Now also Frankfurt - ten Rammstein concerts in Germany

The Berlin band Rammstein is expanding its tour plans in Germany for the coming year. "The band is pleased to announce more Germany dates," the musicians around singer Till Lindemann wrote on Tuesday, referring to two concerts in Frankfurt/Main on July 11 and 12.

The already planned performances in Dresden and Gelsenkirchen were further increased. Four concerts are now planned in both cities. The band will play in Dresden on May 15, 16, 18 and 19, and in Gelsenkirchen on July 26, 27, 29 and 30.

General pre-sales for concerts in Germany as well are scheduled to begin this Wednesday, and for Frankfurt on Nov. 9. For the tour, the controversial Berlin band ("Time", "Sun") has planned twelve countries. Kick-off is on May 11 in Prague.

Further not on the tour schedule is Rammstein's hometown of Berlin. Frontman Lindemann (60), guitarists Richard Kruspe (56) and Paul Landers (58), bassist Oliver Riedel (52), keyboardist Christian "Flake" Lorenz (56) and drummer Christoph Schneider (57) live in Berlin. Here, the six musicians found together in 1994 and have since developed with their hard sound to the internationally most successful German band.

The tour was overshadowed this year by accusations, especially against Lindemann. Women had described situations on the Internet or in media reports, which they had partly found frightening. Young women were selected during concerts and asked whether they wanted to come to the after-show party. Thereby, according to descriptions of some women, it should also have come to sexual acts.

Lindemann has rejected accusations against him. The public prosecutors in Berlin and Lithuania stopped investigations into the allegations. The evaluation of available evidence had produced no evidence that Lindemann had "performed sexual acts on women against their will," the public prosecutor's office in Berlin announced.