Read my new article in The Huffington Post on Rihanna, Metallica and I: We All Contribute to Northern Europe’s Largest Music Festival. An excerpt: Caught up in Rihanna’s allure, a combination of over-sexed precociousness and genuine love, and perhaps aware of the singer’s fragile humanity, the crowd surrendered and believed her. The encore, “Diamonds,” was merely icing on the cake.
An Artist Draws Rihanna Photo by Robin Elizabeth Herr
Graffiti Zone Photo by Robin Elizabeth Herr
Artists Create Graffiti Zone Photo by Robin Elizabeth Herr
A Volunteer Sets Up 1 of 145 Food Stands Photo by Robin Elizabeth Herr
Volunteer Workers Prep Arena Stage(Capacity 17,000) by Robin Elizabeth Herr
Mother Lewinsky at the Pavilion Photo by Robin Elizabeth Herr
Pavilion Light Check Photo by Robin Elizabeth Herr
Festival-goers relaxing Photo by Robin Elizabeth Herr
Mother Lewinsky Combines Classical & Pop Photo by Robin Elizabeth Herr
Postiljonen Band Member Photo by Robin Elizabeth Herr
Fans Enjoying the Music Photo by Robin Elizabeth Herr
Dream Pop Band, Postiljonen Photo by Robin Elizabeth Herr
On the Way to Apollo Photo by Robin Elizbeth Herr
Relax City near Camp K Photo by Robin Elizabeth Herr
Camp J’s Fire Pit Photo by Johnny S. Rasmussen
EIK at the Apollo Photo by Robin Elizabeth Herr
Fans branding their tent with 2013 Logo Photo by Robin Elizabeth Herr
Robin Elizabeth Herr 
…in the good old eighties I seemed to be the only one who loved Metallica (Kill’em all, Master of Puppets etc.). For me, Heavy Metal was my personal rage against mainstream!
Today, it seems to me that Metallica really became a part of modern mainstream music.