Sonisphere Announcement March 1st!

[t8yman]

Mostly a poor announcement.

Gallows is good, Apocalptica are good too (and will do some of their collab stuff with Rammstein no doubt which will be awesome).

SA are decent enough, although I'm not a fan.

Madina Lake are terrible but will be very low down (possibly on Bohemia), and FF5 will be on Bohemia no doubt so not fussed.

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As for next weeks announcement I'm hoping it is a big one to redeem this, but tbh I think it is silly saying Sonisphere have "blown their load too early" or whatever, the festival is still what, almost 5 months away. This time last year they had only just pretty much announced the festival, and there is still a lot of time for bands to get announced, I can see people being upset, but its not as if ML is that much of a curveball, they have played DL and R&L's in the past afterall have they not?

[ianpw]

we all said similar things last year kipper, whilst waiting for the big names that just didnt follow after the initial buzz. what followed was announcements that didnt happen, fmc bollocks, and tickets given away to anyone with a vowel in their name. I hope it improves - as I still might make a day trip for R+. I just cant see it, going on last years farce.

[Rancidpunk_76]

Although i'm slightly underwhelmed at the new additions to the bill, i gotta admit that Sonisphere is (at least) attempting to cover all the bases.

Wasn't too long ago that people were complaining that the line-up was mostly made of dinosaurs, now Sonisphere has added some more contemporary acts to balance out the bill....... everyone's kicking off again

I'm sure once the bill is complete and we're all there with a beer/cider in hand - it'll be fun!

(could be worse, we could be looking at an Arcade Fire/Blink 182/My Chemical Romance combo like Reading and Leeds!!! )

[ginger dave]

Because of the gashness of this announcement they could liven things up with a no holds barred wrestling match between Funeral for a friend + Madina cack + Family force 5 + Fightstar v Kerry King. I know where my money is going

[kipper64]

we all said similar things last year kipper, whilst waiting for the big names that just didnt follow after the initial buzz. what followed was announcements that didnt happen, fmc bollocks, and tickets given away to anyone with a vowel in their name. I hope it improves - as I still might make a day trip for R+. I just cant see it, going on last years farce.

[luckysalt]

Mostly a poor announcement.

Gallows is good, Apocalptica are good too (and will do some of their collab stuff with Rammstein no doubt which will be awesome).

SA are decent enough, although I'm not a fan.

Madina Lake are terrible but will be very low down (possibly on Bohemia), and FF5 will be on Bohemia no doubt so not fussed.

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As for next weeks announcement I'm hoping it is a big one to redeem this, but tbh I think it is silly saying Sonisphere have "blown their load too early" or whatever, the festival is still what, almost 5 months away. This time last year they had only just pretty much announced the festival, and there is still a lot of time for bands to get announced, I can see people being upset, but its not as if ML is that much of a curveball, they have played DL and R&L's in the past afterall have they not?

[thejimbola]

I was all set for a summer of Download, Reading and Sonisphere and then yesterday happened. Reading's not particularly impressive rumoured headliners followed by a pretty terrible Sonisphere announcement.

The problem that Sonisphere has is that because the 2 main stages alternate, there could now be a period of several hours where there is nothing to do except walking backwards and forwards AWAY from the stage with the bands on. We did this a little bit last year, but with all the filler bands in the lineup it would happen a lot more this year. If I hear Madina Lake cover Nine Inch Nails again I will end up hurting someone!

[t8yman]

I was all set for a summer of Download, Reading and Sonisphere and then yesterday happened. Reading's not particularly impressive rumoured headliners followed by a pretty terrible Sonisphere announcement.

The problem that Sonisphere has is that because the 2 main stages alternate, there could now be a period of several hours where there is nothing to do except walking backwards and forwards AWAY from the stage with the bands on. We did this a little bit last year, but with all the filler bands in the lineup it would happen a lot more this year. If I hear Madina Lake cover Nine Inch Nails again I will end up hurting someone!

[r0w]

f**k, Faith No More are playing the spanish sonisphere.....really wasnt expecting them in europe this summer! .....oh god please say they're the special guest!

[ajmyers72]

Faith No More??? That would be incredible.

The other Sonis seem to be getting loads of great bands (Metallica, Heaven and Hell, Mastodon, Motorhead, AiC for starters). In fact all the other line ups are a lot more coherent. f**k knows what the organisers are playing at with the Knebworth bands

I'm hoping that we get spill over from Hyde Park (Clutch, BLS, Down would be great). Mastodon, Soundgarden and FNM would make it mind blowing.

I can but dream....

[kipper64]

I don't get why everyone is fapping over the EU soni line ups. Most of those bands played last year, or are playing Soni UK, with a few exceptions which are at Download.

If I had to choose between the big 4 with Metallica and Iron Maiden, I'd choose Iron Maiden, as much as I love Metallica, I saw them twice last year alone, I'd rather the line up was a bit different tbh...

I agree that FNM/Soundgarden would be amazing additions though, but I really don't see Soundgarden playing at the moment, FNM are definitely possible though

Edited March 4, 2010 by kipper64

[she bangs the drums]

I was all set for a summer of Download, Reading and Sonisphere and then yesterday happened. Reading's not particularly impressive rumoured headliners followed by a pretty terrible Sonisphere announcement.

The problem that Sonisphere has is that because the 2 main stages alternate, there could now be a period of several hours where there is nothing to do except walking backwards and forwards AWAY from the stage with the bands on. We did this a little bit last year, but with all the filler bands in the lineup it would happen a lot more this year. If I hear Madina Lake cover Nine Inch Nails again I will end up hurting someone!