Rock am Ring reopens after bomb scare

German music festival Rock am Ring reopened Saturday after a bomb scare Friday night (June 2) forced the evacuation of 80,000 attendees who had stayed to watch Rammstein's headlining set at the Nürburgring race track.

The event was halted Friday after an individual 'of non-German origin' whom police believed to have potential ties to terrorism was found backstage with two other individuals. After questioning the three, police learned the individual's names did not match the names on their passes, Koblenz police chief Wolfgang Fromm told a news conference.

The three individuals were arrested and their apartments searched. 

The scare came less than two weeks after a suicide bomber struck an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, killing 22 individuals and injuring over 100 more. 

Rock am Ring is owned by Live Nation, and this year's lineup includes headliners Rammstein, Die Toten Hosen and System of a Down along with Bastille, Five Finger Death Punch, Liam Gallagher, Rag'n'Bone Man, Sum 41, Machine Gun Kelly, Prophets of Rage, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Pierce the Veil.

Source: Billboard