Current Events > Two German men escape nursing home to go to heavy metal festival

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https://tonedeaf.com.au/german-men-escape-metal-festival/

Have you ever seen a music lineup that looked so good that you would stop at absolutely nothing to attend it? Well, that appears to be the case in Germany, where two elderly men were found at a metal festival after having escaped their nursing home.

On Thursday afternoon, the 29th annual Wacken Open Air festival kicked off in the German town of Wacken.

While each year attracts some of the biggest names in hard rock and metal, this years festival featured a huge lineup that included the likes of Danzig, Cannibal Corpse, Judas Priest, Children Of Bodom, and for some reason, the Red Hot Chili Peppers. But this years festival also featured a couple of on-the-run metalheads who were clearly enticed by a stunning bill of bands.

As Duetsche Welle reports, two elderly German men were reported missing from their nursing home on Friday, only to be found at 3am at the Wacken Open Air festival.

While its not known which bands the two men were keen on checking out, it appears that they werent too happy about being forced to leave the festival grounds, and had to be escorted out with the help of a taxi and police patrol car.

Incidentally, this news comes just a couple of months after police began to use facial recognition software to start tracking down fugitives at concerts.

Back in May, it was revealed that Chinese police had managed to take at least three suspects into custody after utilising the technology at concerts for Chinese pop star Jacky Cheung.

While theres no news yet as to how these elderly metalheads were tracked down (though were doubting it was facial recognition software), it just goes to show that if youre on the run from anyone, its starting to look as though music festivals and concerts will no longer allow you to blend in with the crowd.

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This happened in Alan Wake
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Metal dont die.
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Bio1590 posted...

and for some reason, the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

BWLurker posted...

Bio1590 posted...

and for some reason, the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

It's a joke on their part, it's actually the Red Hot Chili Pipers.
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Oh, come on. They couldn't let them stay?

Incidentally, this news comes just a couple of months after police began to use facial recognition software to start tracking down fugitives at concerts.

This is pretty much game over for civil liberties.

Better that the guilty go free than the innocent be watched 100% of the time.

I'd watch a movie based on these events
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Those nursing homes suck. I had to visit one fairly recently and it was so depressing that I started to feel miserable. Try to your best to take care of yourself now. Either that or hope that you have a good family that will take care of you.
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Never too old to rock. It sucks they were turned away. That's not metal.
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FrisbeeDude posted...

I'd watch a movie based on these events

Lost in the Geriat-Pit
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Imagine having a little fun during the last stepping stones of your life be ruined in an instant.

Also:

BWLurker posted...

Bio1590 posted...

and for some reason, the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

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SauI_Goodman posted...

Those nursing homes suck. I had to visit one fairly recently and it was so depressing that I started to feel miserable. Try to your best to take care of yourself now. Either that or hope that you have a good family that will take care of you.

Ain't that the truth. My dad had to go into one a couple years ago due to declining health and it was horribly draining every time. He became horribly depressed and basically willed himself to die instead of being there.

I'd rather choose death than a nursing home if it ever came to that.
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Tyranthraxus posted...

This happened in Alan Wake

That stage show you do with them is great lol
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Also, as someone who works in the nursing home industry(as a third party), never ever put your parents in one. Unless it's a wealthy one.
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pres_madagascar posted...

Also, as someone who works in the nursing home industry(as a third party), never ever put your parents in one. Unless it's a wealthy one.

From what I understand it's cheaper to hire a private nurse to check in on your parents / whoever twice a day or something.

I'd only consider assisted living if they needed round-the-clock monitoring.
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So why we're they forced back into the nursing home? They're grown men, they should be able to attend metal concerts if they want.

thrashmetal14 posted...

So why we're they forced back into the nursing home? They're grown men, they should be able to attend metal concerts if they want.

Yeah that's bullshit. It's not like the venue threw them out. They were basically abducted out of it.
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thrashmetal14 posted...

So why we're they forced back into the nursing home? They're grown men, they should be able to attend metal concerts if they want.

Probably for liability issues. The home is responsible for them and if something were to happen to them at the concert it'd be on them.
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fuck the establishment.

rock on old dudes
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Tyranthraxus posted...

This happened in Alan Wake

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Open this fucking pit!!!
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