Rammstein Festival Tour 2017

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Rammstein Festival Tour 2017
Tour by Rammstein
Start date20 May 2017 (2017-05-20)
End date13 July 2017 (2017-07-13)
No. of shows
  • 13 in Europe
  • 5 in North America
  • 18 in total [1]
Rammstein concert chronology

Rammstein Festival Tour 2017 is the unofficial name for Rammstein's 2017 Tour.

Contents

History

In late November 2016 Rammstein announced that they would be doing more festival shows in the summer of 2017. [2]

After tickets to shows in Prague and Nîmes sold out in a few days, Rammstein announced that they would be doing further shows in Nîmes and Prague (one extra date for Prague, and two for Nîmes). [3]

The tour was also the first show in Iceland since 2001. [4]

Opening for them in Chicago was 3Teeth, in Dallas it was Hellyeah, while in Vegas they were joined by Korn and Stone Sour. [5]

Set list

Note: "Frühling in Paris" was played during the shows in Nîmes and "Te quiero puta!" was performed in Spain.

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
20 May 2017 Kópavogur Iceland Korinn
25 May 2017 Horsens Denmark Horsens Statsfængsel
28 May 2017 Prague Czech Republic Eden Arena
29 May 2017
4 June 2017 Nuremberg Germany Zeppelinfeld [lower-alpha 1]
9 June 2017 Vantaa Finland Hyvinkää Airfield [lower-alpha 2]
11 June 2017 Tallinn Estonia Song Festival Grounds
16 June 2017 Dessel Belgium Festivalpark Stenehei [lower-alpha 3]
23 June 2017 Montebello Canada Unknown Venue [lower-alpha 4]
25 June 2017 Wantagh United States Jones Beach Theater
27 June 2017 Chicago Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
29 June 2017 Dallas Starplex Pavilion
1 July 2017 Paradise T-Mobile Arena
7 July 2017 Viveiro Spain Campo de Fútbol Celeiro [lower-alpha 5]
11 July 2017 Nîmes France Arena of Nîmes
12 July 2017
13 July 2017
Cancelled dates
2 June 2017 Nürburgring, Germany Rock am Ring Festival cancelled

Notes

  1. Part of Rock im Park
  2. Part of Rockfest.
  3. Part of Graspop Metal Meeting.
  4. Part of Montebello Rock Fest.
  5. Part of Resurrection Fest.

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