Till Lindemann Tbilisi: Dates, Tickets & Venue (Tbilisi)

One night in January

The date is January 11, 2027. Till Lindemann plays the Tbilisi Sports Palace that night, a solo show separate from Rammstein. Tbilisi sits on a short regional run with Almaty, Tashkent and Bangkok, so this is the only Caucasus stop on the tour.

The solo project began as Lindemann, a duo with Swedish producer Peter Tägtgren. Lindemann now carries it on his own and still sings mostly in German. Fans of Rammstein’s theatrical side usually find that the solo shows lean even harder into provocation.

Inside the Sports Palace

The arena opened in 1961. Its round, domed roof is one of the most recognisable Soviet-era buildings in Tbilisi. It is among the city’s largest indoor venues and has long hosted basketball, which is its original purpose, along with big touring concerts.

The layout is a classic bowl:

• a flat floor in front of the stage, usually standing for rock shows
• tiered seating rising steeply on the surrounding sides
• concourses running behind the stands, with bars and toilets

Up in the upper tiers you look down on the stage from a steep angle. Down on the floor you see much less of the stage but feel far more of the volume.

Doors, coats and getting home

Every winter show at the Sports Palace runs into the same practical problems. January nights in Tbilisi often sit around freezing and sometimes bring snow, so most people turn up in heavy coats. That puts pressure on the cloakroom at the end of the night.

Here is what regulars usually do:

• The spots by the barrier usually go to the floor-standing fans who have queued longest outside.
• Plenty of people leave the big coat at the hotel and wear layers instead.
• Most people get home by ride-hailing. Bolt is widely used in Tbilisi, and surge pricing kicks in right after the encore.
• Some walk a few blocks from the arena and order a car from there, because pickups by the exit get jammed.

Cards are widely accepted in Tbilisi and the local currency is the Georgian lari. Signs are in Georgian script, but English is common among younger staff. Russian is widely understood too.

Making a trip of it

Most international fans give the concert two or three days in the city. The Old Town is the usual base. Its sulphur bathhouses in Abanotubani stay open in winter and suit a cold day well. Narikala Fortress looks down over them, and the cable car from Rike Park runs up to it.

Rustaveli Avenue is the main boulevard. It has the Opera and Ballet Theatre and the Georgian National Museum. For food in January, people go for khinkali (soup dumplings eaten by hand, holding the twisted top) and khachapuri. A glass of Georgian amber wine from the qvevri tradition goes with both.

Tbilisi International Airport is a short drive east of the centre, and most fans make the transfer by taxi or ride-hailing. Rooms in the Old Town and Sololaki are easy to walk around, though most people take a car to reach the arena.