Dirk Liberkowski News Today

The Wacken Open Air (W:O:A) music festival in Germany featuring 150 bands and 85,000 ticket holders was forced to impose an entry freeze as heavy rain turned the venue into a quagmire. Organisers went ahead with the event, but capped the number of attendees at around 50k with refunds for those refused entry.

The worlds biggest heavy metal music festival starting in northern Germany on Wednesday was forced to cap attendance after heavy rains turned its outdoor venue into a muddy quagmire.

The world's biggest heavy metal music festival starting in northern Germany on Wednesday was forced to cap attendance after heavy rains turned its farmland venue into a muddy quagmire.Launched in 1989, Wacken is billed as the world's largest heavy metal gathering and regularly draws the scene's biggest bands, with headbangers travelling from across Germany and abroad to take part.