Bang Your Head!!! was a heavy metal and hard rock festival held annually in Germany.

First held in 1996 as a one-day indoor event in the Stefan-Hartmann-Halle in Tubingen with a crowd of 600 people, ^[1] Bang Your Head!!! has since moved to Balingen , growing into a multi-day event attracting 1,800 people in 1998, 18,000 people in 1999 and 20,000 in 2005. ^[2] Acts that have performed at this festival include W.A.S.P. , Dio , Motorhead , Deep Purple , and Twisted Sister . ^[3]

The festival was discontinued in 2023. ^[4]

Lineups [ edit ]

2014 [ edit ]

Held on 11 and 12 July at Messegelande in Balingen , Germany.

Warm-up show on 10 July:

• Grave Digger
• Victory
• Storm Warrior
• Bullet
• Dynamite

2009 [ edit ]

Held on 26 and 27 June at Messegelande in Balingen , Germany.

2008 [ edit ]

Held on 27 and 28 June at Messegelande in Balingen , Germany.

2007 [ edit ]

Held on 22 and 23 June at Messegelande in Balingen , Germany.

2006 [ edit ]

2005 [ edit ]

+ 'Very special guests':

• Mike Tramp 's White Lion
• Hanoi Rocks

2004 [ edit ]

2003 [ edit ]

Warm-up show

• Doomsword
• Omen

2002 [ edit ]

Warm-up gig:

• Titan Force
• Wizard
• Powergod

Aftershow:

• Shadowkeep
• Falconer

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• Official website

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