Rammstein Biography - RammWiki

In 1998, the Sehnsucht tour led the band to the USA again. For their show on 4 May, the band was not allowed to use any pyrotechnics[24], which makes it one of their only concerts played without any pyro. The songs Heirate mich and Du hast of the show on 31 May at Rock am Ring, were released on Lichtspielhaus. On 9 August, the band played their first ever concert in Hungary. During the band's show at the Zillo-Festival, someone got married on stage during the performance of Heirate mich. On 22 and 23 August, the band played two shows at the Berlin Wuhlheide. Both shows were recorded and released a year later as Live aus Berlin on VHS, DVD and CD.

In September 1998, the band started their participation in the Family Values Tour, which was created and headlined by Korn. During this tour, Rammstein got in trouble with the local police. At their show on Halloween, the band members played almost naked and were dragged off stage one by one, which led to the concert ending after three songs.[20] On 12 November, Rammstein performed Du hast live at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Assago, Italy. This was the band's last performance in 1998.

1999 was supposed to start off with Rammstein playing at the Big Day Outs in New Zealand and Australia during January. After the festival appearances, Rammstein would have performed in Japan and Germany. All of these dates ended up getting canceled because Schneider perforated his ear drum and was not allowed to fly or be exposed to loud music and explosions well into the year.[25]

Despite the aforementioned injury, Rammstein already resumed playing in early April. The band appeared as a support for KISS during their "Psycho Circus" tour in Latin America, while also having one headline show themselves on 21 April. Their first show on 10 April was in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This was the band's first performance in the country, and their whole show was broadcasted on an Argentinian radio station. Parts of some songs were also broadcasted on TV. Their next show on 15 April marked the band's first performance in Brazil. At their next Brazillian show, on 17 April, the audience acted very displeased with the band. They booed them, showed their middle fingers and threw junk onto the stage.[20]

Their headline show on 21 April marked the band's first performance in Mexico. On an unknown date, a press conference took place at a record store, with a signing session for fans afterwards. When the band arrived, a big riot was going on with armored police keeping people at bay. The band managed to get into the store, where the local police chief urged them to go to the roof and speak to the fans in order to calm them down. If they did not comply, they would get arrested. Till spoke jumbled Spanish into a megaphone from the store's roof, and the fan riot eventually calmed down.[20]

In June, the band returned to the USA for another headline tour. Their fully English song Stripped debuted during this time. The band also ran into trouble with the police on multiple occasions. On 5 June, both Till and Flake were arrested for "Public Indecency" after the show, due to their performance of Bück dich. They had to stay in jail for five hours, after which their bail got paid. The incident did have repercussions for the both of them, as they had to return to Worcester's court throughout the tour, and later, every time they entered the US again.[20][26] On another occasion, Till was put in a police van by local police officers for urinating between two garbage bins behind the stage in Texas.[20] Finally, on 15 June, the band's performance was cut short after city officials sent police officers to the scene.[20]