Concerts

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!

1. Gods of Metal 1997 (Manowar, Angra, Rage, Grave Digger, Moonspell…) – 7 June 1997
2. Iron Maiden + Helloween – 5 May 1998
3. Gods of Metal 1998 (Black Sabbath, Pantera, Stratovarius, Helloween, Gamma Ray, Blind Guardian, Iced Earth…) – 6 June 1998
4. Blind Guardian – 5 November 1998
5. Angra – 19 February 1999
6. Gamma Ray – 26 April 1999
7. Gods of Metal 1999 (Manowar, Motörhead, Angra, Hammerfall, Iron Savior…) – 6 June 1999
8. Children of Bodom + In Flames – 5 October 1999
9. UDO – 21 February 2000
10. Grave Digger – 25 March 2000
11. Rhapsody + Stratovarius – 28 April 2000
12. DIO – 20 May 2000
13. Gods of Metal 2000 (Iron Maiden, Demons and Wizards, Dark Tranquillity, Edguy…) – 10 June 2000
14. Halford – 23 November 2000
15. Hammerfall + Virgin Steele – 28 January 2001
16. Iron Savior – 25 April 2001
17. Gods of Metal 2001 (Judas Priest, Megadeth, Savatage, Motörhead, Gamma Ray, W.a.s.p.…) – 9 June 2001
18. Gods of Metal 2002 (Manowar, Blind Guardian, Running Wild, Virgin Steele, Doro, Metalium, Blaze…) – 9 June 2002 – Monza (MB), Italy
19. Manowar – August 2002 – Köln, Germany
20. DIO – 20 September 2002
21. Primal Fear – 3 October 2002
22. Gamma Ray – 29 October 2002
23. Manowar – 8 November 2002 – Brescia, Italy
24. Manowar – 9 November 2002 – Faenza, Italy
25. Manowar – 8 December 2002 – Freiburg, Germany
26. Gods of Metal 2003 (Whitesnake, Queensryche, Motörhead, Saxon, Grave Digger, Angra…) – 8 June 2003
27. Valpolicella Metal Fest (White Skull, Arthemis…Grave Digger cancelled because of rain) -27 July 2003 – Domegliara (VR), Italy
28. Grave Digger – 20 January 2004
29. 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
30. Wacken 2004 (DIO, Doro & Warlock, Amon Amarth, Grave Digger, Feinstein & Joey de Maio of Manowar, The Rods, Quireboys…) – 6 August 2004
31. Saxon – 4 November 2004
32. Sebastian Bach – 18 December 2004
33. Judas Priest – 10 April 2005
34. 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
35. Gods of Metal 2005 (Mötley Crüe, Accept, Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Hammerfall, Black Label Society…) – 12 June 2005 – Bologna, Italy
36. 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
37. Metalway Festival (Manowar, Accept, Saxon, Running Wild, W.a.s.p., Primal Fear…) – 12,13,14 August 2005 – Guernica, Spain
38. Gamma Ray – 3 October 2005
39. Anvil – 1 November 2005
40. Hammerfall – 27 November 2005
41. Rosae Crucis – 21 January 2006
42. Deep Purple – 2 March 2006
43. Keep it True VI (Exciter, Riot, Ross the Boss, Grim Reaper, Wotan…) – 8 April 2006 – Lauda-Königshofen, Germany
44. Jon Oliva’s Pain – 21 April 2006
45. UDO – 20 May 2006 – Cremona, Italy
46. Gods of Metal 2006 (Strana Officina, Firetrails, Whitesnake, Def Leppard, Motörhead, Helloween, Gamma Ray…) – 2,3 June 2006
47. Guns’n’Roses + Sebastian Bach – 29 July 2006 – London, UK
48. Bud Tribe – 8 December 2006
49. Hammerfall + Krokus – 13 February 2007
50. Manowar – 24 March 2007 – Frankfurt, Germany
51. Manowar – 27 March 2007 – Dortmund, Germany
52. Manowar – 28 March 2007 – Hamburg, Germany
53. Manowar – 30 March 2007 – Nürnberg, Germany
54. Manowar – 31 March 2007 – Stuttgart, Germany
55. Saxon – 15 April 2007
56. Ross the Boss – 12 May 2007 – Gualtieri (RE), Italy
57. Magic Circle Festival I (Manowar & friends: Gamma Ray, David Shankle Group, Heavenly, Stormwarrior…) – 7 July 2007 – Bad Arolsen, Germany
58. Bud Tribe + Rain – 29 September 2007
59. Dokken + Kingdom Come – 8 October 2007
60. Wotan + Doomsword – 27 October 2007
61. Wotan – 25 January 2008
62. Magic Circle Festival II (Alice Cooper, Ted Nugent, Michael Shenker Group…) – 10 July 2008 – Bad Arolsen, Germany
63. 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
64. Magic Circle Festival II (Manowar “following 3 albums in their entirety” & friends: Majesty, Holy Hell, Mob Rules…) – 12 July 2008 – Bad Arolsen, Germany
65. Wotan – 31 October 2008
66. Longobardeath – 13 December 2008
67. Wotan – 8 May 2009
68. Strana Officina + Holy Martyr – 20 June 2009
69. Manowar – 5 July 2009 – Bucharest, Romania
70. Norway Rock Festival (Manowar, W.a.s.p., Testament, Satyricon…) – 10 July 2009 – Kvinesdal, Norway
71. Magic Circle Festival III (Manowar & friends: Kingdom Come, Jack Starr, Wizard…) – 18 July 2009 – Loreley, Germany
72. Play it Loud Revenge (Grim Reaper, Praying Mantis, Rain, Asgard…) – 26 September 2009 – Bologna, Italy
73. Rosae Crucis – 3 October 2009 – Roma, Italy
74. Wotan – 23 October 2009
75. Wotan – 6 November 2009
76. Tigertailz (Glam Fest) – 7 November 2009 – Bologna, Italy
77. Amon Amarth – 17 November 2009
78. a.s.p. – 24 November 2009
79. Deep Purple – 15 December 2009
80. Manowar – 18 January 2010 – Fürth, Germany
81. Manowar – 19 January 2010 – Berlin, Germany
82. Manowar – 21 January 2010 – Ludwigshafen, Germany
83. Manowar – 22 January 2010 – Ludwigsburg, Germany
84. Manowar – 23 January 2010 – Offenbach, Germany
85. Gamma Ray – 16 February 2010
86. Virgin Steel*acoustic show – 26 February 2010
87. Saxon – 15 March 2010
88. Italian Gods of Metal (Strana Officina, Skanners, Sadist, Bulldozer, Trick or Treat, Pino Scotto…) – 21 March 2010
89. Omen + Savage Grace – 6 April 2010
90. Heathen – 8 May 2010
91. Manowar – 25 June 2010 – Bucharest, Romania
92. Skanners – 3 July 2010
93. Magic Circle Festival IV (Manowar & friends: Arch Enemy, Virgin Steele…) – 11 July 2010 – Tolmin, Slovenia
94. Strana Officina – 24 July 2010
95. Manowar – 11 September 2010 – Madrid, Spain
96. Rock Hard Festival (Sodom, Grave Digger, Exciter, Tygers of Pan Tang, Strana Officina, Gama Bomb, Rain…) – 19 September 2010 – Bologna, Italy
97. British Steel Fest (Angel Witch, Crying Steel, Demon, Girlschool, Grim Reaper, Diamond Head…) – 7 November 2010 – Bologna, Italy
98. Sodom – 10 February 2011
99. Tygers of Pan Tang – 19 February 2011
100. Overkill + Destruction + Heathen – 9 March 2011
101. Manowar – 25 March 2011 – Basel, Switzerland
102. Grave Digger + Grand Magus – 4 April 2011
103. Manowar – 10 April 2011 – Madrid, Spain
104. Gods of Metal 2011 (Judas Priest, Whitesnake, Europe, Mr. Big…) – 22 June 2011
105. Diversamente Rock (Girlschool, Ruler…) – 10 July 2011
106. Judas Priest + Motörhead + Saxon – 30 July 2011 – Madrid, Spain
107. Helstar + Ruler – 5 September 2011
108. Rock Hard Festival (Coroner, Onslaught, Master…) – 17 September 2011
109. Alice Cooper – 14 October 2011
110. Sacred Steel – 21 October 2011
111. Steel Fest (Virgin Steele, Praying Mantis, Angel Witch, Picture, Skanners…) – 5 November 2011 – Bologna, Italy
112. Rhino – 16 March 2012 – Curno (BG), Italy
113. Judas Priest – 11 May 2012 – Mantova, Italy
114. Rhino*singing with an Italian band – 12 May 2012
115. Exodus + Heathen + Suicidal Angels – 14 June 2012 – Retorbido (PV), Italy
116. Gods of Metal 2012 (Manowar, Children of Bodom, Amon Amarth, Unisonic, Cannibal Corpse…) – 21 June 2012
117. Jon Oliva’s Pain – 10 July 2012
118. 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
119. Overkill – 10 October 2012
120. Kreator + Morbid Angel – 13 November 2012
121. Grand Magus + Angel Witch + Enforcer – 13 February 2013
122. Helloween + Gamma Ray – 5 March 2013
123. Keep it True XVI (Warlord, Medieval Steel, Holocaust, Jack Starr, Angel Witch, Liege Lord, October 31…) – 19, 20 April 2013 – Lauda-Königshofen, Germany
124. Iron Maiden – 8 June 2013
125. Amon Amarth + Carcass – 24 November 2013
126. Amorphis – 26 November 2013
127. Trans-Siberian Orchestra – 25 January 2014 – Berlin, Germany
128. Gamma Ray – 1 April 2014
129. Keep it True XVII (Jag Panzer, Metal Church, Sinner, Atlantean Kodex, Persian Risk, Lethal, Battleaxe…) – 25, 26 April 2014 – Lauda-Königshofen, Germany
130. 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
131. Wacken Open Air 2014 (Kreator, Hammerfall, Amon Amarth, King Diamond, Saxon, Skid Row, W.a.sp. …) – 31 July, 1,2 August 2014 – Wacken, Germany
132. Overkill – 4 November 2014
133. Rosae Crucis + Skanners – 22 November 2014
134. 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
135. Gamma Ray – 18 July 2015 – Cenate Sotto (BG), Italy
136. 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
137. Machine Head – 2 October 2015
138. Grim Reaper – 7 November 2015
139. Grave Digger – 29 January 2016 – Cremona, Italy
140. UDO + Anvil – 9 April 2016
141. Amorphis – 10 April 2016
142. Fire & Steel Fest (Manilla Road, Ironsword, Rosae Crucis, Battle Ram, Axevyper…) – 7 May 2016
143. Riot V – 13 May 2016
144. 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
145. Axel Rudi Pell – 17 September 2016
146. Harder Than Steel Festival (Ross the Boss, Tokyo Blade, Sacred Steel, Steelover…) – 1 October 2016 – Dittigheim, Germany
147. Suicidal Angels + Skull Fist + Evil Invaders + Crisix – 16 October 2016
148. Overkill – 3 November 2016
149. Burn This Town Festival (Sacred Steel, Rosae Crucis, Hammer King, Battle Ram e Graal) – 12 November 2016 – Roma
150. Amon Amarth + Testament + Grand Magus – 21 November 2016
151. UDO (Metalitalia contest: meet and greet) – 13 December 2016
152. Saxon – 14 December 2016
153. Kreator + Sepultura – 21 February 2017
154. Ross the Boss – 24 March 2017
155. 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
156. 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
157. Colony Open Air Festival (Kreator, Exciter, Demolition Hammer, Death Angel, Loudness…) – 22 July 2017
158. Helloween (reunion) – 18 November 2017
159. Ram + Portrait + Trial – 18 February 2018 – Mantova, Italy
160. Angel Witch + Angel Martyr – 24 February 2018
161. Ross the Boss – 22 April 2018
162. Keep it True XXI (Heavy Load, Demon, Flotsam&Jetsam, Raven, Grim Reaper, Hittman, Blaspheme, Gatekeeper…) – 27, 28 April 2018 – Lauda-Königshofen, Germany
163. 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
164. Metalitalia Festival (Hammerfall, Grave Digger, Rosae Crucis, Asgard…) – 15 September 2018
165. Primal Fear + Riot V – 3 October 2018
166. Saxon + FM – 5 October 2018
167. Overkill + Destruction + Flotsam and Jetsam – 9 March 2019
168. Manowar – 5 April 2019 – Stuttgart, Germany
169. Vicious Rumors + Air Raid – 8 April 2019
170. 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
171. Luppolo in Rock (Metal Church, Armored Saint, Flotsam & Jetsam) – 12 July 2019 – Cremona, Italy
172. Grave Digger (Ambria Metal Festival) – 20 July 2019 – Ambria di Zogno (BG)
173. Ram + Vulture + Indian Nightmare – 20 September 2019
174. Machine Head – 25 October 2019
175. Amon Amarth + Arch Enemy + Hypocrisy – 20 November 2019
176. Exciter + Asomvel – 4 December 2019
177. Municipal Waste + Toxic Holocaust + Enforcer + Skeletal Remains – 11 December 2019
178. Hammerfall – 9 February 2020

  PANDEMIC MADNESS  

179. Abracadabra Metal Fest (Vanexa, Il Segno del Comando, Septem, Winternius) – 10 July 2021 – Villa Serra, Genova
180. No Survivors Italian Metal Fest (Strana Officina, Sabotage) – 13 August 2021 – Brescia, Italy

Heavy Metal concerts always wanted…work in progress!