http://www.wacken.com/ Latest News about W:O:A en http://www.wacken.com/typo3conf/ext/tt_news/ext_icon.gif http://www.wacken.com/ 18 16 Latest News about W:O:A W:O:A Newsgenerator http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:30:00 +0100 http://www.wacken.com/en/7/main-news/news/ansicht/article/six-feet-under-neues-album-so-gut-wie-fertig-7285/ Currently the Florida based death metal band SIX FEET UNDER is working on the finalization of their... Non-Festival News W:O:A News Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:24:00 +0100 http://www.wacken.com/en/7/main-news/news/ansicht/article/drei-weitere-bands-fuer-2012-megaherz-manimals-und-we-butter-the-bread-with-butter-7283/ Beside two German bands we also got one real delicacy from America for the Wacken Open Air 2012. By... Megaherz – It’s hard to imagine the Neue Deutsche Härte Scene without Megaherz. The Band from Munich just released its new album Götterdämmerung which is a new confirmation of their status in the scene. More info under Billing/Bands Manimals – Founded in 1982 this band was one of the 80´s cult metal acts from Ohio. This year they celebrate their reunion as well as their 30th Anniversary. You can describe their music as Monster Metal or Horrorcore. More under Billing/Bands We Butter The Bread With Butter – – The five musicians from Brandenburg in Germany are celebrating their special style since 2007 when the band was found. At the beginning they used to interpret German children’s songs with elements from death metal, metalcore and electro. But now they are also writing own songs. More info under Billing/Bands ]]> Festival News W:O:A News Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.wacken.com/en/7/main-news/news/ansicht/article/heavy-guitar-days-mit-alice-cooper-7281/ With songs like “Schools Out” or “Poison” he wrote music history and climbed the Olympus of Rock... www.metaltix.com Ticket-Hotline: +49 (0) 4627 - 18 38 0 More about Alice Cooper alicecooper.com www.myspace.com/officialalicecooper www.facebook.com/AliceCooper www.youtube.com/user/officialalicecooper twitter.com/RealAliceCooper ]]> Non-Festival News W:O:A News Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:45:00 +0100 http://www.wacken.com/en/7/main-news/news/ansicht/article/wacken-mail-and-parcel-office-7279/ Also in 2012 the Wacken Mail and Parcel Office will be on the festival ground. Read below to learn... 1. Luggage shipping TO Wacken W:O:A Simplify your trip to Wacken W:O:A 2012 by sending your luggage directly to the WOA festival area in advance. You can pick up your luggage at the Wacken Mail and Parcel Office (WACKEN CENTER) from 1 August 2012. You can find further information regarding the handling as well as prices at the following website www.wackenpostoffice.com. Here you start the assignment and pay for the shipping. You need to assign for the luggage service prior to 24 July 2012 (due to organisational requirements). The luggage will have to be picked up by UPS prior to 27 July 2012. The service will only be offered from the following countries (like last year): Germany, BeNeLux, Denmark, Austria, France and Sweden. The number of luggage for the service is limited to 250 pieces. So, the earlier you book, the higher is the probability that you can use this service. 2. Parcel and packaging service (including luggage service) We offer parcel shipping and packaging service at the festival area (WACKEN CENTER). We provide worldwide and secured parcel service via UPS so that you can send for example your merchandising products and gifts home directly. If you do not want to carry your luggage back home after the W:O:A, we also provide a luggage shipping from the festival area back to your home. We will take care of professionally wrapping and packing your belongings to ensure a secure shipping. 3. Your personal post card from W:O:A 2012 This year, you can mail your personal and customised post card from the W:O:A 2012. We take a picture from your friends and you in front of Wacken city sign and print the shoot as a post card. Mail your personal and individual greetings from W:O:A 2012. 4. Mail and stamps This year, you can stamp your mail with a postal charges including a logo of W:O:A 2012. Bring your postcards from the „Full Metal Bag“ directly from Wacken Mail and Parcel Office and we print the postal charges including the logo of W:O:A: 2012 onto the post card. The charges for this are EUR 0.15 plus postal charges (thereof we donate EUR 0.05 to Wacken Foundation). In addition, you can get post cards in the Mail and Parcel Office. ]]> Festival News W:O:A News Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:03:00 +0100 http://www.wacken.com/en/7/main-news/news/ansicht/article/kein-stilles-ende-in-sicht-endstille-geben-neue-rekrutierung-bekannt-7277/ Everyone who attended Endstille’s last couple of shows already recognized the second guitarist... B. Killed reinforces Endstille in their disgusting warfare. Upcoming shows: ENDSTILLE 08.02.2012 FRA Rennes Mondo Bizarro 09.02.2012 FRA Montpellier Secret Place 10.02.2012 FRA Saint-Etienne La clé de voute 11.02.2012 FRA Valenciennes Igelrock 31.03.2012 DEN Aarhus Metal Royale Festival 27.04.2012 ROM Bucharest Club Fabrika 28.04.2012 ROM Brasov Rockstadt Club 27.05.2012 BEL Roeselare Throne Fest 15.06.2012 FRA Clisson Hellfest 29.06.2012 GER Roitzschjora With Full Force 03.08.2012 GER Wacken Wacken Open Air 10.08.2012 GER Chemnitz Rock Im Betonwerk 01.09.2012 NOR Eidfjord Hard Anger Open Air More Endstille: Homepage Myspace Facebook]]> Non-Festival News W:O:A News Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:19:00 +0100 http://www.wacken.com/en/7/main-news/news/ansicht/article/mm-wc-reservierung-startet-um-1200-uhr-cet-7275/ The first reservation period for the mobile toilets starts today at 12 noon CET. To be able to make... http://reservation.wacken.com/. There will be 150 toilets available - at 12 o’clock (CET) the first 75 MMWC will be available to rent - at 20 o’clock (CET) the other 75 MMWC will be available to rent All information about costs and how it works can be found HERE. ]]> Festival News W:O:A News Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:10:00 +0100 http://www.wacken.com/en/7/main-news/news/ansicht/article/neues-woa-wallpaper-februar-7273/ Like last month we provide you with the next calendar sheet as wallpaper. The february is now... HERE ]]> Festival News W:O:A News Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:50:00 +0100 http://www.wacken.com/en/7/main-news/news/ansicht/article/deep-purple-und-edguy-gemeinsam-auf-tour-7271/ Deep Purple is going to tour the world again in 2012 and of course they will perform in Germany... Deep Purple is going to tour the world again in 2012 and of course they will perform in Germany too. As a special guest, the power metal band Edguy will support them at these shows. Are you ready for a heavy double pack? And here are the dates for Germany and surrounding. 01.12.2012 Stuttgart, Schleyerhalle * 08.11.2012 Esch Alzette (LU), Rockhal * (without Edguy) 15.11.2012 Köln, Lanxess Arena 16.11.2012 Bremen, Messehalle * 17.11.2012 Hannover, AWD Hall * 20.11.2012 Kiel, Sparkassen Arena * 22.11.2012 Frankfurt, Festhalle 23.11.2012 Oberhausen, Königspilsner Arena 24.11.2012 Hamburg, O2 World * 26.11.2012 Leipzig, Arena * 29.11.2012 Augsburg, Schwabenhalle * 30.11.2012 München, Olympiahalle * *Tickets available at Metaltix.com Ticket-Hotline: +49 (0) 4627 - 18 38 0 The official website of Edguy! The official website of Deep Purple!]]> Non-Festival News W:O:A News Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:04:00 +0100 http://www.wacken.com/en/7/main-news/news/ansicht/article/woa-warm-up-parties-2-neue-termine-7269/ Today we have two additional Warm up Parties for you. With these parties in Bremen and... www.aladin-bremen.de Band: Shraphead Date: Saturday, 16.06.2012 City: Hohenlockstedt Venue: Kartoffelhalle Pohl-Boskamp Website: www.stonecastlerock.de Band: Shraphead All dates and additional information to the parties and to host own Warm up parties can be found in our special section WARM UP PARTIES ]]> Festival News W:O:A News Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:14:00 +0100 http://www.wacken.com/en/7/main-news/news/ansicht/article/metal-mobile-wcs-uebermorgen-gehts-los-7266/ As previously announced we will start with reservation for the “Metal Mobile WC 2012” in 2 days, on... There are two times for applications at the 1st of February 2012: - at 12 o’clock (CET) the first 75 MMWC will be able to rent - at 20 o’clock (CET) the other 75 MMWC will be able to rent This schedule was introduced to give every metal head the possibility to gain one of the popular private WC´s All detailed info can be found HERE ]]> Festival News W:O:A News Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:57:00 +0100