A Russian court ordered Till Lindemann, the frontman of German metal band Rammstein, to pay 638,800 euros ($670,000) over a canceled performance in northwestern Russias Tver region, the state-run TASS news firm reported Monday.Tver-based business Prime Marketing, which had contracted Rammstein to perform in the local capital, filed a suit against Lindermann with Russias International Commercial Arbitration Court.The conflict comes from an organized efficiency in August 2021 as part of the McLarin for the Motherland celebration, arranged by regional entrepreneur Maxim Larin to coincide with his 50th birthday.The performance was canceled after regional authorities supposedly obstructed the bands cars from accessing the festival premises for practice sessions and browsed the hotel where Lindemann was remaining, purchasing compliance with Covid-19 restrictions.Belarusian rock band Bi-2, also arranged to perform, took out after receiving cautions from authorities about the occasions inadmissibility.Attendees were initially asked to wear black shirts emblazoned with the festivals slogan, McLarin for the Motherland, but Larin later on requested they prevent using the shirts, fearing the authorities might interpret the event as an unauthorized rally for the nationalist political party Motherland.A Russian arbitration court likewise bought Lindemanns producer, Anar Reiband, to pay Larin 10 million rubles ($100,000) as part of a separate lawsuit.
Larin claimed Reiband had accepted provide marketing services in the Tver area however stopped working to deliver after getting an advance payment