The UK version of the Sonisphere festival has announced the three headliners and the first lot of bands for 2012.
The event will take place on July 6th-8th at Knebworth House.
Tickets will be available from 9am on Thursday, February 23rd (see below for details).
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.
With a quarter of a century having since passed, rock legends QUEEN are to return to play a second concert at the venue that provided them with the setting for one of their biggest and most historic concerts.
QUEEN's Brian May and Roger Taylor have confirmed the band 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 U.S. singer-songwriter, and "American Idol" finalist, Adam Lambert.
The potent chemistry between QUEEN and Lambert broke the surface when at the invitation of Brian May and Roger Taylor, Lambert joined them for the closing showcase at the recent MTV Europe Music Awardswhere QUEEN were present to collect their "Global Icon" award.
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 U.K. appearance of 2012.
The festival line-up, so far, is as follows...
KISS
QUEEN (with Adam Lambert)
FAITH NO MORE
WITHIN TEMPTATION
WOLFMOTHER
EVANESCENCE
THE DARKNESS
FLOGGING MOLLY
GOJIRA
LACUNA COIL
INCUBUS
MARILYN MANSON
CYPRESS HILL
ANDREW W.K.
REFUSED
MASTODON
THE BLACKOUT
FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM
GHOST
SWITCHFOOT
I KILLED THE PROM QUEEN
KATATONIA
TIM MINCHIN
Tickets are on sale from 9am, Thursday, February 23rd from Sonisphere.co.uk or 0844 871 8803.
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.
With a quarter of a century having since passed, rock legends QUEEN are to return to play a second concert at the venue that provided them with the setting for one of their biggest and most historic concerts.
QUEEN's Brian May and Roger Taylor have confirmed the band 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 U.S. singer-songwriter, and "American Idol" finalist, Adam Lambert.
The potent chemistry between QUEEN and Lambert broke the surface when at the invitation of Brian May and Roger Taylor, Lambert joined them for the closing showcase at the recent MTV Europe Music Awardswhere QUEEN were present to collect their "Global Icon" award.
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 U.K. appearance of 2012.
KISS
QUEEN (with Adam Lambert)
FAITH NO MORE
WITHIN TEMPTATION
WOLFMOTHER
EVANESCENCE
THE DARKNESS
FLOGGING MOLLY
GOJIRA
INCUBUS
MARILYN MANSON
CYPRESS HILL
ANDREW W.K.
REFUSED
MASTODON
THE BLACKOUT
FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM
GHOST
SWITCHFOOT
KATATONIA
TIM MINCHIN
Tickets are on sale from 9am, Thursday, February 23rd from Sonisphere.co.uk or 0844 871 8803.
They are 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 Sonisphere.co.uk.
http://sonisphere.co.uk/
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