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.
![Fans of Rammstein music band queue under portraits of band members prior to a concert](https://apiwp.thelocal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/000_33K636F.jpg)
![Swiss Women's rights group members demonstrate prior to the opening of a concert of Rammstein music band at Wankdorf Stadium in Bern](https://apiwp.thelocal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/000_33K636B.jpg)
‘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.
![An aerial photograph taken on June 17, 2023, shows the concert of Rammstein music band at Wankdorf Stadium in Bern.](https://apiwp.thelocal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/000_33K73TP.jpg)
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