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Helge Schneider’s pension is not enough to live on

Helge Schneider’s pension is not enough to live on

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Updated December 14, 2023 at 12:56 p.m

Helge Schneider will be touring with his new show next year. There’s also a serious reason why the 68-year-old isn’t thinking about quitting: lack of money.

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Helge Schneider is 68 years old and still touring – with more than 70 shows scheduled in the coming months until October 2024.

There are also financial reasons why the comedian and artist is not yet thinking of quitting. As the musician revealed on ARD’s “Presant” programme, his pension isn’t even close to enough to live on – he can only pay his rent. “But I have to go back to the theater to eat so I can eat,” the 68-year-old said, despite having paid “a lot” into his pension fund throughout his life.

Helge Schneider: “I eat on tour”

The cutter “I pay the rent with my pension and eat on the tour,” he joked. In fact, there is only one reason he continues the tour: providing free catering, i.e. providing food for those taking the tour.

“Cat litter box on wheels” is the name of the show in which Helge Schneider will appear on stage next year. What exactly he will talk about is not yet over. The program is currently being developed.

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Rolf Schimpf can no longer afford a nursing home

It was only recently announced that 99-year-old TV star Rolf Schimpf had to leave the nursing home where he had lived since 2010 and had to move again. The actor, who became famous for the series “The Old Man,” could no longer afford to stay there.

His pension is not enough, as Schimpf’s public representative, who is also his doctor, told Bild: The residence is said to cost 5,700 euros per month, including all care costs. “for him [Schimpf] Running out of coal. If you don’t work for ten years and your pension no longer covers the high costs, the money will disappear quickly.” (Buck)

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