A man shows ‘Zero Euro’ souvenir banknotes depicting Czech pop singer Karel Gott, that are sold in honour of his 80th birthday on July 14, 2019 at the shop of a local record company, in Prague.
One fan, Lukas Gandzala, said he had slept outside the store after coming all the way from the northern Slovak city of Poprad, some 450km from Prague.“We collect the banknotes, the Zero Euro is a big phenomenon in our country, and so is Karel Gott,” he said, folding his umbrella to finally get inside the shop after a rain-drenched 26-hour wait.
The Gott banknote was issued in a limited edition of 5,000 and sold out in four hours. Each buyer could snag a maximum of two banknotes. He rose to stardom in the 1960s when he sang in the US and what was then West Germany, and represented Austria in the Eurovision song contest.Gott managed to retain his popularity following the 1968 invasion of Prague by Soviet-led armies, a time when many singers were banned from the stage for political reasons.
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