in 2002 and 2005, the band played at przystanek woodstock, the biggest open air festival in europe. in 2010, the band played several dates in central asia and became the first foreign rock band to perform in the former soviet republic of tajikistan since 1991. the band was criticised for accepting 68,000 € of german government funding towards this tour. on 2 october 2010, the band played in amman, jordan, their first concert in the middle east.