MANOWAR, METALLICA In Talks To Play WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

March 20, 2009

Thomas Jensen of ICS Festival Service GmbH, which organizes the Wacken Open Air festival, has told the Italian web site Metalitalia.com that negotiations are underway with MANOWAR to headline this year's event. "For 2009 we are discussing with MANOWAR," he stated. "My friend Joey [DeMaio] is really crazy but I like him [laughs]... SAXON should play as well." He also revealed, "We're in contact with METALLICA too, and we'll meet with John Jackson [METALLICA's booking agent] at the end of March to plan out their next Wacken appearance. [METALLICA's participation in the festival] probably will [happen] in 2010."

This year's Wacken Open Air festival will be held July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany.

The festival billing is shaping up as follows:

AIRBOURNE
AMON AMARTH
AXEL RUDI PELL
BORKNAGAR
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE
CALLEJON
CATHEDRAL
DRAGONFORCE
EINHERJER
EPICA
GWAR
HAMMERFALL
HEAVEN AND HELL
IN EXTREMO
IN FLAMES
KAMPFAR
KINGDOM OF SORROW
KORPIKLAANI
LACUNA COIL
MACHINE HEAD
MOTÖRHEAD
NAPALM DEATH
NEVERMORE
SARKE
TESTAMENT
TRACEDAWN
TRISTANIA
TURISAS
UFO
VOLBEAT
WALLS OF JERICHO
WHIPLASH

ICS Festival Service GmbH recently announced that all 70,000 tickets have already been sold for this year's event. "Never before [has] a festival of this size [been] sold out two times within one year," they write in a statement. "But we are not chasing after records — we 'only' want to create a great festival for you and are working on it since more than 20 years now and standing in responsibility and duty for the best fans in the world! We thank you all for your amazing support and loyalty!"

In 2008, Wacken Open Air festival was honored with a Live Entertainment Award in the "Festival Of The Year" category. This award recognizes distinguished achievements in live entertainment and is given out by Live Entertainment Award (LEA) committee. The winners were announced on March 11, 2008.

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