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Bang Your Head!!!

Coordinates: 48°15′17″N 8°50′42″E / 48.25472°N 8.84500°E / 48.25472; 8.84500
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Bang Your Head!!!
GenreHeavy metal, hard rock
DatesJune/July
Location(s)Balingen, Germany
Years active1996–2022
Websitewww.bang-your-head.de

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,[1] 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.[2] Acts that have performed at this festival include W.A.S.P., Dio, Motörhead, Deep Purple, and Twisted Sister.[3]

The festival was discontinued in 2023.[4]

Lineups

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2014

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

Warm-up show on 10 July:

2009

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

2008

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

2007

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

2006

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2005

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+ 'Very special guests':

2004

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2003

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Warm-up show

2002

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Warm-up gig:

Aftershow:

References

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  1. ^ Bang Your Head festival information
  2. ^ Festival information from Touring in Germany
  3. ^ "Official website - historical overview". Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Bang Your Head!!! Open Air Festival". bang-your-head.de. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  5. ^ Festival announcement including Axel Rudi Pell & Friends
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