Bang Your Head!!!

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Heavy metal and hard rock festival held in Germany

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::summary Heavy metal and hard rock festival held in Germany ::

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music_festival_nameBang Your Head!!!
locationBalingen, Germany
years_active1996–2022
datesJune/July
genreHeavy metal, hard rock
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| music_festival_name = Bang Your Head!!! | image = | location = Balingen, Germany | years_active= 1996–2022 | dates = June/July | genre = Heavy metal, hard rock

Bang Your Head!!! was a heavy metal and hard rock festival held annually in Germany.

First held in 1996 as a one-day indoor event in the Stefan-Hartmann-Halle in Tübingen with a crowd of 600 people, Bang Your Head!!! has since moved to Balingen, growing into a multi-day event attracting 1,800 people in 1998, 18,000 people in 1999 and 20,000 in 2005. Acts that have performed at this festival include W.A.S.P., Dio, Motörhead, Deep Purple, and Twisted Sister.

The festival was discontinued in 2023.

Lineups

2014

Held on 11 and 12 July at Messegelände in Balingen, Germany.

Warm-up show on 10 July:

2009

Held on 26 and 27 June at Messegelände in Balingen, Germany.

2008

Held on 27 and 28 June at Messegelände in Balingen, Germany.

2007

Held on 22 and 23 June at Messegelände in Balingen, Germany.

2006

2005

  • 'Very special guests':

2004

2003

Warm-up show

2002

Warm-up gig:

Aftershow:

References

References

  1. [http://www.yo-festival.nl/bang-your-head.html Bang Your Head festival information]
  2. [http://touring-in-germany.com/festivals/bang-your-head.htm Festival information from Touring in Germany]
  3. "Official website - historical overview".
  4. "Bang Your Head!!! Open Air Festival".
  5. [http://www.slam-zine.de/php/bang_your_head__back_to_the_80ies,13584,35917.html Festival announcement including Axel Rudi Pell & Friends]

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