Tag Archives: Wacken Open Air

Wacken Open Air Festival halt admissions amid heavy rain; Motorhead celebrate ‘Lemmy Forever’

Posted by on August 2, 2023

Legendary Lemmy Kilmister will be honored with an unforgettable symbolic act at the Wacken Festival in Wacken, Germany, as part of Lemmy Forever, a weekend celebrating his life and legacy. Motörhead’s Phil Campbell and Mikkey Dee will lead the festivities. There will be many opportunities to raise a toast to the late Metal God with […]

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Mythraeum crowned Wacken Metal Battle USA 2022 Champion to play Wacken Open Air

Posted by on May 11, 2022

  Wacken Metal Battle USA has revealed this year’s 2022 crowned champion is the San Diego act Mythraeum. The group will now face their next battle overseas, held at this year’s Wacken Open Air (August 4-6), who will perform against other winners from different countries. The group’s performance on May 7th at The Viper Room […]

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25 tour, livestream, festival and event updates – 6/18

Posted by on June 18, 2021

  ICYMI, here are twenty-five tours, livestreams, festivals, and events that were recently announced.    01) Hellfest 2022 mega lineup revealed: Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, NIN, Scorpions, among 350 artists on six stages: Now is the time to do what it takes to grab a Hellfest ticket. The event organizers have announced the official lineup […]

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Coronavirus: Wacken Open Air, Rock am Ring, Rock im Park, and Bang Your Head Festivals CANCELLED

Posted by on April 16, 2020

  Following yesterday’s Germany ban on major events until August 31st, Wacken Open Air, Rock am Ring, Rock im Park, and Bang Your Head festivals have officially been cancelled. We can only assume there will be many more cancellations or postponements on events and festivals as mass gathering events continue to be in jeopardy until […]

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Wacken Open Air 2020 sold out in 21 hours

Posted by on August 6, 2019

For those who were planning on grabbing tickets for next year’s Wacken Open Air festival, it appears you are too late. All 75,000 tickets for the event sold out in just 21 hours. Unlike other ticket sales, WOA organizers have advised festival-goers from buying tickets from third parties. Next year’s event will take place on […]

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Wacken Open Air to have beer pipeline this year

Posted by on May 26, 2017

Take a look at the above photo. What’s it look like to you? Protesters disrupting the Dakota Access Pipeline? The world’s largest bong? Nope, neither of those guesses are correct, and the real answer is somehow even more impressive than both of them. What you’re looking at is Wacken Open Air Festival workers laying down […]

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Wacken increases security amid terror attacks

Posted by on July 28, 2016

Until last November, one of the last places you’d expect a terror attack to happen would be at a music venue. Last year’s tragic massacre in Paris, where most of the victims were at an Eagles of Death Metal concert. Since then, there have been attacks like the Orlando nightclub massacre, and just last week, a […]

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Footage from official Wacken Open Air stream surfaces on YouTube

Posted by on August 4, 2014

[youtube]http://youtu.be/ui1m16zaCnM[/youtube] This year’s Wacken Open Air has come to an end, but that doesn’t mean the fun has to. For those who can’t attend, the festival has begun streaming the festival live, and while there is video filmed, there are people uploading it to the YouTube. As you can see from the above video, Devin […]

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Wacken announces first 15 bands of 2015, including Savatage; fest already sold out

Posted by on August 4, 2014

[youtube]http://youtu.be/NDA6RHAkA1Y[/youtube] This past Saturday, the 25th annual Wacken Open Air came to a conclusion after 3 solid days of heavy metal. Following the conclusion came a trailer advertising next year’s festival, how and where to order tickets, and also dropping the names of the first 15 announced for next year. It appears to have worked, […]

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Trivium Play New Song “Strife” At Wacken

Posted by on August 5, 2013

[youtube]http://youtu.be/Gw6n6OvCgwY[/youtube] After a viral marketing campaign in which they teased new material, Trivium finally gave fans a full preview from their upcoming album Vengeance Falls when they played “Brave This Storm” live in Bucharest. The official audio of that is now available, as well as the professional recording of them playing yet another new song this past […]

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