Extravagant, quirky and a bit crazy: the entertainer Helge Schneider (65, "cat toilet") likes to polarize and is not stingy with his opinion.

At a concert in Augsburg, the musician could no longer contain himself and vented his anger at the restaurant staff who served the audience: “I have to say, that really pisses me off.

I don't feel like it anymore, ”he said on Friday evening, broke off his show and suddenly left the stage.

“So I'm going to break off the beach chair concerts at this point.

I am very sorry.

Maybe you can get your money back, ”he said to the visitors, as can be seen in a video on YouTube.

“It's really not fun.

You don't get any contact with the audience.

People walk around here all the time.

(...) Please understand: I as an artist cannot do anything under these circumstances. ”Then Schneider says:“ The system is simply threadbare and stupid. ”Whether he is referring to the corona requirements in the pandemic, for example alludes to artists is not clear.

At the “Strandkorb Open Air” festival there will be concerts in five Bavarian cities this summer - fans will be sitting in beach chairs under the open sky.

The visitors are assigned a fixed basket to keep their distance from others.

There are also other measures to ensure that the audience does not meet each other as much as possible.

Guests can order drinks and food directly to their baskets.

On Saturday, Schneider explained his behavior on Twitter: "I broke it off due to massive disruptions on the part of the gastronomy, who always sent their employees past the stage to provide the audience with drinks." He felt distracted and only found out later that these people served others.

"I have to be honest.

I don't want to do a fucking concert.

And I don't just reel off either.

I also invent things during the concert.

I also want to inspire people, ”he said in a video on Twitter and thanked those who had respected his decision.

It was initially unclear whether the 65-year-old would make up for his appearance in Augsburg.

"I hope that we will see each other again on better terms," ​​he said simply.

Only recently Schneider had complained about the sometimes great distance to the audience at some of the performances.

The concert promoter and the Schneider management could not be reached at first.