Poul Krebs - 70 years old - Gala Concert

Poul Krebs fills around — and plays 70 concerts across Denmark

It started as a wild idea -- but in 2026 it will become a reality. When Poul Krebs turns 70, he doesn't just mark it with a new album and a lifelong back catalogue. At the same time, he embarks on one of the most ambitious tours of his career: 70 concerts across Denmark.

2026 will be the year when we reach the whole big little country. From the biggest concert halls to the smallest assembly houses that exist out there and also around the big festivals that I was sure to have played for the last time. Fortunately, I was wrong,” he says.

The tour will be a journey through all the many forms of community that have followed Poul Krebs over the years. Spring is the band's sign with full energy on stage, summer brings a reunion with the festivals and the big community songs, autumn becomes more intimate, with Poul together with his anchorman Troels Skjærbæk going around to the smallest corners of the country — and the year is rounded off with special gala concerts where friends and musical guests gather to celebrate both birthday and career.

Music as a focal point

Community is not just something that arises on stage. It's also the driving force behind Krebs's new album Fulltime Aspirations, due out in 2025. The album brings together a wide variety of guests from several generations, including Hanne Boel, Lucky Lo, Tina Dickow, Helgï Jónsson, Jonas Dissing, Simone Tang, Palle Hjorth, Annika Aakjær, Martin Sommer, Jacob Dinesen and Kajsa Vala.

Behind the scenes — and on stage — stands the strong team of musicians who have helped shape the album: Oliver Mønster, Troels Skjærbæk, Peter Dombernowsky and Knud Møller. And when the tour rolls around, it will be with Peter Dombernowsky and Casper Simonsen on drums and percussion, Troels Skjærbæk on bass, Palle Hjorth on keyboards and Lars Skjærbæk and Andreas Käehne on guitars. Together they form a band that Poul himself calls the strongest possible line-up: “the most characterful musicians who have all left deep traces in my songs”.

The audience has to have the best

“I owe it to my audience to give them the best, and I owe it to everyone on my new album to play those songs as well as possible! Autumn becomes a journey into the nooks and crannies of the smallest places on the map — right where music creates the strongest community. And I sincerely believe that I can say that I am looking forward to it all.”

Turning 70 and being labelled as better than ever is one thing. Doing it by playing 70 gigs is another. And to do so while standing out as one of the Danish scene's most unifying, engaging and persistent voices — that's something very special.

“It's a little sensation,” says Poul Krebs. “And a huge privilege that I still get to do what I dreamed of as a boy.”

The concert is presented by: United Stage