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Wacken 2008

 

The Wacken Festival 2008 takes place between 31st July 2008 to 2nd August 2008

Wacken Festival Coaches from UK 

Wacken Festival by Coach

Argon Events offer coaches to Germany from various pick up points around the UK, and they offer a choice of hotel or camping packages.


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WACKEN OPEN AIR FESTIVAL TICKETS 

Wacken Tickets 2008

Tickets are already on sale for W.O.A 2008 tickets are supplied by eventim, an official ticket agent in german. Wacken Open Air Festival Karten

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Wacken Festival Line Up 

The first act announced for the Wacken Festival 2008 have been announced.

Iron Maiden
Avantasia
Children Of Bodom
Kreator
Krypteria
Carcass
At The Gates
Sonata Arctica
Hatebreed
Saltatio Mortis
The Bones

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Wacken DVD on Amazon 

Scorpions: Live at Wacken Open Air 2006

Amazon Price: $25.99 (as of 10/10/2008)

Armageddon Over Wacken Live 2004

Amazon Price: $21.99 (as of 10/10/2008)

Die Wahrheit über Wacken

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Suidakra - The 9th Legend

Amazon Price: $0.89 (as of 10/10/2008)

Live at Wacken Open Air 2007

Amazon Price: $11.99 (as of 10/10/2008)

Wacken Videos on You Tube 

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Full Metal Village (Wacken)

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Wacken 2007 Intro Movie

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Mayhem - Freezing Moon (at Wac...

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Wacken on Wikipedia 

Wacken Open Air (W:O:A) is a popular German music festival focusing on various forms of extreme metal and heavy metal. It takes place annually in the small town of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany. With 70,000 festival visitors, and including personnel a total of over 72,000 attendees in 2007,[http://www.wacken.com/de/woa2007/main-news/news/ansicht/article/woa-2007-statement/] announcement on official page it attracts all kinds of metal music fans, such as fans of black metal, death metal, power metal, thrash metal, gothic metal and also folk metal, from around the world.

The festival was first held in 1990 as a small event for local German bands. By 1998 the event had become the major festival on the European metal calendar and one of the most important in the world and included over 70 bands from all over Europe, North America and Australia. W:O:A is usually held at the beginning of August and lasts three days, during which the festival-goers camp on several large camping grounds surrounding the actual festival area. The 70 or more bands perform across four separate stages over the course of the event.

The festival is well known for its very amicable run, which is a fact that is approved year by year.

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The Wacken Open Air Festival takes place in town of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany. With over 60,000 attending, Wacken Tickets can now be brought from the UK
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