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  • Jul 29

    Fire brigade band opens 35th Wacken Open Air with cover hits and crowd chants as 85,000 metal fans gather under heatwave

    The local fire brigade's music group performed cover versions and a call-and-response chant with the crowd, opening the sold-out 85,000-visitor heavy metal festival in Wacken, Germany, under sunny skies.

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