2010 dates announced

[luckysalt]

July 31st and 1st August

Metal Hammer say they'll have an feature on who could play online tomorrow

[beLIEveR]

I thought two from Iron Maiden, Slipknot, Muse and AC/DC was a foregone conclusion.

Here's hoping they mess up ticket prices once again and end up giving them away, because having already committed to two festivals and a holiday next year I'm already decidedly in the red.

[Spiral_Low]

Not much point speculating to we see whose doing Download. Though as Slipknot did Download last year that good be a good bet.

[5co77ie]

Is it just my imagination or did Metallica not have a three year option to headline this?

[Spiral_Low]

Is it just my imagination or did Metallica not have a three year option to headline this?

[luckysalt]

Is it just my imagination or did Metallica not have a three year option to headline this?

[biffoire]

Man that would get dull! Metallica playing the same festival 3 years in a row!! I love em but man that would be dull. Thankfully that won't be happening!

[r0w]

I thought they invested some money into it for the next 3 years, or something like that, it was definatly a 3 year deal they signed with Sonisphere for something

[5co77ie]

I thought they invested some money into it for the next 3 years, or something like that, it was definatly a 3 year deal they signed with Sonisphere for something

[biffoire]

If theyv invested money in it i doubt theyl play Download then, would kinda be shooting themselves in the foot there. theyl prob just play a few arenas

[kipper64]

I think Metallica do have a vested interest in the festival, but they wont be playing next year. (Organisers said so...atleast not headlining anyways).

Iron Maiden are pretty much certain, other headliners in with a shout are:

Guns N Roses(starting their world tour at the end of the year in Asia so I can see them being over here for the summer fests and such, foo fighters possibly,

AC/DC(possible but dont know if they'd be bale to get both Maiden and AC/DC, would be just too awesome )

Muse - although I can see them being at Reading or possibly Glasto

Rammstein - look more likely for Download but

I dont think slipknot will play, and if they do, I think they'd sub under Maiden or something, will slipknot even be touring next year though? I think Corey might go back to Stone sour, and if thats the case I can see thembeing booked, obviously not as a headliner though.

[Spiral_Low]

As Slipknot headlined Download, a bigger festival after all, I think they woudl headline if they played.

Slipknot and Iron Maiden....that would be awesome.

Edited October 15, 2009 by Spiral_Low

[metallimuse]

Muse will be at Glastonbury i have no doubts about it.

[kipper64]

As Slipknot headlined Download, a bigger festival after all, I think they woudl headline if they played.

Slipknot and Iron Maiden....that would be awesome.

[Spiral_Low]

Depends on the bands playing really. tbh i personally feel slipknot arent headliner material, and remember slipknot didnt headline the two EU sonispheres they played. Look at FNM headlined download mainstage, and only headlined the R1 stage at R/L's. Sure Download might be a"Bigger" festival but that makes no difference at all, they attract the same bands, in fact Sonisphere probably attracted much bigger bands this year than download did.

[kipper64]

Thats just your perspective thoguh dude, when you look at it Slipknot are probably the biggest metal band to emerge in the past 10 years joint with System Of A Down (metal as in actually metal rather than popppy like Linkin Park) and yeah Sonisphere had some big acts but Download had the likes of Def Leppard and Whitesnake, which are really huge in the world of rock for a long time now, KoRn (obviously one of the biggets metal bands to come from the 90's) and loads stuff liek Devildriver which are getting big amongst metal fans at the moment.

Edited October 17, 2009 by kipper64

[Spiral_Low]

I don't like Linkin Park, but they are much bigger than Slipknot and SOAD, linkin park are the biggest rock band of the 2000's.

As far as old bands go, Sonisphere had Metallica, Anthrax, H&H and Killing Joke - all probably mor erelevent and influential than Def Leppard and Whitesnake.

Then bands like Machine Head (much bigger/better than Korn), hell MH headlined Wacken did they not this year, one of the biggests and oldest Rock fests in the world. Alice in Chains, one of the biggest bands from the 90's aswell who were fantastic, and lets not forget Nine Inch Nails.

Anyways this isn't about lineup vs Lineup... What I was saying was, just because Slipknot headlined download, that doesnt mean they will headline Sonisphere.

Edited October 17, 2009 by Spiral_Low

[edgar]

Also I love Machine Head, but they aren't bigger than KoRn.

[kipper64]

As I said, Slipknot and SOAD are the biggest METAL bands to emerge rather than poppy bands (or modern mainstream rock if you prefer that term).

Also I love Machine Head, but they aren't bigger than KoRn.

And I think Slipknot would headline if they played, so we'll have to agree to disagree and see whose proved right!

[Spiral_Low]

Linkin Park are nu-metal yeah. But they don't live in the metal world, they live in the mainstream rock world now. Like Green Day, Foo Fighters etc. I'm not sayign they aren't bigger than Slipknot and SOAD, i'm just saying it's a different kinda world they are in so I don't think of them as 'metal' in the same way I do those 2 bands. Just the way I view it.

Machien Head are certainally on the rise and I think thats awesome, but I don't think they are quite the level of KoRn here yet. If their next album does really well than probably yeah.

[WabDyeseleabs]

Holy hell, Milwaukee

Thats a lot of shows, good for them. I dont think any openers have been announced.