#US to Europe Tour

[endlich-allein]

Sweet Paul is so proud of his stuffed animal with Minni 🥰 video by @ igor.novosad (IG story) and Paul instagram

#so sweet #they love us #and we love them #paul landers #minni landers #till lindemann #rammstein #flake lorenz #christoph schneider #oliver riedel #rammstein 2023 #rammsteine #europe stadium tour 2023

[puppyeared]

you seem like the. kind of person who I'd run into during a rock concert while I'm trying to find bathroom and notably you are dressed kind of oddly for the concert (see: divorced dad outfit. hawaiian shirt. jorts. chunky sandles. giant sun hat.) and so I ask you "hello, do you know where I can find the bathroom?" and you go "yeah sure!!" and you point me the complete opposite direction from the bathroom. not on purpose, but because you also have no idea where the bathroom is. I thank you and go on my way, both of us oblivious to the fact we are currently very much not at a rock concert. it's an idie band that just screams really loud. sorry if that's specific you just give me giant 'perpetual tourist that isn't really a tourist and has never left their home city but just seems like a tourist anyways' energy

naw thats a pretty reasonable impression id say

#thank you for this i can very clearly see all of this happening whehghfdg #ive actually never been to a concert of any kind before!! id love to go see cavetown in person cuz hes the only one i actually consistently #listen to. but the dude only has his tours either in europe or the states orz #BUT if you did ask me where you could find a certain type of fish in the aquarium i could almost definitely get it right #only cause ive been to the aquarium enough times to memorize the galleries but forgetful enough to be surprised every single time #“yeah sure!!” is also a SPOT ON RESPONSE. not a “its that way” or “head there and turn left”. yeah sure is more on point than u could know #one time i was at the beach ogling these tiny fish and some guy asked me hows the water and i said theres tiny fish here!! #which did not answer his question and was so far off and its happened so many times that i think ive accepted it #ask #answered #yapping #doodles #puppysona #i also know deep in my soul i would dress oddly for a concert because 1) almost all the clothes in my closet are at least 8 years old #and 2) im very picky and wear for comfort rather than something i could actually use for certain outings. like a concert #i literally have a sweater that says baddie in fancy font and i only bought it because its REALLY FUNNY and it was like $12

[mariki33]

PART 1

Nordmark pod translation Swe-Eng

First third of the interview. I have left out Per Nordmarks moments of reminiscens..

-Please excuse things lost in translation and lack of knowledge in the English language🙈

Enjoy, fellow Ghostie's 🖤👻

N: Tobias Forge. Welcome to the Nordmark pod.

T: Thank's for having me.

N: How's it going?

T: Fine,fine.. It's fucking boring to speak of the weather and such,, but shit! What a great weather we have?

N: Do you get the blues during the winter season?

T;, Ee mm.. Like this.. Like all kids i had, at least some, restless feet and thought it was relatively fun to be outdoors. But at kindergarten and such i was often the one left last. Single mom, had to work you know. Eem, so i liked to be on my own, last, and indoors. I could sit there and have all the Lego for myself and i could sit there with the tape recorder with a bunch of kasettes i brought. And i. I like to be indoors in the nature. If i go to the mountains i like to watch the outside from the indoors. Snowcovered slopes..Being out on the country side, being close to nature but not in it. I'm not an outdoors person. But! I am a very season effected person and so. But when i started going on your, for real. And when i, for the first time, had a shock from when in January going to Australia. Then you noticed like,, my back pain is gone all of a sudden. My body doesn't hurt. What's going on? And because of me going back and forth to Los Angeles during the year i notice, purely physical, that smaller leaps (season wise) feels better. One last thing about weather.. I can say the upside of living north of a certain latitude is that it will take a lot for Sweden to "stop" because of the weather. And i don't know, maybe you didn't go to school at that time. Out,, I'm an -81,,

N: Yeah you're a bit younger than me.

T : Most people remember 1995, when it was one day when baisicly all of Sweden was covered in snow. And it was stated, -Today you don't have to go to school.

N: School for you,,was it a catharsis for you?

T: He he, as in a had a revelation of not wanting to be there? Well yeah. I guess i felt it was pretty boring. As, I found myself socially in a twilight zone, because i was an outsider, like by choice. I had friends, plus i was like… I come from Linköping. Its a small town, or smaller town at least. And when you start in first grade and onwards, and you don't move around, you end up knowing everyone who was around from the start. Like so. And there.. One can say i had wind in my sails in that sense that i knew the "right" people, and people who…But most of the people i knew and was around were of the same age, or one year older. They were,, almost none of them were interested in music, listening to music maybe, but not playing. And then I ended up sort of outside. Plus i wasn't just interested in music, but extreme music that nobody liked and my interests became very specific and i had a laser focus on it. Early on. And that lead me to slipping further and further apart. And at the same time becoming tiered of school and turning teenager. With all that comes with that. And um, eeh, i was pretty messy, both outsider and maybe not that nice to everyone.. It was a messy time.

N: Is the boy playing alone still in there?

T: Aah ey, i,,,I think i create myself a lot of time alone when on tour. I don't know, i'm pretty much in between all the time. But i really need to walk away to charge the batteries. And i have to, ehh,,i go nuts if i don't get to be alone. So basically i make sure of it. If its only to walk the other direction, walk around and return. Just to have some.. But, well, as a grown up i have power over my life and have made sure to get an amount of space. Em, And need to, Emm.. As a, it sounds boring but i'm kind of the boss over a bunch of people, like that, Ee, Now, of course i have hired someone else to be tour leader, to boss over others. So i don't have to be the executive, telling people.

N: But in the end you're the narrative..

T: Yes, and that means to carry a social responsibility to some degree. Like, i can't behave like everybody else does. And I can't.. When were on tour we are like 40 ppl or so. And of course you're not best friends with everybody. And many of them are there because they are very good at what they DO. While if you sat down to talk you find out you don't agree politically and aren't remotely alike. So its kind of easy to, -you go your way and i go mine. I got my stuff over here, and then participate sometimes. It suits me pretty well,.. Oum,, When i'm at home… I've got two kids, wife,, so, So of course it's not… Of course i can just go for a walk, and i do. But you don't have the same possibilities to be solo. To just stay awake all night and just watching.. If i have a day off, like on tour, if i have a day off i can spend the whole day and night in a hotel room just watching You Tube.

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…T: It's a plus to come to a city you know..

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T: But i like Stuttgart. There are some great record shops.

N: Are you a big record collector ?

T: Aaa,ah, I am, but the collecting, or the record store visiting frequency has become less because, Ehh, partly from a knowledge of what it is. So when i come to cities i know where i want to go. In the beginning i went all ower. I could take a cab to go to all the record stores in the city. A whole day. Even if it was a gig in the evening. I was totally exhausted when the evening came. But today i've taken that into consideration. Damn, if i'm in Stuttgart, we're playing in the evening. I can't be out sightseeing. In that case i can make an estimation the day before and say - tomorrow i want to go to a place and make arrangements for that.

N: You do pretty long shows..

T: Nah, ah, well, Yes.. One hour forty five minutes, somthing like that.

N: How does it work those days when you don't feel like it. Are there such days?

T: Well sometimes of course you can be physically and mentally tired, Eem, We had, when we just started this tour cycle now, a little bit over a year ago. We did a,, At first we did a US tour that lasted six weeks or so. Six weeks is pretty normal, i have to say. It's not like shit, it's pretty normal and the amount shows you have to do to cover enough land, and economical aspects aswell. Ja,oo,, if you do shorter tours it tends to be crew quitting. Because they want lasting jobs, and short breaks but no breaks preferable. So one must think holistic what's most efficient for all, so people don't end up quitting. Its a pretty advanced show. We can't, it's disturbing if we have new people in the crew -if they're not awesome that is. It's always like -Shit! we have a new guitar tech. And stuff happens and you hear it goes wrong, and it's the wrong guitar and wrong tune. Ehm, but we did the US tour January, February, March. Pretty dark then. And it was exact in time for covid to be seen as "passed". Concerts was allowed. As far as that it was a go. But rules varied between the states. Almost equal to if it was red or blue. Red state -All is fine,, and blue, it was EH! From a touring perspective my reactions was almost like opposite my political standards. It was pretty tough coming to a city and everything is forbidden, you can't do anything. You're only allowed to leave the bus and walk into that air lock and everybody are supposed to be tested. To me this became so troublesome because now we've decided to do this tour and, -Damn ! It's 7000 people coming.. -And they're NOT! supposed to be tested. You know,, AAAHH!! But in the end we had a deal amongst us, and Volbeat was on the tour too, -We will not test everybody, everyday. As was the plan at first. Because what happened was, we just ended up sending people home, it was such a mess. People getting scared of being fired, hiding they were sick, -you know..such a mess. So we said, well, lets make this tour work now. But we stayed in "bubbles", like many did When you've been in a bubble and not been outside in three weeks,, and to the advantage if our success we're playing in hockey arenas. -Hockey arenas. You know? -it's not many windows, and like, it's somewhat like a being in a cellar, -like this almost. Storage rooms, boiler rooms, long corridors, tile, kitchen, industrial kitchen..Then, you really had to make an effort to just keep up some level of serotonin. So, i walk, everyday, 10.000 steps before the gig. Just to get..I have to walk. And when on tour the easiest way to do that is around the arena. So i was standing by the entrance in a lobby, in front of these huge windows, just standing there to just, i don't know, get some d-vitamin. I felt like i have no reason to be sad but i don't feel happy. I feel tiered and want to sleep, can't take no more ..

…To be continued

Translation by Ulrika Linderoth from the Ghost Sweden Facebook group

#ghost #the band ghost #tobias forge #slavghoul #rock #interview #Imperatour #concert tours #Europe tour #us tour #sweden #Sweden rock

[persephoneflouwers]

Don’t worry the final shows are gonna be the next 56 dates, we’ll cover the whole 2024 too

#also hs4 is definitely coming #there is no way he will do a stadium tour of the us without a new album #there is no way he will tour europe again without a new album #i mean not entirely sure for europe because europe never gets the same treatment as the us after all #but obviously a new album for the us stadium tour

[somethingsgottasaveyou]

Are they for real now? This huge fuss for another US tour??

#come on guys #europe is waiting #and so is asia #and you decide to throw another US tour? #all time low

[rythyme]

this show ended 3 months ago but they do one (1) gay sex concert in singapore and suddenly it's trending again

#the grip this show still has on me and this hellsite... #this is just from the Singapore concert. if they tour in the US or Europe i think it might even go back up to trending number one #kinnporsche #lgbt drama #thai drama

[thekidsarentalright]

please manifest a latam leg?? 🥺🥺🥺 (joking but you know)

anon bestie ive been manifesting this since they started teasing they were touring but i will manifest it DOUBLY for u <333

#like literally they better tour more than just the us and europe i swear #asks #anon

[alovesreading]

thinking and thinking and thinking lots of thoughts…

#early sias alex revival is so personal to me #also the setlist?!?!?!??! #still trying to recover from getting suck it and see and i wanna be yours again #perfect sense debut was stunning as well #this europe tour is being so good to us already #plus inhaler opening for them? fucking jealous of europe but loving the content

[derwahnsinn]

Paul Landers, the Flappy-Eared Bunny

Paul Landers grabs a bunny hat with flappy ears during the boat ride in Aarhus, 22.06.2022.

Video by me.

#Paul Landers #Oliver Riedel #Rammstein #Rammstein Live #Rammstein in Aarhus #Rammstein having fun on stage #Europe Stadium Tour 2022 #Rammstein boat ride #Paul with flappy ears #My video #Please credit if you use for anything

[endlich-allein]

@ paullanders_official

#paul is like us 🤣 #paul landers #oliver riedel #rammstein #rammstein 2023 #europe stadium tour 2023

[bandzboy]

i will say this tho… the reason why most kpop groups don’t come to europe is because in comparison to maybe the usa, the market for kpop music there is better than in europe and also since companies nowadays are obsessed with making groups international (promoting them in the us basically) they know it’s easy money over there honestly that’s what i think

#not saying that in europe there aren’t kpop fans #which there are #i would say there are a lot in france and spain and perhaps italy?? #but like when they quote on quote tour europe they only go to those countries #and in hindsight the tour ends up being small and there’s not that much profit #compared to what the us brings tbh #i hate to admit it but it’s true lol #the music industry like the western one mainly happens in america #and when groups tour there’s no doubt they will go there #there’s also that guarantee #but also what i don’t get is how they don’t go to south america #when especially brazil has a lot of kpop fans??? #i feel like south america has a lot of kpop stans especially in recent years #but all of this to say that yes it’s a good decision #i don’t think it is lmao #i never went to a concert bc of travel costs #when tours happen in europe is never in portugal so #the closest thing i have is spain or france #but that’s too much money for an average person like me #so i am not abt to make that awful financial decision #as much i want to see my fave groups #but it’s true that kpop is international #and is getting more and more international #and companies don’t do tours outside of the us #and i’m not talk about asia bc of they tour in asia that is a given #i mean outside of asia they only go to america #and MAYBE … very rarely… five european countries #anyways this is getting long but you get what i mean #it’s sad that a lot of people don’t get opportunities for many reasons #tris.txt

[batw1nggg]

wholly against gatekeeping allow people to enjoy things etc. this being said. every time i hear new my chemical romance discourse i think well we can all collectively make one exception

#WHAT is this stuff about number systems and barricade. they are touring for a REASON. #do you think they want to see YOUR FACE specifically every time? #do you think they should #come stay at your house for 6 months and play for you every other day and pop out of a birthday cake every time? #because you are soooo so so so special and have the right to take away the opportunity for people who arent in the us or western europe #to see them for perhaps one of the only times theyll be able to? #do you think they should dedicate every song to you? perhaps even do your nails and serve you your meals? #mcr #my chemical romance #discourse

[tenitchyfingers]

Yooooooooo

#new album AND two tour legs #HOPEFULLY the September leg could be in Europe too?? #because the first leg is just in the US which… not ideal for me #but I’d love to see him over here also bc I can’t fucking score a passport so there’s that #ringo #Youtube

[triviareads]

I write a lot about desi rep but the first ever romance I've read with a Kannadiga mc features an Indian-American heroine who's a lawyer, and amateur martial artist married to an air force pilot (who is also a amateur martial artist.... do we see where this is going) and after she tells him she wants a divorce, they proceed to have a wild amount of sex with CNC between arcade dates and Yakshagana performances.

So.... I have no notes.

#well i do have some notes but tbh im just really impressed by the yakshagana reference #fun fact my great grandpa choreographed and performed yakshagana #brought a troop to tour europe and the US in the 70s #contemporary romance #katie porter

[spring-ephemeral]

somehow i have never been to a concert ever in my entire life. that being said if everything goes well i might go to miku expo with my ttrpg group this year. it would be very funny to say that the first concert i ever went to was a hatsune miku one so worth it for that alone tbh

#i think they technically also have songs from other vocaloids at miku expo? but i mean. it's named after her #so probably fair to leave it at that #amsterdam is technically closer to most of us but one of us is studying in southern germany so if we go we'd go to düsseldorf #but it's in november and you can't get tickets yet... ough #i heavily considered getting tickets to see sleep token in london in december but eh. don't wanna do it alone #please do a europe tour pls pls pls pls #rina.txt

[kdsburneraccount]

Late but I gotta ask how much jimmy influenced the decision for alcaraz’s uso fit like it’s giving twink at a Barcelona nightclub

#not against it ofc i think it’s fine #im just consumed with the sudden need to offer him poppers (has never tried poppers) #something something that deuxmoi meme that goes ‘likely place for him to be’ #i was thinking earlier abt how other tennis players on tour wear sleeveless kits and don’t give the same vibe #came to the conclusion that the kit only enhances what is already there #in this case the twinkiness #sorry #i cant fight facts tho #saw someone on reddit say he gives off power bottom vibes which. no comment. n e ways #idk the nightclub scene in Europe it might be like Ibiza idk #debating if i should tag this as like nsft or something for mentioning poppers whatever #tennis #us open #carlos alcaraz