Now it’s getting serious, the parking areas are filling and Wacken develops from a village to a city. Joy is in the air and you cann see it in the faces.
Even at late night cars are coming, driving through the fields of agrarian Trede, becoming the home for the visitors of the festivals for the next days. It has been sunny all the day, we had a beautiful evening and this caused that all people who are involved ar emore relaxed, you cann see the head of production Thomas Hesse even smile.
Two days before the official start you think that the festival has begun. You have a good mood on the camping ground, the people are having a party – even if the temperature is low at the grass is wet. But that’ll change soon!

We also Have To tell some funny tales 48 hours before the opneing of the festival gates. On Wednesday we’ll have the football match between FC Wacken – led by Holger Hübner - and FC St. Pauli. About this the word “foreplay” got another special meaning that in common mind. Press manager Britta has been very impressed when she got a call concerning the “foreplay with Sheree” that should happen at Wacken. It has been the football coach who didn’t tell his name and Britta didn’t knew who he was. Sheree did not have to do with the “foreplay” and therefore the youth team is able to do that “foreplay” for the opening of Wacken.

We asked some visitors why they came to Wacken. Angel Of Death, 23 years old and from Munich, is here about the good mood and Mike from Frankonia came here because of Machine Head. Mike and his mates came to Wacken without any beer, because they wanted to save “gas”. For that saving they earn a price of the environment and a price for extreme stingy people. Thank Jensen they were able to fill their reserve of beer!

Some meters ahead Harald, 50 years old, shows people where to park their cars. Parking area C is completed and now they’re closing parking area D. he told us that he’s a neighbour of the Wacken village and that he’s here for the third year. He has a lot of fun here although he’s older than almost all of the visitors here.

Joke of the dayhas been Martin. He has been so drunk that be reeled around, just clothed with his trousers. That he was looking for his tent for more than three hours may result of the fact that nobody knowes where he would sleep at all. We wish him all the best and hope that he will find his tent ‘til dawn.

Remember where you read it first. Just 36 hours, then the party begins.

Rene Otto - www.brighteyes.de