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ROCK am RING

Rock am Ring is an annual music festival held in Germany. Rock am Ring takes place at Nurburging racetrack in west Germany. Rock im park is held around the Frankenstadion in Nuremburg. Although both of these events occur in different places, the two are considered the same festival, as all of the bands that play rock am ring also play rock im park. With an average attendance (to both events) of 150,000 it has become the largest music festival in Germany and also one of the largest in the world.

Rock am ring started in 1985 as a one off celebration for a shorter version of the racetrack. However due to its success, attracting a 75,000 audience, the festival became an annual event. However a lack of attendance commencing the year of 1988 caused the festival to be stopped for 2 years. 1991 saw the return of the festival with a new aim; to not only provide well known music and artists but also unknown and unsigned talent too.

As for Rock im park, its locations have varied through the years. It started in Vienna in 1993 then was moved to the Munich-Riem airport in 1994, then the following year to Munichs olmypiastdion, finally it has settled at the Frankenstadion or in the surrounding area.

Rock am ring has seen many acts from many backgrounds performing. It concentrates mainly on Metal, Rock, Pop/punk and alternative rock as genres, however acts that have performed have be classed outside of these boundaries.

The acts continually change year by year, while some popular acts have return mutliple times, as can be seen below:

1985 U2, Joe Cocker, Foreigner

1986 INXS, Simply Red, Talk Talk, The Bangles

1987 Udo Lindenberg, UB40, David Bowie, Eurythmics

1988 Marius Müller-Westernhagen, Fleetwood Mac, Chris Rea, Imperiet

1991 Toto, INXS, Sting, The Sisters of Mercy, The Jeremy Days

1992 Marillion, Saga, Bryan Adams, Elton John, Pearl Jam, The Cult, Tori Amos, Héroes del Silencio

1993 Faith No More, Brian May, Ugly Kid Joe

1994 Aerosmith, Peter Gabriel, Clawfinger, Nina Hagen, Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, The Smashing Pumpkins

1995 Van Halen, Bon Jovi, Megadeth, Bad Religion, Otto Waalkes, The Pretenders

1996 Rage Against the Machine, KISS, Bryan Adams, Dave Matthews Band, Herbert Grönemeyer, Die Toten Hosen, Sting, Fugees, Alanis Morissette, Héroes del Silencio, Bush, Mike + The Mechanics, Sepultura, Rancid, Paradise Lost

1997 KISS, Aerosmith, Die Ärzte, Supertramp, Texas, Neneh Cherry, Faith No More

1998 Bob Dylan, Genesis, Ozzy Osbourne, Rammstein, BAP, The Prodigy, Bad Religion, The Smashing Pumpkins, Soulflower

1999 Metallica, Bryan Adams, Alanis Morissette, Xavier Naidoo, Robbie Williams, Faithless, Skunk Anansie

2000 Oasis, Pearl Jam, Slipknot, Die Toten Hosen, Sting, Eurythmics, Korn, Rage Against the Machine

2001 Blackmail, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Radiohead, Alanis Morissette, Kid Rock, Godsmack, OutKast, Reamonn, HIM, Hed PE

2002 Lenny Kravitz, Carlos Santana, Faithless, Neil Young, Jamiroquai, Wyclef Jean, P.O.D., Drowning Pool, Ozzy Osbourne, Alien Ant Farm, System of a Down, Natalie Merchant, Bad Religion

2003 Iron Maiden, Metallica, Placebo (substituting for Linkin Park as a result of Chester Bennington being hospitalized with an abdominal parasite infection), Audioslave, Evanescence, Apocalyptica, Marilyn Manson, Deftones, Queens of the Stone Age, Zwan, The Cardigans, Maná, Molotov, Lifehouse, The Donnas, Murderdolls, Reamonn, Silverchair, The Hives, The Dandy Warhols, Die Happy, blackmail, Mia, Joachim Deutschland, Whyte Seeds, Stone Sour, Clawfinger, Emil Bulls, Dave Gahan, Stereophonics, Badly Drawn Boy, Turin Brakes, Tomte, The Ark, Saybia, Surrogat, Disturbed, Boysetsfire, Moby, Beginner, ASD (Afrob & Samy Deluxe), Patrice, Saian Supa Crew, Deichkind, Kool Savas, Creutzfeld & Jakob, Rolf Stahlhofen

2004 Red Hot Chili Peppers, Muse, Nickelback, Evanescence, Die Toten Hosen, Faithless, Bad Religion, Moloko, Avril Lavigne, Wir sind Helden, Linkin Park, Lostprophets, Motörhead, Sportfreunde Stiller, The Rasmus, Seeed, Korn, 3 Doors Down, Lagwagon, H-Blockx, Dover

2005 Iron Maiden (headliner), R.E.M., Mudvayne, Melody Club, HIM, Green Day, Incubus, The Hives, Slayer, Marilyn Manson, 3 Doors Down, Helmet, Billy Idol, Velvet Revolver, Feeder, The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers, Slipknot, Mötley Crüe, Fettes Brot, Mando Diao, Subway to Sally, Apocalyptica, Wir sind Helden, Die Toten Hosen, Wednesday 13, Dir En Grey, Kagerou, Maroon 5, Papa Roach, Within Temptation, Weezer

2006 Guns N' Roses Kaizers Orchestra, Metallica, Velvet Revolver (Rock am Ring only), Angels & Airwaves, Trivium, Alter Bridge, Avenged Sevenfold, Cradle of Filth, Depeche Mode, The Darkness, Placebo, Morrissey, Franz Ferdinand, Korn, Deftones, Editors, Bela B., Nelly Furtado, Sportfreunde Stiller, Kaiser Chiefs, Tool, Jamiroquai, Dir En Grey, Atreyu, In Flames, Opeth, Bloodhound Gang, Kagerou, Danko Jones, Bullet for My Valentine, Alice in Chains, Stone Sour, PointBlank, The Zutons, Strapping Young Lad and She Wants Revenge

2007 Linkin Park, Smashing Pumpkins, Die Ärzte and Slayer, Evanescence, Korn, The White Stripes, Velvet Revolver, Muse, Beatsteaks, Billy Talent, Mando Diao, Wir sind Helden, Dave Matthews Band (withdrew from the event), The Hives, Arctic Monkeys, My Chemical Romance, Kaiser Chiefs, Jan Delay & Disko No. 1, MIA., The Kooks, Wolfmother, Stone Sour, 30 Seconds to Mars, Amy Winehouse (withdrew from the event), As I Lay Dying, Bloodsimple, Breed 77, The Cat Empire, Chimaira, The Cribs, Fair to Midland, Disco Ensemble, Enter Shikari, The Fratellis, Funeral for a Friend, Ghosts, Gogol Bordello, Good Charlotte, The Higher, Hinder, Killswitch Engage, Lamb of God, Little Man Tate, Machine Head, Maxïmo Park, McQueen, Megadeth, Mr Hudson & The Library, Paolo Nutini, Papa Roach (canceled Rock im Park performance due to vocal problems), Razorlight, Scissor Sisters, Silverstein, The Sounds, Sugarplum Fairy, Tele, Type O Negative, Under the Influence of Giants, The Used, Zoot Woman, Aiden, Miasma, Charlotte Hatherley, DevilDriver, Down Below, DragonForce, Finley, Gallows, Groove Armada, Head Automatica, In This Moment, Kilian, Lez Zeppelin, The Long Blondes (Rock im Park only), Lost Alone, Mutemath, Ohrbooten, One Fine Day, Paramore, Pohlmann, Revolverheld, Saosin, Smoke Blow, Sunrise Avenue, Turbostaat, The Last Exit to Anywhere

2008 Die Toten Hosen, Rage Against the Machine, Metallica; also The Prodigy, Incubus, Sportfreunde Stiller, The Verve, The Offspring, Motörhead, HIM, Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles Of Death Metal, Fettes Brot, Culcha Candela, The Fratellis, Serj Tankian, Bullet for My Valentine, Babyshambles, Nightwish, Lostprophets, In Flames, Kate Nash, Kid Rock, Alter Bridge, Simple Plan, Madsen, Dimmu Borgir, Bad Religion, Justice, Disturbed, 36 Crazyfists, Rooney, Stereophonics, Manic Street Preachers, Airbourne, Saxon, Pendulum, Danko Jones

2009 Limp Bizkit, Placebo, The Killers, Korn, Slipknot, Mando Diao; also 2raumwohnung, Alexisonfire, All That Remains, ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Basement Jaxx, Biffy Clyro, Billy Talent, Black Stone Cherry, Bloc Party, Bring Me The Horizon, Chester French, Chris Cornell, Dir En Grey, DragonForce, Dredg, Enter Shikari, Esser, Expatriate, Flogging Molly, Gallows, Guano Apes, Ich Bin Bunt, Jan Delay & Disko No. 1, Juliette Lewis, Kettcar, Kilians, Killswitch Engage, Kitty, Daisy & Lewis, Little Man Tate, Machine Head, Madina Lake, Madness, Marilyn Manson, MIA., Middle Class Rut, New Found Glory, Pain, Papa Roach, Peter Bjorn and John, Phoenix, Peter Fox, Polarkreis 18, Razorlight, Reamonn, Scouting For Girls, Selig, Sevendust, Shinedown, Steadlür, Sugarplum Fairy, The All American Rejects, The Crave, The Gaslight Anthem, The Kooks, The Prodigy, The Rifles, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, The Script, The Subways, Tomte, Trivium, Volbeat, White Lies

2010 Kiss, Rammstein, Rage Against The Machine and Muse. Other bands include Them Crooked Vultures, Jay-Z, Slash, Dizzee Rascal, 30 Seconds to Mars, Jan Delay and Disco No. 1, Sportfreunde Stiller, Rise Against, Gossip, Cypress Hill, Motörhead, The Hives, Kamelot, Wolfmother, Editors, Slayer, Stone Sour, Volbeat, Tocotronic, Bullet for my Valentine, Kasabian, Airbourne, Gogol Bordello, Bad Religion, The Subways, Lamb of God, As I Lay Dying, A Day to Remember, Hammerfall, Heaven Shall Burn, Gallows, Die Sterne, Broilers, Ellie Goulding, HIM, Five Finger Death Punch, Whitechapel, You Me At Six, One Republic, and Lazer

There are numerous stakeholders involved in the Rock am Ring festivals. Sponsors are quite a large stakeholder. They pay the festival money for the use its reputation. The Rock am ring festival then advertise its sponsors all over the festival for example on the stages, in tents and sometimes on merchandise too. The sponsors of the current rock am ring festival are Suzuki, MTV, T-Mobile, Warsteiner, SWR3, Musikexpress, Rolling Stone and Metal Hammer. All of these sponsors are big names around the world and music industry so are an important stakeholder in the Rock am Ring. If the festival were to prehaps start to lose its fans like in 1988 it would surely cause some of these sponsors to back out of the event.

The surrounding environment is perhaps an overlooked stakeholder of the Rock am Ring. Considering the amount of people gathering for the festival, the amount of noise and litter that will be left is going to be greater than normal. This can affect not only people but the wildlife in the area too. However taking the situation of the festival into account, shows that organises have studied the affects on the area quite thoroughly. It is near alot of main roads in germany allowing easy access, there are no huge ecosystems present meaning that animals are unlikley to be affected and there appears to be no accomadation apart from hotels near the festival. If their were people that werent happy with the festival, pressure groups can usually be formed that raise the issue and with enough support they can take it to the government which can then go about sorting the issues. For example if there were too much noise then government could even go as far as relocating the festival. This is very unlikley however due to the lack of pressure and complaints, the location of the festival (not in anyones way) and the number of years it has been in its present place. (It would be too much aaggrevation for both government and the festival to move away).

The fans however are perhaps the biggest stakeholder in the festival. They are people that ultimately decide if the fesitval is a success or not. The most important factor for the fan is the music being played. It is therefore important for the festival to get the line up right. The heritage of Rock am Ring festival shows that its a rock/metal/alternative style of event. Acts such as Slipknot, Iron Maiden and Rage Against The Machine always prove popular and is why the festival is often divided into super famous bands like the above and smaller bands that are currently up and coming like this year including: Airbourne, 30 seconds to mars and Ellie Goulding. It is this mixture that often appeals to the fans.