Huge Step-Up from 2023

Entrance:
As my sister and I didn’t arrive very early, all the fans that had been queuing for hours before the show were already in, so it was quite quick for us to enter the Arena, although we had a double security check.

Place/seat and view:
We were in the pit. First we stood next to the sound & light engineers consoles but we moved closer to the stage on the left side of the Arena, so we were very close to the Platz eins bubble.

Opener:
As usual, Aesthetic Perfection did the job, and they did it very well.

Band:
It was a great show! Everybody was in shape and willing to interact with the audience. The rain fell during Blut and all the stage elevation effects worked properly. Yet, on Allesfresser no one was caked. They brought champagne bottles on stage instead and the band sprayed them to the first rows. And the fish on Fish On were soft toys. (I don’t know whether there is a French law forbidding cakes and fish throwing, because it was already the case in Paris 2023 where they threw – pillows…)

Music:
The sound was pretty good. There were some punctual irregularities on Till Lindemann‘s mic volume (but maybe it was its revenge for being dropped all the time…

Favorite moment:
Although I was wearing black angel wings as a wink to Und die Engel singen, I think my favourite moment was actually Übers Meer. It is one of my favourite songs and I am happy the band has now chosen to play it in its entirety.

Total experience:
Great songs, great show, great people (very nice people in the crowd, and Daniel Graves from Aesthetic Perfection who showed up after the concert and was nice to everyone). Just a bit disappointed there was no cup of the tour. Beverages were served in plain cups unfortunately.

Mathis

Entrance:
The entrance was a bit of chaotic due to the location of the Arena next to huge streets. I arrived at 7PM and the security seemed to be outnumbered. The two main queues before security gates were completely unstructured.

After passing that, the HUB of the arena was enjoyable with good space to take a break. The official merchandising was located inside the arena protected from the cold weather.

Place/seat and view:
I stand at the front left (5 meters from the edge of the scene) and the view was good.

Opener:
I only saw the end of the opener. The band Aesthetic Perfection which did (almost) every opener from TL and Lindemann was not memorable and similar to other tour with TL. The singer had a lot of presence but the setlist is very flat overall. The band ended at 20.15PM.

Band:
20.45, the lights turned down and the intro began with the beautiful Meine Welt unfortunately not played live. Overall, Till seemed enjoyed playing despite his controversial news. He said his now traditional «Suce ma bite» to the French crowd. He also seemed out of breath at some parts of the show.

All members were on top form, especially Joe Letz delivered a fantastic show on his drums. Brynn Route did a remarkable gymnastic performance at some points. Everyone played its role without any distraction from other band member.

The dancers surprisingly changes their costume very often.

Music:
The sound was overall excellent at my position but sometimes the keyboard was very quiet compared to guitars. Compared to my two last TL concert in Paris, the setlist was almost perfect (thanks to the excellent Zunge album), except for Ich hasse Kinder which has no interest to be played at the end of the show. Meine Welt needed to be played live at the beginning.

Favorite moment:
Tanzlehrerin was undoubly the most memorable part of the show. It was almost theatrical and every steps from both musicians are perfectly balanced. Und die Engel singen was an absolute beast played as the second song of the setlist.

Total experience:
In general the show was sensational. A huge step up was made in comparison to the 2023 Tour in all the ways possible.
– The dancers, sometimes did too much, but definitely added something to the show
– The light show made a major improvement
– The background screen was way better used and mobile to let the light pass through (and not only for the disgusting videos from previous tour)
– The growing columns and blocks to elevate the musicians

The crowd was on fire during the show, especially at Platz eins.

9/10