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Guitar Con Massachusetts a No-Go

Apparently Rammstein have previously been announced as putting in an appearance at Guitar Con Massachusetts, and they will not be doing so. This is just a heads up, in case any of you were planning to go along to see them.

Unverified but the site seems to bear it out.

Please Propagate

This tweet from the official Rammstein feed needs to be spread far and wide. Go toot your little tweeters, my twits!

NY TV ad

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.

Rammstein Remarks USA

TG has comment from Rammstein regarding their single US show in December. You definitely need to read the whole article linked above, but here is a highlight:

...Everything for this show is perfect - the timing, the season. We are really pumped to return to the States to play Madison Square Garden – this is one of the most challenging shows for us in 10 years...
- Olli

So go on, America. Do anything to get to that show and show them it's worth booking more shows on another leg. Nobody wants another ten years to pass without any US shows.

Believe It When I See It

GOSSIP ALERT: This is in no way substantiated, by anyone in a position to verify Rammstein fact. DO NOT SHARE THIS INFORMATION AS ANYTHING BUT MAD SPECULATION.

The BDO rumour-mill is going a bit nuts, apparently. I wouldn't know. I'm so out of touch with the music industry my fake smile has rusted over and my air-kissing skills are absolutely nil. It's been more than fifteen years since I attended a major event. I am clueless. The Music Network has it that Rammstein is one of the rumoured acts for BDO 2011. It's probably utter fiction, but oh boy, I wish...

William's Song a Day

Who is William? I don't know, but he has a blog to which he posts a song a day. It's a nice idea, and he has posted three days running for people like you, by working to the theme of songs that get mistakenly attributed to Rammstein. Here are William's 'Also Known As Rammstein' posts:

AKAR I: Joachim Witt - Krieger Des Licht
AKAR II: Eisbrecher - Mein Blut
AKAR III: Unheilig - Schutzengel

Update -
AKAR IV: Oomph! - Das Weiße Licht
AKAR V: Megaherz - Heuchler
AKAR VI: Stahlhammer - Herz Aus Stahl
AKAR VII: Letzte Instanz - Für Immer Und Ewig

I'll post any further AKAR posts he might make in the next few days to this article, so come back here in a few days if you are pleased by his first three AKAR posts.