Confirmed Lineup

[thegremlin_1999]

I think frank turner got the queen thing spot on in his latest tweet.

"oh queen... Brian may is the George Lucas of rock n roll"

[AcademicPistol]

No he wasn't.....he said that if certain bands I myself and lucky/jump whoever it was said then it would be killer but it's not that strong in the end.

Got my Leeds ticket already, went into this year being happy to kick the fuck out of Leeds if I did nothing else, I toured festivals thoroughly last year so

[gazza_20]

Respectable... fingers crossed for Leeds then, there will probably be some sort of FF / Green Day action going down.

[jump]

No he wasn't.....he said that if certain bands I myself and lucky/jump whoever it was said then it would be killer but it's not that strong in the end.

Got my Leeds ticket already, went into this year being happy to kick the fuck out of Leeds if I did nothing else, I toured festivals thoroughly last year so

[roadrunner66]

On KISS website "...their only European show of 2012." F**k! I'll have to go Sonisphere UK. Do the tickets use to sell out? Do they use to have day tickets?

[AcademicPistol]

The fact that we thought Foo Fighters would headline this year was enough for me and the lads to get right on it and pay for the pre.sale ticket straight away. If it doesn't go like that, then chance you take but like many on here for months now, I'm willing to let ANYONE, and yes ANYONE shout at me on announcement date if they are not there. That's how almost certain I am that they will be. And I am opening myself up for a battering here as half of this forum probably cannot not WAIT for me to be wrong.

[gazza_20]

Qué? What did I say exactly?

[gazza_20]

You can't go wrong with a bit of FF & i have a good feeling you might be correct ... for once shouting at you would be harsh i mean you are not responsible for booking R&L but i suppose when tickets go on sale at 7.15pm on Monday 12th March we will find out if your judgement day cometh.

[she bangs the drums]

I would only watch FNM, Refused, Flogging Molly, Cypress Hill and Andrew WK.

The line up is far worse than I could ever imagined, shockingly bad for me, and the problem with Sonisphere is there is little in the way of alternatives.

[mrtourette]

It's better than I thought it would be, doesn't really interest me but I think it could have so much worse given the horror stories (Evanescence headlining lol).

I agree with the lack of alternatives thing, I'll never get my head around that.

[thejimbola]

Special Guest sorted.

[biffoire]

Special guests just means they're not announcing them yet.

[she bangs the drums]

Skid Row as special guests, jesus, the line up just got even worse

Reading the quotes on Twitter, Download maybe having a rush of ticket sales over the next few days!

Edited February 20, 2012 by she bangs the drums

[Guy Rope Tripper]

Skid Row as special guests, jesus, the line up just got even worse

Reading the quotes on Twitter, Download maybe having a rush of ticket sales over the next few days!

[AR93]

The poster with Skid Row doesn't have The Blackout on it however...

[jordanuk90]

This lineup justifies my Download purchase, no offence to anyone who likes this lineup but I'd only really want to see Kiss & maybe Flogging Molly again.

[Justiceforcedave]

Well I'm sold! As I've said previously, wasn't to fussed about Queen but would have bought a day ticket for FNM.... adding KISS to the equation means my weekend ticket is in the bag come Thursday!

Only band I'm really gutted didn't make it to UK Soni from the download line up is Soundgarden : (

Regardless of personal taste:

Within Temptation only UK show of 2012, Evanescence only UK show of 2012, , Incubus - only UK show of 2012, Marilyn Manson only UK show of 2012, Andrew WK - only UK festival show of 2012, Refused - only UK show of 2012, and Mastodon with their only UK festival show of 2012. World exclusive for Queen and Euro exclusive for KISS, UK exclusive for Faith No More

...is pretty good going on the old exclusives!

[AcademicPistol]

Skid Row as special guests, jesus, the line up just got even worse

Reading the quotes on Twitter, Download maybe having a rush of ticket sales over the next few days!

[Justiceforcedave]

...I wonder if there are any more bigger names to go on there?

[Yellow_Fellow]

Doesn't DPC have more names at midnight?

[strib77]

Havent had a chance to get online til now, just as i and many others suspected, EPIC FAIL !!!! the line up is desperate,

Jees, they have either got it so wrong or really did struggle to book the acts we like to see.

Lets roll back 12 months, Metallica, biffy and Slipknot, case closed ! the worrying thing is i think they believe this years line up is good, Honestly Skid Row as well.

It is what it is, yer cant polish a turd people, its crap

[o.b.gene]

yer cant polish a turd people, its crap

[Smally]

YOU WANTED THE BEST, YOU GOT THE BEST, THE HOTTEST BAND IN THE WORLD, QUEEN?????

Awful lineup apart from Kiss. FNM are the only other band I'd watch but I wouldn't go out of my way to see them. Love Manson too, but at a festival? No tar.

[thisIlove]

Guess I'm one of the very few on here who are excited about Queen w A/L. Would have preferred GN'R to Kiss but will be seeing them on their arena tour anyway, so no drama there. Be interested to see what Skid Row are like now. Saw them back in the day (yeah I'm that old) and have seen Sebastian Bach recently with his own band, but SR without him, well, will have to see..

[Dukeeyyy]

Was thinking about going to Soni for a day this year, but there isn't a single day that jumps out at me as being appealing, there are individual bands such as Andrew W,K and Evanescence, literally just those two (and i guess The Blackout) other than that there is no point by traipsing all the up from Leeds for this lineup. Download is more appealing but bang in the middle of my exams, Download has a broader lineup, with The Prodigy, Chase and Status, Metallica, Biffy, Tenacious D, Soundgarden all very appealing, but this lineup is not for me, bit disappointing tbh. Don't get me wrong i love Queen, but not with a talent show winner as singer, Queen are still legends in their own rights, but they are nothing without Freddie Mercury.