A truly marathon record attempt is being made this summer when music business journalist Greg Parmley will try something never done before: visiting 26 festivals across Europe in just 30 days. And Metalcamp will be a part of the new record.

Travelling on a 1200cc BMW motorcycle (an R1200R Classic) in pursuit of a new world record, Parmley plans to visit 13 countries, travelling over 5,500 miles in the process. He starts at Glastonbury on 24th of June before riding all the way to Croatia and back, returning on 23rd of July. This is the first record attempt ever related to a music festival and Guinness World Records has opened a new category for the trip: ‘Most Festivals Visited in 30 Days'.

After long weeks of training and preparation, and faced with travelling up to a gruelling 400 miles per day, Parmley, who edits the leading live music industry publication IQ magazine, will be taking in the UK, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Slovenia, Italy and Switzerland on his unique Euro escapade.

He says: "I was trying to think of an excuse to get out of the office and onto a motorbike for a few weeks, and then I started joining the dots around festivals in Europe. No one's ever attempted to visit this many before, although there may well be a good reason why not! I've always been a huge festival fan, but I may have gone a little overboard this time..."

The ticket presales for Metalcamp 2011 are going to the final phases, so get your tickets as soon as possible!. Until Saturday, June 25th, you can order them through the online shop and all known presale pages! From June 26th on, you will only be able to order tickets in advance from Eventim and Starticket Switzerland. Eventim still offers week, 3-day and day-passes! Also, at the festival´s box office in Tolmin you will be able to buy week, 3-day and 1-day passes!