Festival News And Information
Offficial Reading And Leeds Festival 2010 Headliner Announcement Monday 29th March
Reading Festival’s twitter has confirmed they will be announcing the offical line up, on Monday 29th of March. They also stated that tickets will go on sale the same day @ 6.45pm!
Ahead of any official word from reading & leeds, were releasing our top predictions for headliners this year.
Blink 182 – these guys are as good as [...]
SONISPHERE CLUB NIGHTS ANNOUNCED
The Sonisphere club nights are back and coming to a town near you! With a bunch of new venues on board and more than 60 nights in over 15 cities between now and Sonisphere 2010 there are no excuses! So get yourselves down to one of these nights to hear tracks by your favourite Sonisphere [...]
FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM CONFIRMED FOR HELLFEST
UK Goth legends Fields of the Nephilim have been confirmed as the headline act for the RockHard stage on Saturday 19th June at the forthcoming Hellfest which takes place in Clisson France, 18/19/20 June. The seminal cult rockers will headline the 10,000 capacity tent at Hellfest and promise to deliver their spine tingling soundscapes in spectacular style [...]
7 New bands added to the UK Sonisphere 2010 lineup!
Skunk Anansie, Apocalyptica, Gallows, Funeral For A Friend, Fightstar, Madina Lake and Family Force 5 have all officially been confirmed for this years Sonisphere Festival UK, which takes place in Knebworth, UK from Friday 30th July – Sunday 1st August 2010.
The official press release reads:
In the eight years between 2001 – 2009,Skunk Anansie left a [...]
Onslaught and Snakebite Confirmed for Bloodstock Festival 2010
Legendary British thrashers ONSLAUGHT have confirmed that their first ever UK festival appearance will take place at the 10th anniversary BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR. After forming in 1983, ONSLAUGHT burst onto the burgeoning Thrash Metal scene, releasing 3 albums before disbanding in 1990 – but not before securing their place as one of the forefathers of British Thrash. [...]
Reading and leeds festival 2010 lineup leaked?
A picture of the reading and leeds festival lineup which looks fairly real has been found online. it showcases Linkin Park, Blink 182 and Green Day headling the Festival. other popular favourites My Chemical Romance, Lost Prophets, Paramore and Franz Ferdinand are also featured.
What do you guys think of this? is it the official line-up? blink-182 [...]
Big Four confirmed for Sonisphere in Greece
All the Greek sites, blogs and forums have been flooded for the last months by rumours about the possible appearance of “BIG FOUR”.
Now Didi Music / Big Star Promotion can officially confirm that on Thursday, 24th June 2010 at Terra Vibe Park, with the addition of SONISPHERE GREECE.
For the first time in Greece, Sonisphere Festival [...]
TWISTED SISTER take last Headline Spot at Bloodstock Festival 2010
BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR has announced a further three bands, including the final remaining headliner slot.
BOA is thrilled to confirm the final headline slot for the 10th anniversary festival will be taken by legendary US metallers TWISTED SISTER. Capturing the spirit of rebellion, the multi-million selling New Yorkers enjoyed a hugely successful career, adored by metal [...]
Lamb Of God, Five Finger Death Punch, Thirty Seconds To Mars, Stone Sour and Billy Idol added to Download Festival 2010 Lineup!
5 more bands have been added to the Lineup for Download Festival 2010! the press release reads:
“The excitement doesn’t end there though, as we’ve also added Jared Leto’s phenomenal THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS, SlipKnot frontman Corey Taylor’s other band STONE SOUR and iconic punk rocker BILLY IDOL to the line-up.
Also on the bill are LAMB [...]
Rage Against The Machine, Aerosmith Confirmed for Download Festival 2010
Download Festival have just announced Rage Against The Machine And Aerosmith will be headlining their summer 2010 festival.
Also confirmed earlier on this month were AC/DC. AC/DC will be celebrating the birthday of two special events at download, The 30th anniversary of the first Donington Monsters Of Rock and the 30th anniversary of ‘Back In Black’. It’s [...]
Download Festival 2010 Headliners to be announced monday
Download festival is gearing up to announce 7 more bands, including 2 headliners on monday.
The word comes from andy coping’s twitter which states:
@Maverick_AC: Get ready for the next Download announcement on Monday night of next week…it’ll blow your socks off!
So who do you think is going to be announced? were hoping Rage Against The Machine finally [...]
Bloodstock Festival Adds BLOODBATH, GORGOROTH and BLACK SPIDERS to line up
BLOODSTOCK FESTIVAL 2010 has announced a further three bands to it’s already impressive line up.
SWEDISH Death Metal Supergroup BLOODBATH have confirmed their first ever UK appearance at BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR’s 10th ANNIVERSARY Festival in Derbyshire this summer. The band, which features KATATONIA guitarist Anders ´Blakkheim´ Nystrom and vocalist Jonas Renske, OPETH’s Mikael Akerfeldt and Martin ´Axe´ [...]
BONNAROO 2010 Lineup Announced
This year’s Bonnaroo 2010 is finally confirmed. It will feature a slew of artists. Top picks out of the litter include KINGS OF LEON, AGAINST ME!, JAY-Z, GWAR, LES CLAYPOOL, BARONESS, and more.
The full lineup is below:
Dave Matthews Band
Kings of Leon
Stevie Wonder
Jay-Z
Tenacious D
Weezer
The Flaming Lips with Stardeath and White Dwarfs perform “Dark Side of the [...]
AMON AMARTH confirmed for Sonisphere Switzerland
Might Swedish Viking warriors AMON AMARTH have been confirmed for the Swiss edition of the Sonisphere festival where they will be sharing ranks with the mighty 4 of Thrash Metal – Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth & Anthrax – among others!
AMON AMARTH
18/06/10 – CH – Jonschwil – Sonisphere Festival
All AMON AMARTH confirmed summer shows of 2010 so [...]
Them Crooked Vultures Confirmed For Rock AM Ring and Park Festivals
Them Crooked Vultures has been confirmed for an appearance at this year’s Rock Am Ring/Rock Am Park festivals June 4th-6th 2010. Tickets on sale now at tickets-per-post.de.
The band is also set to perform at London’s Royal Albert Hall on Monday, March 22nd as part of the 10-night line up to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of [...]
Download Festival 2010 bans flags
Download Festival organisers have confirmed their decision to ban flags in the main arena this year following a number of complaints at last years event.
Last year, Reading and Leeds Festivals excluded flags, although Glastonbury refused to impose a similar move.
A post on Download’s official forum from yesterday evening reads: “Due to an overwhelming number of [...]
Blink-182 hint at Reading And Leeds Festival Appearance
American Punk Rockers Blink-182 have dropped a hint that they may be peforming at Reading And Leeds Festival 2010 this august.
Blink drummer Travis Barker told MTV News that they would be traveling through Europe for festival appearances during August – with the band already rumoured to be playing a slot at the UK dual event.
“We [...]
HEAVEN & HELL TO HEADLINE BLOODSTOCK 2010
Heavy Metal Legends HEAVEN & HELL have been confirmed as headline act for BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2010. The metal masters have chosen to headline the 10th anniversary of the festival, crowning an already incredible line up, befitting such an important milestone. Living legend/Guitarist TONY IOMMI commented:
“Great for Geezer and me to play somewhere near to [...]
Sonata Arctica Added to Bloodstock Festival 2010 Lineup
With a line up already boasting some of the top names in metal, including CHILDREN OF BODOM, FEAR FACTORY, BEHEMOTH, and DEVIN TOWNSEND, the latest addition to the BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2010 line up further solidifies an already amazing cast. Finnish melodic metal masters SONATA ARCTICA will be making their only UK festival appearance of 2010 at this year’s [...]
Motorhead, Wolfmother, Stone Temple Pilots, Bullet for my valentine, Them Crooked Vultures, Deftones, volbeat and megadeth also announced for download festival 2010
Download Festival have just announced that aswell as AC/DC headlining Motorhead, Wolfmother, Stone Temple Pilots, Bullet for my valentine, Them Crooked Vultures and Deftones will also play.
For many rocksins followers Them Crooked vultures are the main follow here, with many fans eager to see the super group play.
Deftones will also be back in the uk [...]