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RheinRiot 2016 – Cologne shudders!

It’s going to be loud in Cologne! We will present you five international top acts of the Metal scene at the Live Music Hall. Watch out for the RheinRiot!

The party happens at the 7th of August, simultaneous with the deconstruction of the mighty main stages in Wacken. Perfect for everyone who still has enough energy for another night of heavy tunes!

The event will be headlinded by the incomparable Arch Enemy. The band just had some lineup changes and got even stronger with the new lineup.

DevilDriver from the USA are a true guarantor for epic live shows too and we are looking forward to hear their new songs live!

The program continues with Bliksem from Belgium, which are producing grade A Thrash Metal and also rely on female power at the mic...

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Holländska DJ-kungen Hardwell gör en Sverigeexklusiv konsert på Bråvalla i sommar! Även de svenska superproducenterna Galantis gör sin enda svenska festivalspelning under 2016 på Bråvalla, och ansluter till festen gör också tyska stjärnskottet Felix Jaehn, och norska nykomlingen Alan Walker som fullkomligt dominerat topplistorna i vinter.

HARDWELL (NL)
Hardwell är onekligen en av världens främsta DJs. Som en av de nya pionjärerna inom genren var han drivande i formandet av den EDM-explosion som fick dansgolv, radioapparter och topplistor att brisera 2012. Han är känd för sina otroliga liveshower och anses tillhöra housescenens absoluta toppskikt.

Som 25-åring nådde Hardwell den av de högsta tänkbara toppar i en karriär som närmast liknar en tio år lång bergochdalbana, nä...

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The program is shaping up for the 7 days celebration of music and arts, also known as Sziget. The proud winner of the best line-up category at the recent European Festival Awards has added 14 new acts to the confirmed list of the 2016 edition, including Muse, The Last Shadow Puppets, David Guetta, The Lumineers and many more. Make sure you don’t miss the Budapest-based event, held between 10-17 August, 2016.

Sziget, the Island of Freedom is always happy to announce the wide range of music and arts performances happening at the 7 days festival. The newly added music acts once again represent the colorful and endless program hosted on the island. Much awaited Muse will definitely please Sziget fanatics, while David Guetta will once again bring an energetic party to the Island of Freedom...

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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis bjöd på en av 2013s mest omtalade konserter. Vi är otroligt glada att få välkomna dem tillbaka till Bråvalla! Dessutom får vi fint besök i form av amerikanska experimentella rapparen Yelawolf och det galna brittiska folkbandet Skinny Lister.

MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS (US)
”Thrift Shop”. ”Can’t Hold Us”. ”Same Love”. Tre anthems vi vågar påstå att dem flesta av oss har skakat loss till på klubben både en och två gånger. Som inga andra varvar Macklemore & Ryan Lewis politik och samhällskritik med humor, och med enorm internationell framgång är de en av de senaste årens största succéduos. I sommar förvandlas flygfältet till ett gigantiskt dansgolv när Bråvalla får besök av hiphopduon Macklemore & Ryan Lewis.

När rapparen Macklemor...

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Afrojack är en av vår tids största DJs, Don Diablo förutspås ett gyllene 2016 och Icona Pop är Sveriges största musikexportduo. Och vet ni vad? De kommer alla till Bråvalla i sommar.

AFROJACK (NL)
Nederländska Nick Leonardus van de Wall, mer känd som Afrojack, slog igenom internationellt 2010 med megahiten ”Take Over Control”. Sedan dess har DJn, producenten och hitmaskinen gjort sig till en av de starkaste lysande stjärnorna på den internationella dansmusikhimlen...

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The Sparkk company, who specializes in the field of digital development, has offered the Hellfest its first RE-LIVE experience: a whole new virtual tour prototype to #relive the Hellfest dimension. This project will escort you through the 2015 festival, where you will be able to follow several routes and visit emblematic spots on the festival grounds: The TEMPLE, ALTAR, VALLEY, and MAIN STAGES, the FERRIS WHEEL, VIP GARDEN, HELLFEST CULT, VIP TERRACE, BARS, CAMPING SITE, MERCH and EXTREME MARKET. As you virtually trip through the festival, you will surely see a few familiar faces.

The project is still in its embryonic stages, and we would like to have your opinions and feedbacks on the matter so that we may improve it as well as its functionalities and contents for the 2016 edition...

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Wacken Winter Nights 2017 – More than 1000 tickets have been sold!

Dear friends,

just one week after the pre-sale start we have already sold way more than a 1000 tickets including the limited to 500 Early Winter Tickets.

You are really crazy. Thank you for your loyalty and your unabated support!

The regular 3-Day Tickets for 69.00€ are already on sale since last week and the shipping of the tickets has begun!
Tickets are available exclusively at Metaltix.com.

Further we take a moment to answer you most burning questions:
• Will there be day tickets and when will they be sold?
-> In the near future we have not planned to sell day tickets. But if the demand is big enough we will have a look at it. In this case we rely on your feedback!
• Do you plan to sell family ticktets / How about ...

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Sziget and Telekom VOLT Festival, both organized by Sziget Cultural Management in Hungary, won awards at last night’s European Festival Awards held at Eurosonic Noorderslag in Groningen. Sziget received the award for the Best European Line-Up, while Telekom VOLT is now the Best Medium-Sized Festival in Europe. This year – the 7th edition of EFA – saw over 800,000 votes cast by fans from 50 different European countries for their favorite festivals and artists.

This year’s European Festival Awards is a huge success for Sziget Cultural Management. The company organizes several festivals in the summer season and slowly all of them gather impressive international recognition...

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Dear Metalheads,

today is Christmas eve, we have reached the end of the W:O:A X-Mas Calendar with lots of band announcements and the 26th year of Wacken Open Air is slowly but steady reaching its end.

All bands which were announced during the Calendar can be found at Bands / Billing

Until January 5th, 2016 you can still participate into the raffle for the big main prizes. Everything about that can be found HERE

We hope that all of you will get a lot of presents and we wish you and your families a Merry Christmas!

Yours
W:O:A team

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Bastille, Melissa Horn, Jamie Lawson och Sam Feldt – varmt välkomna till Bråvalla 2016!

Med singlar som ”Pompeii”, ”Of The Night” och ”Things We Lost In The Fire” var Bastille en av 2013-års absolut största debutanter och de har sålt smått otroliga två miljoner exemplar av debutalbumet ”Bad Blood”. Deras spelning på Bråvalla året efter var en av det årets allra gladaste, hoppigaste och mest dansanta, och när de nu gör återbesök är det definitivt en favorit i repris vi talar om.

Melissa Horn fick en gitarr vid 15 års ålder och det dröjde inte länge innan hon skrev sin första låt, och idag, lite drygt tio år senare, är hon tveklöst en av svensk musiks mest älskade singer/songwriters...