harsd
I agree with all the points that you mention from Rockhard.
The situation was a lot worse this year than previous, without drawing attention to the weather. The toilets were disgusting this year, no where near as competent as last year, so I cant understand this.
And if the event was sold out as claimed on the home page why were tickets still freely availible at the desk. My ticket was nearly at number 24,000, yet Wacken had said in the past that they would not increase it from 22,000 because it would ruin the atmosphere.
The stage situation did not improve from last year, there was still the problem of hearing a mixture of two bands at the same time, and although the WET stage entrance was inside the festival, it was a struggle to enter and actually see the bands inside, the WET stage needed a bigger area and a more open tent to support it.
Rockhard have done the right thing, because they have to address these issues. You can be pissed off with Rockhard but they are doing the best thing. Rockhard did the same with Dynamo after the disasterous 1999 Dynamo festival and lit may have taken four years but next year will see the first three day Dynamo festival on a custom built site with all the necessay facilities there such as toilets etc on a permanent basis, and proper research for transport to the festival etc. It will be a short journey from Eindhoven and Wacken will have competition that they have not had since 1999.
I think it is necessary that wacken gets its act together, or we may see Wacken suffer the same traumatic times as Dynamo did.
Lee.
