Van Dyk Pens Anthem For Berlin Wall Demolition Celebrations

Berlin-based superstar DJ PAUL VAN DYK has paid tribute to the fall of the Berlin Wall with a new 'musical monument'.

We Are One will be debuted at the 20th anniversary Festival of Freedom celebrations of the Wall's demolition on 9 November (09).

The festivities, held at the Brandenburg Gate, will feature Nobel Peace Prize winners and global leaders including Germany’s Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Russian President Dimitri Medvedev and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

A wall of 800 oversized dominoes between the Reichstag and Potsdamer Platz will be symbolically knocked down as Bon Jovi perform their current single We Weren’t Born To Follow.

Van Dyk's freedom anthem will be played when the final domino topples, while fireworks light up Berlin.

His track will be available on iTunes the following day (10Nov09).

He says, 'It is an incredible honour to be allowed to present my We Are One anthem on November 9 against such a fantastic backdrop. The events of 20 years ago still move me very personally. I have invested a lot of time and emotion in this project.'

Van Dyk grew up in East Berlin, East Germany, and immigrated to West Germany just before the fall of the Wall in 1989.

--IANS-WENN