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Hot, Hot Summerjam
Temperatures touched 39 Celsius (102 F) and the event sold out for the seventh time in a row, giving German promoter Klaus Maack a hot, hot Summerjam.
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in Germany
It first sold out its old 25,000 capacity on two occasions, upgraded to a 28,000 capacity and sold out three times, and has now sold out its new 30,000-capacity for the last two years.
Maack told Pollstar the festival being situated on an island in the Fühlinger See, a huge lake near Cologne, meant the audience was still comfortable despite the scorching temperatures.
The hot acts at Summerjam July 3-5 included Wyclef Jean, Damian Marley, Steel Pulse, Kwabs, Protoje, Tarrus Riley, Beres Hammond, CRO, Samy DeLuxe, Patrice, and Kontra K.