How a Rock Festival Set-List Comes Together
Two hours before the gates open, the backstage corridor at Theresienwiese Rock Arena has a calm that’s deceiving. Here, at a ...
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From the Stage and Backstage
Music, craft beer, and conversations with the tour’s bands — the stories that never make the flyers.
A Craft Ale Guide for Beginners
If you’ve only ever had lager, the craft beer zone at Oktoberfest Rock can look intimidating. Thirty taps, twelve breweries, ...
ReadA Soundcheck Chat with Ironhide's Bassist
It’s 2:00 PM, two hours before doors open, and the Ironhide bassist is on his third adjustment to the low-end EQ. “You hear t...
ReadHow to Pick a Beer for Every Set
Music and beer have always belonged together — but not every brew suits every set. A blistering thrash opener hits different ...
ReadBackstage: Building the Stage in 6 Hours
A festival stage looks like it belongs there — permanent, inevitable, right. But every stage starts as a flat truck bed and a...
ReadPre-Tour Playlist: 20 Tracks from the Headliners
Before the tour hits Munich, Berlin, and Hamburg, we asked every headlining band to submit two tracks — one from their back c...
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