Saxon have canceled ten summer gigs as lead singer, Biff Byford, “undergoes an emergency procedure.” The legendary British ...

Wacken Open Air 2022 is scheduled for Aug. 4-5, 2022, set to take place at the event's usual stomping grounds in Wacken, Germany. A lineup for the rescheduled event has yet to be announced ...

The Wacken Open Air heavy metal festival in northern Germany is opening on Wednesday with a reduced audience after persistent rain turned the grounds to mud and forced organizers to order a halt ...

The 2020 edition of Germany's long-running Wacken Open Air festival has officially been canceled due to the country's recently invoked ban on mass gatherings until Aug. 31 due to the coronavirus ...

It was the story of the summer — two pensioners snuck out of a retirement home in northern Germany to attend Wacken Open Air, the world's biggest heavy metal festival, only to be later found by ...

Wacken Open Air, the biggest heavy metal festival in the world, had to cancel its 2021 edition due to Germany’s coronavirus pandemic restrictions related to the return back live events .

Wacken Open Air is being held between August 2 and 5, and includes Iron Maiden, Heaven Shall Burn, Helloween, Doro, Kreator, and more among its extensive lineup.

As the 2024 edition of Germany's Wacken Open Air festival draws to a close, organisers have already announced a raft of names for the 2025 event. The names announced today include French metal ...

In one of the most insane announcements likely to come this week, organizers for Wacken Open Air 2023 have confirmed that the festival sold out—a grand total of 80,000 tickets sold in six hours. It is ...

The Wacken Open Air festival is an annual event which takes place in fields outside the village of Wacken in northern Germany, attracting tens of thousands of heavy metal music-lovers.

The Wacken Open Air festival is an annual event which takes place in fields outside the village of Wacken in northern Germany, attracting tens of thousands of heavy metal music-lovers.