# Rammstein Stadium Tour

The Rammstein Stadium Tour was the seventh concert tour by German Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein, originally in support of their 2019 untitled studio album, but then Zeit as well in 2022 and onwards, with a total of 58 shows in 2019. It grossed more than $64,000,000 by the end of 2018 in pre-sales.
It started on May 27, 2019 in Germany with a series of 31 concerts in Europe, the next leg of the tour was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and postponing its dates for two years. It was completed for the following three years from 2022 to 2024. With a total of 141 shows between Europe and North America; with a sale of more than six million tickets, it is the most successful of their career, accumulating a gross of $563,046,342.

## Background
### Announcement

On 2 November 2018, Rammstein announced that they would tour again, in stadiums. Along with that in the following days a few teasers were uploaded to the band's social media channels containing studio snippets from the yet unreleased song "Ramm4", that the band played on their recent tours in 2016–17.
The presale tickets were available from 5 November 2018 and were available to the public from 7 November 2018. Most of the venues sold out within days. And in the following days the band added a few other shows to sold-out events, mostly to the following day. On 10 April 2019, a limited number of tickets were available in some venues, due to the new single, "Deutschland", getting released.
On 24 June 2019, Rammstein added a teaser – including names of cities – on their social media pages which revealed that they would continue their European stadium tour in 2020. On 26 June, the band added another teaser, this time revealing Europe dates and venues, as well as mentioning that a US tour. Ticket sales started on 5 July. Rammstein released a teaser image for what was planned to be their next UK performance of 2020 on 26 July 2019 using a photo of what looked like a Welsh Rugby Union jersey with a Rammstein logo, draped over some stadium seating. Fans speculated that this was the Principality Stadium in Cardiff. It was then confirmed by the band when they made the official announcement that they would be playing the Cardiff stadium on 14 June 2020. This would have been their first show in Wales since July 2005. As per a 2020 announcement, the shows planned for 2020 would not take place due to the 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak, but were preliminarily postponed into 2021, and then postponed again into 2022. On May 12, 2021 the band announced four additional shows, as well as postponing the American dates to 2022 on 24 May 2021. At the last concert in Ostend in Belgium (2022), the band announced that they would be going on a European stadium tour in 2023. Concerts have been announced in Lithuania, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Slovakia, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, the Netherlands, Hungary, France, Austria, Poland and Belgium. More than one million tickets were sold in the first few hours after the pre-sale. Further additional concerts were sold out within a very short time.

### Allegations

On May 25, 2023, the Irish woman Shelby Lynn made allegations of sexual assault against Lindemann. On June 3, Rammstein released a statement on the allegations. "The allegations have hit us all very hard and we take them extremely seriously," the band wrote on Instagram. At the same time, Rammstein, just like those who made the allegations, "had a right - to not be prejudged either". The Berlin law firm Schertz Bergmann, which is representing Lindemann, is called on Shelby Lynn to stop publishing the "untrue" accusations and allegations against Lindemann. Lynn, on the other hand, continued, but again underlined that she was not raped. The famous Influencer Kayla Shyx uploaded a YouTube video in which she described in detail how the "Row Zero" system worked. Mostly female Rammstein fans were allowed to sit in the front row at Rammstein concerts. Shyx is also reporting on Rammstein's "casting director" and tour manager for the first time. She is said to have recruited these fans for Lindemann. On June 14, 2023, the Berlin public prosecutor's office initiated investigations against Lindemann for allegations "in the area of sexual offenses and the distribution of narcotics", according to the authorities. These investigations were later dropped due to a lack of evidence and a lack of sufficient suspicion. The Vilnius public prosecutor's office, declared that it would not initiate an investigation against Lindemann.

### 2024 and end of tour

Due to the allegations against the band's singer, it was unclear whether the band would go on tour again in 2024. After the end of the 2023 tour, which was particularly marked by the accusations surrounding Lindemann, Rammstein announced another tour for 2024. The band quickly put a stop to rumors of a possible end to the band. Concerts have been announced in the Czech Republic, Germany, Serbia, Greece, Spain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Ireland, Italy and Austria. Of the 30 concerts, 12 took place in Germany alone. Four in Dresden, three in Frankfurt and a series of five concerts in Gelsenkirchen.
During the concert series in Gelsenkirchen, Rammstein guitarist Paul Landers said at a meeting with fans that the band want to take two years off after the end of the tour. During the time off, Landers talked about releasing the song "Ramm4". The song served as the opener for this year's tour and was already played live by the band at concerts in 2016, but never released as a studio version. Additionally, the concert film from the tour will be released in the interim. After the final show on July 31, 2024 in Gelsenkirchen, the band confirmed that the tour had come to an end after 135 concerts in five years.

## Development

The 2019 set list of the tour saw notable performances, with "Heirate mich" and "Rammstein" being performed for the first time in 18 and 14 years, respectively. Additionally, regularly played staple songs "Keine Lust" and "Feuer frei!" were excluded from the set list for the first time. The 2022 set list features new pieces from Zeit in place of "Was ich liebe", "Tattoo", "Sex", "Diamant" and "Ohne dich" respectively, as well as ending with "Adieu" as opposed to "Ich will". 2023 saw them opening with "Rammlied" for the first time in 13 years and including "Bestrafe Mich" for the first time in well over 20 years.

## Set list
### 2019

* "Music for the Royal Fireworks" (intro)
* "Was ich liebe"
* "Links 2 3 4"
* "Tattoo"
* "Sehnsucht"
* "Zeig dich"
* "Mein Herz brennt"
* "Puppe"
* "Heirate mich"
* "Diamant"
* "Deutschland" (Richard Z. Kruspe Remix) (interlude)
* "Deutschland"
* "Radio"
* "Mein Teil"
* "Du hast"
* "Sonne"
* "Ohne dich"

#### First Encore

* "Engel" (with Duo Jatekok)
* "Ausländer"
* "Du riechst so gut"
* "Pussy"

#### Second Encore

* "Rammstein"
* "Ich will"
* "Sonne (Piano Version)" / "Haifisch (Haiswing RMX)" (outro)

### 2022

* "Music for the Royal Fireworks" (intro)
* "Armee der Tristen"
* "Zick Zack"
* "Links 2 3 4"
* "Sehnsucht"
* "Zeig dich"
* "Mein Herz brennt"
* "Puppe"
* "Heirate mich"
* "Zeit"
* "Deutschland" (Richard Z. Kruspe Remix) (interlude)
* "Deutschland"
* "Radio"
* "Mein Teil"
* "Du hast"
* "Sonne"

#### First Encore

* "Engel" (with Duo Jatekok)
* "Ausländer"
* "Du riechst so gut"
* "Pussy"

#### Second Encore

* "Rammstein"
* "Ich will"
* "Adieu"
* "Sonne (Piano Version)" / "Haifisch (Haiswing RMX)" / "Ohne dich (Piano Version) (outro)

### 2023

* "Music for the Royal Fireworks" (intro)
* "Rammlied"
* "Links 2 3 4"
* "Bestrafe Mich"
* "Giftig"
* "Sehnsucht"
* "Mein Herz brennt"
* "Puppe"
* "Angst"
* "Zeit"
* "Deutschland" (Richard Z. Kruspe Remix) (interlude)
* "Deutschland"
* "Radio"
* "Mein Teil"
* "Du hast"
* "Sonne"

#### First Encore

* "Ohne Dich" (with Duo Abélard)
* "Engel" (with Duo Abélard)
* "Ausländer"
* "Du riechst so gut"
* "Pussy"

#### Second Encore

* "Rammstein"
* "Ich will"
* "Adieu"
* "Sonne (Piano Version)" / "Haifisch (Haiswing RMX)" / "Lügen" (Piano Version) (outro)

### 2024

* "Music for the Royal Fireworks" (intro)
* "Ramm4"
* "Links 2 3 4"
* "Keine Lust"
* "Sehnsucht"
* "Asche zu Asche"
* "Mein Herz brennt"
* "Puppe"
* "Wiener Blut"
* "Zeit"
* "Deutschland" (Richard Z. Kruspe Remix) (interlude)
* "Deutschland"
* "Radio"
* "Mein Teil"
* "Du hast"
* "Sonne"

#### First Encore

* "Engel" (with Duo Abélard)
* "Ausländer"
* "Du riechst so gut"
* "Pussy"
* "Ich will"

#### Second Encore

* "Rammstein"
* "Adieu"
* "Sonne (Piano Version)" / "Haifisch (Haiswing RMX)" / "Lügen" (Piano Version) (outro)