Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Sonisphere August 2009 get ready
The Knebworth rock saga continues with the infamous venue hosting the very first UK Sonisphere Festival. Ex-Download Festival guru Stuart Galbraith has provided a line-up sure to whet the appetites of any heavy rock fan. Organisers have downplayed the idea of Sonisphere being a direct rival to Download, although the line-up paints a different picture with metal, nu-metal and hard rock festival regulars, who wouldn't look out of place under the Donnington tyre, lining up. Aside from the comparisons, Sonisphere promises to be a raucous event with seriously hard hitting headliners in the form of Metallica and Linkin Park. This is one weekend unlikely to disappoint those ready to “rock!”
It’s all happening from 1-2 August in the grounds of Knebworth House, Hertfordshire.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Nine Inch Nails rock Manchester and London
Nine Inch Nails rock Manchester and London
This week, Trent Reznor and co have been busy banging out 20+ song sets at Manchester MEN Arena (July 14th) and London O2 Arena (July 15th) with a very special guest in London.
After covering Gary Numan’s classic track, ‘Metal’ in Manchester on Tuesday, the ‘Cars’ star joined the Apollo Stage stars in London for a couple of songs. Needless to say, the crowd went mental for it.
the setlists from the two shows are:
Manchester
Burn
Gave Up
Somewhat Damaged
Terrible Lie
Heresy
March of the Pigs
Piggy
Metal (Gary Numan cover)
The Becoming Play Video
I’m Afraid Of Americans (David Bowie cover)
La Mer
The Fragile
Gone, Still
The Way Out Is Through
Wish
Survivalism
Suck (Pigface cover)
The Day The World Went Away
The Hand That Feeds
Head Like A Hole
London
Now I’m Nothing
Terrible Lie
1,000,000
Heresy
March of the Pigs
Reptile
The Becoming
I’m Afraid Of Americans (David Bowie cover)
Burn
Gave Up
La Mer
The Fragile
Non-Entity
The Big Come Down
The Downward Spiral
Wish
Survivalism
Down In It
Metal (w/ Gary Numan)
Cars (w/ Gary Numan)
The Hand That Feeds
Head Like A Hole
Friday, July 10, 2009
Machine Head are not going to perform in Sonisphere Festival 2009
The California rockers, whose appearance would have been the only outdoor show they would have played in the UK this year, have stated that,
"It is with the utmost disappointment that we must announce that Machine Head will not be playing the Sonisphere date at Knebworth in the U.K. on August 2nd.
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Sonisphere Festival UK Line Up 2009
The British edition of the Sonisphere Festival will take place over two days on Saturday August 1 and Sunday August 2, 2009 at Knebworth House, Knebworth with headliners Linkin Park (Saturday) and Metallica (Sunday). The festival will have four stages of music during the weekend, with the main two being staggered staging, the others being within the Bohemia village. The Bohemia stage (the third of four stages) is an undercover stage and as such will be able to continue past the sound curfews placed upon the main stages.
Apollo Stage | |
Saturday | Sunday |
Linkin Park | Metallica |
Saturn Stage | |
Saturday | Sunday |
Bullet for my Valentine | Avenged Sevenfold |
Bohemia | |
Saturday | Sunday |
Thunder | The Ataris |
Jagermeister Stage | |
Saturday | Sunday |
Blackhole | Heaven’s Basement |
- Frank Turner was also originally confirmed for the main stage, but was forced to pull out for undisclosed reasons.
- The Sword have also withdrawn from the lineup because they were tired.
- Fear Factory were also scheduled to play but cancelled all tour dates.
- Thin Lizzy were also scheduled to play on the Sunday, but as the band has parted ways with guitarist/vocalist John Sykes they have been forced to pull out.
- Machine Head were originally billed to play the third spot on the Sunday. However they pulled out after Stuart Galbraith, the festival organiser, had moved Limp above them without informing the band. As the third spot was a part of Machine Heads contract to play, the band decided to withdraw themselves from the festival completely.
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Sonisphere Festival Camping
The space in Sonisphere festival has more than enough for everyone on site. That makes it as big as Donington Park or the sites for Reading and Leeds Festivals. particulars about the special Campsites will be coming here soon.
Family Camping
Gas Canisters
We have determined to ban Gas Canisters from the outset, the extensive abuse of Gas Canisters at almost every major rock festival means we have decided to start Sonisphere without them. As an alternative you can use mini, disposable, or hexi BBQs or we will have a BBQ area with some big solid BBQs so everyone can cook up together.
Tents
You should actually only bring a Tent the size of the people camping in it. Ie not 2 people in a 8 person tent.
How to Get Sonisphere Festival
SHUTTLES
A free of charge shuttle bus service will run during the listed train timings from Stevenage Train Station to the Sonisphere site beginning at 2pm on the Thursday and finishing once you have all gone on Monday. It will be a nonstop service instead of at set times. Additional buses will be available during active periods but you may need to wait for a little while to get the next obtainable bus. Please DO NOT walk to the festival site. It is a 2 mile walk and involves crossing a motorway junction where you will be stopped for safety reasons. The shuttle bus is not kept for just rail users. It can be used by local festival goers and people continuing or parking in Stevenage. The shuttle bus will leave from the Leisure Park at the foot of the railway station bridge.
BY AIR
Knebworth is in close up approximate to all of the major London airports: Heathrow (30 miles), Stansted (25 miles), Gatwick (75 miles) and Luton (12 miles)
BY RAIL
The closest rail station is Stevenage, two miles away. There is a taxi rank at the station. Non stop Inter-City and local services sprint to Stevenage from London Kings Cross Station around every 30 minutes. Plus, there are everyday Inter-City connections on the East Coast main line to Cambridge, York, Newcastle, Glasgow, Edinburgh and a lot of other destinations.
BY COACH
National Express coaches take you right to into the coach park at Knebworth and back from main towns and cities all over the UK. We’ve prearranged a suitable schedule for arrival and departure, to give you time to arrangement camp and to get you home afterwards, without you having to miss a thing.
BY ROAD
The public access to the Park is straight off Junction 7 of the A1(M) motorway (exit Stevenage South), 10 miles north of the M25. Sat Nav systems should use the post code SG1 2AX. To locate the A1(M) please see the Motorway Map. Ample parking is obtainable.
Sonisphere Festival Line Up 2009
- Metallica
- Linkin Park
- NIN
- Heaven & Hell
- Bullet For My Valentine
- Avenged Sevenfold
- Machine Head
- Feeder
- Coheed & Cambria
- Anthrax
- Taking Back Sunday
- Alice In Chains
- Lamb Of God
- Airbourne
- Killing Joke
Thin Lizzy
The Used
Mastodon
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Sonisphere Festival 2009
Introduction To Sonisphere Festival
The thought for Sonisphere was first pictured when Stuart Galbraith, was working for now business competitors and managers of Download Festival, Live Nation. The plan was to grasp a sequence of events that would 'translate into other lands. The event did not begin to materialise however, until Galbraith left Live Nation for events company Kilamanjaro Live. Galbraith gained the support of influential metal band Metallica who will help curate the festival in coming years, however, rumours were rapidly left without of them being signed to a multi million pound deal which would see them headline the festival for 3 years. Galbraiths tactics for future festivals are to enlarge the number of festivals making the event global rather than local to europe, increasing the UK event to a 3 day festival and rising the UK capacity from 40,000 to 60,000.