Bang Your Head!!!

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Bang Your Head!!!
Genre	Heavy metal, hard rock
Dates	June/July
Location(s)	Balingen, Germany
Years active	1996–present
Website	www.bang-your-head.de

Bang Your Head!!! is 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]

Lineups[]

2014[]

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

Warm-up show on 10 July:

• Grave Digger
• Victory
• Storm Warrior
• Bullet
• Dynamite

2009[]

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

2008[]

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

2007[]

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

2006[]

2005[]

+ 'Very special guests':

• Mike Tramp's White Lion
• Hanoi Rocks

2004[]

2003[]

Warm-up show

• Doomsword
• Omen

2002[]

Warm-up gig:

• Titan Force
• Wizard
• Powergod

Aftershow:

• Shadowkeep
• Falconer

References[]

External links[]

• Official website

Coordinates: 48°15′17″N 8°50′42″E / 48.25472°N 8.84500°E / 48.25472; 8.84500