Cornfed Hick
Ancient Mariner
I went on Blind Guardian's website recently and saw that in January they will be playing at a "floating" festival called "70,000 Tons of Metal," which takes place over the course of a five-day ocean cruise from Florida to Cozumel. According to the festival's official website, the line-up also includes Iced Earth, Gamma Ray, Testament, Saxon, Amon Amarth, Epica, Dark Tranquility, Uli John Roth, and a bunch of others. If this were an ordinary festival, it would be amazing -- Iced Earth and Blind Guardian are two of my favorite bands. Whether the fact that it is a cruise improves or worsens the experience is an open question. Personally, you couldn't pay me to get on that boat, for a number of reasons. But, others might be interested. I'm very curious if any of you Maidenfans are planning to go. Here is the link: http://www.70000tons.com/home.htm