According to the Wacken Open Air festival organizers, 60,000 tickets have already been sold for this year's event, which is scheduled to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. The organizers write in a press release, "We think that [we'll be] sold out latest at the end of March/beginning of April! Those who haven't already bought their tickets should act promptly. We will definitely not sell any tickets at the festival. Also one-day tickets will not be offered. Furthermore we'd like to warn you [not] to buy your tickets at eBay or any other high-priced online ticket shops!"

Wacken Open Air festival billing is shaping up as follows:

3 INCHES OF BLOOD
ALESTORM
AS I LAY DYING
AT THE GATES
AUTUMN
AVANTASIA
AXEL RUDI PELL
AXXIS
BEFORE THE DAWN
CARCASS
CHILDREN OF BODOM
CORVUS CORAX
CREMATORY
CYNIC
DESTRUCTOR
DREAM OF AN OPIUM EATER
ENEMY OF THE SUN
ENSIFERUM
EVOCATION
EXCREMENTORY GRINDFUCKERS
EXODUS
GIRUGÄMESH
GOREROTTED
GORGOROTH
GRAVE
HATEBREED
HEADHUNTER
IRON MAIDEN
JOB FOR A COWBOY
KAMELOT
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE
KREATOR
KRYPTERIA
LEAVES' EYES
LORD BELIAL
LORDI
MACHINE MEN
MERCENARY
NEGURA BUNGET
NIFELHEIM
NIGHTWISH
OBITUARY
OPETH
POWERWOLF
PRIMORDIAL
PSYCHOPUNCH
SABATON
SALTATIO MORTIS
SOILWORK
SONATA ARCTICA
STURM UND DRANG
THE BONES
TORTURE SQUAD
UNEARTH
VAN CANTO
WARBRINGER
WATAIN

For more information, visit www.wacken.com.

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