Sonisphere Festival News
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Fear Factory Announced For Sonisphere Festival UK 2010
Sonisphere Festival 2010 has just announced that after being forced to pull out of their scheduled Sonisphere 2009 performance, LA Cyber-Metallers Fear Factory will headline 2010. The band were forced to cancel their 09 appearance to concentrate on their new album, “Mechanized”, which is set for a March 2010 release. Sonisphere is delighted to offer fans the first chance [...]
Heaven and Hell Confirmed for Spanish Sonisphere Festival 2010
HEAVEN AND HELL – featuring BLACK SABBATH legends Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Ronnie James Dio and Vinnie Appice – are confirmed will be playing Sonisphere Spain in Barcelona on Saturday, July 10th, 2010. More details will be revealed soon at www.sonispherefestivals.com.
Heaven And Hell are also confirmed for the following Sonisphere events:
June
18 – Jonschwil [...]
BIG FOUR – METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH & ANTHRAX SWITZERLAND SHOW ADDED
As promised, SONISPHERE FESTIVALS have confirmed another date with the amazing BIG FOUR line up. The third festival to feature the history making combination of METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH and ANTHRAX will be held in SWITZERLAND, with special guests HEAVEN & HELL, MOTORHEAD, and many more to be confirmed.
Said METALLICA drummer LARS ULRICH on the initial [...]
The Big Four Tour Confirmed
* MORE BIG FOUR APPEARANCES AT SONISPHERE SHOWS PLANNED *
The world wide web has been abound with speculation on a possible “BIG FOUR” tour for several months. Now, SONISPHERE can exclusively reveal that METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH and ANTHRAX will play together for the first time in history, in a move that will have metalheads across [...]
Have Metallica let the big four out of the bag for Sonisphere?
Earlier this evening the Sonisphere Twitter page made the following announcement to its followers:
“More Sonisphere rock history-in-the-making to be announced very soon! Mega announcement follows…”
After seeing this, and doing a little digging about, it appears that the official Metallica website have possibly let the big announcement out of the bag, and that the Big Four [...]
Iron Maiden & Rammstein to headline Sonisphere!
Sonisphere festival have just announced that both Iron Maiden and Rammstein are set to headline the UK leg of the Sonisphere festival, which is due to take place from Friday 30th July – Sunday 1st August 2010!
Sonisphere press release:
“Yes it’s really true. Iron Maiden will perform their only UK show of 2010 and Rammstein will make their [...]
Iron Maiden Set to Headline Sonisphere Festival 2010
British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN are expected to announce on Wednesday, December 9 at 6:00 p.m. GMT that they will headline next year’s edition of the U.K.’s Sonisphere festival, which will be held Saturday, July 31, 2010 and Sunday, August 1, 2010 at Knebworth.
More than 80,000 metal and rock fans attended the inaugural Sonisphere [...]
Rammstein rumours for Sonisphere grow stronger
As you may know, we have taken bets on this years lineup at Download and Sonisphere Festivals, and our top backed band Rammstein have announced some news which means their more likely to play Sonisphere 2010 than Download 2010.
While theres still chance they could play Download festival 2010, the German rockers have confirmed they will be playing Austria’s [...]
Sonisphere 2010 Dates confirmed!
Sonisphere have today confirmed the dates for the return of their UK festival!, see below for the press release:
“It’s official! Sonisphere 2010 will take place on 31st July and 1st August.
Thank you again everyone for coming to the first Sonisphere Festival at Knebworth Park in August 2009. We are really excited to announce that the [...]
Rammstein to Headline Rock Am Ring, Possible download 2010 appearance?
Rammstein has been announced as the first headliner for the 25th anniversary of Rock am Ring. The festival will take place from June 4-6 2010. More bands and details will follow. Tickets are now available for 140 euros.
Festival organizers are telling fans that “we can look forward to an exclusive and explosive performance. There will [...]
MACHINE HEAD – Sonisphere 2009 Performances On YouTube
Two performances from Machine Head at Sonisphere 2009 have surfaced and found their way to youtube. Below are the performances.
Machine Head saw their Main Stage slot was temporarily cancelled at Sonisphere, after the band had already been moved down the bill to make room for Limp Bizkit.
However, they did eventually play with Robb Flynn explaining: [...]