Wacken Open Air organizers have announced that in memory of the deceased RONNIE JAMES DIO (ELF, RAINBOW, BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL ) they will be selling an exclusive memorial shirt at this year's event which is scheduled for August 5th - 7th in Wacken, Germany. The t-shirt will be strictly limited and all revenues will be donated to the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund.

Acts confirmed for W:O:A 2010 include: ABROGATION, ALTAR, AMORPHIS, ANVIL, ARCH ENEMY, ASTRAL DOORS, ATROCITY, BLAZE OF GLORY, THE BOSSHOSS, BROILERS, BRUTUS, CALIBAN, CANDLEMASS, CANNIBAL CORPSE, ALICE COOPER, CORVUS CORAX, CRUCIFIED BARBARA, DEAD MEANS NOTHING, DEBAUCHERY, DEGRADEAD, DELAIN, DEMOLISHED, DESPISED ICON, THE DEVIL'S BLOOD, DEW-SCENTED, DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER, DIE KASSIERER, DYMYTRY, EDGUY, END OF GREEN, ENDSTILLE, EQUILIBRIUM, ETERNAL LEGACY, EVILE, FEAR FACTORY, FREI.WILD, FRONTAL, GHOST BRIGADE, GOJIRA, GRAVE DIGGER, HACKNEYED, HANGGAI, HATHORS, HELLS BELLES, HOLY GRAIL, IHSAHN, ILL NINO, IMMORTAL, IMPERIUM DEKADENZ, IRON MAIDEN, JOB FOR A COWBOY, KAMELOT, KAMPFAR, KATANA, THE KELTICS, KILLING MACHINE, LAKE OF TEARS, LETZTE INSTANZ, LIZZY BORDEN, LOCK UP, MAD MAX, MAMBO KURT, MAROON, METSATÖLL, MÖTLEY CRÜE, THE NEW BLACK, NIGHTMARE, ORDEN OGAN, ORPHANED LAND, THE OTHER, OVERKILL, PENTHAGON, RAGING MOB, RAVEN, ROTTING CHRIST, SCHELMISH, SECRET OF THE MOON, SKANNERS, SLAYER, SMOKE BLOW, SÓLSTAFIR, SOULFLY, SPIT LIKE THIS, STRATOVARIUS, SUICIDAL ANGELS, SVARTSOT, 1349, TIAMAT, TOTAL RIOT, TARJA TURUNEN, TÝR, U.D.O., UNLEASHED, VARG, VICE, VICTIMS OF MADNESS, VITA IMANA, VOID CREATION, VOIVOD, W.A.S.P., WISTARIA.

For more info visit www.wacken.com or the Wacken Open Air Myspace page.

The W:O:A Running Order with times and special Running Order Tool are online now!