At the weekend (July 15 and 16), Rammstein gave two concerts in Berlin, accompanied by protests. At an anti-Rammstein demo on Saturday, around 150 participants protested against the concerts. Their demands were directed primarily against frontman Till Lindemann, who is accused of sexual abuse.
Another protest group has now formed under the title “RammNay!”, which campaigns against Rammstein and, above all, for the group to be banned from performing. According to their own statements, the members hijacked numerous billboards on Saturday morning (July 15), just a few hours before the first concert, and equipped them with their own advertising posters.
“Give perpetrators a space”
The group placed several posters along the S-Bahn route to the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. These bear the inscription “Give perpetrators a space”. In the background you can see a picture of the Rammstein singer Lindemann. With their action, the protest group wants to reach both concert goers and demonstrators.
The action group chose the slogan for their campaign because the Olympiastadion Berlin GmbH and thus the state of Berlin would benefit from the fact that they “give perpetrators a space”. That’s what it says on their website Rammnein.wordpress.com.
“It’s a scandal that the state of Berlin is allowing these concerts to take place despite more than 75,000 signatures on a counter-petition and the current situation!” said Clara Fall, spokeswoman for the group Ramm Nein!. “The constant excuse that there is no legal basis for canceling the concert should be a motivation to create one instead of getting comfortable with it,” says Clara Fall.
She also criticizes the previous approach to the victims: “Survivors are not listened to, they even receive death threats. Perpetrators face few or no consequences. Instead, they are even given a stage. Our society must not send this sign!” The Olympiastadion Berlin GmbH did not react to the poster campaign until Monday (July 17).
Rammstein member Flake is also currently under criticism. The band’s keyboardist is accused of sexually molesting a 17-year-old after they went to a bar in 2002, and another woman in the 1990s. Flake denies the allegations.