Fischer-Z

John Watts’ 42-year career includes 20 albums and over 3000 concerts worldwide with success spanning continental Europe. Peter Gabriel, Steve Cropper and Dexy’s Midnight Runners have all contributed to recordings. In terms of shows, John’s band Fischer-Z have performed to crowds of 167,000 alongside James Brown in East Berlin and toured with both The Police and Dire Straits. John ended Fischer-Z at Inter Milan stadium in 1982 but he’s back as Fischer-Z and better than ever! 2017 was a milestone in the Fischer-Z journey; the 40th anniversary of the band’s first show, the release of a 20th studio album ‘Building Bridges’ and the pulling together of Fischer-Z in a continuous timeline from 1977-2017. Fischer-Z returned to the venues of old and had one of their best years to date, selling out large venues across Europe and returning to premium festival circuit once again. 2018 saw the release of the groundbreaking 'F Card' which combined new music, film and even a club an elegant USB card. 2018 also brought Fischer-Z’s long over due return to the UK, Spain and Portugal. 2019 brings the start of the original Fischer-Z album anniversaries (40 years) As a result, Fischer-Z will play their biggest club show for 30 years in the Ronda at the Tivoli, Utrecht to celebrate '40 Years Of The Worker'. Alongside, Fischer-Z will release a new studio album called ‘Swimming In Thunderstorms’ which is now being recorded with the full band. A huge Autumn 2019 tour will support the album and first album anniversary.