Flake in a golden stage outfit – that’s how you know him from Rammstein concerts Photo: dpa
From Hildburg Bruns
Pause for Rammstein keyboards Flake. Radoeins (rbb) discontinued the podcast with Christian “Flake” Lorenz (56) on Tuesday. Reason: He didn’t want to talk about the current allegations against the band.
Tuesday, 9 p.m.: A pre-produced radio report with the musician and bestselling author (“Keyboard Fucker”) should be broadcast on a regular basis. His faithful listeners waited in vain. Instead, a program with Francoise Cactus was repeated.
It was not announced in advance in the program. Just a brief note: “Since Rammstein are on tour, we had planned a pre-produced show, which now seems inappropriate in the debate surrounding Rammstein. However, Flake currently sees no possibility of producing a new program that can deal with the current situation. That’s why Radioeins, in consultation with Flake, decided that its broadcast would be paused.”
Rammstein keyboardist Christian “Flake” Lorenz accepts an award (archive photo) Photo: Gregor Fischer/dpa
For weeks there have been allegations by young women against the front singer Till Lindemann (60) that abuse and sexual assault should have occurred in the vicinity of concerts. Lindemann denies that.
The Flake Podcast has been around for more than three years. It’s about hairstyles, cats, harmony – and of course a lot of music. During the current European tour, Flake landed Tuesday after four concerts in Munich with a private jet at the business airport at BER.