Anyone who tuned in to Radioeins at 9 p.m. on Tuesday (June 13) did not hear Flake’s voice. But that of Francoise Cactus, the French Berliner who died last year and who also had a show there.
The reason for the program change was also announced: Since Rammstein are on tour, Flake had pre-produced a show as usual. Due to the current discussion, however, it could not simply have been broadcast. Flake is said to have been unable to produce a current program addressing the situation. So instead: an old show by Francoise Cactus. The “current discussion” should mean the allegations of abuse against Till Lindemann.
“The broadcast”
Flake’s “The Show” is broadcast once a month on Radioeins, on Tuesdays between 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. Each episode has a special theme, and the Rammstein keyboardist plays favorite tracks. When there will be a new episode is not known at the moment.
On Wednesday (June 14), Rammstein will perform in Trenčín – the city has been preparing for weeks for the show, which local media has dubbed “the biggest concert in Slovakia’s history”. However, the allegations made by Shelby Lynn and YouTuber Kayla Shyx hardly play a role in the reporting of the live event.
Rammstein and the alleged “Suck Box”:
Riggingwerk will no longer work with Rammstein at their concerts. This was shared by Aeneas Hohenadl, managing director of the event company “World” with.
Hohenadl stated that certain processes were “an open secret” in the industry. Riggingwerk cooperated with Rammstein as a sub-partner.
In event technology, riggers are people working at heights who are busy assembling and dismantling the trusses at concerts. Riggers hang these trusses with lifting loops, chains, ropes and shackles at certain points under the hall ceiling.
Managing director Hohenadl also addressed the alleged “black room” in which Till Lindemann was reportedly presented with women. This space under the stage was known to the crew as the “suck box”. In addition, according to Hohenadl, independent of the “Row Zero” system, security personnel were also given the task of going through the rows during the concerts and recruiting young women for the “Suck Box”.
Hohenadl now says: “As a company, we distance ourselves from the band Rammstein. I rule out working with Till Lindemann or the band Rammstein in the future.”
The band’s next stop tomorrow, Wednesday, will be Trenčín in Slovakia. Meanwhile, the radio station Radioeins is pausing the monthly show with Rammstein keyboardist Flake.