Brandishing banners with messages such as “I believe her”, and “Stop the rape culture”, the small crowd raised their middle fingers towards the concert venue and the far-larger gathering of black-clad fans of the German metal band.
The fans responded in kind, with a line of police officers separating them.
Some 40,000 fans were expected for the sold-out concert at Bern’s Wankdorf Stadium, with another to follow on Sunday.
‘Closing a chapter’
“If I knew it was true, I think this would be my last concert,” she said.
The scandal erupted after a young Irish woman posted on social media that she had been drugged and propositioned by Lindemann at a backstage party in Vilnius.
A wave of similar stories has since emerged through platforms such as Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
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