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Sonisphere Knebworth has announced three headliners and the first batch of bands for its 2012 event, with tickets available from www.sonisphere.co.uk from 9am Thursday 23rd February.
Shooting rockets. Blood spitting. Face Paint. Shiny Boots and utterly jaw dropping triumphant live shows: Sonisphere is proud to announce KISS as Friday’s headliner. With a reputation for being perhaps the most flamboyant and entertaining band on the planet, the American Kings will bring their stage extravaganza to Sonisphere as their only European performance of 2012. While many bands have been chasing the eye liner shock horror dollar and have come and gone without changing the face of music as we know it, KISS have gone from strength to strength garnering praise, success and too many accolades to mention throughout the years, selling over 100 million albums worldwide and counting as the band is poised to unleash new album ‘Monster’ in June 2012. Says the band:
“You wanted the best, you got the best, the hottest band in the world, KISS”.
Queen’s Brian May and Roger Taylor have confirmed that rock legends QUEEN will headline the second day of Sonisphere appearing on the Apollo stage on Saturday July 7.
Knebworth was the setting for Queen’s final concert with Freddie Mercury in August 1986. May and Taylor also confirmed that for this very special event they will be joined by US singer-songwriter Adam Lambert.
For the final, Sunday night, Sonisphere Knebworth is proud to announce the legendary FAITH NO MORE as the headline act on the Apollo stage.
Onstage irreverent, uncompromising, unpredictable and dazzling at every turn, FNM have been setting new standards in exciting rock performance for more than two decades now. With classics such as ‘Falling To Pieces’, ‘Epic’, ‘Midlife Crisis’ and ‘Be Aggressive’, Mike Bordin, Roddy Bottum, Bill Gould, Jon Hudson and Mike Patton are poised to set Knebworth on fire when they close the last night at Sonisphere with their only UK appearance of 2012.
Joining the three superb headliners are some of the biggest names from the world of rock and metal.
Within Temptation, Wolfmother, Evanescence, The Darkness, Flogging Molly, Gojira, Lacuna Coil also feature on the Apollo stage’s line up across Friday and Saturday while Sunday showcases more massive names including Incubus, Marilyn Manson and Cypress Hill.
Aside from the big names on the Apollo stage, the first three names for Knebworth’s other main stage – Saturn – have been revealed as Refused (only UK show), The Blackout, and Mastodon returning from last year to make their only UK festivla appearance.
Also appearing across the weekend at Knebworth, Fields of the Nehilim, Ghost, Switchfoot, Katatonia, and Tim Minchin.
On top of the host of talent on offer at Sonisphere Knebworth, organisers are offering a limited number of tickets to Sonisphere Madrid (which takes place 25th and 26th May) when a weekend ticket for Sonisphere Knebworth is bought. Headliners Metallica – who play their Black album in its entirety – are joined by an impressive cast featuring the likes of Soundgarden, Slayer, Children of Bodom, Kyuss Lives and many more – that’s two Sonisphere festivals for the price of one!
Tickets are on sale from 9am Thursday 23rd Feb from www.sonisphere.co.uk or 0844 871 8803 priced at £145 for weekend tickets, £170 for three days with camping, £180 for four days with camping, a very limited number of day tickets available for £75. A deposit scheme will be launched at the same time for those who want to spread the cost of their ticket. A deposit of £50 will secure a weekend ticket, with the balance due anytime before 30th April 2011.
Rock Royalty and Day VIP packages are also available at www.sonisphere.co.uk