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Metalheads told 'no hugging and kissing'

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Jul 31, 2009 Updated Aug 3, 2009

Music revellers heading along to one of the world's biggest heavy metal music festivals have been told to limit body contact to avoid spreading swine flu.

Festival goers have been have been told to not to hug each other, kiss on the cheek or shake hands.

Germany’s health ministry is advising punters going to the Wacken Open Air festival in the north of the country this weekend, to hold back from any such social behaviour, also recommending that people don’t share bottles of beer.

Among the acts on the bill at the three-day metal fest are Motorhead, Anthrax, Machine Head and Napalm Death, and organisers are expecting a turnout of around 75,000 people.

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Motörhead (pron.: /ˈmoʊtərhɛd/) are an English rock band formed in 1975 by bassist, singer and songwriter Ian Fraser Kilmister, professionally known by his stage name Lemmy, who has remained the sole constant member. The band are often considered a precursor to, or one of the earliest members of, the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, which re-energised heavy metal in the late 1970s and early...

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