Let's Recce The Place

I may have been right about the New York show being a recce. Reuters has a Billboard story up with citations from Rammstein's US booking agent, saying pretty much exactly that (assuming this story isn't a fiction):

"The goal was to see what kind of demand there really is," he says. "It has been made really clear to us that thousands of people were unable to get tickets, and it's great to see that there is a market here for the band, and our goal is to build that."

Hopefully the *waaaaaaah!* haters will shut up.