Wacken 2016 livestream coming up feat. full Iron Maiden set

It's this time of the year again! Wacken Open Air will soon start and celebrate three days of Heavy Metal music. For all those who cannot make it there or didn't had the chance to get their hands on one of the tickets that sold out quickly at the blink of the eye I've got good news. :-)

That's how live shows used to be recorded back in the analogue age. Good old VHS tape, I still love it.

Arte Concert has announced to stream a good amount of shows through a internet livestream. Amongst the bands that have been listed to have their shows included on the stream are metal legends Iron Maiden who will perform a extended set which will see them close the touring circuit for the "Book Of Souls World Tour".

But I'm also glad to see that smaller bands will also find the way on the screens of the users. Here's the schedule so far, all times are MEST.

Update 08.08.2016: If you missed out the whole thing don't worry. Most of the shows are currently up in the archive of Arte Concert as video on demand. But don't wait too long since these stuff mostly is only online for a limited time.

Update 04.08.2016: The playing times have slightly changed. Iron Maiden will do a shorter set, the same goes for Therapy? and one more show from 0:15-00:45 has been added. It's still not confirmed which act will be streamed at that time but I think it will be revealed soon. The schedule below has been updated with the latest info.

Thursday, 04.08.2016

16h50-17h35 Henry Rollins

17h40-18h05 Hämatom

18h10-19h25 Saxon tbc

19h30-20h30 Panzerballett

20h35-21h25 Phil Campbell’s All Starr Band

21h30-23h30 Iron Maiden

23h35-00h15 Therapy?

00h15-00h45 (tba - to be announced)

00h45-01h00 Born to Lose, Lived To Win (A Farewell to Lemmy Kilmister)


Update 05.08.2016: Some changes again. First of all: the link to the stream for today has been changed to this subsite. Bullet For My Valentine will not be streamed since the artist didn't gave their permission. The Saxon show will be broadcasted instead. The Tarja set has been shorted. 


Friday, 05.08.2016

16h20 17h20 Entombed A.D.

17h25-18h25 Axel Rudi Pell

18h30-19h45 Eluveitie

19h45-21h00 Saxon (Replay)

21h10-22h15 Tarja

22h30-00h00 Blind Guardian

00h15-01h30 Ministry

01h45-03h00 Testament


Update 06.08.2016: The times for the today's schedule have been changed and some bands been removed from the list. The timetable below has been updated to the latest info available.
Additionally german TV station 3Sat will broadcast live via TV and maybe also through the stations own Livestream directly from the event starting at 20:15h (MEST). They will show footage of  Steel Panther, Triptykon, Blind Guardian, Tarja and Ministry.

Saturday, 06.08.2016

15h50-17h05 Borknagar

17h05-18h20 Metal Church

18h20-19h35 Therion

19h40-20h55 (tba)

20h55-22h10 Steel Panther

22h10-23h25 Triptykon

23h25-00h40 Clutch

00h40-01h55 Arch Enemy

As always check back here often for updates since all the bands and times are subject to change or see the Facebook page for this blog.

The stream itself will be located at this page of Arte Concert.

Free internet livestreams for Wacken Festival 2015 available

Yeah, there's chance to be part of the biggest metal festival of the world even if you can't go there or couldn't get your hands on one of the tickets that sold nearly out faster than the light.

All the streams can be found on the official Social Streaming center page on the official Wacken Homepage. As a alternative you can also click over to the site of the german TV station ARTE. On that site you'll also be able to access some of the shows in a archive as stream on demand later on.

Update 08/02/2015: Life goes to fast...it's already over again. But wait, there's still a chance to see some of the shows (again) or for the first time if you've missed them out.

Streaming archives

Just click on over to the ARTE streaming archive and you can check out full shows from Amorphis, Running Wild, Rock Meets Classic, At The Gates, Uli Jon Roth and many more.
More shows have been uploaded on 08/04/2015: You can see now shows from Amorphis, Cradle of Filth, Sabaton and Savatage & TSO on the ARTE streaming archive. Some of them are said to be accessable worlwire.

3sat also broadcasted a big four hour special yesterday. It included TSO & Savatage, Sabaton, Running Wild and In Flames. You can watch the whole package on the blog of the TV station. 

3sat began to broadcast single shows on german TV last night. These stuff is also up for streaming in their on demand archive. More shows will be added as the broadcast schedule progresses (see section labeled "Broadcast of shows on TV" in this post for detailed information on that).

There was a little documentary included that talked about the cover artist Seth Siro Anton of the band Septicflesh and his creations for bands like Morgoth, Paradise Lost, Kamelot and more. A very cool gimmick in my eyes!
This mini-movie can also be seen separately in a single stream on the 3sat media-archive if you don't want to watch the full four hour broadcast just to be able to see this.

In addition to that a big archive has been opened up offering a large package of interview stuff. Just head on to the ARTE interview subpage to see them. 

Broadcasts of shows on TV

The exact dates for the single shows on german TV station 3sat and ZDF kultur have been announced in the meantime. The syntax always lists 3sat first, next is ZDF kultur. All times are CEST.

In Flames: 10.08., 2.05 Uhr (3sat) / 08.08., 20.15 Uhr (ZDFkultur)
The BossHoss: 10.08., 3.05 Uhr (3sat) / 08.08., 21.15 Uhr (ZDFkultur)
In Extremo: 10.08., 4.05 Uhr (3sat) / 08.08., 22.15 Uhr (ZDFkultur)
Running Wild: 10.08., 5.05 Uhr (3sat) / 08.08., 23.15 Uhr (ZDFkultur)
Queensrÿche: 14.08., 4.10 Uhr (3sat) / 08.08., 0.15 Uhr (ZDFkultur)
Cradle of Filth14.08., 5.10 Uhr (3sat) / 08.08., 1.15 Uhr (ZDFkultur)
 
Finally: Have fun!

Internet-Livestreams

Here is the time-table that has been set up so far. Please note that this is subject to change also shortly and all times are CEST.
Update 07/30/2015: Two shows have been added for today (Thursday).

Thursday, 30.07.2015
17.45 – 19.05 h - In Extremo
19.20 h - Grailknights (Recording)
20.10 h - Mambo Kurt (Recording)

21.00 – 22.00 h - New Model Army (Recording)
22.10 – 23.25 h - Uli Jon Roth (Recording)

Friday, 31.07.2015
15.30 – 16.30 h - At The Gates
16.45 – 17.45 h - Queensryche
18.00 – 19.15 h - Opeth
19.30 – 20.45 h - Dream Theater
21.00 – 22.15 h - tba
22.30 – 23.45 h - In Flames
00.00 – 01.30 h - Running Wild
01.45 – 03.00 h - The BossHoss

Saturday, 01.08.2015
14.30 – 15.45 h - Amorphis
16.00 – 17.15 h - Danko Jones
17.30 – 18.45 h - Rock Meets Classic
18.55 – 20.10 h - Dream Theater (Recording)
20.15 – 21.15 h - tba
21.15 – 22.00 h - The BossHoss (Recording)
22.00 – 23.30 h - Sabaton (Time Shift)
23.30 – 00.15 h - In Flames (Recording)
00.15 – 01.30 h - Cradle of Filth
01.45 – 02.45 h - Subway to Sally

In addition to that you'll be able to see some stuff at the german TV stations ARTE and 3sat.
So far 3sat has announced the following on their website:

Wacken Open Air 2015

LIVE from Wacken

Hosts: Rainer Maria Jilg, Markus Kavka
Saturday, 1. August, starting from 20.15 h
with
Sabaton
Trans-Siberian Orchestra & Savatage
In Flames
Running Wild

Ten single show-recordings from the festival, starting on 10. August 2015, here the exact time-table:

Monday, 10.08.2015 ab 02:05 Uhr – 4 shows
Friday, 14.08.2015 ab 04:10 Uhr – 2 shows
Monday, 17.08.2015 ab 02:15 Uhr – 4 shows

More recordings at  ZDFkultur:
Saturday, 08.08.2015 ab 20:15 Uhr – 6 shows
Saturday, 15.08.2015 ab 20:15 Uhr – 4 shows