What the German press writes about the past Till Fest?
As Christian Flake Lorenz said in an interview, if the press writes badly about them, it means they are doing everything right. It is quite predictable that the official German press will not miss the opportunity to take a look at Till Fest.At times, their reviews are not only ridiculous, but also out of touch with reality and demonstrate a poor knowledge of Lindemann's work.
Article from Leipziger Volkszeitung .
The headline alone is worth it.🤔
Crimes related to the events
Till Fest in Leipzig: Police are investigating alleged cases of sexual harassment.
"Following the Till Lindemann Festival in Leipzig, police released their preliminary report. At least six criminal offenses were recorded in connection with the event, including property damage, assault, and alleged sexual harassment."
I wonder if the police publish such reports after every mass event in Leipzig, or if this only applies to Till Lindemann's speech.
According to the author of the article, "Lindemann has long been criticized for his theatrical productions. His solo performances and concerts with his band Rammstein often contain explicit sexual and violent scenes."😈
Could Lindemann's fans be to blame for several incidents of vandalism before the festival began?
The only benefit of this article is the collection of quality photographs.
What Rolling Stone noticed.
1.Lindemann can make only one fan happy at a time—sometimes he even pushes them away.
The Rolling Stones considered the most important moment to be during their performance of Platz Eins on the first day of the festival.
From the Rolling Stone editorial team, July 4, 2026
Lindemann reacted quickly and pushed away the second female fan. Perhaps he sensed how it might look. After breaking free from the first woman, he kept walking, scanning the crowd for the second one, but never found her. He may have feared for his safety with two fans latching onto him at once and acted instinctively."
(Till found the girl in the crowd.The decision to install barriers on the second day of the festival was a sensible and necessary measure. 😉)
2.Till Lindemann: Fan strips and covers himself in "fish blood." RollingStone Germany
From Patrick Sebastian Koch, July 6, 2026
(The author, apparently, is not a fan of Till either.)
"Anyone thinking, "Ugh, who needs this?" clearly hasn't seen the fetish rocker's latest music video. It features a fan holding a fish above her head, while red liquid drips down her naked torso. It's fitting that the lyrics to "Fish On" touch on the topic of harassment of women, using fishing imagery—a decidedly original motif."😏
(You only have to be a journalist for a popular magazine to interpret some songs, including "Fish On," so trivially.)
"So, a gloomy Till picked up a cannon and asked his assistant to load it with gunpowder and fish. And voila—a flying trout. Since the singer was clearly enjoying himself, they immediately reloaded it. Only this time, the fish exploded in mid-air instead of flying."🤔
(Here the author even thought of using gunpowder, although everyone knows that at the festival and in previous tours of his solo project, Till did not use flammable materials or pyrotechnics.)
And now there is the Berliner Zeitung, and it, too, seems to harbor even "tenderer" feelings toward Till's work.
Hatred and Love in Leipzig: Is Till Lindemann Worse Than Scooter?
They doubted whether Till would be able to play two different concerts.
"And while we now know that repetition helps, helps, and helps again, we also suspect that without variety, it might lose its appeal. Because sometimes you need a breakthrough when everything is always the same. So: will the setlist be different on Saturday night? Will Lindemann's solo repertoire even have enough different songs for two concerts? The event's motto, at least, promised: "One festival. Two shows. Two worlds."
Despite the familiar songs on the playlists, many of them still irritate critics, and it seems they still haven't gotten the message. "What, for example, are all those parents in the audience thinking when they sing 'I Hate Children' at the top of their lungs? Or how many of them have already taken the pill, judging by how passionately they perform 'Golden Rain'?"
The author describes the moment when Till threw the microphone to the audience, someone shouted: “Leipzig hates you, but we…”, “But we love you” – it probably would have continued further, the author suggests, and this is beyond doubt.
Till Fest ended, delighting fans and irritating protesters and city officials, who decided to close the area around the Battle of the Nations monument to future entertainment events. Municipal workers will wash the graffiti off the walls, leaving only memories, each with their own.
