| Main | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 01 January 2001 >> Rammstein play The Big Day Out in January and February, the Festival in Australia and New Zealand for the first time. Between the Festival, Rammstein play additional club concerts in Sydney and Melbourne. 16 January 2001 >> The video for the new single, "Sonne" is produced from 16 to 22 January. The video is filmed in Babelsberger Filmstudios in potsdam instead of. Joern Heitmann. Department M is a director of the video. 29 January 2001 >> Publication video "Sonne" starting from 29 January runs on VIVA 1 and 2 and MTV. 09 February 2001 >> Route in Japan Rammstein play from the 9th in the " Big Cat " in Osaka and on the 10th in "The Liquid Room" in Tokyo. 12 February 2001 >> Publication of the single "Sonne" starts on 12th. The single is available only in Europe. The single also includes two Clawfinger Remixes and with "Adios", a song from the album "Mutter" as well as the original and instrumental versions of "Sonne" 02 April 2001 >> Publication of the album "Mutter " 13 May - 01 June 2001 >> Rammstein play in Germany, Austria and Switzerland from the 13th of May until 1st June. Dates were: 13 May 2001 - Nuernberg / arena 14 May 2001 - Bielefeld / Seidenstickerhalle 15 May 2001 - Hamburg / sport-resounds 16 May 2001 - Hamburg / sport-resounds 18 May 2001 - Berlin / Velodrom 19 May 2001 - Berlin / Velodrom 21 May 2001 - Munich / Olympia-resounds 22 May 2001 - A-Vienna / Town hall 24 May 2001 - CH Zurich / Resounding stadium 26 May 2001 - Riesa / Saxonia arena 27 May 2001 - Erfurt / Hall 28 May 2001 - Stuttgart / Schleyerhalle 29 May 2001 - Frankfurt / Festival Hall 31 May 2001 - Dortmund / Westphalia-resounds 01 June 2001 - Hanover / Preussag arena 14 May 2001 >> Publication of the single "Links 2 3 4" starts. "Links…" is the second single from the album "Mutter" The track listing contains (beside original version) one Clawfinger and two Westbam Remixes, aswell as "Hallelujah". This is only available on the single and Resident evil soundtrack (Released a lot later) 18 May 2001 >> Publication of the video "Left 2 3 4 " starts. The video is also published today. The video starts on VIVA 1 and 2 and MTV with the highest in each case application rate per week. 06 - 15 May 2001 >> Touring Europe: 06 June 01 - Lisbon / Coliseum 07 June 01 - Madrid / Macumba club 09 June 01 - Paris / L'Elysee Montmatre 10 June 01 - London / Astoria* 12 June 01 - Prague / Strahov stadium 15 June 01 - Reykjavik / Laugardalsholl * Rammstein at London Astoria, June 10 (Taken from Kerrang Yearbook 2001) - "One of the most anticipated live events of the year [In the UK] was extinguished when Westminster Council took one of the German Industrialists' bumper arsenal of flame-throwers and heavy-duty bangers, and delivered a firm 'Nein, danke'. [The band tried to smuggle a rocket launcher through British Customs (!) but failed.] On being told to cut 90% of their Pyrotechnics, they backed up and buggered off home 30 minutes before show time." 29 June - 06. 2001 >> The USA Tour starts: 29.06.01 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Selma 30.06.01 - Smirnoff Centre, Dallas 01.07.01 - Journal Pavilion, Albuquerque 03.07.01 - House of Blues, Las Vegas 04.07.01 - The Palace, Los Angeles 05.07.01 - Warfield Theatre, San Francisco 06.07.01 - Roseland Theatre, Portland 07.07.01 - Moore Theatre, Seattle 08.07.01 - Big Easy, Boise 10.07.01 - Filmore Auditorium, Denver 11.07.01 - Uptown Theatre, Kansas City 12.07.01 - The Pageant, St. Louis 15.07.01 - Metropolis, Montreal 16.07.01 - Docks Concert Hall, Toronto 18.07.01 - Hammerstein Ballroom, New York 21.07.01 - The Odeon, Cleveland 22.07.01 - Clutch Cargo, Pontiac 24.07.01 - First Avenue, Minneapolis 27.07.01 - Star Plaza Theatre, Merillville 28.07.01 - Bogarts, Cincinnati 30.07.01 - Newport Music Hall, Columbus 31.07.01 - Nation Ballroom, Washington 02.08.01 - El Escena, Monterrey 04.08.01 - S P Pavillion, Mexico City 05.08.01 - S P Pavillion, Mexico City 06.08.01 - El Escena, Hidalgo, Mexico 06. - 15 May 2001 >> Pledge Of Allegiance Tour (the USA) Rammstein play with the following groups: Slipknot, System Of A down, Mudvayne and American Headcharge 14.09.01 - Rosemont, IL (Allstate Arena) 15.09.01 - St. Paul, MN (Ecel Energy Center) 16.09.01 - Omaha, NE (Civic Aud.) 18.09.01 - Cedar Rapids, IA (US Cellular Center) 19.09.01 - Madison, WI (Alliant Energy Center) 21.09.01 - Denver, CO (Coliseum) 22.09.01 - Colorado Springs (World Arena) 25.09.01 - Portland, OR, Rose Garden Arena 26.09.01 - Tacoma, WA, Tacomadome 28.09.01 - San Jose, CA, Compaq Center 29.09.01 - Los Angeles, CA, Great Western Forum 30.09.01 - San Diego, CA, Cox Arena BACKSTAGE PICTURES 03.10.01 - Phoenix, AZ, America West Arena 05.10.01 - Oklahoma City, OK, Myriad Convention Center 06.10.01 - Dallas, TX, Reunion Arena 07.10.01 - San Antonio, TX, Alamodome 10.10.01 - St. Louis, MO, Savvis Center 12.10.01 - Tampa, FL, Ice Palace 13.10.01 - Orlando, FL, Centroplex 14.10.01 - Miami, FL, Miami Arena 16.10.01 - Baltimore, MD, Baltimore Arena 17.10.01 - Philadelphia, PA, First Union Spectrum 19.10.01 - Hartford, CT, Hartford Civic Center 20.10.01 - Buffalo, NY, HSBC Arena 23.10.01 - Peoria, IL, Peoria Civic Center 24.10.01 - Cleveland, OH, CSU Convocation Center 26.10.01 - Pittsburgh, PA, Mellon Arena Guitarist Paul Landers did not participate in the concert in Detroit, as he flew home to see his wife who had been taken into hospital. The remaining concerts were called off, however, the other bands on the tour did play: 27.10.01 - Detroit, MI, Cobo Arena 28.10.01 - Grand Rapids, MI, Van Andel Arena 30.10.01 - Worcester, MA, Worcester Centrum 31.10.01 - East Rutherford, NJ, Continental Airlines Arena 01 November 2001 >> Rammstein Book available, titled 'Rammstein' by Geoff Hoff (The editor) is released. The review from Amazon is: "Rammstein's first appearence was in David Lynch's "Lost Highway", the band have since released videos and fire-spitting live performances resulting in two million albums being sold in the USA and a Grammy nomination for "Best Metal Act". This photo-book is a visual trip into their world." 08 November 2001 >> Rammstein play at the MTV Europe Music Awards, "Ich Will". For many fans the appearance was ingenious. There were some problems though, You couldn't hear Till`s voice at the start of the Song. There were also problems with Flake`s key board. 10 November 2001 >> Europe Tour 2001: 10 November 2001 - Paris, Zenith 12 November 2001 - Prag, Paegas Arena 13 November 2001 - Katowice, Spodek 17 November 2001 - Moskau, DS Lutzhniki 19 November 2001 - St.Petersburg, Ledova Arena 21 November 2001 - Vilnius, New Sportshalle 22 November 2001 - Riga, Skonto Halle 23 November 2001 - Tallinn, Saku Suurhall 25 November 2001 - Helsinki, Ice Rink 27 November 2001 - Stockholm, Solnahallen 29 November 2001 - Kopenhagen, KB Hall 02 December 2001 - London, Brixton 03 December 2001 - Amsterdam, Heineken Hall 04 December 2001 - Amsterdam, Heineken Hall 05 December 2001 - Amsterdam, Heineken Hall 06 December 2001 - Leuven, Brabanthal 07 December 2001 - Freiburg, Messehalle 10 December 2001 - Lissabon, Lisbon Restello 11 December 2001 - Lissabon, Lisbon Restello 14 December 2001 - Barcelona, Val Helbron 15 December 2001 - San Sebastian, Polideportivo Anoeta