wife started swinging along on my music during my official CD presentation. And on we go again, back on a plane in Zaventem. Because an interesting deal took place at my birth - okay, you won't be Brad Pitt but you will be able to sleep on a plane - I am never really tired when flying. The minute we take off or start landing, I doze off. And that feels so good. I'm really pleased everything always goes well. And it has been like that for the twelve years we're flying from here to there and back. Every time we have been very lucky. Besides the three times our luggage got lost, nothing serious ever happened. Only the many connecting flights tend to spoil it sometimes. As it is this time, because our flight to Leipzig has been delayed due to storm. And that might be a problem, because we have to be in Munich on time for a connection. Panic strikes because it seems we will miss that transfer. But the same storm that is keeping us on the ground, turns out to be our saviour. Also the flight Munich - Leipzig has been delayed. Again, everything turns out okay ! In short, everything goes well. During an autograph session in a shopping mall in Leipzig, fans insisted on bringing the entire new album during the upcoming concerts, because they like 'Time to Swing' so much. Actually, all I get are nice reactions. And then there also was the 'Herbstfest der Volksmusik' in Chemnitz. Before the eyes of six million Germans, I had to teach Sepp Maier, the legendary goal keeper of Mannschaft, a dance; I high-fived a sea lion and rewarded it with fish. As I told you: "Circus Lotti" is going full speed ahead. Now I just have to make sure I'll catch the next plane. Lotti Love Helmut

Radrennen Le Beau Velo de Ravel

Rund um das Antomium, Brussel - Radio RTBF 15:15 Belgium

Nach der Veranstaltung trat Helmut auf. La Mer, Time To Swing, That´s Life, One Night With You, Blue Suede Shoes

La Une News (TV)

Belgium 

Stars Of Europe

Radio-Interview

Radio Nova

Finnland

Stars Of Europe (TV)

Brussel Atomium

20:45

Belgium

Konzert für Unicef. Time To Swing, Mack The Knife

La Une News (TV)

Belgium 

Helmut in Burundi

Het Journaal (TV)

Belgium 

Helmut in Burundi

Das Magazin zum Herbstfest der Volksmusik (TV)

MDR 21:15 - Germany - Autogrammstunde in Leipzig

Pressekonferenz

Belgium 

10:30

Unicef-Kampagne Unterernährung

Le Journaal (TV)

Belgium 

Einblicke in die neue DVD, Interview

60 Jahre Unicef

A´pen

19:20

Belgium

Unicef

Dag-TV (TV)

 13:45 - Belgium

Helmut ist zentraler Talkgast

Rückflug von Finnland

Promotion

Finnland

Time To Swing

Huomenta Suomi (TV)

Finnland

Talkrunde

Promotion

Finnland

Time To Swing

Hello everybody,

Feel like cycling again ! And then a person feels like cycling again ! It was as if the Flemish part of me tagged along to Burundi for the UNICEF-mission. Burundi seems like a fantastic country for cycling. Everyone uses a bike for transportation over there. But picture complete kamikaze-pilots with that. The people in Burundi use their bikes as if they were donkeys on which they can load just about everything, sit on top of that and then overload a bit more. I just can't understand how they manage to balance those constructions on wheals. They walk them up the hills and then roll down again with an incredible speed. The most handy of them even figured out a solution for the problems presented by the hills of the country. They just grab on to a truck and get towed uphill like that. I have seen a truck with no less than six bikers in tow. Very funny ! The chaos of cycling traffic shows that the people from Burundi have no intention to throw in the towel. And that is always the beginning of the solution for the misery these people have to deal with. Because it is simply unimaginable that 5,5 million children under the age of five die every year because of lack of food. 4 million babies don't even reach the age of one month. And we are dealing with obesity and have the means and technology to get rid of the problem of under nourishment. I can really get upset about this. Come on, why can't this be done?! I can hardly be the only one who thinks like this?! UNICEF can make a difference with our help. UNICEF wants to save 4 million babies in three years. It seems impossible. But for every 34 Euros we give, they can save one child's life. Cheap and efficient, I would say. Only 34 Euros for one life. For their Burundi project, UNICEF aims very concretely on 300.000 Euros. I have met the healthcare workers in the District Sanitaire of Mutaho, I have seen with my own eyes that this money is very well spent. Those people are being trained and guided. And those country side children are very happy with this. I've seen it on the little faces of the 'tamboertjes' at Birashoboka, a centre for the needy children in Kanyosha. How infectious such an African smile can be! And despite everything, they go through life with a smile, and on a bike. Back home, on the day of my CD presentation, I heard that Tour winner Lance Armstrong wants to start cycling again, to make people aware of cancer. He is not the only one who thinks like that. And then a person feels even more like cycling. Bye everybody Helmut P.S. donations in favour of UNICEF are welcome on account number 000-0000055-55 of UNICEF Belgium with the remark "4 miljoen baby's redden" ("save 4 million babies"). Info: www.unicef.be And don't forget to watch 'Stars of Europe' on Friday, on Eén (Belgian television)

Abflug nach Finnland

Mitteldeutschland singt (TV)

Erfurt

MDR 20:15

Germany

Bad Bad Leroy Brown, Time To Swing

Herbstfest der Volksmusik (TV)

Chemnitz

ARD 20:15

Germany

Cabaret

Autogrammstunde - Kaufhof Neumarkt, Leipzig

13:30-15:00

Germany

CD "Time To Swing"

Die CD "Time To Swing" kommt in den Handel

Seitenblicke (TV)

Wien

ORF

Austria

Helmut im Wiener Prater

Het Journaal

Belgium

Über TTS, Einblicke ins Bühnenprogramm

De Rode Loper (TV)

een

Belgium

Über die CD-Vorstellung in der amerikanischen Botschaft

CD-Vorstellung - Amerikanische Botschaft, Brussel

12:00

Belgium

Time To Swing, vor Veröffentlichung der CD bekam Helmut Platin für 20.000 verkaufte CDs.

You'll never get used to it

Frequently, people ask me if I am not used to it by now; and I can not even believe they really ask me that question. A new record, you'll never get used to it. Time to Swing will be in the shops next Friday. For months I was buried in an underground record studio, and only this week I will come out with the result of all that work. It is always scary. How will the word react? And the world starts with my mother. She is always one of the first to hear my new songs. As was the case for example with Danke Schön, a wonderful song by Bert Kaempfert. Danke Schön is about a love that is now over, but of which the beautiful memories remain. I saw my mum fighting back her tears while she was listening to it. This seemingly small reaction meant more to me than I can put into words. I now know my new CD touches her. And that is good, it eases my mind. I need that, that reassurance. I know we made a good record. But will the public appreciate it as such? Everyone in my surroundings is trying to put my mind as rest, while in the mean time I am also anxiously looking forward to that first copy, pressed, printed, sealed. Friday is the day! No doubt I will feel a bit ill at ease. At the same time I want everyone to immediately listen to it, take it in hand. Because a CD, in a box with a booklet with lyrics and pictures, to me means so much more than a soulless download. And luckily the CD cover from Time to Swing looks - that I already know - exactly as the title suggests: I am moving in the picture, in a suit designed by Stijn Helsen. The image is saying: 'Hey people, it's. Time to Swing'. But it is a strange, confusing and almost forbidden feeling to write this while I am on my way to Burundi, a country where people are occupied with completely other things than glamour and glitter. With simply surviving, for example. I am going to Burundi, on a UNICEF mission. But actually I am dreaming of a world where organisations like UNICEF are unnecessary. A world where people in countries like Burundi can also sing that 'it's time to swing'. Because you know, poverty, you'll never get used to it. But more about that next week. Bye everybody, Helmut

Rückflug von Wien

20:40

Skynet Nieuws (TV)

belga

Belgium

Herbstzeit (TV)

Wien

ORF

Austria

Interview

Promotion

Wien

Austria

Time To Swing

Abflug nach Wien

20:20

Pressekonferenz

Brussel

Stars Of Europe (Konzert für Unicef, das am 19.09. stattfindet)

Viva Vlaanderen - De Gordel

Radio 2 13:15

Belgium

- 07.09.08

Burundi

South-Africa

Als Schirmherr der Kampagne 2008 verbringt Helmut ein paar Tage in Unicef, um sich dort über die Ernährungsgrundlage zu informieren.