Rock am Ring 2009

[alexmole]

Had heard of Rock am Ring before but never really looked into it that much tbh, done T in the Park, Leeds and a few other festivals before, but never considered going to Europe for a festival. Came across details last week with a mate and decided it could be a belter weekend ... 1 week later there 4 of us on board, booked the tickets, put 2 weeks hols in at work, booked a return ferry crossing and bought a 1991 VW Caravelle for £450 !!

Road trip, can't wait !!

[Wooden]

Yep its a good place to be, but I suggest you do some driving in the VDub first, an oil leak or nackered gear box is not a good look on the motorway in Calais!

[alexmole]

Its fine pal, was bought off a mate, got a bit of history with it as well. Gonna give it a bit of an overhaul before it goes on the road, hoefully next month i'd say so i'll be able to get a few miles done in it before hand.

Think it'll be wise to take some tools with me tho !!

[r0w]

whens the next band announcement due? i hear The White Stripes are playing glastonbury the week after RaR and Faith No More are officially back

[mt96djc]

whens the next band announcement due? i hear The White Stripes are playing glastonbury the week after RaR and Faith No More are officially back

[r0w]

well glastonbury is about 3 weeks after rar but I get your point. where did you hear this rumour? glasto has springsteen and blur but the third headliner could easily be the white stripes.

as for faith no more - i wouldn't be surprised if rar is a stop on their european tour...

I think we'll get an announcement in the next week or so.

[jimbot272]

It looks like the rumours page on ringrocker.com has been updated. Sevendust were not on it before. Awesome.

[Superdan]

AND MACHINE HEAD'S STILL ON THERE!!!!!

*off to pray to the gods of metal...*

[JoshBosh]

What do you think the odds of ZZ Top playing are?

Just looking around, and they are in germany at the period, free on Friday and Sat according to tickets per post. They have a date in Leipzig on the 27th may, in Mainz on the 7th, and München on the 9th.

The dates fit in, fingers crossed?

Oh and the props for that go to Seb, the tall one amongst us last year, wearing a t-shirt with 'Serch' on the back!

[Squig]

The organizers don't want to book old bands. Even the Smashing Pumpkins are in retroperspective seen as too old. The odds of bands like Kiss or ZZ Top playing are very very slim. GnR may be an exception, however, and if possible they'd make one for AC/DC as well.

[Noodelicious1]

*Squee!*

Our tickets are finally here!

Can't wait!!!

Now we just have to wait for our Nova Rock tickets to arrive and to organise our graspop ones too. Oh and we should probably get on to getting some flights booked too!

Edited February 27, 2009 by Noodelicious1

[mt96djc]

Downloads final headliner is announced on the evening of Monday 2nd March. I'm guessing we'll have a line-up announcement sometime round then too...

[iverson78]

Hi guys,

I checked the first page of this blog, but It was not clear to me when the camping opens.

As I am going to Rock Am Ring from Rome, I would like to know if the camping opens on Wedsneday, Thursday or Friday morning.

Last year I went to Pinkpop and Werchter: the camping opened on the first day of the Festival and not before.

Can you help me out as I have to book the flight?

If the camping opens on Wedsneday, do you think it is too late arriving on Thursday afternoon to find space enough to put up a tent?

Thanks

[Squig]

The camping officially opens on Wednesday, but some people arrive even the sunday before just for partying. Thursday will be fine for one tent, it may mean you have to camp a bit further away though.

[JoshBosh]

There will always be space, its just you may have the get the busses to and from the entry. Thursday afternoon, you should be fine just rocking up at a camp ground not so far away. Maybe a 15 min sobar walk to the entry?

[iverson78]

Thank you both!!!!

Unfortunately I do not have so many day-off at work, DAMN IT!!!!

No problem to camp far away from the entry: last year I was in camp C at Pinkpop, it took us about 20-30 minutes to get to the Festival site every f**king day!!!!!

The worst part was to go back to the tent after the concerts pretty stoned and drunk

[the_derminator]

Hi All

Just to let you know we have updated our schedule of buses travelling to Rock am Ring from Frankfurt Hahn and Koln/Bonn airports.

The new timetable is as follows:

Frankfurt Hahn-Nurburgring-Frankfurt Hahn - £18 per person each way – 1.5 hours

Weds 3 June

1900hrs

Thurs 4 June

1430hrs

1900hrs

- - - - - - - - - -

Mon 8 June

0600hrs

1230hrs

Koln/Bonn-Nurburgring-Koln/Bonn - £16 per person each way – 2 hours

Weds 3 June

1830hrs

Thurs 4 June

1830hrs

- - - - - - - - - - -

Mon 8 June

0930hrs

1230hrs

If we don’t have a transfer at the time you need it, it’s definitely worth dropping us a line to ask about putting one on – we can always arrange another bus if we get enough people who want it. Just email us on [email protected] with any questions, and any new buses will be added to our transport page here.

Derm

Edited February 27, 2009 by the_derminator

[Apu Nahasapeemapetilon]

Faith No More and Guns N' Roses will NOT play at RaR 2009.

Source: MLK (organisers of RaR)

[mesfield]

Faith No More and Guns N' Roses will NOT play at RaR 2009.

Source: MLK (organisers of RaR)

[mesfield]

I will arrive from Italy on Friday early morning, any chance for a tent place not so far from the stages?

And for parking?

Please reply anyone thankkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkks!!!

[Chris12345]

One small tent might squeeze in somewhere...

[alexmole]

I will arrive from Italy on Friday early morning, any chance for a tent place not so far from the stages?

And for parking?

Please reply anyone thankkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkks!!!

[JoshBosh]

pfft bring one of those pop up tents and claim you already have a tent setup, im sure you can park just off the road somewhere too, like half in a ditch.

[Chris12345]

Haha, wouldn't recommend parking at the side of the road... saw many a car stuck in them the morning after the rain last year

[JoshBosh]

Just need someone like me with a tow rope!