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The countdown is running: Only one week left till the two highly anticipated 30 years DORO anniversary shows will take place on May 2nd and 3rd with a crowd of 2.500 per night at Düsseldorf CCD-Stadthalle. On days like these… also DIE TOTEN HOSEN will celebrate. HOSEN-drummer Vom Ritchie will be drumming at the festival event.DORO explains: "I think it’s great. Vom Ritchie is a pal of my drummer Johnny Dee. The two of them came up with some sort of surprise. What exactly this will be, not even I know, but it will certainly be cool.”
Certainly cool will be the other star guests that will be taking part at the Rock & Metal-Show in honor of DORO’s big 30th stage anniversary: Biff Byford of SAXON, BLIND GUARDIAN singer Hansi Kürsch, KREATOR fronter Mille, LORDI, Udo Dirkschneider (U.D.O.) and many more.
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Stadion, Essen, Germany27th June 2014
Black Sabbath & Special Guests: Alice In Chains & Black Label Society
BLACK SABBATH are extending their world tour until 2014 with final shows in Europe with a sole date in North-Rhine-Westphalia. After extremely successful shows in North and South America as well as Australia, Asia and also Europe, BLACK SABBATH have confirmed four more dates in Germany after they already played in Dortmund and Frankfurt end of 2013. The four German dates are the final dates if their world tour to promote the band’s latest album ‘13’, the first studio album after 35 years, topping charts in 13 countries. This album was their first number one album in US charts!
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Turock, Essen, Germany
15th May 2014
Marty Friedman and Gus G + Support - Guitar Universe Tour
This May it is indeed a guitar laden month in Essen, Germany. You want to know why? Because two guitar heroes come to town and if these guys are MARTY FRIEDMAN and GUS G the Turock will be shredded to pieces by sheer riff power…
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Turock, Essen, Germany2nd May 2014
Mustasch - Thank you for the Demon Tour 2014 - and Support
This May will be an example in rock and roll, responsible for this bold remark is Swedish hard rock outfit MUSTASCH. Formed by Ralf Gyllenhammar, Hannes Hansson, Mats Hansson and Mats Johansson in the year 1998 the band played sold-out tours with bands like GLUECIFER and ROSE TATTOO. Eight records later the city of Essen is one of the venues for this year`s “Thank you for the Demon Tour 2014”.
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ESPRIT Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany
19th June 2014
Aerosmith - The Global Warming World Tour
This is surely THE concert event of the year! THE ROLLING STONES are coming live with 14 ON FIRE to Germany. There will be only two shows, the first one takes place on 10th June at the Waldbühne Berlin and the second one on 19th June 2014 at the ESPRIT Arena in Düsseldorf.
- Preview AEROSMITH - Dortmund 2014-06-18
- Preview THE NATIONAL - Cologne 2014-06-11
- SLAYER - Signs exclusive worldwide deal with Nuclear Blast / debuts brand new song
- Preview M’ERA LUNA FESTIVAL - Hildesheim 2014
- CHASING DRAGONS - To release 'Checkmate' on 2 June 2014
- LIARS - Release new single ‘Pro Anti Anti’
- SUICIDE SILENCE - Album title and release date revealed!
- IRIS - Sign to DEpendent Records - new album "Radiant“ almost completed!
- CHRYSALIDE - Finish new album!
- CLICK CLICK - New album in June + limited edition containing novel by Adrian Smith!



