It is with a heavy heart that today we have to announce the North America tour planned for March 2025 will unfortunately have to be cancelled.
Due to health complications resulting from a recently diagnosed vocal cord strain (vocal cord nodules), it is currently impossible for me to perform the planned shows with the quality and intensity that you have come to expect and deserve.
This has not been an easy decision for me, but on the advice of experts and voice therapists, it is necessary to take a longer recovery period in order to fully regenerate my voice and avoid long-term damage.
Background: The concerts after the voice disaster in Berlin end of October 2024, i.e. in Hamburg, Hannover, South America, etc. unfortunately led to an unexpected strain which later had a negative effect in the studio during the vocal recordings and made singing almost impossible and now requires a medical intervention with a subsequent rest period of 6-8 weeks.
Whether we’ll be able to try again in 2026 unfortunately depends on so many other factors and commitments that we can’t promise anything concrete now and therefore can’t simply postpone the North American tour, but have to cancel it.
I would like to thank you all for your continued support and understanding.
Steve Naghavi / And One
AND ONE
German synth pop outfit And One formed in Berlin in 1989. DJs/producers Steve Naghavi and Chris Ruiz first met the previous year in a local dance club, bonding over their mutual affection for early industrial acts like Front 242 and Nitzer Ebb and borrowing their subsequent dual synthesizer and beatbox aesthetic from Depeche Mode. Upon signing to the fledgling Machinery label, And One issued their 1990 debut single, “Metal Hammer,” a significant club hit that set the stage for their first full-length effort, Anguish, completed with contributions from newly added third member Alex Two. And One closed out 1991 with the techno-inspired charity single “Aus der Traum,” originally titled “Saddam Hussein” and produced to benefit Greenpeace. The angry, cynical Flop! followed months later and heralded the exit of Ruiz, who resigned to pursue a solo career. With new drummer Joke Jay, And One cut the EP Monotonie, which invoked the electronic body music influences of their earliest work. Conversely, the 1993 full-length Spot proved their most commercial and accessible effort to date, generating the mainstream pop hit “Life Isn’t Easy in Germany.” Alex Two left the trio soon after, and with replacement keyboardist Rick Schah, And One recorded 1994’s I.S.T., generally considered their most ambitious and challenging project. A year later, Ruiz guested on the single “Deutschemaschine,” which marked the end of their long stint with Machinery. A bidding war quickly resulted, and after signing with Virgin And One issued Nordhausen in 1997. 9.9.99. 9 Uhr followed a year later, scoring the hit “Get You Closer.” In the wake of the follow-up, Virgin Superstar, Joke Jay handed in his resignation, and in 2001 Ruiz finally returned to And One full-time, appearing on the MP3-exclusive single “Amerika Brennt,” the group’s response to the terrorist attacks of September 11. As And One entered its third decade, their pace began to slow. A new full-length, Aggressor, did not hit retail until 2003, and a three-year gap preceded the release of 2006’s Bodypop. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi
Scary Lady Sarah is a nightclub DJ & party promoter (winner of Chicago Nightlife Awards’ “Best DJ 2016.”) Primary musical focuses are: goth, industrial, EBM, shoegaze, deathrock, ethereal, synthpop/wave, darkwave. Her club event Nocturna has been running continuously since 1988. She also plays rhythm guitar & sings with The Bellwether Syndicate.
