MINISTRY, SCORPIONS, HAMMERFALL, AMON AMARTH 2012 WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival Appearance Confirmed

The reactivated MINISTRY, SCORPIONS, HAMMERFALL, AMON AMARTH and GAMMA RAY are the newly confirmed bands for next year’s edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2012 in Wacken, Germany. Also scheduled to appear are U.D.O. and CRADLE OF FILTH.

MINISTRY‘s “farewell” tour, the “C-U-LaTour”, started its North American leg on March 26, 2008 and concluded in Chicago on May 12, 2008. The final date on the trek took place on July 18, 2008 at the Tripod in Dublin, Ireland. During the performance, MINISTRY mainman Al Jourgensen repeatedly reaffirmed that it would indeed be the last-ever MINISTRY show. Due to a large demand for tickets, an extra gig was added at the Tripod on July 19, 2008. “Adios… Puta Madres”, a live album featuring material culled from MINISTRY‘s “final” tour, was released in 2009 on CD and DVD.

When asked in a 2007 interview prior to “C U LaTouR 2008” if there would ever be a big MINISTRY reunion in 15 years, Jourgensen said, “I don’t think so, my friend. First of all, who am I gonna get to reunionize with? I’m the fucking band. So unless I make a reunion with myself… Whatever, no. I’ve got a lot of other stuff going on. Literally, I’m booked solid for the next 15 months. I know exactly what I’m doing for the next 15 months, plus I’ve got a record label [Thirteenth Planet Records], I’ve got a lot of other bands I need to baby-sit for. There would be no time, need, or inclination to every get some kind of redundancy going on.”

Source: Blabbermouth.net