Overview
- On February 15 at Berlin's Uber Arena, the singer marked her 54th birthday with a final show that closed a three-decade run on stage.
- She followed up the next day on Instagram, writing, "Danke für 34 Jahre Michelle. Das war's für mich," and said she felt overwhelmed by the farewell.
- During the concert, partner Eric Philippi proposed publicly for a second time, and she accepted.
- Michelle has pointed to the burden of constant travel—about 100,000 kilometers per year, as she told WDR's Kölner Treff—as a key factor in her decision.
- She says she will step back from music and public life to live "einfach Tanja" and focus on private projects, closing a career that spans roughly 34 years with about 4.5 million records sold and tributes from fellow stars before roughly 5,000 fans.