Here is the list of concerts and festivals I have attended during my long years of Heavy Metal faith.
I’m sure I’ve missed some, especially in the early days, but it’s still quite a comprehensive list.
If it’s not specified, the gig took place in my hometown (Milano, Italy) or in little towns nearby.
Every question or comment is welcome!
- Gods of Metal 1997 (Manowar, Angra, Rage, Grave Digger, Moonspell…) – 7 June 1997
- Iron Maiden + Helloween – 5 May 1998
- Gods of Metal 1998 (Black Sabbath, Pantera, Stratovarius, Helloween, Gamma Ray, Blind Guardian, Iced Earth…) – 6 June 1998
- Blind Guardian – 5 November 1998
- Angra – 19 February 1999
- Gamma Ray – 26 April 1999
- Gods of Metal 1999 (Manowar, Motörhead, Angra, Hammerfall, Iron Savior…) – 6 June 1999
- Children of Bodom + In Flames – 5 October 1999
- UDO – 21 February 2000
- Grave Digger – 25 March 2000
- Rhapsody + Stratovarius – 28 April 2000
- DIO – 20 May 2000
- Gods of Metal 2000 (Iron Maiden, Demons and Wizards, Dark Tranquillity, Edguy…) – 10 June 2000
- Halford – 23 November 2000
- Hammerfall + Virgin Steele – 28 January 2001
- Iron Savior – 25 April 2001
- Gods of Metal 2001 (Judas Priest, Megadeth, Savatage, Motörhead, Gamma Ray, W.a.s.p.…) – 9 June 2001
- Gods of Metal 2002 (Manowar, Blind Guardian, Running Wild, Virgin Steele, Doro, Metalium, Blaze…) – 9 June 2002 – Monza (MB), Italy
- Manowar – August 2002 – Köln, Germany
- DIO – 20 September 2002
- Primal Fear – 3 October 2002
- Gamma Ray – 29 October 2002
- Manowar – 8 November 2002 – Brescia, Italy
- Manowar – 9 November 2002 – Faenza, Italy
- Manowar – 8 December 2002 – Freiburg, Germany
- Gods of Metal 2003 (Whitesnake, Queensryche, Motörhead, Saxon, Grave Digger, Angra…) – 8 June 2003
- Valpolicella Metal Fest (White Skull, Arthemis…Grave Digger cancelled because of rain) -27 July 2003 – Domegliara (VR), Italy
- Grave Digger – 20 January 2004
- Gods of Metal 2004 (Judas Priest, Rage, Alice Cooper, Testament, Motörhead, Twisted Sister, W.a.s.p., Stratovarius, Quireboys…) – 5, 6 June 2004 – Bologna, Italy
- Wacken 2004 (DIO, Doro & Warlock, Amon Amarth, Grave Digger, Feinstein & Joey de Maio of Manowar, The Rods, Quireboys…) – 6 August 2004
- Saxon – 4 November 2004
- Sebastian Bach – 18 December 2004
- Judas Priest – 10 April 2005
- Tradate Iron Fest (DIO, Saxon, Jon Oliva’s Pain, Riot, Axel Rudi Pell, Pink Cream 69, Rage, Brainstorm, Anvil, Exciter…) – 3,4,5 June 2005 – Tradate (VA), Italy
- Gods of Metal 2005 (Mötley Crüe, Accept, Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Hammerfall, Black Label Society…) – 12 June 2005 – Bologna, Italy
- Earthshaker Fest 2005 (Manowar, Children of Bodom, Primal Fear, Bludgeon, Holy Hell & Eric Adams of Manowar…) + Manowar Fan Convention – 21,22,23 July 2005 – Geiselwind, Germany
- Metalway Festival (Manowar, Accept, Saxon, Running Wild, W.a.s.p., Primal Fear…) – 12,13,14 August 2005 – Guernica, Spain
- Gamma Ray – 3 October 2005
- Anvil – 1 November 2005
- Hammerfall – 27 November 2005
- Rosae Crucis – 21 January 2006
- Deep Purple – 2 March 2006
- Keep it True VI (Exciter, Riot, Ross the Boss, Grim Reaper, Wotan…) – 8 April 2006 – Lauda-Königshofen, Germany
- Jon Oliva’s Pain – 21 April 2006
- UDO – 20 May 2006 – Cremona, Italy
- Gods of Metal 2006 (Strana Officina, Firetrails, Whitesnake, Def Leppard, Motörhead, Helloween, Gamma Ray…) – 2,3 June 2006
- Guns’n’Roses + Sebastian Bach – 29 July 2006 – London, UK
- Bud Tribe – 8 December 2006
- Hammerfall + Krokus – 13 February 2007
- Manowar – 24 March 2007 – Frankfurt, Germany
- Manowar – 27 March 2007 – Dortmund, Germany
- Manowar – 28 March 2007 – Hamburg, Germany
- Manowar – 30 March 2007 – Nürnberg, Germany
- Manowar – 31 March 2007 – Stuttgart, Germany
- Saxon – 15 April 2007
- Ross the Boss – 12 May 2007 – Gualtieri (RE), Italy
- Magic Circle Festival I (Manowar & friends: Gamma Ray, David Shankle Group, Heavenly, Stormwarrior…) – 7 July 2007 – Bad Arolsen, Germany
- Bud Tribe + Rain – 29 September 2007
- Dokken + Kingdom Come – 8 October 2007
- Wotan + Doomsword – 27 October 2007
- Wotan – 25 January 2008
- Magic Circle Festival II (Alice Cooper, Ted Nugent, Michael Shenker Group…) – 10 July 2008 – Bad Arolsen, Germany
- Magic Circle Festival II (Manowar “first 3 albums in their entirety” & friends: Gotthard, W.a.s.p., Doro, Jack Starr, Stormwarrior…)- 11 July 2008 – Bad Arolsen, Germany
- Magic Circle Festival II (Manowar “following 3 albums in their entirety” & friends: Majesty, Holy Hell, Mob Rules…) – 12 July 2008 – Bad Arolsen, Germany
- Wotan – 31 October 2008
- Longobardeath – 13 December 2008
- Wotan – 8 May 2009
- Strana Officina + Holy Martyr – 20 June 2009
- Manowar – 5 July 2009 – Bucharest, Romania
- Norway Rock Festival (Manowar, W.a.s.p., Testament, Satyricon…) – 10 July 2009 – Kvinesdal, Norway
- Magic Circle Festival III (Manowar & friends: Kingdom Come, Jack Starr, Wizard…) – 18 July 2009 – Loreley, Germany
- Play it Loud Revenge (Grim Reaper, Praying Mantis, Rain, Asgard…) – 26 September 2009 – Bologna, Italy
- Rosae Crucis – 3 October 2009 – Roma, Italy
- Wotan – 23 October 2009
- Wotan – 6 November 2009
- Tigertailz (Glam Fest) – 7 November 2009 – Bologna, Italy
- Amon Amarth – 17 November 2009
- W.a.s.p. – 24 November 2009
- Deep Purple – 15 December 2009
- Manowar – 18 January 2010 – Fürth, Germany
- Manowar – 19 January 2010 – Berlin, Germany
- Manowar – 21 January 2010 – Ludwigshafen, Germany
- Manowar – 22 January 2010 – Ludwigsburg, Germany
- Manowar – 23 January 2010 – Offenbach, Germany
- Gamma Ray – 16 February 2010
- Virgin Steel *acoustic show* – 26 February 2010
- Saxon – 15 March 2010
- Italian Gods of Metal (Strana Officina, Skanners, Sadist, Bulldozer, Trick or Treat, Pino Scotto…) – 21 March 2010
- Omen + Savage Grace – 6 April 2010
- Heathen – 8 May 2010
- Manowar – 25 June 2010 – Bucharest, Romania
- Skanners – 3 July 2010
- Magic Circle Festival IV (Manowar & friends: Arch Enemy, Virgin Steele…) – 11 July 2010 – Tolmin, Slovenia
- Strana Officina – 24 July 2010
- Manowar – 11 September 2010 – Madrid, Spain
- Rock Hard Festival (Sodom, Grave Digger, Exciter, Tygers of Pan Tang, Strana Officina, Gama Bomb, Rain…) – 19 September 2010 – Bologna, Italy
- British Steel Fest (Angel Witch, Crying Steel, Demon, Girlschool, Grim Reaper, Diamond Head…) – 7 November 2010 – Bologna, Italy
- Sodom – 10 February 2011
- Tygers of Pan Tang – 19 February 2011
- Overkill + Destruction + Heathen – 9 March 2011
- Manowar – 25 March 2011 – Basel, Switzerland
- Grave Digger + Grand Magus – 4 April 2011
- Manowar – 10 April 2011 – Madrid, Spain
- Gods of Metal 2011 (Judas Priest, Whitesnake, Europe, Mr. Big…) – 22 June 2011
- Diversamente Rock (Girlschool, Ruler…) – 10 July 2011
- Judas Priest + Motörhead + Saxon – 30 July 2011 – Madrid, Spain
- Helstar + Ruler – 5 September 2011
- Rock Hard Festival (Coroner, Onslaught, Master…) – 17 September 2011
- Alice Cooper – 14 October 2011
- Sacred Steel – 21 October 2011
- Steel Fest (Virgin Steele, Praying Mantis, Angel Witch, Picture, Skanners…) – 5 November 2011 – Bologna, Italy
- Rhino – 16 March 2012 – Curno (BG), Italy
- Judas Priest – 11 May 2012 – Mantova, Italy
- Rhino *singing with an Italian band* – 12 May 2012
- Exodus + Heathen + Suicidal Angels – 14 June 2012 – Retorbido (PV), Italy
- Gods of Metal 2012 (Manowar, Children of Bodom, Amon Amarth, Unisonic, Cannibal Corpse…) – 21 June 2012
- Jon Oliva’s Pain – 10 July 2012
- Wacken Open Air 2012 (Scorpions, Amon Amarth, Machine Head, Hammerfall, Saxon, Axel Rudi Pell, Gamma Ray, Overkill, Sanctuary, Saor Patrol, Sepultura, UDO, Testament…) – 2,3,4 August 2012 – Wacken, Germany
- Overkill – 10 October 2012
- Kreator + Morbid Angel – 13 November 2012
- Grand Magus + Angel Witch + Enforcer – 13 February 2013
- Helloween + Gamma Ray – 5 March 2013
- Keep it True XVI (Warlord, Medieval Steel, Holocaust, Jack Starr, Angel Witch, Liege Lord, October 31…) – 19, 20 April 2013 – Lauda-Königshofen, Germany
- Iron Maiden – 8 June 2013
- Amon Amarth + Carcass – 24 November 2013
- Amorphis – 26 November 2013
- Trans-Siberian Orchestra – 25 January 2014 – Berlin, Germany
- Gamma Ray – 1 April 2014
- Keep it True XVII (Jag Panzer, Metal Church, Sinner, Atlantean Kodex, Persian Risk, Lethal, Battleaxe…) – 25, 26 April 2014 – Lauda-Königshofen, Germany
- Bang your Head festival 2014 (Axel Rudi Pell, Twisted Sister, Exodus, Kissin’ Dynamite, Michael Shenker, Rob Rock, Warlord, Riot, Sebastian Bach, Stryper, Europe, Atlantean Kodex, …) – 11, 12 July 2014 – Balingen, Germany
- Wacken Open Air 2014 (Kreator, Hammerfall, Amon Amarth, King Diamond, Saxon, Skid Row, W.a.sp. …) – 31 July, 1,2 August 2014 – Wacken, Germany
- Overkill – 4 November 2014
- Rosae Crucis + Skanners – 22 November 2014
- Keep it True XVIII (Exciter, Riot V, Uli Jon Roth, Titan Force, M-Pire of Evil, Leatherwolf, Shok Paris, Fist, Jutta Weinhold Band…) – 24,25 April 2015 – Lauda-Königshofen, Germany
- Gamma Ray – 18 July 2015 – Cenate Sotto (BG), Italy
- Wacken Open Air 2015 (Savatage + Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Judas Priest, Running Wild, Amorphis, Rock Meets Classic/Dee Snider, UDO, Annihilator, Death Angel, Stratovarius, Sabaton, Powerwolf…) – 30, 31 July, 1 August 2015
- Machine Head – 2 October 2015
- Grim Reaper – 7 November 2015
- Grave Digger – 29 January 2016 – Cremona, Italy
- UDO + Anvil – 9 April 2016
- Amorphis – 10 April 2016
- Fire & Steel Fest (Manilla Road, Ironsword, Rosae Crucis, Battle Ram, Axevyper…) – 7 May 2016
- Riot V – 13 May 2016
- Graspop Metal Meeting 2016 (Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Twisted Sister, Saxon, Loudness, UDO, Amon Amarth, Virgin Steele, Grand Magus, Overkill, Satyricon, Anthrax, Sacred Reich…) – 16, 17,18,19 June 2016 – Dessel, Belgium
- Axel Rudi Pell – 17 September 2016
- Harder Than Steel Festival (Ross the Boss, Tokyo Blade, Sacred Steel, Steelover…) – 1 October 2016 – Dittigheim, Germany
- Suicidal Angels + Skull Fist + Evil Invaders + Crisix – 16 October 2016
- Overkill – 3 November 2016
- Burn This Town Festival (Sacred Steel, Rosae Crucis, Hammer King, Battle Ram e Graal) – 12 November 2016 – Roma
- Amon Amarth + Testament + Grand Magus – 21 November 2016
- UDO (Metalitalia contest: meet and greet) – 13 December 2016
- Saxon – 14 December 2016
- Kreator + Sepultura – 21 February 2017
- Ross the Boss – 24 March 2017
- Keep it True XX (Cirith Ungol, Fifth Angel, Manilla Road, Omen, Medieval Steel, Q5, Demolition Hammer, Eternal Champion, Night Demon, Atlantean Kodex…) – 28, 29 April 2017 – Lauda-Königshofen, Germany
- Barcelona Rock Fest 2017 (Aerosmith, Running Wild, Deep Purple, Krokus, Saxon, Alice Cooper, Exciter, Abbath, Metal Church, Angelus Apatrida, Carcass, Sodom, Udo, Hammerfall, Airbourne, Europe…) – 30 June, 1, 2 July 2017- Barcelona, Spain
- Colony Open Air Festival (Kreator, Exciter, Demolition Hammer, Death Angel, Loudness…) – 22 July 2017
- Helloween (reunion) – 18 November 2017
- Ram + Portrait + Trial – 18 February 2018 – Mantova, Italy
- Angel Witch + Angel Martyr – 24 February 2018
- Ross the Boss – 22 April 2018
- Keep it True XXI (Heavy Load, Demon, Flotsam&Jetsam, Raven, Grim Reaper, Hittman, Blaspheme, Gatekeeper…) – 27, 28 April 2018 – Lauda-Königshofen, Germany
- Barcelona Rock Fest 2018 (Judas Priest, Helloween, Kiss, Ozzy, Dee Snider, Ross the Boss, Tygers of Pan Tang…) – 5, 6, 7 July 2018 – Barcelona, Spain
- Metalitalia Festival (Hammerfall, Grave Digger, Rosae Crucis, Asgard…) – 15 September 2018
- Primal Fear + Riot V – 3 October 2018
- Saxon + FM – 5 October 2018
- Overkill + Destruction + Flotsam and Jetsam – 9 March 2019
- Manowar – 5 April 2019 – Stuttgart, Germany
- Vicious Rumors + Air Raid – 8 April 2019
- Keep it True XXII (Sortilege, Satan, Aria, Agent Steel, Vicious Rumors, Anthem, Midnight, Sacred Rite, Witherfall, Idle Hands, Sabire…) – 26, 27 April 2019 – Lauda-Königshofen, Germany
- Luppolo in Rock (Metal Church, Armored Saint, Flotsam & Jetsam) – 12 July 2019 – Cremona, Italy
- Grave Digger (Ambria Metal Festival) – 20 July 2019 – Ambria di Zogno (BG)
- Ram + Vulture + Indian Nightmare – 20 September 2019
- Machine Head – 25 October 2019
- Amon Amarth + Arch Enemy + Hypocrisy – 20 November 2019
- Exciter + Asomvel – 4 December 2019
- Municipal Waste + Toxic Holocaust + Enforcer + Skeletal Remains – 11 December 2019
- Hammerfall – 9 February 2020
PANDEMIC MADNESS
- Abracadabra Metal Fest (Vanexa, Il Segno del Comando, Septem, Winternius) – 10 July 2021 – Villa Serra, Genova
- No Survivors Italian Metal Fest (Strana Officina, Sabotage) – 13 August 2021 – Brescia, Italy
- Ancillotti + Madhour – 23 October 2021 – Erba (CO)
- Keep It True Rising I (Demon, Atlantean Kodex, Praying Mantis, Hellhammer, Blind Guardian, Ostrogoth, Killer, Nestor, The Night Eternal, Venator, Seven Sisters, Velvet Viper, Acid…) – 19, 20 November 2021 – Würzburg, Germany
- Grave Digger + White Skull + Skanners – 20 May 2022
- Enforcer + Evil Invaders + Ambush – 21 May 2022
- H.E.A.T. – 24 May 2022
- Crashdiet – 28 May 2022
- Midnight + Night Demon + Evilspell – 1 June 2022
- Barcelona Rock Fest (Judas Priest, Alice Cooper, Kiss, Mercyful Fate, Evil Invaders, Bullet, UFO, Doro, Blind Guardian, Ross the Boss, Crisix, Angelus Apatrida, Accept…) – 30 June, 1, 2 July 2022 – Barcelona, Spain
- Luppolo in Rock (Testament + Exodus + Heathen) – 17 July 2022 – Cremona, Italy
- Striker – 22 July 2022
- Rage (Ambria Metal Festival) – 23 July 2022 – Ambria di Zogno (BG)
- Angelus Apatrida – 14 August 2022 – Brescia
- Trueheim (Ambush, Exciter, Demon, Night, Hitten, Girlschool, Raptore, Sign of the Jackal, Alcatrazz, Highway Chile, Alien Force, Crimson Storm…) – 26, 27 August 2022 – Hallbergmoos, München, Germany
- Jeff Scott Soto & Ellefson – 16 September 2022
- Keep it True Rising (Grim Reaper Tribute, Witch Cross, Mythra, Saracen, Holocaust, Riot City, Wytch Hazel, Blitzkrieg, Avenger, Tygers of Pan Tang, Paul Di Anno, Diamond Head, Tentation, Cloven Hoof, Satan, Tyrant, Riot V, Venom Inc…) – 30 September, 1, 2 October 2022 – Würzburg, Germany
- Saxon + Diamond Head – 10 October 2022
- Tygers of Pan Tang – 14 October 2022
Heavy Metal concerts always wanted…work in progress!