Beatsteaks is a punk rock band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 1995. On the 7 June 2007, the band played a concert for a charity foundation, as part of the Deine Stimme gegen Armut (Make Poverty History - literally "Your voice against poverty") campaign in Rostock in front of a 70,000 strong audience. One month later, on 7 July 2007, they played in the sold-out Wuhlheide in Berlin, their then-largest headlining concert, in front of approx. 17,000 fans. 　　In 2007, Beatsteaks were again nominated in the category Best German Act at the EMAs and won the audience prize 1Live Krone for the best live act.On 2 May 2008, the live album Kanonen auf Spatzen was released, which includes two CDs and one DVD in the deluxe package, or the first CD in an economy version.Torsten Scholz said in an interview that the Beatsteaks would start writing new songs after the end of their Limbo Messiah tour in August 2008.The Beatsteaks completed work on their most recent album Boombox and it was released on 28 January 2011. The first single from the album was "Milk & Honey", released on 2 December. On 17 December, the music video was released for the single.[citation needed] On 8 April 2011, the second single, "Cheap Comments" was released. The third single off Boombox will be "Automatic",[2] which was co-written by Peter Fox. 　　In June 2011, the band announced their song "House On Fire" was to be featured on the European Soundtrack of Transformers: Dark of the Moon.In 2013 the band released the Live-CD/DVD Muffensausen. On 15 May 2014 the Beatsteaks released the song "DNA" as the first single of their record Beatsteaks, which was released on 1 August 2014. "Gentleman Of the Year" and "Make a Wish" are also two singles that have been released from the self-titled record. 　　In 2015 the Beatsteaks will celebrate their 20th Anniversary with two concerts at the Wuhlheide in Berlin.