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WACKEN OPEN AIR’s Thomas Jensen Talks Running out of Beer, Security & Metallica

To find out more about the preparations for this year’s edition, I talked to the co-founder, Thomas Jensen. He talked me through the exciting changes in the infrastructure festival – the drainage system and the world-famous beer pipe. Thomas explains why the new drainage system was necessary and why the idea of a beer pipe was introduced. I also had to ask whether there was a time that Wacken Open Air run out of beer.

I also asked the all-important question about security. This was on everyone’s thoughts. With all the horrible attacks happening in Europe at music festivals and other mass gatherings or public spaces, I had to ask Thomas if there were any special preparations that had to be taken care of.

Wacken Open Air has seen some of the world’s biggest rock and metal bands perform there. Iron Maiden, Ozzy Osbourne, Megadeth, Alice Cooper, Whitesnake, Scorpions, Europe, Rammstein all performed at least once. A couple acts such as Metallica or AC/DC have not visited the Holy Wacken Land yet. Since Thomas recently wrote a postcard to Lars Ulrich sending him greetings from Wacken in a recent video, I had to ask whether Lars received it and whether he will be visiting the festival with Metallica anytime soon.

All the questions are answered in the video below. Click play and find out whether Wacken Open Air ever run out of beer.