Rome (canceled)

Dear friends and legionnaires,

I am afraid we - yet again - have some bad news for you. As some of you may know, the KULTURFABRIK has been our home and the base for most of our musical projects since the mid 90s. We are closely tied to its crew and co-workers and some of ROME's crew regularly work at their events too. Needless to say, we are family, and we have been terribly shaken by the death of one of ours this week: Gigi, the Kufa's sound tech for many years, has been snatched from us. Still, everyone at the Kufa is ready to go on with this week's shows (Gigi would have wanted it so, for sure), but unfortunately, both our crews have now other, more sinister business to attend to on Saturday, as the show and its set-up coincide with Gigi's funeral.

We are terribly sorry to cancel on you guys yet again. There will definitely be a new date for this show in 2022, but ROME and the KULTURFABRIK have agreed to reimburse your tickets right away. Apologies to anyone who has already made preparations to come meet us in our home and support ROME in this strenuous time. We will keep you posted on the new date, and all the little battles and skirmishes we are facing on other fronts, but for now, our flags will fly at half-mast.

See you on the other side, Gigi.

Godspeed,

on behalf of ROME and all her crew,

Jerome Reuter

ROME

Luxembourg-born singer-songwriter Jerome Reuter founded his multilingual project ROME (the name stems from the abridged version of his first name) in 2005 and has since created an authoritative body of work encompassing at least 15 studio albums and numerous other official releases. Reuter's compelling brand of Dark Folk merges various musical influences from Post-Punk to Chanson. Lyrically inspired by world literature from Burroughs to Brecht, Celine to Cioran, from Hesse to Jünger; Reuter’s detailed, well-researched, yet particularly accessible concept albums combine his interest in history, philosophy and the arts in a most compelling way. What is inherent in all of ROME's work is Reuter's love for the outsider. From the exiled Spanish Anarchist Revolutionaries of "Flowers From Exile"(2009), the French Resistence in "Nos Chants Perdus"(2010), Peter Weiss-inspired underground fighters in Die

Aesthetik Der Herrschaftsfreiheit (2011), to the Rhodesian bush fighter of "A Passage to Rhodesia" (2014); ROME's protagonists are often those beyond the pale, trying to walk through life's fires with their dignity and composure intact. Bewegung entsteht durch Haltung - this famous slogan featured on ROME's very first release of 2005/2006 still rings true today.

The intimate version of ROME live on stage is Reuter solo on acoustic guitar. The other one is a loud full-band not refraining from sing-along hymns and thundering up-tempo beats. ROME's 15- year-anniversary tour plan included dates in such diverse places as Jerusalem, Saigon, Berlin, Athens, Los Angeles, Moscow, Kiev, Rome, Madrid, London, Vienna, Zurich, Brussels, Cologne, Stockholm, Bucharest, Prague and many many more..