Overview
- Presales are underway for the nationwide farewell tour, which is scheduled to start on October 19, 2026, in Legden and conclude in 2028, with listings citing a final show in Lemgo on April 28.
- Regional schedules are being published, including northern dates such as Stade and Lübeck in November 2026 and arena stops in Hamburg and Kiel in February 2027.
- Rütter says the decision follows 25 years of touring with roughly 1,500 stage shows and 1,000 lectures, describing the routine as increasingly exhausting.
- He will step back from touring yet remain on screen in a reduced cadence and continue his animal-welfare advocacy, emphasizing a wish to quit on his own terms to avoid overstaying.
- In a recent ‘Edeltalk’ podcast, he recounted a difficult childhood marked by instability, school expulsions, and running away to Milan at 14, framing the remarks as his personal account.