On September 2, 2009, the band performed on VVC Square to protest the demolition of historical buildings in Moscow.
In the summer of 2009, DDT participated in the “Rok nad Volgoy” festival (“Rock above the Volga”) in Samara and in the international music festival “Sotvorenie mira” (Creation of the World) in Kazan .
On September 24 and 26, 2008, DDT presented an anti-war program called Ne streliaj! (Don’t Shoot!). These concerts (featuring bands from Georgia , South Ossetia and Ukraine ) were dedicated to the casualties of wars, particularly victims of the war in South Ossetia . The concert in Saint Petersburg was…
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On March 3, 2008, DDT performed at the Dissenters’ March in St. Petersburg to protest the controversial election of Dmitry Medvedev as President of Russia.
In 2007 DDT released the album Prekrasnaya lyubov (Beautiful love), a collection of previously unreleased songs which had been performed by the group for many years in addition to several new songs. The album differs from previous albums, representing a greater focus on political and social themes versus the more…
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In 2005, DDT celebrated their 25th anniversary with an extended tour throughout Russia, Europe, and North America, and the release of a new album entitled Propavshiy bez vesti (Missing in action), which received critical acclaim.
In 2005 the double CD “Odd Warrior” was released
“Foreign Cars” (2004)
In 2002 and 2003 DDT released a double album called Yedinochestvo (Solitude), which was even more experimental than Mir nomer nol . After the following tour, Vadim Kurilev, the band’s guitarist and bassist from its original Saint Petersburg lineup, left the group to begin a solo career. One of Kurilev’s…
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Since then, the band has won a number of Russian music awards and been awarded humanitarian citations for their creative and charitable work. Shevchuk and his group also regularly travel throughout the CIS and other former Soviet republics giving benefit concerts. In the spring and summer of 2002, 10 out…
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