Virginia Jetzt!
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Virginia Jetzt! is a German
Germany
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 Indie-Pop band founded in the small town of Elsterwerda
Elsterwerda
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 in Brandenburg
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 in 1999; the quartet dissolved in October 2010.

The band has released four albums so far, their 2003 debut album Wer hat Angst vor Virginia Jetzt? — a reference to the Edward Albee
Edward Albee
Edward Franklin Albee III is an American playwright who is best known for The Zoo Story , The Sandbox , Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? , and a rewrite of the screenplay for the unsuccessful musical version of Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's . His works are considered well-crafted, often...

 play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a play by Edward Albee that opened on Broadway at the Billy Rose Theater on October 13, 1962. The original cast featured Uta Hagen as Martha, Arthur Hill as George, Melinda Dillon as Honey and George Grizzard as Nick. It was directed by Alan Schneider...

— followed by Anfänger (English: Beginner) in 2004, Land Unter (English: Land Under) in 2007, and "Blühende Landschaften" (Englisch: "Blooming Landscapes") in 2009.

Anfänger spawned three single releases; "Ein ganzer Sommer" (German Charts
Media Control Charts
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 # 28, 2004), "Das ganz normale Leben" (# 72, 2004) and "Wahre Liebe" (# 49, 2005).

January 2007 saw the band release their album Land Unter, containing the singles "Bitte bleib nicht, wenn du gehst"(German Charts
Media Control Charts
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# 54, 2006) (English: "Please don't stay, if you leave") and "Mehr als das" (# 75, 2007) (English: "More than that").

Discography

  • Virginia jetzt! (2000)
  • Pophymnen (2001)
  • Wer hat Angst vor Virginia Jetzt! (2003)
  • Anfänger (2004)
  • Anfänger Tour Edition (2005)
  • Land Unter (2007)
  • Blühende Landschaften (2009)
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