UK Festival Updates:Sonisphere Fans Get Excited For Summer 2011

Download Festival booker Andy Copping confirmed on Twitter that the festival had "two Download headliners locked in", which has started speculation on they've confirmed to play next summer in Donnington.

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Then not to be outdone by the Download excitement, Sonisphere Festival made their announcement on Twitter that they had brought the Knebworth date forward to the 8th-10th July 2011 (it usually is held at the end of July).

Also, the Isle of Wight Festival which happens the same weekend of Download Festival, generally attracting a different genre of festival goers announced the Foo Fighters & Kasabian will headline along with Kings of Leon and newly reformed 90's Britpop band Pulp. Kings of Leon will kick off the weekend on Friday, followed by Foo Fighters on the Saturday followed by Kasabian closing the weekend on the Sunday night.

Better get your 2011 diaries out!

Sonisphere 2011 festival dates for Knebworth announced

Sonisphere Festival 2011 for 3 days will take place in the grounds of Knebworth House from Friday,July 8 to Sunday, July 10.

Veteran shock-rocker Alice Cooper, German metallers Rammstein and British heavy metal legends Iron Maiden are this year festival headliners 3 weeks earlier.

No headliners have been confirmed for 2011 yet.

However, John Jackson, who created the international touring event with Stuart Galbraith, let slip that Slipknot’s Corey Taylor could well return to Knebworth for a third year in a row.

He said: “We can’t say just yet, but we have some ideas.”

He added: “Corey Taylor announced that he’d see everyone next year.

“Now he’s got two other bands [Slipknot and Stone Sour]. I’ll leave that for you to guess... or it could be both!”

Sonisphere is up for a number of gongs at tonight’s (Thursday’s) UK Festival Awards, including best major festival and best headliner for Rammstein.

Sonisphere Festival Concert Performance DVD and High Definition Blu-ray Released

Big Four, Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax, who had performed in Sonisphere Festival concert, a high definition DVD and Blu ray of this legendary concert will be released tomorrow, November 2nd by Warner Bros. Records.

The disc contains behind the scene interviews and footage, it is the for the first time that all four bands had performed together on a stage, a disc based on two sets includes the full shows from all four bands

Warner Bros. Records.will also released a complete Cd of all night show, which will include all the performances in two CD with all five hours of music. A released will be called limited-edition "Super Deluxe" Box Set

a 24-page booklet, a two-sided poster, photos of each band, and a collectible Big 4 guitar pick.

The full track-listing for The Big Four Live From Sofia is as follows:

ANTHRAX [DVD1/CD1 -- 1 Hour Approx]
1. Caught In A Mosh 6:07
2. Got The Time 3:41
3. Madhouse 4:39
4. Be All, End All 7:44
5. Antisocial 6:55
6. Indians / Heaven & Hell 9:48
7. Medusa 5:54
8. Only 6:44
9. Metal Thrashing Mad 2:44
10. I Am The Law 7:13

MEGADETH [DVD1/CD2 -- 1 Hour Approx]
1. Holy Wars... The Punishment Due 5:49
2. Hangar 18 5:39
3. Wake Up Dead 3:39
4. Head Crusher 3:49
5. In My Darkest Hour 4:59
6. Skin O' My Teeth 3:14
7. A Tout Le Monde 4:24
8. Hook In Mouth 4:39
9. Trust 5:09
10. Sweating Bullets 4:59
11. Symphony Of Destruction 4:09
12. Peace Sells / Holy Wars Reprise 9:40

SLAYER [DVD1/CD3 -- 1 Hour Approx]
1. World Painted Blood 6:27
2. Jihad 4:29
3. War Ensemble 5:11
4. Hate Worldwide 3:09
5. Seasons In The Abyss 6:24
6. Angel Of Death 5:29
7. Beauty Through Order 5:14
8. Disciple 5:04
9. Mandatory Suicide 4:24
10. Chemical Warfare 5:39
11. South Of Heaven 4:19
12. Raining Blood 5:00

METALLICA [DVD2/CD4/CD5 -- 2 Hours Approx]
1. Creeping Death 6:24
2. For Whom The Bell Tolls 4:29
3. Fuel 4:19
4. Harvester Of Sorrow 6:44
5. Fade To Black 7:39
6. That Was Just Your Life 6:46
7. Cyanide 6:27
8. Sad But True 7:44
9. Welcome Home (Sanitarium) 6:04
10. All Nightmare Long 9:04
11. One 7:04
12. Master Of Puppets 8:37
13. Blackened 7:57
14. Nothing Else Matters 5:24
15. Enter Sandman 6:33
16. Am I Evil? 7:07
17. Hit The Lights 3:28
18. Seek And Destroy 7:44