Wacken Festival Confirms Bands To Play At The Event
Written by Johnson Stephen on September 16, 2019
The promoters of the Wacken Open Air, have confirmed the following bands to play at th
e 2020 Festival and they are as follows;Orden Ogan, Kampfar, While She Sleeps, Udo Dirkschneider, who will appear twice.
First up with his band Dirkschneider, who will perform an exclusive show in celebration of the 35th anniversary of classic Accept album ‘Metal Heart’ and even add some more hits of his former colleagues.
He then performs under the banner of U.d.o., and the singer will enter the stage once more with the Bundeswehr Music Corps just for this concert!
The following bands have already been announced for the coming 31st edition of the Wacken Open Air in 2020: (in alphabetical order): Amon Amarth, At The Gates, Beast In Black, Cemican, Death Angel, Dirkschneider, Hypocrisy, Judas Priest, Kampfar, Mercyful Fate, Nervosa, Orden Ogan, Sick Of It All, Sodom, U.d.o. (with Bundeswehr Music Corps), Venom, While She Sleeps.
Festival co-founder and promoter Thomas Jensen comments: “Every year we try to create unique shows and make musical dreams come true, which unite fans and musicians to experience special moments lasting for an eternity – and which can technically only be realised in Wacken. Therefore we are very much looking forward to our long-time friend and faithful companion Udo Dirkschneider, who will play two unique shows with us in 2020”.
Wacken Festival looks set to take place from 30 July to 1 August 2020 and all 75,000 tickets for the 31st edition of the Northern German festival were sold out after less than a day.
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