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Rammstein's Richard Kruspe Has "Mixed Feelings" About Stadium Tour

The band play Milton Keynes' Stadium MK next summer.

Rammstein's Richard Kruspe Has "Mixed Feelings" About Stadium Tour

While Rammstein are preparing to deplete the entire world of pyrotechnics as they ready themselves for their stadium tour next summer, guitarist Richard Kruspe has revealed he has "mixed feelings" about their biggest tour to date.

"Obviously, I’m looking forward to doing something like that, because we haven’t done something like that before – it’s like the next step," Kruspe told Kaaos TV. "On the other hand, it’s also a big responsibility.

"I know we set out to perform on a very high level... and we just realised, in a stadium, it’s different. Everything is different — you have to think different; you have to deal with daylight. Just all those things you have to consider. And it’s not that easy. My brain is running in circles thinking about what you can do and what you can’t do.

"And hopefully we are coming up with something good," he adds. "It’s gonna be interesting. At this point, I’m very, very happy there’s five other guys that have to bear their burden as well. I mean, just to think about you’re gonna be by yourself with that kind of decision, so I really feel comfortable having another five guys to worry about that.”

Rammstein’s full European tour runs are as follows:

May
27 Gelsenkirchen, Veltins-Arena
28 Gelsenkirchen, Veltins-Arena

June
01 Barcelona, RCDE Stadion
05 Bern, Stade de Suisse
08 Munich, Olympiastadion
12 Dresden, Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion
13 Dresden, Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion
16 Rostock, Ostseestadion
19 Copenhagen, Telia Parken
22 Berlin, Olympiastadion
25 Rotterdam, Feyenoord Stadion
28 Paris, Paris La Defense Arena

July
02 Hanover, HDI Arena
06 Milton Keynes, Stadium MK
10 Brussels, Stade Roi Baudoin
13 Frankfurt/Main, Commerzbank-Arena
16 Prage, Eden Aréna
17 Prage, Eden Aréna
20 Luxembourg, Roeser Festival Grounds
24 Chorzow, Slaski Stadium
29 Moscow, VTB (Dynamo)

August
02 St. Petersburg, Zenith
06 Riga, Lucavsala Park
10 Tampere, Ratina Stadion
14 Stockholm, Stockholm Stadion
18 Oslo, Ulleval Stadium
22 Vienna, Ernst-Happel-Stadion

Rammstein's new album is expected to arrive in the spring.

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