Revolver Golden God's Nomination

Yesterday the nominees for this year’s “Revolver Golden Gods” Awards were announced in Los Angeles.
We are delighted to be nominated in the category “Best Live Band” for one of the most important U.S. Rock and Metal Awards!
Your vote will count until April 1, so:
- Ein Weg
- Ein Ziel
- Ein Motiv
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Rammstein North America Tour 2011 - Official Promo

Pre-sale starts for North America Tours 2011

The Pre-sale for all Rammstein Tour Dates in North America upcoming May starts Friday, 25th February and Saturday, 26th February. Exact pre-sale starting times for the various cities are listed below, please click on each city in order to access the local ticket link.
Presale from February 25th 2011
Toronto (May 8th): 12 noon EST
Edmonton (May 13th): 10am MST
Presale from February 26th 2011
New York /East Rutherford (May 5th): 10am EST
Montreal (May 7th): 12 noon EST
Chicago /Rosemont (May 10th): 10am CST
Seattle /Tacoma (May 15th): 10am PST
San Francisco /Oakland (May 18th): 10am PST
Los Angeles (May 20th): 10am PST
Las Vegas(May 21th):10am PST

US time zones

Rammstein Ist für Alle Da – Richard Z Kruspe interview (South Africa)

griff: Hi I'm griff from the website, watkykjy.co.za and it seems that I have 15 minutes to talk to you, so lets start. This is Rammstein's first time performing in South Africa.
Richard Kruspe: Allright, I'm Richard, pleased to meet you. First time, ja.
griff: First time ever. Why did it take you so long to come here? Have you been here before on holidays?
Richard Kruspe: Well, I was actually married to a South African.
griff: Ja, I'm aware of that.
Richard Kruspe: I've been here a couple of times a couple of years ago – Johannesburg, Cape Town mostly. So, on Holidays, Christmas actually. And the reason that I took so long is because sometimes things have to make sense in each direction which means our show is quite expensive and we don't mind to go and play if we don't make anything. That's allright, but if you have to pay on top for that, then you know, it becomes an issue. I don't think think anyone likes that.
 
griff: Ja, haha, I don't think so.
Richard Kruspe: So you know, that's why it it took so long to get the right offer. We still don't make anything right now, because it is an investment for us. It is a very interesting market right now here for us. So that's why we're here and developing a new market.
griff: Well, welcome to South Africa. It's a great pleasure and an honour to have you guys here.
Richard Kruspe: Thank you.
griff: If I've got my numbers right, you guys have sold over 15 million records worldwide? You could probably update me on that?
Richard Kruspe: Could be, could be… I stopped counting a couple of years ago. It doesn't really matter anymore.
griff: Leading off from that question, what do you guys spend your money on or is money not such an issue to you?
Richard Kruspe: Oh yeah, you know, I mean when you get older, first you have a couple of kids. Hahaha!
griff: Ja, that can be expensive.
Richard Kruspe: It needs some kind of money, right? I'm basically spending most money in studios and you know, also sometimes when someone comes along (points finger) "You have to think about your future. You should invest in this and you should invest in that shit." In the beginning no-one really knows what we had to do and what do we spend it on and you know, we're buying stupid stuff and we lost a lot of money. So I like, bought some buildings in Berlin because I believe in the real estate market in Berlin for example. After a while I got really frustrated because I didn't know anything about financial things, so I invested in some stocks and stuff. I got burned and I started to study economy.

griff: As a result of you fucking up your money?
Richard Kruspe: As a result of losing money and also trusting other people. I was just tired of not understanding why I would lose money that I was earning so I started a journey to just understand where money was coming from and how the world is running or how the system is running and how we consume and all this stuff, so it was an interesting time just to understand where we were at that moment, you know? I think we were in deep shit actually, haha! But I do invest.  I'm investing in silver at the moment, actually.
griff: Ok? That's… different. You guys have been around for almost sixteen years now. Your band has never changed, your line-up has never changed. You get bands who break up all the time. How the fuck did you guys manage to do that, to stay together. I mean, there must be fights, coming close to the brink where you just want to kill each other?
Richard Kruspe: Well, not killing but definitely splitting up and its a big burden, you know, I suppose everything has a good and a bad side, obviously. I do believe that we have this special chemistry between us and I would try to make any kind of compromise possible to not change that. Everyone has to, because we have this little democracy going on in the band and… which is very
difficult to live as we know in real life. The same thing as in a band. You know, the older you get, the more complicated it gets because everyone has his own way of dealing with things and it's complicated but not undoable. So you have to be patient, you have to be trying to compromise a lot, you always have to see the bigger picture. You just have to try and put your ego behind the door and try to think is it really important for you right now or is it just an ego thing?' It is kind of a life therapy that you go through. At the end of the day it's worth doing. It is kind of like the same thing with relationships – you're changing and breaking up everytime you have a problem until you realise 'well, if the next girl or whatever comes, then you have the same problem'. So I mean the problem really here in life is to learn and I see it more like 'why can't you learn right now' rather than to do it to someone else? Haha. I'm trying to do it right now, here.
griff: So obvisouly you run it is a tight business as well?
 
Richard Kruspe: Well ja, of course, at some point you realise you're 43 right now, you've achieved something very special with the band, you know. And there is a lot at stake. You know, you don't wanna throw it away, you're financially independant. In a way, You're afraid of losing it. There's a lot of things there too. You think twice before you make a decision and there are so many times where anyone felt like "That's it, I'm moving out. I can't fucking take it anymore!" Everyone has his own little trick to deal with it. My trick is to move away to New York so I have the distance between the band and myself.
griff: Cool. Tell me, on your new album – you guys had over 40 songs that you sort of thrashed out to eventually get it down to 12.
Richard Kruspe: Oh, more like ideas. I wouldn't say songs…
griff: Oh, okay?
Richard Kruspe: It was more like, we had a whole lot of ideas
griff: So what what happened to the rest of those ideas because obviously there must be something left to carry on to a next project or a next album?
 
Richard Kruspe: Well, at the moment I don't want to think about it. Something somebody told me is "if you wanna make God smile, tell him your plans", so haha, we don't need plans anymore. At the moment they're in the computer and they weren't strong enough to survive the record, so you know, there must be something wrong with that, you know? And everything belongs kind of to a time. That's my experience with music. You know, when you're in a special moment and a special time you write certain things and its kind of odd when like 5 years later you getting … unless it's strong otherwise its kind of dull because it wasn't on the record and when you listen to it you're moving yourself too… My guess is it will stay in the computer, haha.
griff: Haha, true. Ok, don't take this the wrong way, but your music has very basic riffs. Its very… very.. uhm…
Richard Kruspe: Minimalistic?
griff: Minimilistic, Ja, haha, thanks. Minimalistic. How do get from there, from those riffs to blowing it up to what it is? Why are you guys a phenomenon with that specifically?
Richard Kruspe: First of all, we like to make things simple because we have so many layers of so many things. If we would like start to, even like start from the beginning with difficult riffs there would not be enough space for other layers or instruments, you know with all the electrics and sequencers and all that stuff. Personally I just like to be simple at music.
griff: Well, it works brilliantly
Richard Kruspe: Ja, its kind of a trademark. It started out that way and it's something that I am actually proud of – that we actually developed a trademark, something that you don't… I mean you have bands like this, bands like The Ramones or the Pistols or AC/DC. Those are people, when you listen to it, you know that's them and with so many other bands you don't really know because the songs sound like someone else..
griff: There seems to be a lot of those these days…
Richard Kruspe: Ja, I like the fact that when you turn up whatever, your ipod or your radio and you listen to a song and you know its "Ah, it is Rammstein. It can only be Rammstein." It has to be authentic, it has to be original and that is what Rammstein is all about.
griff: Of course ja. Your song "Wiener Blut" Am I pronouncing it right?
Richard Kruspe: Yeah
 
griff: It seems to be about Jozef Fritzel. Now, there seems to be like lots of extremes of love on the album. Theres this song and then you've got a song like "Pussy" which is totally on the other side. What was the idea with all these different themes? Are you reaching into the different corners of love or…
Richard Kruspe: I think that must be a question for Till because he writes the lyrics, but I can relate to it because we're always searching for… somehow for the darker side of love, sex, whatever it is. Something that just interests us. It's you know… The way we are interested in things in life. Interests in the darker side of life, you know – a serial killer, a cannibal, all this kind of stuff. Something rings inside me.
griff: Ja…
Richard Kruspe: To explain that… Maybe it is something to do with how we were brought up. Maybe it has something to do with the system that controlled us over years, that we got sensored over years. Maybe we're trying to break out of that? There can be so many explanations for why we are interested in that, but we are. And songs like "Pussy" is just one of those party songs.
griff: Haha, it is, it is.
Richard Kruspe: Just some horny motherfuckers! Hahaha!
griff: Hahaha! The one thing that I actually found quite hilarious from "Pussy" is 'blitzkrieg mit dem fleischgewehr'. Now that to me – 'fleischgewehr' – it is such a fuckin' funny word for a dick. We have similar things which we call zef slang on our webiste, Watkykjy. On that same note, I actually brought you guys presents, keeping in line with that. It's a shirt.
Richard Kruspe: Ah nice! It has a fish coming out.
 
griff: Ja, and what it says there is "Broeksnoek" Now 'broek' is, I think in German 'hosen', pants. So 'snoek' is a South African fish.
Richard Kruspe: OK?
griff: So 'broeksnoek' can be linked to 'fleischgewehr' in a way. It is another word for 'pussy'
Richard Kruspe: Ah, I see. Thank you very much!
griff: There is some more stuff in there for each band member. There is another shirt that says "Fokof jou fokken fokker!"
Richard Kruspe: Hahaha, cool! Thank you very much!
griff: One more thing. Sorry, second last thing. Last week, you guys were in Australia, am I right?
Richard Kruspe: That's correct, ja.
 
griff: You guys had some drinks with Die Antwoord. Yo-Landi Vi$$er told me you all had some tequila and champagne which you shake together.
Richard Kruspe: Exactly
griff: You know she missed her flight the next day?
Richard Kruspe: Really?
griff: To South Africa, ja.
Richard Kruspe: Bad for her, hahaha!
Richard Kruspe: Weren't they like going to Japan or something?
griff: Ninja was going to Japan. Yo-Landi was supposed to go to Cape Town, I think on the same flight as you guys and she totally missed her flight.
Richard Kruspe: Well, I bet you she had a good experience, haha.
griff: Did you find them to be nice people?
 
Richard Kruspe: Yeah, they were really interesting people. We were watching the shows then he came… Actually funny,  when he came to Tool, ha, for some reason he got lost – he was trying to meet Till, our singer and he went to the dressing room of Tool and said like "I want to speak to Tool" And we're like 'oh wait' and the singer came and said "Oh well, I'm Tool". So there was a bit of a misunderstanding until they realised he was talking about Till, not Tool.
griff: Haha! I sort of see maybe a tie-in with them and you guys. You guys begin German – a lot of people don't understand it. They just sort of live for the music and like it and the the same goes for Die Antwooord in other countries, them being Afrikaans. Do you agree?
Richard Kruspe: You know, again, I think that if you create something thats authentic and unique as Rammstein, then I don't think you really have a problem with the language. I just remember when I was a child I couldn't understand English and I was still rocking and it worked for me. Also I think that because we're so visual when we play live that we kind of are trying to build visual riches that people understand. It becomes more of an opera. You know, when you go to an opera then you expect people to sing Italian or German or whatever. So with Rammstein it is kind of the same thing. If you have this visual character that we do have then language just becomes more of an instrument.
griff: That's cool, ja. Last question before I go: Why is Flake always getting fucked up? He is getting tied to bombs, set fire to…
Richard Kruspe: Becasue he is the weakest
griff: … fucked in the ass…
Richard Kruspe: Hahahaha!
 
griff: … those kind of things. Your album is about 'love' supposedly. Why don't you guys take turns? Hahaha! Why don't you guys take turns with getting beaten up a bit?
Richard Kruspe: It is his character.
griff: Issit?
Richard Kruspe: Ja. We wouldn't make fans. If Till had to do it to me… I would probably you know, like… uhm.. I'll do… something. I think it kind of makes sense for his character because he is thin. It's just his role that he plays and I think he plays it really well – he symbolises the humour …
griff: He is like the little kid that gets fucked up at school but he still somehow has buddies …
Richard Kruspe: Of course! He is definitely a big part of the band, it's just an act that he does. It's just working, it is just so obvious in a way that it just makes sense. We wouldn't substitute him for anyone else.
griff: It seems that my time is up. Thanks a lot. It was great meeting you.
Richard Kruspe: Thank you, and thank you for the t-shirts.
griff: Cool, man, it is a great pleasure.
Richard Kruspe: Enjoy the show.
griff: Looking forward to it, thanks. Cheers, have fun.
Richard Kruspe: Cheers!

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May   5 Thu	IZOD CenterEast Rutherford, NJ 08:00 PM	Rammstein			More Info » on sale:Sat, 02/26/11 10:00 AM
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Rammstein Return to North America This May

Fire! Homoeroticism! Crunchy industrial aggro metal! It's all in an night's work for those German controversialists Rammstein, who played their very first show on American soil in nearly a decade with one sold-out show at New York City's Madison Square Garden last December. Well, if you missed that fiery extravaganza, you're in luck, because the band has announced nine additional dates for May.

"We have waited 10 long years for the perfect opportunity to bring our full show to North America. The time is now and we are excited to share this with our fans who have waited for so long," said guitarist Richard Kruspe in a statement.

It's a short run, but clearly, demand for Rammstein blazes at a fevered pitch. Bring your fire retardant suit. Maybe these Rammstein tour dates will see some new props and toys and visual spectacles.

Rammstein Returns to the New York Area; Tickets on Sale Next Saturday

German metal legends Rammstein have announced a short North American tour for this coming May, kicking off right here at the Meadowland's Izod Center.
The band played a single show at Madison Square Garden last December, their first concert in a decade on US soil, to tremendous acclaim. The show sold out in minutes, and with every other performance on this new tour hundreds, if not thousands of miles away, the Izod show is likely to sell out just as fast.
Attendees at the MSG show were blown away by the band's famed pyrotechinics-filled set and over-the-top stage show, as well as a spectacular setlist. Many considered it a once-in-a-decade opportunity to catch the group, so the newly announced dates, including the Izod show on Thursday, May 5th, are a second chance for those who weren't able to get tickets for December's show.
Tickets go on sale next Saturday, February 26th, at 10am sharp. Like last time, there will be no presales, so anyone not signed into Ticketmaster by then is risking another sell-out.

RAMMSTEIN - May 7th at Bell Centre

Back in Montreal by overwhelming demand!
The world's most explosive and theatrical rock band
set to embark on first North American Tour in ten years!
 
RAMMSTEIN
Saturday, May 7th at 8pm / Bell Centre


TICKETS ON SALE ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26th at NOON!

Tickets available at the Bell Centre Box Office
Charge by phone: (514) 790-2525 or 1-877-668-8269
Order online at: www.evenko.ca
Ticket prices: $69.00 / $92.00 / $106.00 (taxes+ service charges included)

RAMMSTEIN announced today that they will bring their epic live show to 9 cities in North America throughout the month of May.  The Berlin-based six-piece band, who immediately sold out two exclusive performances last December at the Bell Centre in Montreal and the legendary Madison Square Garden in New York City, have not toured in North America since 2001.

Rammstein first stormed America in 1998, touring with a set based on their Grammy-nominated breakthrough second release, Sehnsucht, featuring "Du hast", the song that brought the world’s attention to the band. During their 1998 Family Values tour, praise was high, as well as indignation: band members were jailed in the US on indecency charges due to the highly provocative live show.

“The success of the Rammstein song “Du Hast” in the U.S. was certainly one of the essential steps in our career.” -  Christoph Schneider (Drummer)

“We have waited 10 long years for the perfect opportunity to bring our full show to North America.  The time is now and we are excited to share this with our fans who have waited for so long.” - Richard Z. Kruspe (Guitarist)

The band’s last tour of the US in 2001 was in support of the album Mutter, where they continued to explore societal and sexual taboos with a deft mix of sonic muscle and visual spectacle. Throughout the last decade they have found themselves embroiled in further controversy, incensing both the left and the right.  The band’s most recent album, Liebe ist für alle da (“Love is there for all”), moved the German government to ban its sale to minors shortly after release, only to have the order rescinded a few months later once the culture war was over. Meanwhile, there was no doubt about fans’ appreciation of the work: more than 16 million albums sold worldwide, #1 on many charts across Europe, and entrance on the Billboard Charts at #13 – the highest chart entry for Rammstein in the United States ever.

Rammstein began extensive touring last fall in support of Liebe ist für alle da. Their formidable live show traversed Europe in twenty 18-wheelers packed with pyrotechnics, flame-throwers, bazookas and enough ordnance to level a small country. The band played to sold-out crowds in 10,000+ seat venues, leading up to a summer filled with headlining slots on all the major European festivals.  In the fall, the band then moved on to Latin America to play in some cities for the first time in its history. Now, at the end of their extensive tour, Rammstein will give their North American fans a taste of their now-legendary live show.

RAMMSTEIN 2011 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR ITINERARY:

May 5    E. Rutherford, NJ  -  Izod Center             
May 7    Montreal, QC - Bell Centre          
May 8    Toronto, ON  -  Air Canada Centre   
May 10   Rosemont, IL - Allstate Arena        
May 13   Edmonton, AB -  Rexall Place       
May 15   Tacoma, WA - Tacoma Dome         
May 18   Oakland, CA - Oracle Arena           
May 20   Los Angeles, CA - The Forum         
May 21   Las Vegas, CA - Thomas & Mack Center 
(Itinerary subject to change)
Info: http://www.rammstein.com 

“The music was perfectly executed and more sophisticated than is often credited … this show is surely one of the wonders of rock.” -  The Times (London), 5 Stars

“…as long as you don't mind taking your industrial metal with a healthy dose of exploding baby dolls, giant erupting phalluses, columns of fire, and idolatry,…then Rammstein might be your favorite band ever.” –   SPIN Magazine

“… you won’t find a better live band on the planet today.” –  Metal Hammer       

Nomination for German Music Award "Echo"

The video “Ich tu dir weh” is nominated in the category “Best Video National” for the German Music Award “Echo”. Everyone who wants to take the rocky way in order to cast his vote, please click here.

Rammstein headed to the Tacoma Dome

German art-metal Rammstein will headline the Tacoma Dome on May 15, Live Nation announced today. The band - known for its theatrical style and vocalist Till Lindemann sometimes performing while engulfed in flame – will launch its nine-stop North American tour on May 5 in New York. Tickets for the Tacoma show will go on sale at 10 a.m. on Feb. 26, but prices were not yet made available.

Rammstein announce first North American tour in a decade

The only thing more rare than a Jeff Mangum performance? Try Rammstein U.S tour dates. So perhaps it’s only appropriate that on the day that the former Netural Milk Hotel frontman once again emerged from his reclusive shell, the German metal titans have announced plans for their first North American tour in a decade.
On the heels of their sold-out show at Madison Square Garden, which marked the band’s first U.S. performance in 10 years, Rammstein have announced nine additional dates for this May. “We have waited 10 long years for the perfect opportunity to bring our full show to North America. The time is now and we are excited to share this with our fans who have waited for so long,” said guitarist Richard Z. Kruspe in an issued statement.
Set to launch May 5th in E. Rutherford, NJ, the trek will then see Rammstein play three dates in Canada, two in California, and one-offs in Chicago and Seattle before concluding May 21st in Las Vegas. You can find the exact specifics below.
Tickets for tour, produced by Live Nation, will go on sale to the general public Friday, February 25th and Saturday, February 26th.
Rammstein 2011 Tour Dates:
05/05 – E. Rutherford, NJ @ IZod Center
05/07 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
05/08 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
05/10 – Chicago, IL @ Allstate Arena
05/13 – Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place
05/15 – Seattle, WA @ Tacoma Dome
05/18 – Oakland, CA @ Oracle Arena
05/20 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum
05/21 – Las Vegas, NV @ Thomas & Mack Center

RAMMSTEIN To Tour North America In May - Feb. 16, 2011

German industrial metallers RAMMSTEIN will bring their epic live show to nine cities in North America throughout the month of May. The Berlin-based six-piece band, who immediately sold out two exclusive performances last December at the Bell Centre in Montreal and the legendary Madison Square Garden in New York City, has not toured in North America since 2001.

Tickets for tour, produced by Live Nation, will go on sale to the general public Friday, February 25 and Saturday, February 26 and are available at Ticketmaster.com and LiveNation.com.

"The success of the RAMMSTEIN song 'Du Hast' in the U.S. was certainly one of the essential steps in our career," commented drummer Christoph Schneider.

"We have waited 10 long years for the perfect opportunity to bring our full show to North America. The time is now and we are excited to share this with our fans who have waited for so long," added guitarist Richard Z. Kruspe.

RAMMSTEIN began extensive touring last fall in support of "Liebe Ist Für Alle Da". Their formidable live show traversed Europe in twenty 18-wheelers packed with pyrotechnics, flame-throwers, bazookas and enough ordnance to level a small country. The band played to sold-out crowds in 10,000-plus seat venues, leading up to a summer filled with headlining slots on all the major European festivals. In the fall, the band then moved on to Latin America to play in some cities for the first time in its history. Now, after successfully touring Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa at the end of their extensive tour, RAMMSTEIN will give their North American fans a taste of their now-legendary live show.

RAMMSTEIN North American tour dates:

May 05 - E. Rutherford, NJ @ Izod Center
May 07 - Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
May 08 - Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
May 10 - Chicago, IL @ Allstate Arena (Rosemount)
May 13 - Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place
May 15 - Seattle, WA @ Tacoma Dome (Tacoma)
May 18 - Oakland, CA @ Oracle Arena
May 20 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum
May 21 - Las Vegas, CA @ Thomas & Mack Center

RAMMSTEIN to return to North America

RAMMSTEIN announced today that they will bring their epic live show to 9 cities in North America throughout the month of May. The Berlin-based six-piece band, who immediately sold out two exclusive performances last December at the Bell Centre in Montreal and the legendary Madison Square Garden in New York City, have not toured in North America since 2001.

Tickets for tour, produced by Live Nation, will go on sale to the general public Friday, February 25 and Saturday, February 26 and are available at Ticketmaster.com, and LiveNation.com.

"The success of the Rammstein song "Du Hast" in the U.S. was certainly one of the essential steps in our career" - Christoph Schneider (Drummer)

"We have waited 10 long years for the perfect opportunity to bring our full show to North America. The time is now and we are excited to share this with our fans who have waited for so long."
- Richard Z. Kruspe (Guitarist)

Rammstein first stormed America in 1998, touring with a set based on their Grammy- nominated breakthrough second release, Sehnsucht, featuring Du hast, the song that brought the world’s attention to the band. During their 1998 Family Values tour, praise was high, as well as indignation: band members were jailed in the US on indecency charges due to the highly provocative live show.

The band’s last tour of the US in 2001 was in support of the album Mutter, where they continued to explore societal and sexual taboos with a deft mix of sonic muscle and visual spectacle. Throughout the last decade they have found themselves embroiled in further controversy, incensing both the left and the right. The band’s most recent album, Liebe ist für alle da (“Love is there for all”), moved the German government
to ban its sale to minors shortly after release, only to have the order rescinded a few months later once the culture war was over. Meanwhile, there was no doubt about fans’ appreciation of the work: more than 16 million albums sold worldwide, #1 on many charts across Europe, and entrance on the Billboard Charts at #13 – the highest chart entry for Rammstein in the United States ever.

Rammstein began extensive touring last fall in support of Liebe ist für alle da. Their formidable live show traversed Europe in twenty 18-wheelers packed with pyrotechnics, flame-throwers, bazookas and enough ordnance to level a small country. The band played to sold-out crowds in 10,000+ seat venues, leading up to a summer filled with headlining slots on all the major European festivals. In the fall, the band then moved on to Latin America to play in some cities for the first time in its history. Now, after successfully touring Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa at the end of their extensive tour, Rammstein will give their North American fans a taste of their now-legendary live show.



RAMMSTEIN 2011 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR ITINERARY:
May 5 - New York, NY - Izod Center (E. Rutherford, NJ)
May 7 - Montreal, QC - Bell Centre
May 8 - Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre
May 10 - Chicago, IL - Allstate Arena (Rosemount)
May 13 - Edmonton, AB - Rexall Place
May 15 - Seattle, WA - Tacoma Dome (Tacoma)
May 18 - Oakland, CA - Oracle Arena
May 20 - Los Angeles, CA - The Forum
May 21 - Las Vegas, NV - Thomas & Mack Center

All tickets go on sale Feb 26 except the Toronto and Edmonton shows which goes on sale Feb 25.
Itinerary subject to change.

Rammstein performing live at The Grand Arena at Grandwest Casino in Cape Town