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"Till Lindemann ended Graspop as only he can. With absurdity, dead fish and circus."

"While he's become a pyromaniac with Rammstein (he's a certified pyrotechnician), he's less concerned with fire and a bit more eco-friendly as a solo artist. Present: a dead fish during Fish on. Yes, he quickly threw it back into the audience. To reach a little further, he even pulled out a gun. There's only one crazy person who's gotten away with it, and that's a 62-year-old German."

It might seem surprising that Graspop programmed this Till Lindemann as the festival's final act.

Rammstein is an established name, super popular. Lindemann's solo is a different beast in many ways.

Somewhat lesser-known repertoire, more explicit, less subtly playing on lust and fetishism.

But for Graspop, his solo project is essentially a new name. Still, that hasn't stopped people from descending on the Scandinavian scene to see the German at work."

https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20250623_09805679?fbclid=IwY2xjawLGHNxleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFmeUlLb0lEdGpNWURZaW5QAR5TY0743JWcAHEVwLzqRP9LRKeX44fCQCwrzwNxZOpM4Gk8MC5avjcKiZKNlQ_aem_OTUH_G4hOkI2lLT8uAGe5Q

DeMorgen

Jasper Van Looy 23.06.25

Till Lindemann at Graspop: If only he could censor the weak points of his concert.

"Two years ago, Till Lindemann bombarded the Lotto Arena with nudity and violent videos, but he saved them for Graspop. So it had to come from his music, and it's still a shadow of what he does with Rammstein."

This "CENSORED" sign is rather pathetic on Lindemann's part, considering he tailored his act for the festivals themselves. It's also astonishing that the organization only announced it on the day of the festival, while some of the audience probably gloated over their Teutonic favorite's bloody festival all weekend."

As an artist, Lindemann remains unrivaled, if only because of the way he strides around with his arms raised during "Praise Abort," as if to say, "I'm not going to let myself be locked in someone's music box for the rest of my life."

Photo Stefaan Temmerman

https://www.demorgen.be/tv-cultuur/till-lindemann-op-graspop-kon-hij-de-zwaktes-van-zijn-concert-maar-weg-censureren~b5ed08e8/

HLN

No vaginas, but dead fish and all sorts of nonsense: Till Lindemann presents the musical Graspop without sex.

Stijn Van Hove 23-06-25

"Thanks to the 18+ label of his solo show, which unfortunately did not pass the Graspop test. No pissing vaginas on the screens, and where his penis would normally appear in full LED glare, there was a big sign: "Censored."

"The microphone turned out to be the most revealing instrument. Because in contrast to the controversial images, his desires and sexual appetite came out hard and for an hour without a filter. In often powerful songs and somewhere between devilish and monkish laughter. Although the best joke actually came out unintentionally. Earlier in the show, "Praise Abort" had already been played, but when the screens switched back to "CENSORED" for "Ich Hasse Kinder", Graspop could no longer hold back his laughter. Lindemann did not shock, but he charmed."

Photo Pieter-Jan Vanstockstraten

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WRT NTS

No nudity, but fresh fish in the hall: this is how the scandalous Till Lindemann closes Graspop.

Kirsten Sokol

"Till automatically adapts his actions when he plays at the festival. We didn't ask him to do it explicitly. He's not crazy," Graspop organizer Peter Van Geel told VRT NWS."

"Till knows he's not playing a closed gig for an adult audience at Graspop. He's playing a festival where there might be young people. That's why he's bringing a censored show that's probably going to be pretty good."

"To compensate for the lack of visual effects, the audience sees a theatrical storyteller in the person of Lindemann, who ver"y expressively tells ambiguous texts.

Graspop Metal Meeting recap - what a night in Belgium

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Spiritbox and Hot Milk were the best in my opinion. Good crowd interaction and amazing singing. Courtney was amazing and sang her heart out. She did small hand gestures to the crowd to let them know what to do, without interrupting the song.

Korn is always amazing, but I think they could have had a better setlist. But I still danced my ass off like last year.

First time seeing Motionless in White and I felt like they weren’t as good live, but then they canceled their show for the next day and it made sense as to why they didn’t sound amazing. Still enjoyed myself tho.

I also saw Starset, but they fucking sucked ass. I only know their old songs from the transmissions album, so I went to their set for nostalgic reasons. They were playing in the metal dome, aka a fucking hot tent in fucking hot weather. The amount of times fire came out of that stage, right in front of the barrier is fucking insane, it was like a barbecue. On top of that, the singer was not singing in the right key most of the time. I had to leave due to the warmth and bad singing. People were literally sitting on the ground trying not to faint. The singer even mentioned that the fire might have been a mistake. You think???