Audience and jury have decided: GOTTHARD ´s song "Lift U Up" – which is about motivating each other in a team and reaching aims togehter – is the official song of Switzerland ´s National Soccer Team for the upcoming European Championship. In a survey, run by Switzerland ´s biggest newspaper "Blick", readers and national team chose the song as the winning title.

Next to that, no other than German star producer Mousse T. has been responsible for the remix. In 1998, Mousse T. could celebrate a big success with the hit single "Horny", followed by numerous other hits Mousse T. has done the remixes for, such as "Sex Bomb" by Tom Jones, "Let ´s Go To Bed" by No Angels or "Is It Cos´ I `m Cool" by Emma Lanford. Concerning Mousse T. ´s latest remix for "Lift U Up", the players of the Swiss National Soccer Team prove that they are not only self-confident when it comes to kicking, but also when it comes to singing: the guys have personally sang the chorus of the track!

Surely quite an unusual job for David Degen from FC Basel, Hakan Yakin and Marco Streller, who have both already played for VfB Stuttgart, Benjamin Huggel (formerly: Eintracht Frankfurt!), the keeper and audience ´s star Pascal Zuberbühler (formerly: Bayer Leverkusen) and all the other national players.

The recordings with band and national team took place in the famous Powerplay Studios in Zurich, Switzerland. EUROPE have recorded their world hit "The Final Countdown" there already.

The joint-venture surely is an honour for both sides: the internationally successful group GOTTHARD is proud to support their national team for the European Championship with a song and most of the players of the national team have been huge GOTTHARD fans for many years. So one thing is sure already: if the Swiss kickers can act as convincing as in the studio during the next couple of weeks, than the championship will be a great one for them!

The official "Lift U Up" maxi-cd will be released as a bonus of a "Reloaded"-release of GOTTHARD ´s album "Lipservice" on June, 20th. As a download single, the songs will be released on June 6th already.

Also, GOTTHARD will play a couple of shows in the near future.

GOTTHARD on Tour with DEEP PURPLE:

31.10.2008 Leipzig, Leipzig Arena

01.11.2008 Hannover, AWD Hall

02.11.2008 Kassel, Eissporthalle

04.11.2008 Erfurt, Messehalle

06.11.2008 Kiel, Sparkassen Arena

07.11.2008 Frankfurt, Festhalle

08.11.2008 Stuttgart, Schleyerhalle

10.11.2008 Magdeburg, Bördelandhalle

11.11.2008 Berlin, Max-Schmeling-Halle

13.11.2008 Oberhausen, König-Pilsener-Arena

14.11.2008 Karlsruhe, Europahalle

15.11.2008 München, Olympiahalle

Festivals:

07.06.2008 Sweden - Sweden Rock Festival

15.06.2008 Netherlands – Arrow Rock Festival

20.06.2008 Spain – Bilbao/Kobeta Soniko Festival

21.06.2008 Germany – Künzelsau/Würth Open Air

11.07.2008 Germany – Magic Circle Festival

13.07.2008 Czech Republic – Masters Of Rock Festival

19.07.2008 Germany – Pförring Open Air

26.07.2008 Germany – Köln/Tanzbrunnen

27.07.2008 Germany – Amberg Campus Festival

13.09.2008 Italy – Milano Palasharp Festival