Kerrang Inspiration Award

Kerrang have managed to give best live act to someone else, but something called the Inspiration Award has gone to Rammstein. Yeah, okay. Ah well, a win is a win. YAY!

Sonisphere Knebworth Times from the Times

Rammstein will perform from 2045 hrs Saturday 2010.07.31, according to the Welwyn Hatfield Times website. See here for more information.

Bogota to Burn?

The plot around the rumoured South American leg of the tour thickens. Ticket outlet, Tuboleta, has announced December 2010 will see Rammstein in Bogota (GLT - original Spanish here). Eh, at this point we only have their tweet about it, and not much else, and I'm inclined, as with other rumours (GLT - original Spanish here), to wait for Rammstein.De to announce it before I consider it a definite, but it's still exciting and plausible.

Thanks to the ubiquitous Tempelhüter for the Bogota link.

Win Sonisphere Tickets - Part 4

Here's another one. The Welwyn Hatfield Times has a couple of weekend tickets up for grabs. To enter:

Which legendary British heavy metal band will close the main stage on Sunday?

a) Iron Maiden

b) AC/DC

c) Metallica

Send your answer to Sonisphere Festival Competition, WHT, 31a Howardsgate, WGC, Herts, AL8 6AP or email comps@whtimes.co.uk

Remember to include your name, age, address, telephone number and email address. But hurry, the closing date is Monday, July 26 at noon.

Travel to and from Knebworth is not included in the prize.

Normal Archant rules apply.

* Archant Ltd may wish to contact you about special offers and services by email from time to time.

If you WOULD like to be contacted by email please include your email address on your postal entry or mark your email entry with ‘Agreed to contact’.

* For ticket details, info on camping and the full festival line-up, go to the Sonisphere Festivals website, see link above.

Extreme Idol

There's a tribute to Till here, on a True Cult Heavy Metal blog called Wretched Spawn. There's no new information, but the article is a nice summary of his career to date.

Paavo Interview

Paavo Lötjönen, the least hairy of Apocalyptica's sublime trio of cellists, is someone I have seen very little of outside of their performances and videos, but there is a lovely Musik Universe interview with him (conducted in Quebec) on YouTube that Apocalyptica fans will enjoy:

Knebworth Survivor's Guide

Virtual Festivals have posted a survivor's guide for the up-coming Sonisphere at Knebworth. The experts on the panel that have compiled this guide are the organisers of the festival, so they probably know what they're talking about.

What three essentials would you pack for Sonisphere?
Lucy: “Wet wipes, spare phone battery, TICKET.”
Mark: “Bog roll, condoms, sun tan lotion cos its going to be HOT.”
Zac: “A sun hat to keep sun and rain off, wet wipes and ear plugs.”
Twitter: “More socks, a good tent that you can sit in and my Metal Just got Gay t-shirt for the pit.”
Alan: “Beer, whiskey and vodka.”
Steve: “Money, phone, shades.”

Win Sonisphere Tickets - Part 3

There's another competition/lottery to win Knebworth tickets. Go and WIN, then come back and tell me all about the show. Closes midday Monday 26.

Apocalyptica Wish You Were There

Apocalyptica have been in North America (filming a video I think) and have gone down to Mexico to play some shows. While there they let ShockHound into their dressing room so they could record a message for their fans:



Those Mexican fans are obviously exhausting.

DW Video Article

I've been watching a lot of Deutsche Welle lately, in the hope of catching a Rammstein story I have seen written teasers for online, and have managed to learn a lot about Berlin Fashion Week, German students living in Belgium, and more, but no Rammstein. Now SkeletonCrew has found an article (possibly the one I was looking for) on YouTube, under DW's channel, so enjoy!:



Sehnsucht.DK and its staff feature, so a shout out to them! Here is one of the surprisingly few Rammstein articles DW's website posts.

Schneider Interviewed in Quebec

It sounds like Flake lost the hearing in one ear when he got sick in 2001. Does anyone know if he got that back, or if it was permanent? Also, Schneider's English is getting better and better.

More Quebec Photos

Thanks to Stephan for the link. I wish I had been there. I love Apocalyptica, and they accompanied Rammstein for Haifisch and Ich Will, closing out the show.

Musik Universe Review & Photos from Canada

Musik Universe has posted a run-down on Apocalyptica and Rammstein (GLT - original French here) at the Quebec festival, and a gallery of photos. All well worth a looksie. Set lists are included.

A major treat is that RZK has ditched the helmet haircut in favour of a very flattering and much more age-appropriate look. The emo-kid style just did nothing for him.