Austria3 was a conglomerate of three Austrian quite individualist singer-songwriters Wolfgang Ambros

Wolfgang Ambros

Wolfgang Ambros is an Austrian singer-songwriter, most famously known for setting the then-new trend in the 1970s known now as Austropop. He is most famous for his song "Da Hofa" and "Schi foan"....

, Georg Danzer

Georg Danzer

Georg Franz Danzer was an Austrian singer-songwriter. Although he is credited as one of the pioneers of Austropop , he always refused to be part of this genre.Danzer was successful as a solo...

 and Rainhard Fendrich

Rainhard Fendrich

Rainhard Jürgen Fendrich is an Austrian singer, composer, entertainer, and actor. He is one of the most successful Austropop musicians. His lyrics are written in Viennese German, and he is very popular in Austria, but less in other German-speaking countries, and by far less known in non-German...

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The group was initiated by Fendrich in order to give one single charity concert in favour of homeless in 1997 (which collected more than ATS 2 million, almost USD 200,000). Their success as a group was overwhelming, and the three individualists showed up on stage as Austria3 from that day on, until they decided to stop that project, which they announced on 10 June 2006. Their last concert was given at Altusried

Altusried

Altusried is a municipality in the district of Oberallgäu in Bavaria in Germany....

, Germany, on 26 July 2006.

However, at Georg Danzer's comeback concert in Vienna on 16 April 2007, the three individuals met again [for just three songs] but even "thought in public" about possibly re-uniting in 2008. and sang a few of their old classics.

Georg Danzer died from lung cancer on 21 June 2007.

"Austria3 is history by now." (Rainhard Fendrich in front of 200,000 fans, Donauinselfest

Donauinselfest

The Donauinselfest is an annual open-air free music festival happening on Vienna, Austria's Donauinsel. It usually happens in mid-June...

, on 23 June 2007).

Discography

• Austria3 — Live Vol. 1 (1998)
• Austria3 — Freunde (CD Single, 1998)
• Austria3 — Live Vol. 2 (8 June 1998)
• Austria3 — Die Dritte (10 October 2000)
• Weusd' mei Freund bist — Das Beste von Austria3 — Live (16 June 2003)
• Weusd' mei Freund bist … Aus dem filmischen Tagebuch von Austria 3 (Double-DVD, 16 June 2003)
• Austria3 — Austropop Kult (18 October 2004)
• Austria3 — Nur das Beste (28 July 2006)