Iron Maiden To Headline Wacken Open Air

Another big festival announcement for summer 2016. Iron Maiden will headline Wacken Open Air in August. I think it's cool how the Wacken festival organizers make a video for every single band announcement. Definitely more work but totally unique. The festival sold out in something like 3 days - 75,000 tickets total!

Up the Irons! IRON MAIDEN will bring their highly anticipated The Book of Souls World Tour to Wacken on August 4!German news: http://bit.ly/1NLp34NEnglish news: http://bit.ly/1NLjSC7

Posted by Wacken Open Air on Friday, October 16, 2015

Comments

[dad]

ok, froggy, here's the story. you are seeing what's going on with your "friend" (JJ). He's getting all val jacinto on us. I'm trying to make sure you don't go down the same path!

sorry, couldn't find the rock carnival post. my bad, indeed!

[Him (as Son)]

Dad? Are you okay?

Would love to see Maiden in a setting like this. A bucket list sort of thing for me.

But, again, Dad? Are you okay?

[fletch]

son: yes, him, I'm alive and doing fine. for better or worse, I somehow secured a soapbox on this website, which was not my intention, to say the least. that being said, I'll grandstand every now and then on issues that are important to me. and the issue, du jour, is my son's behavioral well-being. years ago, when I worked with val jacinto, no one would listen to me or take me seriously about his behavior and it continued to deteriorate to the point where a few years later after trying to guide Val properly, he abducted his teenage girlfriend at gunpoint from her home during her birthday party and a few hours later, shot her dead before killing himself.

I'm not saying anyone is near that point, but this time around, people are taking me a bit more seriously about behavior and dynamics. My son has a new "friend". When I met him, he reminded me of a chubby "Richie Cunningham". But, looks are deceiving. Within an hour of meeting him, I told him (rather blatantly) that he's "fucked up". He looked at me increduously. and his attitude over the next couple of weeks, made the hair on the back of my neck, stand up straight- so much so, that I told him that I didn't want him being friends with my sons anymore. I even went so far to talk to his guidance counselor about him when I was at their school and I told the GC my concerns. The GC told me to "trust my instincts".

Well, a few days later, at the junior high dance, he brought a weapon to the dance along with cigarettes, which will surely lead to expulsion and the newspaper report indicates that he is being referred to the Juvenile Justice system. Perhaps, this time, my son will listen to me when I tell him, 'I'm trying to guide you in the right direction. I've been around the block...many times."

That's all, MB. peace.