There's tour promo, and then there's tour promo, and then there's a blimp.
In the promo materials for their recently-announced North American tour, industrial metallers Rammstein have included several images of a blimp bearing their logo, floating over the venues in question. This originally looked like a piece of referential promotion, equal parts Led Zeppelin and the Hindenburg. But now, it appears that Rammstein are deadly serious about their airship game, as a Rammstein blimp has been sighted over Los Angeles.
Footage of the blimp was caught by our friends over at MetalSucks, who posted footage to their Instagram:
While several other fans have posted video footage and images to social media:
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We can only hope that the blimp will make its way around various cities in America. That said, this is pretty sweet across the board.
Rammstein's North American tour kicks off in August,
August
20 Montreal, QC – Parc Jean-Drapeau
23 Philadelphia, PA – Lincoln Financial Field
27 Washington D.C.– FedExField
30 Minneapolis, MN – U.S. Bank Stadium
September
03 Chicago, IL – Soldier Field
06 Foxborough, MA – Gillette Stadium
10 East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium
16 San Antonio, TX – Alamodome
19 Los Angeles, CA – Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
27 Mexico City, MEX – Foro Sol
Meanwhile, European fans can keep their eyes out for Rammstein -- if not their blimp -- at one of the following dates:
May
25 Klagenfurt Wörthersee Stadion, Austria
29 Leipzig Red Bull Arena, Germany
30 Leipzig Red Bull Arena, Germany
June
2 Stuttgart Mercedes-Benz Arena, Germany
3 Stuttgart Mercedes-Benz Arena, Germany
6 Zurich Letzigrund, Switzerland
7 Zurich Letzigrund, Switzerland
10 Ostend Event Site, Belgium
14 Cardiff Principality Stadium, UK
17 Belfast Boucher Road Playing Field, Northern Ireland
20 Coventry Ricoh Arena, UK
24 Nijmegen Goffertpark, Holland
27 Düsseldorf Merkur Spiel-Arena, Germany
28 Düsseldorf Merkur Spiel-Arena, Germany
July
1 Hamburg Volksparkstadion, Germany
2 Hamburg Volksparkstadion, Germany
4 Berlin Olympiastadion, Germany
5 Berlin Olympiastadion, Germany
9 Lyon Groupama Stadium, France
13 Turin Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino, Italy
17 Warsaw PGE Narodowy, Poland
21 Tallinn Song Festival Grounds, Estonia
26 Trondheim Granåsen, Norway
31 Gothenburg Ullevi Stadium, Sweden
August
4 Aarhus Ceres Park, Denmark
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