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After leaving Cannes, instead of going to Paris and flying back to Los Angeles, as the reporters expected, Hugo made an unexpected trip to Koln.

Of course, Hugo was still not the focus of attention in Europe at this time, so no one noticed his sudden change in itinerary.

The reason Hugo went to Cologne was to rush to the Nürburgring for the annual Rock. Am. Ring.

The track rock festival can be said to be the largest rock festival in Germany, even Europe and the world. It has been held since 1985. The first festival at the time was to celebrate the completion of the Nürburgring. As a result, more than 75,000 spectators came, so the organizers held it every year.

Nurburgring (Nurburgring) is actually a compound word, Nurburg (Nurburg) is a local place name, Lin (Ring) means race track, Nurburgring itself is the meaning of a race track in Nurburg. Therefore, the rock festival held in the Nürburgring is written as "Rock. Am. Ring", and the last "Ring" represents the venue of the Nürburgring, so although it is not accurate enough to translate it into "track rock festival", But the meaning is basically clear.

The track rock festival has become the world's largest rock music festival not only because of the largest audience, but also because of the gathering of top singers, and its influence in the world is not trivial. In terms of scale, number of participants, or influence, the Track Rock Music Festival far surpassed the Junjie Music Festival that was attended before Glory died.

However, this year, Glory to Death did not receive an invitation to the Track Rock Festival. The group representing American rock and roll on the stage was the Smashed Pumpkins, which is not a pity for Glory to Death, because they also have to invest more The energy is on this national tour.

This year is the eighth edition of the Track Rock Music Festival, which lasted for three days from May 20th to 22nd. When the teammates who died of glory learned that Hugo was about to attend the Cannes Film Festival, they all went crazy. Because the Cannes Film Festival is held from May 12th to 22nd, the time coincides with the track rock festival. That is to say, after Hugo participates in the film festival, he can go directly to Newport. Green, take part in this carnival.

The same is true. Hugo left Cannes ahead of schedule and rushed to the Nürburgring non-stop. He joined the rock and roll sea this time. Samora, who was able to accompany him, was overjoyed. He was even more excited than Hugo. Joseph looked helpless, "Are you happy because of German trotters, or are you happy because of rock bands?"

Samora hesitated again and again, and said tangled, "Can't I choose both?"

This year's track rock music festival is indeed unprecedented, not only gathered 100,000 spectators to jump wildly on the scene, but also the guest lineup has also received unanimous praise.

Aerosmith and Smashed Pumpkin are the representative bands in the United States; Peter. Gabriel from the United Kingdom is not only the leader of the smash hit Genesis in the 1970s, but also relies on it after going solo. The gorgeous and dramatic style gained a lot of love.

Although the Norwegian and Swedish rap metal band Clawfinger was only established last year, they, like Glory to Death, are also experimenters of new metal music. They have integrated rap into metal rock, with a strong European music style. The clean and pure, heavy guitar and mature rap make people stunned. To a certain extent, they can be said to have defeated the glory of death to qualify for this year's performance.

Known as the godmother of German punk, Nina Hagen (Nina. Hagen) made her first appearance at the Nürburgring, which can be said to be a dream moment for German fans. Her musical styles include alternative rock, new wave, post-punk, It has played an important role in promoting the development of the entire German rock music.

There is also a rap metal band from the United States that is violent against the machine (Rage. Again. The. Machine), this band formed in 1992 is one of the first pioneers to try new metal rock, they have tried alternative metal, alternative Pop rock, heavy metal, rap metal and other genres, they are well-known in the underground rock circle of Los Angeles. The debut album of the same name released in 1992 has caused countless discussions with its proud attitude, including the band before Fu Jin. In fact, including Neil, Pedro and others, were actually more or less influenced by this band, so when Hugo systematically proposed new metal rock, although it was still shocking, the band members were still very fast. Accepted. It can be said that the budding role of violent rebellion against the machine band cannot be ignored.

Before there were Aerosmith and Smashed Pumpkin, and then there were Violent Rebellion Machines, and Finger Claws. Under such circumstances, Glory to Death, which has been gaining momentum recently, did not receive an invitation to the Track Rock Music Festival. Not surprising. This is rock, a dynamic and rebellious world where powerhouse bands are always emerging.

When Hugo, Samora and Joseph arrived at the Nurburgring on the afternoon of the 20th, they were not recognized at all. The fans here came to the Nurburgring with a very pious mood, as if they were on a pilgrimage. Abandon all the shackles of life and devote yourself to the carnival of music.

At least, in these three days, this is a world of music, a world of pure and simple.

Although Hugo missed the grand opening on the morning of the 20th, this is a land that can ignite enthusiasm at any time. Just stand in the surging crowd for 30 seconds, and you can feel the blood in the veins. It was boiling like a roar, as if there were 10,000 lions roaring in his body.

Hugo couldn't help but began to yearn for the moment when he stood on the stage of the track rock music festival. The energy generated by 100,000 spectators shaking and jumping at the same time was like a small earthquake, shaking the music world. The earth is shaken and the mountains are shaken, and the heart is full of joy.

When the carnival reaches its peak, the brain goes blank and Hugo thinks of the Woodstock Music Festival. On August 15th, 1969, half a million spectators gathered in Woodstock, after the rain. Singing and dancing in the mud, bathing together in the river, practicing "do. Love does not fight" on the grass... Such a scene would be so spectacular.

500,000 people, even if they exhausted all the experience and wisdom of their brains, could not describe the grand occasion of that year. That's the magic of rock!

The track rock festival is actually a 24-hour non-stop world. Even after the invited singer band finishes the performance, the stage will not turn off the lights. Some underground bands will come to the stage to perform even if there are no performers. , the sound will also play the exciting rock and roll, and even the rock lovers who take the sky as the ground and the ground as their seats will tear their throats and laugh, shout and sing without interruption.

Even hiding in a tent, hiding in the toilet, or hiding in sleep, it is impossible to find a moment of "peace". But the noise was enjoyable.

So, when the twenty-second night. Even Joseph was reluctant to leave after Harvey Weinstein called Joseph to convey his intentions to the Cannes Film Festival.

The Cannes Film Festival is inviting the "Pulp Fiction" crew to return to Cannes. After the promotion, the crew will basically leave Cannes. If this work wins the award at the closing ceremony, it will be reduced to no one to accept the award. In order to avoid this situation, Cannes will invite the crew of the winning works back after the jury votes.

Therefore, when the Organizing Committee of the Cannes Film Festival invites a crew that has left to come back, it usually means that the crew has won the award.

But after this situation was gradually figured out by the reporters, the reporters would inquire about the airports in major European cities the day before the closing ceremony to see if the crew of a certain work had come back to Cannes, so as to try to reveal the final result. Award-winning work.

In order to cope with this situation, the Organizing Committee of the Cannes Film Festival has also learned to be clever, and they have also kept the list of award-giving guests temporarily secret until the day of the closing ceremony. Sometimes some small award winners will be summoned back at the conference. Originally, it would be harmless if the winners did not attend, but the organizing committee used them as smoke bombs to get them back.

It's as if the Cannes Film Festival called the "Pulp Fiction" crew back. Hugo may be the guest of honor, the best actor winner, or he may have returned empty-handed, or the entire "Pulp Fiction" crew may have won a small award—— None of Hugo's business, but he was called back as part of the crew anyway.

However, even with such a smoke bomb, reporters still have some speculation about the crews that were called back on the closing ceremony. There must be a reason for these crews to be called back, and the biggest possibility is the Palme d'Or winners. After all, there was no winner when the Palme d'Or was awarded. No one wants to see such an embarrassing scene.

Although reluctant to part, Joseph conveyed to Hugo the meaning of the Cannes Film Festival, which made Hugo very depressed. For the first time, he felt that the Cannes Film Festival and the Track Rock Music Festival both ended on the 23rd. This thing is really torturous.

But Hugo also knows that if it develops according to the historical trajectory, "Pulp Fiction" will win the Palme d'Or. Although this is an honor belonging to the Weinstein brothers and to Quentin, it has nothing to do with him, but he is also in the crew. One member, it is not good to be absent. In desperation, Hugo could only choose to return to Cannes.

It's a real bummer, having missed the opening of the Circuit Rock Festival because of the premiere of "Money Empire" and now missing the closing because of the awards ceremony at the Cannes Film Festival, it's like the climax is coming Halfway through, he was strangled by the neck.

But this is life. Hugo could only sigh, and then waited until the afternoon of the 22nd to leave the Nurburgring and rushed to Cologne to board a plane. He wanted to arrive at the scene at the last minute before the unveiling of the awards ceremony. stance.