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Hail Brothers and Sisters of Steel AND future Asgardians! Worldwide ticket agencies are holding your "passport" to Magic Circle Festival III and admittance into Asgard! Your "passport" to the ultimate metal event of the year is being sold in over 130 ticket agencies in Germany alone! The tickets are also available through agencies in Holland, Switzerland, Austria, France, Belgium, UK, Poland, Slovenia, Hungary, Croatia, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Serbia! For 75 Euros, including parking, you can experience a history making extravaganza at the Loreley on the Rhine River in Germany on July 18, 2009, where Asgard will be revealed at Magic Circle Festival III.

Headlined by MANOWAR and special guests HOLYHELL, Germany's best selling fantasy author, Wolfgang Hohlbein will also take the stage to unveil his unique collaboration, The Asgard Saga, with the Kings of Metal, MANOWAR. An entire line-up of bands and complete details on the premiere of this historical event are available on all OFFICIAL websites... AND for ticket agencies in your country, visit http://www.magiccirclefestival.com/, click on TICKETS, then scroll down to the international flags at the bottom of the page. There you will discover no matter where you are in the world, all roads will lead to Asgard, once you buy your "passport" to metal madness and fantasy heaven at Magic Circle Festival III.

For more information about the Magic Circle Festival III, visit http://www.magiccirclefestival.com/. You can also view the promo movie trailer to Magic Circle Festival III at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpCNywLxe3E. For more information on The Asgard Saga, visit http://www.asgard-saga.com/. See you there!

Quelle: MCM Newsletter.

LORELEY OR DIE!

Time flies! Less than month!

When you see thunder - it is from Loreley!

HAIL!

HAIL ALL!

See you in Loreley!

Let us drink to the power!

YEAH.
After I heard HOLYHELL the album, I can hardly still expect it on the MCF to go.

The legendary Loreley Open-Air Theatre is in St. Goarshausen (postcode: 56346), Germany. Whether you're coming from the north, south, east or west, if you're travelling by car you'll find all the directions and a route planner here. If you're travelling by train you should get off at the "Sankt Goarshausen" train station and then take the bus to the festival site. You'll find information on train connections here at the "Deutsche Bahn" (German Rail). If you want to fly to the Magic Circle Festival, there are four airports within a radius of 150 kilometres: Frankfurt-Hahn, Frankfurt am Main, Cologne-Bonn and Mannheim. You'll find all the information you need here.

There are two campsites on the Loreley for the Magic Circle Festival. In addition to the festival campsite run by the Loreley operators (cost is a flat rate of €25.00 from 17 to 19 July), there is also a private campsite (€10.00 per person and night). Camping Hotline: +49 1805 160 140. Whether you've got a camper van or a tent: if you want to camp, please be sure to read the guidelines. You'll find all the camping information here.

The running order for the first Magic Circle Festival on the Loreley is now online here. The band, "Die Sklaven" will open the festival concerts with their performance at 12 noon. MANOWAR will take the stage at the legendary Open-Air Theatre at 10:30 PM and will rock the Loreley for over 2 hours.

• 12:00 bis 12:30 Die Sklaven
  
• 12:45 bis 13:15 Age Of Evil
  
• 13:30 bis 14:00 Crystal Viper
  
• 14:15 bis 14:45 Wizard
  
• 15:05 bis 15:35 Jack Starr's Burning Starr
  
• 15:55 bis 16:30 Van Canto
  
• 16:50 bis 17:40 Metalforce
  
• 18:00 bis 18:45 Domain
  
• 19:05 bis 20:00 HolyHell
  
• 20:20 bis 20:50 Ulytau
  
• 21:10 bis 22:00 Kingdom Come
  
• 22:30 bis 01:00 MANOWAR
  

Arrival

By car:
- St. Goarshausen, please follow the signs
- Enough parking space available, parking charge is included in the festival ticket

By bus / train:
- Get off the train at Sankt Goarshausen station / the Loreley is reachable by bus or by foot path

By ferry boat:
- See ferry times at www.faehre-loreley.de

Tickets
- Available until Saturday, 18th July 2009 at all ticket agencies (Germany) and at the online shop www.magic-circle-festival.de through 15th July 2009.
- Tickets also available at the box office on the festival ground

Ticket Systems
- The tickets of the various ticket systems (CTS / Eventim, Ticketoline (G & NL), SMG Entertainment, Ticketmaster / Kartenhaus, Ticketcorner (CH), Ticketweb (GB), Bank Austria (Austria), FNAC (F), Primera (NL), Ö-Ticket) will be exchanged at the box office for original tickets once it has been verified that they are genuine.

Camping
- Festival camping ground Loreley: Friday, 17th July 2009 from 10 am. Camping charge from 17th til 19th July: 25 € / a piece. Tickets available via camping hotline: 0049 1805 160 140
- Private camping ground costs 10 € per person / per night. All information at www.loreley-camping.de

Start of the festival on Friday, 17th July 2009
- Autograph Signing Session with MANOWAR, HolyHell and Wolfgang Hohlbein
- Arm Wrestling Contest
- Miss MANOWAR Contest
- Beer Drinking Contest
- Fire-Eating Girl Show
- Penalty Kick Shooting
- "Norman Abnormal" The Magician
- MANOWAR Trivia Contest
- Normay's best AC/DC tribute band "Heatseekers"

LineUp / Timetable Saturday, 18th July 2009

12:00 Die Sklaven
12:45 Age of Evil
13:30 Crystal Viper
14:15 Wizard
15:05 Jack Starr's Burning Starr
15:55 Van Canto
16:50 Metalforce
18:00 Domain
19:05 HolyHell
20:20 Ulytau
21:10 Kingdom Come
22:30 MANOWAR

Below is the schedule of activities for the Magic CIrcle Festival Kickoff Party on Friday July 17th:

12:00 Opening Ceremony (feat. MANOWAR & Wolfgang Hohlbein) @ VIP Campground
12:30 MANOWAR Trivia Contest @ MCF Activity Tent
13:30 Arm Wrestling Contest @ MCF Activity Tent
14:30 MANOWAR Autograph Signing Session @ VIP Campground
17:30 Fastest Beer Drinking Contest @ MCF Activity Tent
20:30 Q&A Session About The Asgard Saga (feat. MANOWAR & Wolfgang Hohlbein) @ Activity Tent
21:00 Miss MANOWAR Contest @ MCF Activity Tent
21:30 Heatseekers (AC/DC Tribute Band) @ Side Stage
23:00 Fire-Eating Girl Show @ Side Stage

Exclusive schedule for all fans who purchased the Ultimate Fan Package:

17:00 Ultimate Fan Package Meet & Greet @ Stage Right
17:30 Ultimate Fan Package Soundcheck Experience @ Stage
18:00 Ultimate Fan Package Photo With MANOWAR @ Stage
19:00 Ultimate Fan Package BBQ @ Beergarden

All-day activities include:

Penalty Kicking Wall by Vodafone @ VIP Campground
Asgard Saga Story Reading in English and German @ Nomadetent VIP Campground
Asgard Info Booth @ Asgard Tent

For more information about the Magic Circle Festival please visit http://www.magiccirclefestival.com/

All times are subject to change.

Here is my review:



http://www.master-of-the-wind-eng.de/MCF2009ENG.html





Hail and Gruesse

Udo