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.

Hellfest livestream coming up next weekend

Finally we arrived at wednesday - the middle of the week. Time to see what the weekend may bring. This time you're in for another treat. :-)

Hellfest 2016 is coming to a screen near you.

The french Hellfest is going to be broadcasted in 2016 and big and small bands have already been confirmed to have their sets shown online. Currently the schedule looks like this:

Friday 17th June 2016 (all times MEST)

Altar & Temple Stage

18:35 Inquisition
19:30 Sacred Reich
20:30 Korpiklaani
21:35 Overkill
22:40 Aura Noir
23:45 Testament
00:45 Abbath

Mainstage

17:40 Turbonegro
18:35 Bullet For My Valentine
19:40 Mass Hysteria (Différé)
20:45 Volbeat
22:05 Dropkick Murphys
00:45 The Offspring


Saturday 18th June 2016

Altar & Temple Stage

17:40 Entombed A.D.
18:35 Archgoat
19:30 Asphyx
20:25 Moonsorrow
21:20 Terrorizer
22:15 Primordial
23:15 Napalm Death
01:00 Dark Funeral

Mainstage

17:40 Sick Of It All
18:35 Joe Satriani
19:30 Disturbed
01:00 Korn


Sunday 19th June 2016

Alatr & Temple Stage

17:40 Insomnium
18:35 Taake
20:30 Empyrium
21:30 Grand Magus
22:35 Enslaved
00:45 Deicide

Mainstage

15:50 Tarja
17:40 Blind Guardian
19:40 Amon Amarth
20:45 Megadeth
22:05 Ghost

You can find the overlook page right here on the ARTE concert page. Just select the date and stage you want to see and the link will take you to a subpage with the stream on it.

Underneath every stream you can also find the updated schedule for each broadcast. Things may be changed so make sure to check in every here and there to keep up to date.

Rock Hard Festival 2016 to be streamed and recorded by Rockpalast.de

The open air festival of the paper magazine Rock Hard has become well known in germany and many other countries around the world. It's based at a small location at a historical theater in Gelsenkirchen and features mostly smaller bands. It's said that the bands don't play there to make some cash in but instead play for the fans and thank them this way.

Most of all the Rockpalast crew confirmed on Facebook that there will be a live stream this year. So far Turbonegro has been announced as a band that has agreed to have their show streamed online.

The Rock Hard Festival 2016 will be streamed and recorded by the legendary TV format Rockpalast

Info on the Festival-Livestream

But there's more to come - here is the timetable for

Friday the 13th 2016 (all times are MEST)

Year Of The Goat       16:00 - 16:40 h
Satan                          17:05 - 17:50 h 
Tankard                      18:15 - 19:15 h
Destruction                 19:45 - 21:00 h
Sodom                       21:30 - 23:00 h

Saturday the 14th 2016 (all times are MEST)

Grand Magus       15:35 - 16:20 h
The Exploited       16:45 - 17:45 h
Kadavar               18:15 - 19:15 h
Metal Church       19:45 - 21:00 h 
Turbonegro          21:30 - 23:00 h

Sunday the 15th 2016 (all times are MEST)

Orden Ogan                                15:15 - 16:00 h
Moonspell                                   16:30 - 17:30 h
Riot V                                         18:00 - 19:00 h
Best Of Rock Hard 2015            19:05 - 21:00 h
Blind Guardian                            21:15 - 23:00 h 

You can find the livestream at the homepage of the Rockpalast web presence.

I'll update the schedule on the upcoming days if things should change. You can also connect with Heavy Metal Underdogs via Facebook - I'll post updates on the streaming schedule there as well.

Update 2016/05/24: In case you missed out the livestream of the Rock Hard festival 2016 or want to watch some of the gigs again follow this link. The first batch of live recordings is online now thanks to the hard working people of the Rockpalast crew.

Update 2016/05/14: Rockpalast has uploaded some live footage as well as interview material and pictures of the Rock Hard Festival 2016 on their homepage.

For all those who can't make it to the festival or watch the stream the legendary german TV format Rockpalast will also make recordings of the performances and air them later via the TV station WDR.

 

Info on the TV broadcast

Here is the TV broadcast schedule for the recorded material (all times are MEST please keep that in mind).
There is a livestream of the TV station available from their homepage but I cannot say if you access it from outside of germany.

Update 2016/05/24: Updated the schedule once again. The show on 27th June 2016 is a completly new announcement.

Update 2016/05/20: Updated the TV broadcast with exact starting and ending times and added the bands that will be shown during the shows.

23. May 2016, 23.55 - 03.25 h @ WDR Fernsehen
Bands:
SODOM
KADAVAR
TANKARD
YEAR OF THE GOAT

30. May 2016, 00.05 - 03.35 h @ WDR Fernsehen
Bands:
TURBONEGRO
DESTRUCTION
THE EXPLOITED

6. June 2016, 00.45 - 04.15 h @ WDR Fernsehen
Bands:
BLIND GUARDIAN
RIOT V
MOONSPELL

27. June 2016, 02.15 - 04.15 h @ WDR Fernsehen
METAL CHURCH
SATAN
GRAND MAGUS
ORDEN OGAN

The following band list shows which other band will also play at the Rock Hard Open Air 2016:

BLIND GUARDIAN
TURBONEGRO
SODOM
CANNIBAL CORPSE
METAL CHURCH
DESTRUCTION („Mad Butcher“-Set!)
MOONSPELL
THE EXPLOITED
RIOT V
TANKARD
KADAVAR
GRAND MAGUS
SATAN
ORDEN OGAN
TRIBULATION
BLACK TRIP
NIGHTINGALE
YEAR OF THE GOAT
SULPHUR AEON
SORCERER
ACCU§ER
DISCREATION

More information on the festival itself can be found on official Rock Hard Festival Homepage.

Scorpions Show at Barclays Center on 12th September to be streamed for free

The liveshow of the Scorpions at Barclays Center, Brooklyn NY will be streamed for free on Sep 12, 2015, 9:05 p.m. ET. through the Yahoo Live service. You can see the show in the player below or check out the event page for more details on the stream.

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

Graspop Metal Meeting & Hellfest to be streamed this weekend

Two big names in the world of Heavy Metal festivals are broadcasting at least parts of the big festival line-ups - both totally for free!

First to go is the Graspop Metal Meeting which gives you the chance to see some bands on two different channels. You need to have Silverlight installed on your device to be able to watch this.

Underneath of the stream window you can check out the schedule of the bands that will be streamed - check for the green or partly green marked fields in the overview. Those bands will be shown, or at least some tracks from their set.

Keep in mind that the schedule changes over the day - bands may be added to the broadcast list very shortly (just for example: I saw two changes in the few moments of time I took to write this article - so check back often :-)  At the moment I'm typing this these bands are confirmed for today (Saturday 20th June)

Orphaned Land
Morgoth
Danko Jones
Godsmack
Judas Priest

Update 2015/06/22: It's sadly over but there's still a chance to see stuff from the Graspop Metal Meeting at the concert video archive that has been opened up. Go and watch it while it's up!

The next one to check out is the Hellfest from France. There it's a bit more complicated. Leave the guy with the gray face on the top of the page behind and scroll to the six pictures below. Hover over the stream you desire (they are sorted with the date and stage name) to see the bands that are scheduled for the live stream. One more click and you can watch it. Or even better: see the bands you want directly here on my page. Great to see the people from Arte allow embeding streams to other sites. Thanks for that! The streams start at 17:15h today.

Update 2015/06/22: It's sad to see the festival is already over now. :-( But wait, some stuff can be seen again (or for the first time if you missed it out). The Hellfest livestream page is now a archive of some of the festival performances. :-) You can watch shows from Sodom, Children of Bodom, Scorpions, Faith no more and many, many more on the linked page. Enjoy (again)!

This is what is confirmed for the Altar & Temple stage at the moment for this very saturday:

Desultory 17:25
Finntroll 18:15
Coffins 19:10
Ensiferum 20:05
Skinless 21:10
Obituary 23:35
Venom 00:40


This overview shows what will be shown from the main stage:

L7 17:50
Slash 18:40
Killing Joke 19:45
Faith No More 21:45
Scorpions 23:25

Rock am Ring 2015 shows to be streamed online and later on demand / TV

Yeah, the festival season has opened up it's doors. Next to go is the famous "Rock am Ring" festival which will take place the coming weekend from Friday 5th June to Sunday 7th June 2015.

You can also be part of the show if you can't make it there (like me)! There will be a free and legal livestream available on the websites of SWR (german TV station), DasDing and on the sites of Ring Rocker. All the streams start daily at 18 pm (CEST, german time) and will run up to 3 am in the night.

The exact timetable and the list of the bands that will be streamed will be released in the upcoming days. So far it is confirmed that the gigs of the Foo Fighters, Slipknot, Beatsteaks, Broilers, Eagles of Death Metal, Fritz Kalkbrenner, Clueso,Bad Religion, Kraftklub, Slash, Interpol, Papa Roach and Yellowcard will be shown online.

I'll update this article as soon as I have info on that so please keep checking back from time to time. 

Update 2015/06/08: Is it all over now? Yeah, the festival is over. But streaming is not. :-) This week TV station EinsPlus is showing Best Of stuff from Rock am Ring 2015 starting today until coming Friday. Best of all: you can watch the stuff online at this location.

Update 2015/06/07: Here we go again. :-) This is day three and the final one of Rock am Ring 2015. Today we can look forward to some special shows I think. Let's hope the stream capacities and our internet connections will keep going strong. Always keep in mind that there's also a audio only stream out there. That one worked out fine for me yesterday. :-)

Livestream 1: EinsPlus	Livestream 2: SWR3	Livestream 3: DASDING
00:00 Slipknot
21:30 Foo Fighters	20:30 In Flames
19:15 Beatsteaks	20:00 Beatsteaks
18:55 Parkway Drive	18:55 Parkway Drive	19:15 Beatsteaks
18:35 Eagles of Death Metal / Godsmack	17:10 Papa Roach	16:30 Papa Roach
18:00 Papa Roach / Frank Turner	16:10 Frank Turner	16:10 Frank Turner
	15:25 Godsmack
	14:55 Eagles of Death Metal	14:55 Eagles of Death Metal

Update 2015/06/06: Here comes the timetable for today (Saturday). I still hope they will show the set from Slash as announced some days ago. Let's hope and see...

DASDING

21:50 KIZ

21:35 Prinz Pi

20:05 Kraftklub

18:45  Fritz Kalkbrenner (showing for the second time)

18:00 Bilderbuch

17:00 Interpol

SWR3

21:50 KIZ

21:35 Prinz Pi

20:05 Kraftklub

19:35  Fritz Kalkbrenner (showing for the second time))

18:25 t. b. a.

18:00 Bilderbuch

17:00 Interpol

EinsPlus

01:45 Marsimoto live

01:05 KIZ

23:35 Deichkind Live

22:50 Interpol

21:55 Prinz Pi

20:20 KraftKlub

19:35 Bilderbuch

18:25 t. b. a.

18:05 Feine Sahne Fischfilet

Update 2015/06/05: The timetable for friday has been released. The shows will be shown on three different webpages. Each site features one stream that will only broadcast a part of the festival. Here's the exact overview with direct links to all the three streaming sites, all times are CEST.

If you prefer to listen only to the shows then you might be happy to know that the Ringradio also streams the shows but they start airing off stuff not before 18h daily.

Livestream 1: EinsPlus	Livestream 2: SWR3	Livestream 3: DASDING
01:35 Uhr Fritz Kalkbrenner
01:00 Uhr Concert-Highlights
00:40 Uhr Bad Religion
23:45 Uhr Mighty Oaks
23:10 Uhr Concert-Highlights
21:55 Uhr Clueso	21:55 Uhr Clueso	21:55 Uhr Clueso
21:30 Uhr Yellowcard	20:25 Uhr Tocotronic
20:25 Uhr Tocotronic	18:20 Uhr Broilers
19:20 Uhr Donots	15:50 Uhr Bad Religion	13:45 Uhr Donots
18:20 Uhr Broilers	14:50 Uhr Yellowcard
18:05 Uhr TÜSN

For all those living in germany it should be mentioned that the show of Die Toten Hosen will be aired exclusively through the TV station Das Erste. From 8th to 14th June special broadcasts of the format "BEATZZ in concert" will daily show off stuff of the festival starting each day at midnight.

Prior to the Rock am Ring fest a radio stream will update people in germany and nearby of the things going on in the festivak location Mendig. For all those who don't live there: you can listen to it through the apps for amartphones. Pick your copy for the iOS or get the version for the Android smartphone system.
A webbased version of this so called Ringradio can be found on the website of SWR3.

After the festival you'll find some stuff of the festival online from 8th June to 12th June 2015 on the websites of SWR and DasDing.

Most of all: have fun through the festival days and enjoy summer!

Free livestream of Soul Healer record release party today

Don't miss the livestream of the record release party of the finish melodic metal band Soul Healer today 10:15 CET (info: show starts on 22:15h for all of my german readers).

Just make sure to tune in at the streaming page at the official website of the band.

SoulHealer are celebrating the release of the new album “Bear The Cross” with a release gig at their hometown Kajaani on Saturday 18 October. To give all the fans around the world the chance to be a part in this special event, the show will be streamed live as video all around the world.

Never heard of the band before? No problem, just check out the video below to see if you like their music. :-) And if you do, hit the Like button for the band on Facebook as well.

Bloodstock 2014 broadcasts shows through internet livestream

This weekend another fine festival takes place - it't time for the Bloodstock Open Air.

Best of all for those who can't be there: in cooperation with dailymotion a stream has been set up to broadcast some of the shows of the festival. Jump over to the site of dailymotion or check it out right here:



Live Stream - Bloodstock Festival 2014 by BloodstockFestival
The schedule for the stream is as follows (all times CET):

Saturday, August 9th:

Evil Scarecrow - 11.00am
Shining - 12.00
Decapitated - 13:05
Orphaned Land - 14.10
Lacuna Coil - 16.35
Children of Bodom - 17.55
Carcass - 19.40
Emperor - 21:30

Sunday, August 10th:

Arthemis - 11.00am
Aborted - 12.00
ReVamp - 13.05
Biohazard - 14.10
Obituary - 16.35
Amon Amarth - 19.30
Megadeth - 21.15

Wacken Open Air 2014 internet streams and TV shows announced

Yeah, I am pretty sure a lot of you guys outta there are preparing for the biggest event of the year in the world of Heavy Metal: the legendary Wacken Open Air!!!

For all those who cannot make it there I have good news at hand: also 2014 there will be the chance to see some of the shows! The organisers announced at the festival homepage that there will be a webstream available directly at wacken.com as well as on the sites of the media partners 3sat and arte. The streams will have no region-lock so everybody should be able to see the stuff that will be broadcasted. Read the full announcement right here.

Update 2014/08/07: Timetable for the TV broadcasts of the after-festival specials has been changed so I updated them. You can find them at the very end of this article. Think this is mostly interesting for the german visitors of my blog so I kept the german timestamps in there.

Update 2014/08/04: BIG UPDATE! Added all the links to the streaming on-demand service that the TV station ARTE offers for a limited time of 30 days. So if you missed out a show just click on the band name and a new window will open up with the stream. Added also the timetable for the TV broadcasts on german TV at the very end of the article. Have much fun!

Update 2014/08/01: Last night was great! Accept were my favorites, was a good show that simply put a smile on my face. If you missed the stuff out just click on the bandnames in the streaming schedule below. The shows have been added to the online streaming archive of the TV station!

Update 2014/07/31: These bands have been confirmed to be streamed today (Thursday 31th July 2014, all times german time). You can watch it right below in the embedded stream window of ARTE. Thanks to the people out there putting up such fine goodies as the webstream for us, you rock!

17:00h Skyline
18:00h Hammerfall
19:30h Steel Panther
21:00h Saxon
22:30h Accept

For the other days these bands are currently scheduled for streaming:

Friday 01.08.
16.45h - Heaven Shall Burn
18.00h - Children of Bodom
19.30h - Apocalyptica
21.25h - Carcass
22.30h - Santiano (Recording after Artist-Approval)
00.00h - Saltatio Mortis

Saturday 02.08.:
16.00h - Devin Townsend Project

17.30h - Emperor
19.00h - Amon Amarth
20.30h - J.B.O.
22.00h - Knorkator (Recording)
23.30h - Motörhead (Recording)
00.15h - Kreator
01.45h - Schandmaul

Sunday 2014/08/02:

Update 2014/08/02: In addition 3sat will also broadcast a big round up of the festival on 2th of August 2014. The broadcast will be shown on TV and also as a free webstream at this location.

The timetable for this extra stream goes like this:

20.15h – Slayer (Recording)
20.30h – Apocalyptica (Recording)
21.00h – Motörhead (Recording)
21.35h – Saxon (Recording)
22.00h – Avantasia

Update 2014/07/30: This year it seems to be okay and legal to put the stream also on your own page. I've found this embed code on the ARTE homepage so you'll be able to watch Wacken 2014 also here on my blog. Very cool, so everyone can watch right here. :-)
The exact time-tables are still to be confirmed so please check back at this article from time to time since I will update it with as many information as possible. Some more details (in german language) can be found at the websites of 3sat and ARTE.
You can also have a look at the running order on the festival homepage to see which band is on stage or will be soon.

Some shows have been confirmed to be streamed. Those are listed below:

Hammerfall on Thursday July 31 from 18:00 to 19:15 CET
Accept on Thursday July 31 from 22:30 to 24:00 CET
Children Of Bodom on Friday August 01 from 18:00 to 19:15 CET
Carcass on Friday August 01 from 21:15 to 22:15 CET
Kreator on Saturday August 02 from 00:15 to 01:30 CET

After the festival there will be the chance of watching selected shows through the media channels 3sat and ARTE. 10 shows have been set up for broadcasting through these german TV stations. Under the confirmed bands you can find names like Hammerfall, Accept, Children of Bodom, W.A.S.P., Kreator and Amon Amarth. These have announced to be aired on  9th of August at ARTE and the 11th of August at 3Sat. More info to come...

Update 2014/08/02: The first broadcast times (2 TV stations will sned them on different days and times) of the after-festival shows with recorded concert stuff have been released:

Samstag, 9. August in ZDFkultur
20.15 Uhr Accept
21.15 Uhr Apocalyptica
22.15 Uhr Heaven Shall Burn

Samstag, 9. August in ARTE
23.30 Uhr Slayer

Sonntag, 10. August in ZDF Kultur
20.15 Uhr Saxon
21.15 Uhr Children Of Bodom

Montag, 11. August in 3sat
02.00 Uhr Hammerfall
03.00 Uhr Accept
04.00 Uhr Apocalyptica
05.00 Uhr Heaven Shall Burn

Freitag, 15. August in 3sat
01.45 Uhr Amon Amarth
02.45 Uhr Steel Panther
03.45 Uhr Schandmaul
04.45 Uhr Kreator

Samstag, 16. August in ZDFkultur
20.15 Uhr Hammerfall
21.15 Uhr Amon Amarth
22.15 Uhr Steel Panther

Samstag, 16. August in 3sat
03.40 Uhr Saxon
04.40 Uhr Children Of Bodom

Sonntag, 17. August in ZDFkultur
20.15 Uhr Schandmaul
21.15 Uhr Kreator

Watch Rock im Park 2014 liveshows through internet webstream

The little twin of the well know Rock Am Ring Festival kicks off today, one day after the big brother started last night. This festival features mostly the same bands as the bigger one just with a little time gap in between.

The best of all: you can be there also if you don't have a ticket to the show. Just go to the internet livestream that is directly provided through the official homepage of the festival.

For a detailed list of bands and stage time please check in at the schedule on the proper subpage of the event. Have a good time everybody! :-)

Rock am Ring 2014 stream will broadcast many shows online

Wow, this is going to be a massive weekend! Just found out that this year happily once more a live stream featuring a lot of the bands playing at Rock am Ring 2014 has been set up for all those who cannot be there.

You can find the stream as well as all updated info on bands and broadcasting times at this location.

Update 2014/06/05
If you're having problems with the stream like I had this evening (but happily found this alternative plus legal site) just go over to this place, hope it works like it did for me. Maiden was great, enjoyed the title-track from Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son so much. Added Metallica since they are set up for streaming on Sunday, hope it will stay this way. (all bands/times are subject to change as the owners of the stream wrote on their site)

As for now the timetable lists the following bands along with times (only internet livestream bands are listed, there is more stuff that is broadcasted through a german TV channel called Eins Plus that can be found at this point .)

Thursday 05.06.14
21h Iron Maiden

Friday 06.06.14
22:20h Kings of Leon

Saturday 07.06.14
19:10h Opeth
20:15h Heaven shall burn
22:55h Linkin Park

Sunday 08.06.14
20:05h Avenged Sevenfold
21:25h Alter Bridge or Milky Chance (tbc)
22:00h Metallica

Rock Hard Festival 2014 live stream shows selected shows

On the upcoming weekend Friday 6th to Sunday 8th June 2014 the Rock Hard Festival will take place. This annual festival is organised by the well-known german Rock Hard megazine and the focus is set on smaller bands playing in the beautifull surroundings of the Amphitheater Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

Once again there will be a internet live stream this year showing some of the shows. The stream can be found at the side of the Rockpalast webpage. The following bands have been confirmed so far to be broadcasted along with the timetable:

Update 2014/06/06: Solstafir & Screamer added to the time-table on Saturday since they have been announced to be streamed as well.

Update 2014/06/10: Single videos from the performances of the bands have been uploaded to the Rockpalast homepage. Just click on the band names to jump to the site with the stream.
More stuff like interviews or pictures can be found on the main page of the event. Click on the band name and category to get the stuff you want.


Friday 06th June:

19:45h APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER.

21:30-23:00h TRIPTYKON


Saturday 07th June:

15:45- 16:30h SOLSTAFIR

14:45- 15:25h SCREAMER

18:15- 19:15h OBITUARY

19:45- 21:00h SACRED REICH

21:30- 23:00h CARCASS


Sunday 08th June:

13:00- 13:40h BLUES PILLS

14:05- 14:50h ORPHANED LAND

15:15- 16:00h INSOMNIUM

16:30- 17:40h MONSTER MAGNET

18:10- 19:20h ANNIHILATOR

Live-Streams from Wacken, Deichbrand and Reload Festival announced

The festival season has recently been started with the big Rock am Ring festival. The next stations are already in sight. German TV station NDR has now revealed that they will do Live-Streams from three festivals these year.

Update 2013/08/10: TV station NDR did broadcast a 60 minute best of the Reload Festival last night. They've added it to their streaming archive so make sure to check this site for some nice stuff from Airbourne, Caliban, At the gates and much more.

The biggest one is the well known Wacken Open Air, which is said to be the biggest metal festival worldwide. Deichbrand and the Reload festival both are still smaller also they start to grow. Below I've put together some info on all three festivals so you can have a quick idea, if the Livestreams will be something worth checking out for you.

Update 2013/08/06: Another day, another update. :-) Seems like all the 10 performances that zdf kultur is going to show (look at my update from yesterday for details) will also be added to the streaming archive of the TV station. As far as I know it will last for one week only, so better hurry if you want to watch it.

Annihilator Live at WOA 2013 Archive zdf kultur

Pretty Maids Live at WOA 2013 Archive zdf kultur

ASP Live at WOA 2013 Archive zdf kultur

Lingua Mortis feat. Rage Live at WOA 2013 Archiv zdf kultur

Deep Purple Live at WOA 2013 Archive zdf kultur

Anthrax Live at WOA 2013 Archive zdf kultur 

Alice Cooper / Motörhead Live at WOA 2013 archive zdf kultur

Update 2013/08/05: Is it all over now? Yes, as for the festival itself. But not for the streaming. :-) zdf kultur has announced that they will show 10 performances of the festival following the event. Each day one band will be shown. There's even a stream of that TV station, I hope it works also outside of germany.  So far these bands are said to be streamed, starting with Annihilator Monday night:

Monday 00.15h (CEST) Annihilator
Tuesday 23.20h (CEST) Pretty Maids
Wednesday 07.08.2013 23.35hr ASP
Thursday 08.08.2013 23.50h Lingua Mortis featuring RAGE
Friday, 09.08.2013 23.15h Deep Purple

Monday, 12.08.2013 00.15h (CEST) Anthrax
Tuesday, 13.08.2013 23.30h (CEST) Agnostic Front und Ihsahn 

Plus there's a archive on the NDR website with most of the shown band performances of the recent days. Enjoy! :-)

Update 2013/08/04: Changes, changes and even more changes. Here's the daily update to the NDR Wacken Stream, today it's time for the best of Wacken 2013, starting at 18:30h (CEST). Attention: the starting time has changed and is now set for 19:30h (CEST). Here is what you can see today:

Band	Stage
Pretty Maids	True Metal Stage
Doro	True Metal Stage
Deep Purple	Black Stage
Motörhead	Black Stage
Trivium	True Metal Stage
ASP	Black Stage
Lingua Mortis + Rage	Black Stage
Anvil	W.E.T. Stage
Emergency Gate	W.E.T. Stage

If you missed out the ZDF kultur stream last night, don't worry, you can still watch the band performances on the Blog site of the TV station. Just click play on the very first video on the top of the site. Enjoy! :-)

Update 2013/08/03: ...and once more the schedule has changed. :-) So here we go with updated information: first of all don't forget the second stream I already mentioned yesterday. It's located here and will feature bands like Trivium, Alice Cooper,Deep Purple,Doro PLUS they revealed that parts of the Rammstein as well as of the Motörhead show will be shown. Starting time is 20h (CEST). The exact timetable has also been put out:

20.05 Uhr: Trivium (live)
21.00 Uhr: Alice Cooper (live)
21.30 Uhr: Deep Purple (vom Donnerstag)
22.25 Uhr: Doro (vom Freitag)
23.25 Uhr: Motörhead (vom Freitag)
23.45 Uhr: Rammstein (vom Donnerstag)
00.00 Uhr: End of Stream


Next of here's the daily update for the NDR (partly even live) stream from the Wacken shows, starting time is set for 18:30h (CEST). Have fun!

Saturday 2013/08/03

DevilDriver	Party Stage	live
Black Messiah	Headbangers Stage
Legion Of The Damned	Headbangers Stage
Candlemass	Party Stage	live
Ihsahn	Black Stage
Sonata Arctica	Party Stage
ASP	Black Stage

Tomorrow will bring us the highlights of the festival. Currently the bandlists reads as follows:

Doro	True Metal Stage
Lingua Mortis + Rage	Black Stage
Anvil	WET-Stage
Emergency Gate	WET-Stage
Alestorm	Party Stage

Update 2013/08/02: Here's a update of today's streaming schedule. Please note that some bands will be streamed live so don't miss them out. For the exact running order check in at the Wacken Running Order subpage. The stream is said to beginn at 17h (CEST) with Pretty Maids. For all the latest info and the stream itself make sure to check back with this site.

Friday 2013/08/02

Band	Stage
Pretty Maids	True Metal Stage	L I V E
Soilwork	Party Stage	L I V E
Ugly Kid Joe	Party Stage
Corvus Corax	Party Stage	L I V E
Agnostic Front	Black Stage
Thunder	Black Stage
Amorphis	Party Stage	L I V E

Currently the schedule for saturday has also been changed to the following, seems like Rage will be missing while Alestorm and ASP have been added.

Saturday 2013/08/03

Band	Stage
Alestorm	Party Stage
Black Messiah	Headbangers Stage
Legion Of The Damned	Headbangers Stage
Candlemass	Party Stage	L I V E
Ihsahn	Black Stage
Sonata Arctica	Party Stage
ASP	Black Stage

In  addition to this another TV station named zdf kultur will also set up a internet stream on Saturday 2013/08/03. They are going to show recorded stuff from: Trivium, Alice Cooper,Deep Purple and Doro. Starting time is set to 20h (CEST). Check in here to see the stream and find out more details (sorry, only german language available).


Update 2013/08/31: Looks like the streaming and broadcast will be much more massive than last year.
Some more details about the internet stream and broadcasts from Wacken Open Air 2013 have just been announced, check out the link for more informations.

Currently the schedule for today (Thursday 2013/08/01) says that the following bands will be streamed on this page of the german TV station NDR. Please look on the Wacken Running Order Page to find the exact showtimes. (MESZ time given). All dates are subject to change, please check back with the streaming site reugulary.


Thursday 2013/08/01

Infanteria (Südafrika)
BackJumper (Italien)
Asthma (Lettland)
Ophidian I (Island)
Midnight Scream (Slowakei)
Trallery (Spanien)
Utopium (Portugal)
An Apple A Day (Luxemburg)
Overoth (Irland)
Vengha (Schweden)
Crimson Shadow (Kanada)
JT Ripper (Deutschland)
Rotten Souls (Zentral-Amerika)
Mysterious Priestess (Japan)
Evil Invaders (Belgien)
Behold The Grave (Mexiko)
Gnida (Polen)
Industrial City (kaukasische Republiken)
Annihilator	Black Stage

Friday 2013/08/02

Band	Bühne
Agnostic Front	Black Stage
Ugly Kid Joe	Party Stage
Corvus Corax	Party Stage
Pretty Maids	True Metal Stage
Amorphis	Party Stage

Saturday 2013/08/03

Band	Bühne
Black Messiah	Headbangers Stage
Legion Of The Damned	Headbangers Stage
Ihsahn	Black Stage
Candlemass	Party Stage
Sonata Arctica	Party Stage
Devildriver	Party Stage
Lingua Mortis feat. Rage	Black Stage

Sunday 2013/08/04 (Highlights)

Doro	True Metal Stage
Emergency Gate	WET-Stage
Fozzy	WET-Stage

 

Deichbrand Festival:

Date: 18.-21.7.2013
Bands: In Flames, D-A-D, Die Toten Hosen plus many,many more.
Location: Cuxhaven, Germany Seeflughafen
Website for more info

Reload Festival:

Date: 5.-7.7.2013
Bands: Motörhead, Hatebreed, Caliban plus many, many more.
Location: Sulingen, Germany
Website for more info

Wacken Open Air:

Date: 01.-03.08.2013
Bands: Alice Cooper, Anvil, Annihilator, Trivium plus many, many more
Location: Wacken, Germany
Website for more info

Shows of Pentagram & Kadavar to be streamed online

The shows from Pentagram & Kadavar on 12th June 2012 at Cologne will be streamed and recorded from the Rockpalast show of the german TV station WDR. Starting time (geman time) is 21:00h for Kadavar and 22:00h for Pentagram. There's also a chance to win tickets for the show. For more details check this site.

Update 2012-09-23: Both shows are online now and can be streamed for free, just click the links below to watch them:

Kadavar

Pentagram

If you don't know Pentagram yet, then you can check out one of their songs through the following video:

Rock am Ring to be streamed online - watch Metallica and more online!

The biggest Open Air Festival in Germany is getting closer with every second. Rock am Ring has become a big brand in the world of Rock, Alternative and Heavy Metal with some of the biggest bands of the planet have already performed on the stage. The crowd is so massive that on TV recordings you can see people up to the end of the horizon and even further.

Sadly, the festival is sold out since a long time and not everybody will be able to be there for several reasons. Good luck, also this year their will be a online stream available. And you will even be able to watch the full Metallica show - I was blown away when I read about it. :-)

You can find the stream and the list of bands that are set to be streamed at this link (changes still possible, depends upon confirmation of the bands, management etc.). Remember that the times given are in german time.

Rock am Ring livestream and showtimes

The Metallica show will also be shown on the bands Festival website for their upcoming Orion Music festival. Go in here for details:

Metallica Rock am Ring stream

For all people living in germany: there's more stuff available. Their will be streams over radio and TV stations and some concert footage some time after the end of the festival. Check this site for more details:

Rock am Ring @ SWR

Update 2012-06-11: Sadly it's over, but the TV /Radio station that streamed the shows has put up some best of Videos of the shows for viewing online. Lot's of great stuff in there!

Best Of Videos-Rock-am-Ring-2012

Update 2012-06-16: Just found some more live vids and moreover interview and fun stuff at a special Rock am Ring Subpage of the german TV station SWR. Enjoy!

Rock In Rio 2011 live stream and archive

I'm cut short on time but wanna quickly let you know:

System of a Down and Guns 'N Roses watch free and legal stream from tonights shows at Rock in Rio at

http://www.youtube.com/rockinrio?gl=US&hl=de&client=mv-google&nomobile=1

Metallica and Stone Sour Shows can also be watched there as normal stream.(no live streaming,just as sort of archive). Enjoy the shows!