Gig Of The Week: Sonisphere Festival
WHO: Sonisphere Festival
WHERE: Knebworth Park
WHEN: Friday, July 30 to Sunday, August 1
The second Sonisphere Festival has a mouth-watering line-up, featuring headliners Rammstein (July 31) and Iron Maiden (August 1), plus Alice Cooper, Motley Crue, Iggy & The Stooges, Alice In Chains, Slayer, The Cult and Skunk Anansie.
There are five stages with over 70 bands, and Therapy? fans will no doubt be looking forward to seeing their heroes play their classic 1994 album Troublegum in its entirety.
There are also comedians and loads of other activities. As an added attraction, kids who are 12 or under go for free, as long as they’re accompanied by an adult.
Advance tickets come off sale at 9am on Thursday, July 29. But they will still be available at the festival box office, or from certain local outlets (the list is on the Sonisphere website).
And 20 more bands have just been confirmed for the festival. Not all are Classic Rock friendly, but here’s the list:
Bleed From Within
Cerebral Ballzy
Enforcer
Head Charger
Hearts Under Fire
Heights
Karma To Burn
Kvelertak
Love Amongst Ruin
Malefice
Never Means Maybe
No Mean City
October File
Sacred Betrayal
Stand Up Guy
Sweet Savage
The Defiled
This Is Devine
Winnebego Deal
You And What Army
Find out all the details at uk.sonispherefestivals.com
Just a shame Iron Maiden will play all the new shit.Die hard fans want the classics not this piss poor shit that Maiden are putting out now.
Heard 2 new songs and they are crap. Cant believe Classic Rock Magazine has given the new album 9/10.The new Maiden is nothing compared to old Maiden.
Bob your behind the times as Maidens last 3 albums have been classic in there own right. I’ve been seeing Maiden since 90 and I’ve been lucky enough to see them play all my favourites live and can’t wait to hear the modern classics if you want to see the same show stick with AC/DC who set list hasn’t really changed in 20 years.