On Sunday evening (June 18) has a Petition called “No stage for Rammstein” Reached 50,000 out of 75,000 required votes. The operators’ demand that the band should not perform in Berlin due to current allegations is addressed to Iris Spranger (SPD, Senator for Interior Affairs and Sport), Joe Chialo (CDU, Senator for Culture and Social Cohesion) and Timo Rohwedder (Managing Director and operator of the Olympiastadion Berlin GmbH). Rapper Lady Bitch Ray was among the first to sign.
Petitioners write: “It can’t be that Till Lindemann can be celebrated in Berlin”
In the text, the operators write: “Rammstein is going on tour all over Europe. In Berlin we have a good chance of stopping the concerts. Because here there is a very concrete handle on the state government. If we are successful in Berlin, this can also put pressure on private operators of event locations in other cities. Every space less for Lindemann’s machinations counts! There must finally be consequences for perpetrators. It cannot be that Till Lindemann can be celebrated in Berlin. A Rammstein concert is NOT A SAFE place.”
The petition wants to draw attention to abuse of power and patriarchal structures in the media and culture industry. “We believe the victims of sexualized violence – always and everywhere,” it says.
The count on Monday (June 19) already shows 55,476 votes on the “Campact” platform, which is more than 73 percent of the desired votes. “The Olympic Stadium is owned by the State of Berlin,” it says. “This means that the red-black state government is responsible: you can work to ensure that the Olympic Stadium terminates the contracts with Rammstein. The responsible senators Spranger and Chialo must act now. The attacks must not be repeated.”
More about Rammstein and the allegations
Rammstein are currently on a European tour, on July 15th, 16th and 18th they are scheduled to perform at the Berlin Olympic Stadium. The concerts were originally sold out. There are now tickets that are offered on sales and exchange platforms.
Several women had – partly anonymously – made serious allegations against Rammstein singer Lindemann in the past few weeks. They reported to “Welt am Sonntag” and the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” that young women had been specifically recruited for sex with the singer. Two women also reported sexual acts that they would not have consented to. The band denies the allegations.
After the allegations against Rammstein singer Till Lindemann, the federal government’s anti-Semitism commissioner also brought into play a cancellation of the band’s concerts in the Berlin Olympic Stadium. He thinks it is “questionable whether the planned Rammstein concerts in Berlin should take place in the state-run Olympic Stadium,” Felix Klein told the Funke Mediengruppe newspapers.
Till Lindemann has so far rejected all allegations against him and has been represented by a lawyer. The Berlin public prosecutor’s office has meanwhile initiated an investigation against the musician. On social media drummer Christoph Schneider at a distance from the band leader and his actions.