Richard Z. Kruspe always knows how to excite his fans with enigmatic posts. “Take my hand” – “take my hand”, the Rammstein lead guitarist recently posted on Instagram, probably a gesture of fraternization with his followers, in the wake of the increasingly violent allegations of abuse against Till Lindemann. In the picture he symbolically stretches out his hand.
Before that, Kruspe wrote “After a heavy rain, the sun always comes out again” – “After bad rain the sun comes back” – probably to allude to the hard times the Berlin band is facing. In the accompanying pic he is standing with his guitar on the Rammstein stage in the pouring rain. And, before that again: “Thank you for being you. I do not know how the future will be but in any case will be different” – “Thank you for being the way you are. I don’t know what the future will be like, but it will definitely be different” – this caused an uproar among fans, who feared a breakup was imminent.
Kruspe’s current post from Sunday (August 27) shows him in his photo pose – it looks a bit too posed for a snapshot – on a couch. Cap turned backwards. “The Art of Waiting” – “the art of waiting”. on what?
“Waiting for 2024 rammstein world tour button”, hopes one of the commenting fans. Another fan in love writes: “You are art and we are waiting”. And a third: “The art of waiting is the art of patience and that’s what you teach us Richard and the guys from Rammstein are still waiting to see if there will be a band 30th anniversary tour 🔥🔥🔥🔥”.
In fact, rumors are circulating about a Rammstein tour in 2024. Then the sextet will celebrate its 30th band anniversary.
It is unclear whether Rammstein will ever release an album again. Even if the house blessing within the sextet is not crooked, the breaks between their records have tended to become longer. Only three years passed between “Rammstein” and “Zeit” (2019-2022), but before “Rammstein” the last studio recording was called “Love is for everyone” – and it dates from 2009. Chart evaluations have also shown that in the past few weeks, many Rammstein albums have even climbed the rankings. Expression of a “now more than ever” attitude of the fans. Rammstein have really benefited from the scandal, and streaming numbers have also skyrocketed. Probably also because on Spotify and Co. more and more people wanted to hear what kind of songs are about violence.
The Tour
At the same time, the year 2023 has also shown that her fans are very loyal. The Berliners completed their “Europe Stadium Tour” in sold-out stadiums, despite all allegations of abuse. If the band were to announce a next European concert tour for 2024 – business would almost certainly be booming again. In addition, Rammstein will celebrate their 30th anniversary in 2024. There are always rumors that the band could use this as an opportunity for a world tour. Germany could initially be left behind, since the European Football Championship taking place in this country would block a number of venues. In an Insta video, the sextet said goodbye by saying “goodbye” – which would mean that they are not breaking up. “Die Rammexikanos”, a Mexican Rammstein fan club, is said to have published videos on social media containing a globe and the message: “2024 – a 5-month journey. Are you ready?” But first of all, Till Lindemann has solo concerts on September – the prelude was a headliner concert at a US concert.