Another one down… first Wacken sells all 70,000 tickets, now Summer Breeze has reached capacity too. Although they’re not saying how many that is, last year there were around 40,000 so I’m assuming this year will be a similar size. With a lineup that includes Behemoth, Cannibal Corpse, Dark Tranquility, Dream Evil, Obituary, Sepultura and motherflippin’ Triptykon, the only thing surprising is that it took this long.
On the Summer Breeze front, there’s a couple of other things… firstly Skeletonwitch have cancelled (boo) because they’re doing Ozzfest in the US (hiss). I’m sure the US run is a once in a lifetime opportunity which any band would jump at and it will be great for them but you know, it all sounds a bit blah blah blah.
Secondly, not only have Despised Icon been announced for the Summer Breeze, but they’ve said it’s going to be their last ever show. I like Despised Icon. Maybe I was late to the craze, but DI was the first band I heard doing pig squeals. I remember I was driving to a meeting where Charp used to work, listening to it for the first time, and I brought the CD in with me, gave it to him and said “listen to this and tell me, how the fuck are they making that noise?”. Sure, it got annoying when other bands that weren’t so good starting doing it all the time, but I was bloody impressed by everything DI. So while I’m sorry to see the band finish, it’s cool that I will see them both at Wacken and then at Summer Breeze for their final hurrah.
83 days on the clock, peeps!
