Rammstein's Controversial Sexual Misconduct Allegations and Tour Scrutiny.

Several fans of German band Rammstein have come forward with allegations of a system whereby young female fans are recruited to have sex with the band's lead singer, Till Lindemann, during and after their shows. The reports have gathered momentum just ahead of Rammstein’s sold-out four-night residency at Munich’s Olympic Stadium starting on Wednesday, prompting the concert promoter to announce there would be no afterparties following the show nor a so-called “row zero” experience for select fans directly in front of the stage. The publishing house Kiepenheuer & Witsch, which published an anthology of Lindemann’s poems in 2020, announced it was parting ways with the singer, citing the string of reports as well as a two-year-old pornographic video in which the Rammstein frontman appears to insert his penis through a hole cut into a copy of a volume of his own poetry.