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Anybody actually know when the next announcement is?

All was said vaguely a while ago was mid Feb, Download have confirmed their announcement will be next week, im guessing Monday night into Tuesday Morning.

Think that a loyt of acts from Hard Rock Calling will be added to Sonisphere as its the following week and they're holding off a while on them? Hope so as Ive said on here tons I want Clutch and Black abel Society and now Down have been announced, if Sonisphere doesn't get these three acts then thats a poor show, that Hard Rock Calling managed to beat them to booking them!

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Anybody actually know when the next announcement is?

All was said vaguely a while ago was mid Feb, Download have confirmed their announcement will be next week, im guessing Monday night into Tuesday Morning.

Think that a loyt of acts from Hard Rock Calling will be added to Sonisphere as its the following week and they're holding off a while on them? Hope so as Ive said on here tons I want Clutch and Black abel Society and now Down have been announced, if Sonisphere doesn't get these three acts then thats a poor show, that Hard Rock Calling managed to beat them to booking them!

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Yeah maybe, cus the week after that its V and that will get tons of media attention and then it will be getting close to the Reading and Leeds annoucement

I was hoping it would be this week, have the announcements been getting done on Radio1 or any particular show for Sonisphere? Haven't been paying attention?

Tomorrow it will be 3 months since the first announcement on 9th Dec [i know cus it was my birthday and I was in Birmingham watching Yeah Yeah Yeahs]

2 announcements grand totalling 12 artists and 1 spoken word set [Rollins] in 3 months isn't exactly very good is it?

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Yeah maybe, cus the week after that its V and that will get tons of media attention and then it will be getting close to the Reading and Leeds annoucement

I was hoping it would be this week, have the announcements been getting done on Radio1 or any particular show for Sonisphere? Haven't been paying attention?

Tomorrow it will be 3 months since the first announcement on 9th Dec [i know cus it was my birthday and I was in Birmingham watching Yeah Yeah Yeahs]

2 announcements grand totalling 12 artists and 1 spoken word set [Rollins] in 3 months isn't exactly very good is it?

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I just realised as well that week that you have earmarked for the Soni announcement, TITP will be announced

So its this week free apart from the Rage gig

next week Download

week after TITP

week after V

then week commencing Monday 8th March appears free

They should do it this week otherwise its a month until they get a clean week away from a major festival getting the media attention.

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Rise Against are playing the US fest the last day, the Sunday 13th, they're playing a fest in Spain on Weds 8th, so could in theory play Download on the Friday and they fly to the US

Jay Z is playing that US fest as a headliner, but is headlining IOW on the Friday so Id say Rise Against probably gunna play early main stage at Download Friday

I twittered them asking if they're playing download last night cus of the US fest being the same weekend and said if you're not playing then surely you can say you're not playing, and they didn't reply.

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If they know they aren't gunna play then why wouldn't they answer it? If they know they're gunna be in the states they can say yeah we aren't in Europe that weekend so sorry we can't play

By the way they've now announced they aren't in Spain 8th June, they said it was a mistake and its 8th July instead.

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If they know they aren't gunna play then why wouldn't they answer it? If they know they're gunna be in the states they can say yeah we aren't in Europe that weekend so sorry we can't play

By the way they've now announced they aren't in Spain 8th June, they said it was a mistake and its 8th July instead.

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so when is this next soni announcement? really hope they have somthn good for their own sakes. already hav a great lineup but Download really have stumped them this year so far....and everyone seems to be talking about Download....wonder how many soni tickets hav bin sold?

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Hmmm, people are talking about Download now as they've finally had a few announcements but Sonisphere announced 13 bands before Christmas, none of this 1 band here and 5 bands after midnight nonsense.

I don't think there will be one now until March and it will be Soundgarden, Marilyn Manson, with Gallows headlining the tent and a few others.

The organiser said that ticket sales are going much better than last year and so they should with Iron Maiden and Rammstein as headliners. One band plays stadium shows and the other arena's.

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Yes, but Download has hit big. Whatever you think of the bands, they've got 3 of the biggest names in rock headlining, with an interesting and varied selection beneath. There's NO weak headliner there, while Sonisphere, even though it's technically 2+a bit days, people will compare Alice Cooper to any of them and think uh.... maybe Download. And I know Sonisphere haven't announced their other second headliner yet, but Maiden's day looks pretty weak IMO.
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Theres a 'Major' KISS announcement this Tuesday afternoon, theres a rumour of them being Friday headliner for Soni on the Download official boards, TITP and Oxegen fests are getting announced Tuesday afternoon though, although I doubt they'd headline those, especially as the Headliners seem set already

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Official Soni forums are reporting the next announcement has been pushed back til March - according to twitter.

Maybe KSE were in the process of being booked but then Howard left the current tour?....

Maybe Soni were hoping to book Soundgarden until they announced no plans to come to the UK until 2011?.......

Whatever the case, next announcement won't be coming along just yet.

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