Houston, We have Germans

A photo-set is up on Flickr from the Houston show, courtesy of mrchris cornwell photography. Photos galore (199), for a feast of Texan proportions.

Limited Run Merchandise Available

The official Rammstein shop has the limited editions of a Mein Land book and the Made In Germany steel box available at the moment. Get in while they're available!

LIFAD Photo Contest

For those of you who are members of the official Rammstein community, LIFAD, there is a tour photo contest on at the forums. All photos (including from meet & greets) from the current Made in Germany tour are eligible. You can enter here.

Details:

LIFAD / Photo contest

We are searching for your best picture of a Rammstein concert experience from the "Made in Germany 1995-2011" tour - the band, a Meet & Greet or from the audience.
The tour started Nov. 6th 2011 in Bratislava, so pictures from that date until the deadline can be entered.
The unique atmosphere, unforgettable moments before / during or after the concert. Did you capture those moments in a picture?
Then post your picture here!

As stated before, it can be snapshots of the band, but also photos of the audience or the venue.
The photos can also be from Meet & Greets, from waiting in line, from your trip to the concert, anything that you can connect to the "Made in Germany 1995-2011" tour.

You can win:

1st prize: One framed and signed live photo of the band, by Olaf Heine, in A2 size, as well as a 100 € merchandise pack.
2nd Prize: 1 x 100 € merchandise package

3rd prize: 1 x 50 € merchandise package

Post your photo (1 photo per participant) in this thread, and write when and where the photo was taken.
Of course, the pictures must be taken by you personally!

The deadline for the photo contest is May 10th. 23:59, German time.
The winners will be announced within one week of the deadline.

Disclaimer:
Participants agree that the photos if necessary may also be published.
Participants warrant that they have all necessary rights to the submitted images, the images are free of rights and that any moral rights or other rights of third parties is not violated.

We look forward to see beautiful and unique photos and wish you all the best of luck!


Your LIFAD Web team

Rammstein in the USA

Again. You lucky blighters.

The Rammstein juggernaut returns to North America! Following a sold-out arena-tour in Europe, Rammstein take their new "Best of" show across the US and Canada starting April 20th - with 24 trucks and a crew of over 100 strong! The "Made in Germany 1995-2011" Tour launches in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Rammstein then play 21 shows throughout North America till the end of May. A full list of tour dates including pre-sale information is here.

Attention Portugal

A fan with a camera rolling got a real thrill the other day in Bercy:



Very sweet.

Revolver Wants You to See Rammstein

Revolver Mag is giving away tickets with the added bonus of getting up close and personal with the band. If you want to attend a US show with a friend and touch the stone then go here and enter.

Five out of Five

The Guardian's Dave Simpson rates the current Rammstein tour 5/5 - I'd say that's pretty hard to beat. Why do I never get to see these shows?

By the way, there are buttloads of reviews saying similar things, with varying degrees of professionalism and skill...and research. I won't post them all. This one is in comprehensible, coherent English, so it wins.

Am I Being Tailed...?

I was driving through town the other day, with a motor cycle on my tail. He was very close, and when we stopped at the lights he was peering at the back of my car. That was when I remembered my mobile mausoleum.


For those of you wondering, I have the booklet out of the album on the parcel shelf as well, so anyone taking a proper look can see what it's all about.

Another Review

Someone I don't know has written something good. Go and read it!

The Gauntlet Reviews MiG

TG has posted a review of Made in Germany here. Short and to the point!

My Car is Made in Germany

I get a lot of questions about my passengers.

Belgium Made in Germany

Hard to ignore...



Thanks Manu!

Funeral Ad

MiG Ad

Get Burned? Never Fear!

The super-duper, extra special edition of Rammstein's Made in Germany album has turned up with issues, but don't fret. UMG is making it right, like a good label. Here's the gen from Rammstein:

Following dispatch of the MADE IN GERMANY 1995-2011 Super Deluxe Edition, we unfortunately became aware that part of the production run contains serious defects. If you discover one or more of these defects in your box, you can exchange the affected part of the box. Below is information on what to do.
1. Some CDs and DVDs were incorrectly sorted, leading to duplication of and/or missing DVD/CDs. Duplicate DVD/CDs can be exchanged.
2. The inner edges of the box have not been deburred and are therefore quite sharp. This was intentional on the part of Universal. Anyone who is bothered by this can also exchange the metal box itself.
3. On some of the boxes there is also evidence of marks and/or printing errors on the box packaging and the metal slipcase. If you discover this error, you can exchange your box or slipcase.
4. There is some evidence of stained cloths. The cloths are there to protect the contents from rust stains, and so are intended to be stained at a later point. Anyone bothered by the current stains can have the cloth exchanged.
5. RAMMSTEIN had intended a different binding to be used on the 240-page photo book, one that allows the book to be opened more easily and lets the photos flow into each other cleanly. The book will therefore be reprinted to the appropriate standard and anyone who wants to can exchange the book.
As it currently stands, the Super Deluxe Edition in no way meets the standard of quality which was desired by RAMMSTEIN and assured by the manufacturer. RAMMSTEIN has carefully followed the entire production process; the above errors appeared in the few areas which are outside the control of the band.
Universal Music is therefore immediately offering anyone who purchased a defective Super Deluxe Edition the opportunity to exchange any faulty components, postage free, and has pledged to correct the defects quickly and without any fuss.
Anyone wishing to avail of this offer should please send an email, specifying the defect, to the following address:
rammsteinbox@universal-music.de
or call the following number:
+49 30 52007 2355 (10am – 6pm CET)
According to Universal, you will immediately receive further information on the processing of the exchange.
Universal has said that the exchange and shipping of the correct CD/DVDs and/or photo book will take place as quickly as possible. As the components now have to be produced again, the exchange may take several weeks. Please notify your defects to Universal as soon as possible, as Universal has only agreed to take the items back until March 15th 2012.
We regret the inconvenience and are very irritated that our agreements and specifications were not complied with by Universal and their suppliers.

Made In Germany Album

It's out there, and it has an impressive array of content in its various forms. I plan to get the big fat mega-uber-super-ultra edition with everything, so I don't have it yet due to a shortage of gold. Please do post in the comments with your reviews, views, raves, rants, and so forth, so I can live vicariously through you, and so can my similarly situated readers!

Grand Opera

I have mentioned my view that Rammstein is opera a number of times here, but this latest start reinforces this opinion in the most operatic way. A death march to a mausoleum, near a pyrotechnical merchandise hut in the middle of Berlin. Watch the O2 video for some professional journalism, and check out the fan video below as well:

North American Leg Announced

Okay, so I'm late to the party, but I'm here aren't I? *

Rammstein has announced NA dates:

Following the conclusion of their European tour dates in spring 2012, Rammstein will present their retrospective "Made In Germany 1995-2011" in North America as well!

As of today, 21 concerts have been confirmed for April to May 2012!

General presale will be staggered over three weekends in November/December 2011. First weekend is 18 and 19 November 2011.
All tour dates and the respective starts for pre-sales can be found here.

Links to the official ticket offices will follow shortly.

LIFAD members will be able to secure tickets one day earlier. Further information will be announced this week in the LIFAD.

* I have managed to sustain second degree burns to my back, and have spent a good part of the day feeling very sorry for myself. Before that I was attending a conference. Before that I was painting my house. Forgive me?

Last Chance ...

Rammstein's latest mail-out:

Additional concert in Hannover 2012 + last chance for tickets for the sold-out Germany Shows 2011

We have just received the confirmation that Rammstein will play an additional concert in the TUI Arena, Hannover on 3 February 2012!
Ticket pre-sale starts now, exclusively at Rammsteinshop.

Seats previously foreclosed due to production rules have now been released, so there is one last chance to get concert tickets for all German tour dates on the MADE IN GERMANY 1995-2011 Tour. Available immediately, exclusively, and at fair prices at Rammsteinshop.

Yeah, that is one bigarse dump directly from an email. It's past my bedtime.

MiG: Mutter

This one has rather good audio: