Alligatoah Out of Office Tour 2025
Alligatoah Out of Office Tour 2025

Alligatoah – Out of Office Tour 2025

Today’s visit to the Alligatoah Out Of Office Show was quite an unexpected adventure. I left my office workspace, packed my camera, and drove to the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart. Usually, the contrast between these environments is pretty evident. Torn clothes, burning props, dark makeup. Which is why it is quite a surprise to be standing in front of an office again. A big stage filled with filing cabinets, desks and chairs, computers, printers, and office plants. Peculiar, but not entirely out of the ordinary for an Alligatoah show. Anyone who’s seen him perform live before knows to expect a certain level of unique showmanship including a themed stage setup.

Alligatoah @ Out of Office Tour 2025
Alligatoah @ Out of Office Tour 2025

To some readers, the name Alligatoah triggers some confusion at this point. They might ask themselves whether they took a wrong turn somewhere, reading about a musician famous for his rap, hip-hop, and singer/songwriter style. And I would usually respond by asking, whether they spent some blissfully oblivious time behind the moon. Not the appropriate idiom in this context as you will find out soon though.

 

Having been a genre-defying artist for many years, Alligatoah released Off last year. The logical continuation of his former album cycles turned out to be the creative lovechild of his diverse past influences and his passion for Rock and Metal. Given these circumstances, we are glad to give his musical genius a home at obscuro.eu now, too. The Metal world has grown so wonderfully beyond its origins by artists blending in different styles. And so electronic elements as well as rapping are not at all new to the overall genre landscape. Especially with the Nu Metal wave rising in the 90s, we have seen many artists creating visionary soundscapes by blurring the lines. One of the big childhood idols of Alligatoah and decades later thankfully a guest on “Off”‘s single teaser “So Raus” is Limp Bizkit‘s Fred Durst. And that single release was only the start of a journey that leads so many people here today.

YU – Fooled you, I’m not Alligatoah

Yu @ Alligatoah Out of Office Tour 2025
Yu @ Alligatoah Out of Office Tour 2025

But before we look further into the extraordinary performance of the man from the moon, we are greeted by Yu. The 21-year-old rapper opens the evening with “Alli-Alligatoah”. Halfway through it, he promptly announces “Ha, I fooled you, I’m not Alligatoah”. Any proper fan of course picked up on that immediately. Although his musical influence by and even vocal similarity to Alligatoah is quite apparent. To almost danceable beats and politically left themes, Yu flies across the stage energetically. Despite the diverse mix of musical tastes in the venue, he amps up the entire crowd. After a seemingly too short set, he jumps into the crowd to the tune of “Moshpit” before asking the audience, whether they just wanna keep carrying him throughout the next show or let him down for Alligatoah. Music, lyrics, and attitude all wonderfully fit what’s about to come our way next.

 

ALLIGATOAH – I’m a Metal Mouse after all

As previously mentioned, Alligatoah has thoroughly reinvented his style for the last album cycle. To do so, the artistic role he portrays left the office and even the earth itself to live on the moon. So quite fittingly, the show starts with him travelling back down. And by “traveling” I mean jumping and freefalling. A Facetime call on the big screen lets us witness our guest falling from the sky while singing “Stay in Touch”. Halfway through the chorus, however, he runs out of altitude. A big bang follows and what appears to be Alligatoah drops from the ceiling and crashes into the office. A few moments of shock and laughter later, a figure clad in bright red pants, a turtleneck, and a fur coat slowly rises from behind the desks.

Alligatoah @ Out of Office Tour 2025
Alligatoah @ Out of Office Tour 2025
Alligatoah @ Out of Office Tour 2025
Alligatoah @ Out of Office Tour 2025

In opening the actual set with his blasphemous track “Niemand” (~ “Nobody”) he sets the foundation for a musically rough and lyrically unforgiving evening. A gritty mean sound perfectly executed by the office workers aka his Metal band carries his voice through the set. Not to forget the backing vocals by his confusingly aggressive boss figure, BattleBoi Basti.

Alligatoah @ Out of Office Tour 2025
Alligatoah @ Out of Office Tour 2025

No tune nor word seems to carry only a single meaning. Permeated by clever wordplay and stupid puns the set continues. A brilliant mixture of theatre, unease, aggression, social criticism, and dark humor has the crowd in bellyaching laughter.

Alligatoah @ Out of Office Tour 2025
Alligatoah @ Out of Office Tour 2025
Alligatoah @ Out of Office Tour 2025
Alligatoah @ Out of Office Tour 2025

Cleverly he tricks the crowd into laughing for him and admitting their self-centered nature in the announcement of “Ich Ich Ich” (~ “I I I”). Alligatoah rightfully predicts how the media will report on the arrogance of the crowd and his charismatic and entertaining presence.

Alligatoah @ Out of Office Tour 2025
Alligatoah @ Out of Office Tour 2025

All that happens, while he and his band meticulously and thoroughly dismantle the office interior. Baseball bats on printers, kicking down monitors, throwing around office plants. Nothing seems off-limits. Thankfully his cleaning crew will come back again and again to rebuild the scene.

Alligatoah @ Out of Office Tour 2025
Alligatoah @ Out of Office Tour 2025

Thankfully, a different side of the artist eventually steps on stage. Metal Health Coach Alligatoah, who we could see giving comedically aggressive tips for a relaxed office day on his socials for months now, steps into the light. With the typical yoga instructor hairdo and a matching outfit, guides the crowd through breathing exercises, relaxing stretches, a journey to their inner center and soul chakra, and eventually to screaming out all their aggression. If you could keep a straight face throughout that, you might’ve found some well-earned relaxation. Personally, I couldn’t stop laughing.

 

Eventually, the acoustic renditions of “Narben” (~ “Scars”) and “Musik ist keine Lösung” (~ “Music is no Solution”), give Alligatoah some time to sit down at the piano and the crowd a moment to breathe before the show ends with some of the greatest hits, including “So Raus” (the aforementioned featuring with Fred Durst), “Monet” and “Du bist schön” (~ “You are beautiful”).

Alligatoah @ Out of Office Tour 2025
Alligatoah @ Out of Office Tour 2025

Before the last encore, we hear the only cover song in today’s set. Removing his turtleneck again, Alligatoah reveals his No Angels tour shirt and admiration for the band. Introed by the words “I’m Metal Mouse after all”, this inevitably leads to his Metal interpretation of “Daylight in Your Eyes”.

Alligatoah @ Out of Office Tour 2025
Alligatoah @ Out of Office Tour 2025

Occasionally, the persona of Alligatoah points out today, that he doesn’t want to be reduced to tracks like “Musik”, “Willst Du” (~ “Do you wanna”), or even his body. While we are already familiar with his foot and a short glimpse of his boxer briefs earlier, we have to wait for the musical reductions till the end of the evening.

Alligatoah @ Out of Office Tour 2025
Alligatoah @ Out of Office Tour 2025

If you have the chance to see Alligatoah on the remaining tour dates of the still ongoing Out Of Office tour, please do so. It’s a broad musical mix, a highly entertaining and funny stage show, extraordinary scenery, and once again a wholesome and diverse crowd.

Alligatoah Out of Office Tour Dates 2025
Alligatoah Out of Office Tour Dates 2025

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Alligatoah Website

Yu @ IBB Booking

Event schedule @ Hallenduo Stuttgart

Event schedule @ IBB Booking


Photography and Article by Cat Maverick

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