Sonisphere Festival
sonisphere festival touring rock music festival took place across europe month june august festival owned john jackson kilimanjaro live jointly promoted k kilimanjaro live hosted heavy metal band iron maiden metallica mötley crüe slayer juda priest megadeth avenged sevenfold babymetal latter group would make uk debut event festival taken place uk since stuart galbraith chief executive officer kilimanjaro live revealed sonisphere return uk due financial issue idea sonisphere first conceived john jackson late jackson chose name sonisphere combination sonic sphere stuart galbraith formed business partnership aeg live called kilimanjaro live john jackson approached stuart galbraith idea panworld touring festival aligned kilimanjaro life plan uk festival john jackson creator director sonisphere galbraith producer first run festival ran throughout summer six venue returning venue plan future festival consist increasing number festival making event global rather local europe expanding uk event day festival increasing uk capacity attendee sonisphere festival tour made six oneday festival across europe plenty slurry whilst nvz seventh festival england spanning two day festival core group band played six date numerous extra band added date individually location festival include goffert park nijmegen netherlands hockenheimring germany forum barcelona spain folkets park hultsfred sweden kirjurinluoto pori finland knebworth house knebworth england metallica main headliner sonisphere festival dutch edition sonisphere festival took place saturday june goffertpark nijmegen kamelot korn lamb god metallica pendulum slipknot blaas glory mastodon could make sonisphere due scheduling issue announced sonisphere although heard news whilst traveling sword cancelled show day sonisphere began german edition sonisphere festival took place saturday july hockenheimring metallica headliner anthrax die toten hosen extremo lamb god mastodon metallica prodigy spanish edition sonisphere festival took place saturday july forum barcelona headliner metallica gojira lamb god machine head mastodon metallica slipknot soziedad alkoholika eye blaas glory swedish edition sonisphere festival took place saturday july folkets park hultsfred metallica headliner adept conspiracy cradle filth dead april lamb god machine head mastodon meshuggah metallica primal scream international noise conspiracy cult hive finnish edition sonisphere festival took place saturday july kirjurinluoto arena pori metallica headliner diablo lamb god linkin park los bastardos finlandeses machine head mastodon metallica saxon turisas blaas glory machine head forced cut set short due lead guitarist phil demmel collapsing stage british edition sonisphere festival took place two day saturday sunday august knebworth house knebworth headliner linkin park saturday metallica sunday festival featured four stage music weekend main two staggered staging others within bohemia village bohemia stage third four stage undercover stage able continue past sound curfew placed upon main stage rev final live performance avenged sevenfolds drummer death december also last european appearance ronnie james dio died stomach cancer may avenged sevenfold played final concert rev passing december band final song together almost easy dead sunrise appeared apollo stage saturday night part linkin park encore coheed cambria late arriving due missing ferry moved onto bohemia stage play later slot originally intended band fact fact played apollo stage lamb god guitarist mark morton missed band slot august wife due give birth around time unearths buz mcgrath filled band show sonisphere uk nine inch nail performance said last europe set stop touring end tour year ultimately resumed touring returning uk reading leeds festival playing several date uk may thunder played last set well year performing anthrax played billed oneoff show former vocalist john bush originally intended vocalist dan nelson longer part band machine head pulled limp bizkits addition bumped bill however return play fourth slot apollo stage special guest frank turner pulled undisclosed reason though claimed fan forced choose festival leeds reading festival ultimately choosing latter fear factory cancelled tour date claimed recording new album ultimately found legal dispute use name fear factory thin lizzy pulled band parted way guitaristvocalist john sykes dirty little rabbit pulled festival due drummer suffering exhaustion month touring slipknot ataris pulled one member contracted swine flu sonisphere tour visited eleven location around europe june august location sonisphere poland switzerland czech republic bulgaria greece romania turkey spain united kingdom sweden finland unlike core group headliner performing date headliner iron maiden metallica rammstein warsaw poland host city first festival first announced december sonisphere poland took place june metallica megadeth slayer anthrax band make big four thrash metal played together first time anthrax behemoth frontside megadeth metallica slayer switzerland second nation host sonisphere festival event taking place degenaupark jonschwil june inch blood airbourne alice chain amon amarth anthrax lay dying atreyu blaas glory bullet valentine dear superstar devildriver hellyeah mastodon megadeth metallica motörhead overkill rise slayer smoke blow stone sour volbeat czech republic hosted festival milovice june also oneday festival metallica headlined event alice chain anthrax devildriver fear factory megadeth metallica panic cell rise slayer stone sour therapy volbeat bulgaria held first sonisphere two day sofia june venue vasil levski national stadium day – tuesday june anthrax megadeth metallica slayer day – wednesday june alice chain manowar rammstein stone sour concert also broadcast live around world movie theater part big four tour first time history four band played together one stage performing diamond head song evil sonisphere festival greece held june terra vibe park athens front people anthrax bullet valentine megadeth metallica slayer stone sour suicidal angel romania held sonisphere festival june bucharest romexpo day – friday june accept manowar orphaned land paradise lost volbeat day – saturday june anthrax megadeth metallica slayer vița de vie day – sunday june alice chain anathema rammstein stone sour turkey held sonisphere festival time romania june part sonisphere bjk i̇nönü stadium istanbul akbank sponsored event day – friday june alice chain black tooth pentagram rammstein stone sour day – saturday june accept hayko cepkin manowar volbeat day – sunday june anthrax megadeth metallica slayer big four stage one another play altogether first time rammstein anthrax came turkey bass player manowar joey demaio made speech audience turkish spain hosted sonisphere july getafe open air madrid day – friday july anathema bullet valentine faith porcupine tree saxon slayer suicidal tendency volbeat wasp day – saturday july alice chain annihilator coheed cambria deftones megadeth meshuggah rammstein soulfly sonisphere arrived uk threeday festival taking place knebworth house friday july – sunday august music included rocky horror show theme alice cooper headliner iron maiden rammstein day – friday july daysofstatic alice cooper watch afar bigelf blaas glory black spider chrome hoof deaf havana delain europe fei comodo gary numan hawk eye karma burn lower atlantis sylosis terrorvision throat turisas winnebago deal day – saturday july anthrax apocalyptica audrey horne blaas glory corey taylor earthtone enforcer evile family force fear factory feeder gallows good charlotte heaven basement inme katatonia lacuna coil little fish mötley crüe outasight papa roach placebo polar bear club rsj rammstein sabaton sick skunk anansie soulfly therapy turbowolf young legionnaire day – sunday august alice chain army freshman blaas glory bring horizon cky dir en grey fightstar funeral friend henry rollins iggy stooge iron maiden karnivool kylesa love amongst ruin madina lake pendulum rise remain sacred mother tongue skindred slave gravity slayer sweet savage cult defiled eighty matchbox bline disaster union xcerts band dropout outcry collective pulled due band breaking municipal waste pulled due exhaustion injury sweden hosted sonisphere stockholm august oneday festival iron maiden announced via official website band would headline swedish event following band performed event heaven hell cancelled due ronnie james dios illness later death alice cooper anthrax hammerfall iggy stooge imperial state electric iron maiden mötley crüe slayer warrior soul sonisphere finished tour finland ticket sold held august kirjurinluoto arena pori iron maiden headlined event freak storm hit sonisphere finland sunday august causing severe damage second stage rendering stage unsafe unusable two people seriously injured one died hospital heaven hell show cancelled beginning festival due ronnie james dios health issue died may day – saturday august alice chain apocalyptica serj tankian stamna eye cult volbeat day – sunday august alice cooper anthrax iggy stooge insomnium iron maiden mokoma profane omen slayer sonisphere returned new venue india france italy return romania also marked first time metallica played india first headliner announced knebworth england slipknot sonisphere knebworth took place july december announced american band slipknot would headline sonisphere soon afterward december announced scottish rock band biffy clyro would headlining saturday night band first major festival headlining performance december announced metallica megadeth slayer anthrax would headline friday knebworth event first time big four perform together uk january announced motörhead mastodon flame parkway drive playing uk leg sonisphere january announced weezer airbourne architect diamond head playing sonisphere february six time low sum house pain arch enemy grinspoon fozzy periphery added lineup march bill bailey jarred christmas jason john whitehead jim breuer steveo added lineup according official site three day event nearly people present cancer bat performed black sabbath tribute show motörhead dedicated set former guitarist würzel died day saturday july show opened performance richard cheese lounge machine sonisphere sweden returned stockholm held globen open air saturday july slipknot headlined event flame mastodon mustasch dead april also playing festival fan came see band time airbourne arch enemy dead april graveyard flame kvelertak mastodon mustasch seventribe slipknot sonisphere finland took place kalasatama helsinki july slipknot headlined bill band performing included flame opeth sonata arctica hammerfall mastodon opposed past two year sonisphere less well attended attendance fan battle beast hammerfall flame mastodon norther opeth poisonblack slipknot sonata arctica stamna sonisphere poland returned bemowo airport warsaw friday june iron maiden announced website would headline event poland motörhead confirmed second headliner festival band announced mastodon volbeat killing joke devin townsend hunter made hate iron maiden played crowd people attended event corruption devin townsend project hunter iron maiden killing joke made hate mastodon motörhead volbeat sonisphere greece returned athens took place terra vibe park malakassa friday june iron maiden headlined event slipknot special guest playing live first time since paul gray death mastodon gojira virus supporting act may announced nightfall moonspell need total riot would play june rotting christ headliner second stage greek leg sonisphere festival fan attended event sonisphere took place italian soil first time people present two day festival twoday event booked autodromo enzo e dino ferrari imola june iron maiden headliner first evening band performed nearly fan next day headliner linkin park attendance band bill slipknot chemical romance sum alter bridge cult mastodon motörhead guano ape funeral friend papa roach rob zombie apocalyptica many others slipknot big four confirmed would headlining french sonisphere event took place july band announced dream theater airbourne mastodon gojira loudblast tarja volbeat diamond head mass hysteria rise remain symfonia bring horizon papa roach two night attracted people metallica performed helpless diamond head diamond head anthrax member stage without slayer megadeth may metallica confirmed official website would headline indian edition sonisphere took place bangalore october palace ground third spanish sonisphere festival took place july getafe open air madrid main headliner iron maiden darkness slash headlining night sonsphere spain included around attendee iron maiden played full house venue nearly fan iron maiden headlined second turkish sonisphere show took place june maçka küçükçiftlik park istanbul band played included slipknot alice cooper mastodon flame ticket sold approximately people sonisphere event scheduled happen year bulgaria according local promoter marcel avram balkan entertainment event cancelled due logistical problem could rectified promoter also said problem control full refund ticket would begin june continue july sonisphere returned switzerland second time event took place st jakob june basel two evening people attended headlining show june headliner juda priest epitaph world tour st jakobshalle next evening headliner iron maiden performed almost fan gathered leichtathletik stadion band whitesnake alice cooper slipknot limp bizkit extremo flame papa roach kreator mr big hatebreed hammerfall alter bridge gojira gwar skindred many second time sonisphere took place czech republic event originally scheduled milovice airport month changed praha výstaviště park nearly people czech republic many country poland germany austria attended headlining gig iron maiden june band bill included sister mercy kreator korn mastodon cavalera conspiracy many others sonisphere knebworth scheduled take place july february headliner announced kiss friday queen adam lambert saturday faith sunday several band set play album entirety including mastodon performing hunter glassjaw performing worship tribute hundred reason performing idea station march festival cancelled organiser stating coordinating festival appropriate standard year proved difficult expected poland hosted sonisphere may bemowo airport acid drinker black label society gojira hunter luxtorpeda machine head metallica spain hosted sonisphere may getafe open air day – friday may corrosion conformity kobra lotus kyuss life limp bizkit machine head orange goblin paradise lost rise remain skindred sonata arctica soundgarden offspring day – saturday may child bodom clutch enter shikari evanescence fear factory ghost gojira mastodon metallica sister slayer vita imana within temptation switzerland held sonisphere may yverdonlesbains eluveitie gojira mastodon metallica motörhead slayer finland held sonisphere june kalasatama amorphis ghost gojira hardcore superstar machine head metallica france held sonisphere july amneville december organiser announced festival would make return cancelling year edition knebworth however december confirmed event would cancelled second year succession citing struggle secure strong lineup festival announced november sonisphere would return knebworth uk july festival would celebrate year rock music knebworth park sonisphere would come hamburg germany june december iron maiden saturday metallica sunday announced first two headliner uk edition sonisphere would iron maiden final show highly successful maiden england world tour also revealed metallica announced fan booking weekend ticket would eligible vote song metallicas setlist th one new song december prodigy announced headlining friday slot january slayer mastodon alice chain ghost karnivool gojira airbourne added lineup undercard booking january limp bizkit revealed special guest prodigy friday dropkick murphy sister mercy anthrax chas dave devin townsend project carniflex silverstein virgin mary voodoo six tessaract alestorm also appearing across weekend first time uk festival pro wrestling company progress wrestling held three show satellite stage three day show well received considered many music site best sonisphere especially lego deathmatch held final night sonisphere also later revealed official facebook page plan continue tradition stage clash two main stage apollo saturn stage stage would run normal capacity uk festival babymetals debut sonisphere event would also feature one anticipated set festival history united kingdom debut thenunknown japanese death metal trio babymetal original plan sonisphere event planner group would late day evening set bohemia tent however babymetals music video wildly popular song gimme chocolate released event planner decided move set early saturday morning main apollo stage italy held sonisphere june assago summer arena faith gojira hawk eye meshuggah metallica three day grace harlot switzerland held sonisphere june expopark nidaubiel bonaparte incubus muse hive sonisphere uk cancelled january organiser stated couldnt get lineup together deemed suitable event switzerland held sonisphere june allmend lucerne day – friday june gojira iron maiden sabaton raven age wild lie tremonti day – saturday june anthrax apocalyptica powerwolf rammstein shakra slayer shrine tuxedoo concert knebworth house final frontier world tour world magnetic tour memorial world tour official website vexed sonisphere festival coverage – feat interview taking back sunday used