The Third Headliner

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It was the third biggest selling rock album of 2008 globally (behind Death Magnetic, and Black Ice). And it didn't come out til late November.

GnR would be by far the biggest band on the bill.

[Lithium05]

GnR would be by far the biggest band on the bill.

[metalman]

the only way GnR would cause this much hype is if download has gone for broke and offered the origional linu-up a deal they couldn't turn down but thats more unlikely than it being Nirvana headlining. i personaly think its Foo or system.

[damagedoor]

It was the third biggest selling rock album of 2008 globally (behind Death Magnetic, and Black Ice). And it didn't come out til late November.

GnR would be by far the biggest band on the bill.

[Axl]

I'm pretty sure it got to number 2 in the charts and then fell off completely or something like thet by the next week.

Edited February 24, 2009 by Axl

[gard]

Hmmm... This is a suprise... it appears that Faith No More are reforming and playing some european gigs this year...

[darrenbha]

added it to the faith no more thread without realising it had been posted here. can't imagine them headlining though

[gard]

added it to the faith no more thread without realising it had been posted here. can't imagine them headlining though

Edited February 24, 2009 by gard

[hardy]

Plz dnt let it b GNR's they r shit and only headlined bk in 2006 and were w*nk then hopefully they pull it out of the bag with RATM or Aerosmith

[Hazz]

There was like a whisper on the wind of some sort of tour involving Guns and Roses

[gazza_20]

by the way, just because the lineup is how it looks on the website, surely doesn't mean thats how it will be?

prodigy taking a 3rd place slot?

[oscar]

Just looked on the Download forum and they have come up with Alice Cooper as the possible 3rd headliner.With a tour starting in the spring can`t see why not?At least it is someone different to consider or maybe special guest?

[Hazz]

Dont think it will be faith no more. more than likely they will be take the special guest slot like motley crue and whitsnake

[Azzy G]

ACDC?

[kennyabis]

Chinese Democracy didn't really do well, though, did it? I was under the impression that it had absolutely tanked.

[Salt_On_Everything]

bit off topic but i think its fair now to totally dispel the vague long ago rumours that Bullet For My Valentine were maybe going to headline - today they've been added to Sonisphere, but taken off Hammerfest due 'to recording commitments'. thats gotta be a bit of a kick in the nuts for anyone going to that, and for Metal Hammer, considering it was announced in the same day!!!

[gard]

ACDC?

[Salt_On_Everything]

The paris gig is a ruse dontcha know...

[biffoire]

Metallica?

[Salt_On_Everything]

secret set obviously

[gard]

So just to clear this up then, we have ac/dc headlining the main, with special guests rammstein and faith no more, against a green day /blink 182 collaboration on the 2nd, with metallica playing 3rd stage under a secret pseudonym... yeah that announcement might just be special enough to justify the hype!!!

Oh, almost forgot GnR who although couldn't get on the bill will be busking outside while selling knock off merch!

Edited February 25, 2009 by gard

[MetalDave]

I'm just gonna throw this out there, one band that would make me say "HOW THE F*CK DID THEY PULL THAT ONE OFF!?!?!"................... Led Zeppelin??

Imagine ..... Just Imagine

[Salt_On_Everything]

i'm getting my ticket thursday, glad i am cos if that DID happen i bet there wouldn't be any tickets left this time next week!

but it won't happen, as i'm sure we all know!

[biffoire]

So just to clear this up then, we have ac/dc headlining the main, with special guests rammstein and faith no more, against a green day /blink 182 collaboration on the 2nd, with metallica playing 3rd stage under a secret pseudonym... yeah that announcement might just be special enough to justify the hype!!!

[damagedoor]

It was the 14th best selling album in the world in 2008! Considering it was only out for a month of that year and the rest of the albums before it were out most of the year I think that would be anything but tanking!!