Pegasus (band)

**Pegasus** is a Swiss pop/rock-band from Biel/Bienne. The band consists of Noah Veraguth (lead vocals, guitar, piano), Gabriel Spahni (bass, vocals), Stefan Brønner (drums) and Simon Spahr (vocals, guitar). 

Pegasus is one of the most successful pop bands in Switzerland. The band was awarded Platin and Gold status for their work, got three Swiss Music Awards and reached multiple chart placements (Album *Love & Gunfire*). They already played big festivals and tours in Switzerland and travelled all the way to Germany, Austria, Belgium, Japan, Hongkong and Singapur to be the supporting group of *Hurts* during the Europe Leg of their tour as well as festival- and club shows. 

## History
### The beginnings 
Noah Veraguth, Simon Spahr and Gabriel Spahni all grew up in the same street in Biel and started entertaining the neighbourhood residents with small concerts in living rooms, basements or parks early on. Stefan Brønner later joined the group as the drummer. Their first musical influences were the Beatles and other pioneers of Rock 'n' Roll.

### *A Place to Be* 
In 2007, the band signed the first record deal and documented the difficult negotiations and the recording sessions of their debut album *A Place to Be* with  film maker Andresas Pfiffner and Simon Baumann. *Hope Music* was released as the first web-documentery of Switzerland.

*A Place to Be* was received well by critics and the audience. 

*Hope Music* was broadcasted on swiss television. As part of their "A Place to Be"-tour, the band was able to open for Joe Cocker's concert at Hallenstadion in front of an audience of 13.000 people. Various big openairs (for example Gurtenfestival, Blue Balls Luzern) were also some highlights of their first tour.
### *Heroes & Champions* 
Pegasus went back to the studio in 2008 and recorded their second album *Heroes & Champions* with swiss producer Thomas Fessler (Florian Ast, Plüsch, Sina, Adrian Stern). The album was released in April 2009. Yet again, the band was able to play at big openairs (like Open Air St. Gallen, Stars Of Sounds in Aarberg, Open-Air Huttwil, Gena-Festival Geneva) and performend as the supporting group for Coldplay at Stade de Suisse in Bern. In March 2010, the band won *Best Newcomer National* at the Swiss Music Awards and made the first experience abroad at the Eurosonic-Festival in Groningen.

### *Human.Technology* 
The next studio work for the next Pegasus album started in September 2010. The band decided to work with producer Roman Camenzind and Fred Herrmann, which marked the intended change in the Pegasus-Sound.

On 13th May 2011, the new Pegasus-Sound celebrated its premiere with *Rise Up (Black Dog)* at the swiss radios. The song acted as a foretaste of the upcoming album *Human.Technology*. The album was released on 16th September 2011 throughout Switzerland and placed 5th in the swiss album charts.

The band announced on 19th June 2012 that *Human.Technology* sold over 15.000 copies. A special edition of *Human.Technology* was released on 27th July 2012 called *Human.Technology 2.0* and placed 2nd in the swiss album charts. The new single *Skyline*, which was also Switzerland's Olympia-Song for London 2012, placed 1st in the swiss single charts on 8th August 2012.

### Supporting Group for Hurts 
In November 2013, Pegasus accompanied the british synthie-popband Hurts on their tour in Germany, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxemburg.

### *Love & Gunfire* 
On 14th March 2014, *Love & Gunfire* was released. The album had themes and motives of the tension beween love and violence, closeness and distance, care and alienation. It charted for 80 weeks. In November 2015, a platin edition of *Love & Gunfire* was released with multiple live versions and the official *Jeder-Rappen-zählt*-Single *Streets of My Hometown*.

### Asia Tour 
In the beginning of 2015, Pegasus was able to gain first live-experiences in Asia. Singapore, Tokyo and Hongkong were in the program. The music video of *Lay Low* was inspired by the experience and especially the japanese culture. Yumi Mukai, a tea ceremony master, supported the band in the implementation of the video.

### Noah Veraguth's Solo career 
During the promotion of "Human.Technology", it became apparent that singer Noah Veraguth was put on the spotlight. At the end of 2012, he placed 1st in the swiss hitparade with rapper *Stress* and singer *Bastian Baker.* The promotion for the 2014 ''Noël's Room'' album continued the singer's strong presence in the tabloid media. *Blick* reported on this move to Zurich in a homestory and *Schweizer Illustrierte* reported on a concnert at the Prinzebar in Hamburg under the title "*Noah Veraguth & Co*.".

### Simon Spahr's Break 
From April 2016 until February 2020 Simon Spahr took a break from the band. On 15th January he announced that he will leave the band after one last concert in April 2016. His reason was: "After 15 intensive and wonderful years of making music, I now feel the need to do something different and reorient myself." The last concert with Simon Spahr was at Snowpenair on 2nd April. During his absence, he was replaced by Martin Deplazes (Ginger and the Alchemists ). He came back in February 2020.

### *Beautiful Life* 
On 9th July 2017, the fifth studio album *Beautiful Life* was released, which was published by Columbia Sony Music Entertainment Germany.

### *Unplugged + Hallenstadion Unplugged (Live)* 
On *Unplugged*, Pegasus released their musical biography in form of an acoustic-album. They re-released all their hits such as *Metropolitans*, *I Take It All* and *Skyline* with new arrangements. After five successfull studio albums, countless hits and successfull domestic and abroad tours, the band took a step back and dedicated the extraordinary time of the Covid-19 pandemic to working on another album.

They celebrated the premiere of the *Unplugged* albums on the 21st May 2021 at Hallenstadion Zurich. This was the first show in the biggest indoor event location of Swizerland after 15 months of pandemic-related radio silence.

*Unplugged* was released on 15th January 2021. The live album of the show *Hallenstadion Unplugged (Live)* was releleased 12th November 2021.

### *Future:Memories* 
Following the pandemic, Pegasus rushed into the future with the album Future:Memories. Almost all of the songs were written in the last few years. The lead single, *Once in a Lifetime*, has been in the works for a while and finally felt like a fitting fit for the overall album. The nine remaining songs represent a fresh start, boundless optimism, and blend classic songwriting with modern production. Musically, the album takes a step forward in a more electronic direction.

### Zirkus Knie 
From May until December 2024, the quartet was part of the swiss national circus *Knie* and ensured an extraordinary show on the evening performances.

### *Twisted Hearts Club* 
With *How Much Can A Heart Break*, the band released the first single from their upcoming album, forming the musical connection to *Future:Memories*. Pegasus promised an album of emotional complexity, embedded in a production that would throw the band back to their affinity for the organic sound they once learned.

As part of the album release, they released an SRF DOK Pegasus - Eine Band macht Schluss.

### *Departure of Gabrial Spahni and Simon Spahr* 
In January 2025 it was announced that Gabriel Spahni and Simon Spahr would leave the band at the end of 2025.

## Diskografie 
### Studio albums 
### Singles 
#### Live album 
* 2021: Hallenstadion Unplugged (Live)

#### More Singles 
* 2013: *Go Out (And Get Her)*
* 2017: *Lost to Be Found*
* 2022: Once in a Lifetime
* 2022: Come Home
* 2024: Champions
* 2024: How Much Can A Heart Break

## Awards
* 2007: *SUISA Newcomer Award*
* 2008: *Swiss Top 07* durch DRS 3 (the youngest receivers at that time)
* 2010: Swiss Music Award in the category "*Newcomer National"*
* 2012: *Prix Walo* in the category "*Newcomer"*
* 2013: Swiss Music Award in the category "*Best Hit National"* for "*Skyline"*
* 2015: Swiss Music Award in the category "*Best Hit National"* for "*I Take It All"*
* 2016: Biel's resident of the year (de: Bieler des Jahres 2015)

## Nominations 
* 2015: Swiss Music Awards in the category "*Best Group"*
* 2019: Swiss Music Awards in the category "*Best Group"*

## References 
## Web links 
* Official Webseite
* Pegasus on Facebook
* Pegasus on Instagram
* Pegasus on TikTok
* Website Dokumentarfilm from Simon Baumann and Andreas Pfiffner *Hope Musik*
* Pegasus – Eine Band macht Schluss In: *DOK*. 2025 (YouTube)