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[Frankly Mr Shankly]

28 minutes ago, Marka23 said:

The venue for Maiden is probably going to one of these

 

1. The new BST festival 

2. Knebworth

3. MK Bowl

4. Some big park somewhere 

5. Donington as a one day Monsters of Rock revival to mark 30 years since the last one 

 

If it’s promoted by Kilimanjaro it won’t be BST because that’s AEG and I’m fairly sure it can’t be Monsters of Rock either as that’s owned by Live Nation.

[TWY2911]

3 hours ago, OllieJ77 said:

Only clue they’ve been given is it’s Linkin Park, a band who has played Reading and Leeds in last 4 years, and finally a band who has been around since before 1991.

 

I think the best case scenario with this clue if it's even true for me would be Blink, AC/DC and LP but there's no chance that happens lol

[Andre91]

WHEEEEEY I GOT SYSTEM OF A DOWN TICKETS FOR WARSAW 🥳 

[RedJosh]

1 hour ago, Jrose said:

ive been told it is NOT hyde park BST and they are announcing it on sept 22nd as a separate thing unrelated to the rest of the tour. 

Day before Rock AM Ring and IM Park do their next lineup announcement... Rock AM Ring sized gap in their schedule

[Marka23]

27 minutes ago, TWY2911 said:

 

I think the best case scenario with this clue if it's even true for me would be Blink, AC/DC and LP but there's no chance that happens lol

I can only see Download bothering to go for the old headliners from the 70's and 80's now if it's going to be a final UK show which for AC/DC is probably only a year or two away with Brian turning 80 in 2027. 

[Spiral_Low]

29 minutes ago, Frankly Mr Shankly said:

If it’s promoted by Kilimanjaro it won’t be BST because that’s AEG and I’m fairly sure it can’t be Monsters of Rock either as that’s owned by Live Nation.

If it's Kimanjaro then could have the Sonisphere branding attached. Though 'Maidenfest' also has a nice ring.

 

'Sonipshere presents: Iron Maiden an 50 year birthday celebration' with say 5 or 6 support bands? Judas Preist plus a bunch of other UK metal bands?

[Marka23]

1 hour ago, Jrose said:

ive been told it is NOT hyde park BST and they are announcing it on sept 22nd as a separate thing unrelated to the rest of the tour. 

It being unrelated to the rest of the tour seems a bit odd. Would make sense if it was the final show of the tour but it it's going to be right near the start of it. 

[Marka23]

4 minutes ago, Spiral_Low said:

If it's Kimanjaro then could have the Sonisphere branding attached. Though 'Maidenfest' also has a nice ring.

 

'Sonipshere presents: Iron Maiden an 50 year birthday celebration' with say 5 or 6 support bands? Judas Preist plus a bunch of other UK metal bands?

Sonisphere trialling returning with a one day festival would make sense, especially with Kilimanjaro doing it and the fact Sonisphere originally started off as single day events 

[TWY2911]

7 minutes ago, Marka23 said:

I can only see Download bothering to go for the old headliners from the 70's and 80's now if it's going to be a final UK show which for AC/DC is probably only a year or two away with Brian turning 80 in 2027. 

 

That's a good thing imo can't rely on the old boys for much longer 

 

But getting a band like AC/DC for their final UK show would make them buckets lol

[Andre91]

1996 was the final Monsters of Rock. It’ll have that branding, most likely. 

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

1 minute ago, Andre91 said:

1996 was the final Monsters of Rock. It’ll have that branding, most likely. 

Not if Kilimanjaro are promoting it, Live Nation still own the trademark to Monsters of Rock. 

[Marka23]

3 minutes ago, Andre91 said:

1996 was the final Monsters of Rock. It’ll have that branding, most likely. 

Live Nation I think owns the Monsters of Rock name and the Maiden gig is being done by Kilimanjaro who booked Sonisphere. 

 

Plus having MoR outside of Donington would be a bit odd. 

[Andre91]

2 minutes ago, Frankly Mr Shankly said:

Not if Kilimanjaro are promoting it, Live Nation still own the trademark to Monsters of Rock. 

Creatures of Rock?

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

Just now, Andre91 said:

Creatures of Rock?

Dinosaurs of Rock

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

5 minutes ago, Marka23 said:

 

 

Plus having MoR outside of Donington would be a bit odd. 

The last UK Monsters of Rock was actually at MK Bowl, but people tend to forget that existed. 

[Chavmeisterdeluxe]

Old Farts of Rock

[Marka23]

1 minute ago, Frankly Mr Shankly said:

The last UK Monsters of Rock was actually at MK Bowl, but people tend to forget that existed. 

I imagine a lot consider '96 to the the last one since it was at Donington while '06 wasn't. They do still have international events under the Monsters of Rock branding though 

[Marka23]

If the Maiden set is exclusive I would imagine that then means it's at least mostly going to be songs they're not doing on the Run For Your Lives tour. 

[NorthernSoul52]

58 minutes ago, Marka23 said:

If the Maiden set is exclusive I would imagine that then means it's at least mostly going to be songs they're not doing on the Run For Your Lives tour. 

We should be so lucky.

 

Digging around, it doesn't sound like it's Sonisphere branding, but heard nothing else with it.

[Marka23]

3 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

We should be so lucky.

 

Digging around, it doesn't sound like it's Sonisphere branding, but heard nothing else with it.

Well we know Kilimanjaro is involved and seemingly also Action Records in the booking 

[Siddey1994]

Not sure why people think they’re going to be popping the branding of a >decade old defunct festival on the exclusive Maiden show. Yes, we all loved Sonisphere, yes we all want it back, but Maiden would be propping that name up, not the other way around 😅

[Spiral_Low]

1 hour ago, Siddey1994 said:

Not sure why people think they’re going to be popping the branding of a >decade old defunct festival on the exclusive Maiden show. Yes, we all loved Sonisphere, yes we all want it back, but Maiden would be propping that name up, not the other way around 😅

Same promoter and same time of year and rumoured same venue. Sometimes 2 + 2 does really equal 4 lol. 

[Marka23]

1 hour ago, Siddey1994 said:

Not sure why people think they’re going to be popping the branding of a >decade old defunct festival on the exclusive Maiden show. Yes, we all loved Sonisphere, yes we all want it back, but Maiden would be propping that name up, not the other way around 😅

Using the same promoter/booker Sonisphere had, around the same time the festival was but a week later due to the Metallica gigs 

[Spiral_Low]

15 minutes ago, Marka23 said:

Using the same promoter/booker Sonisphere had, around the same time the festival was but a week later due to the Metallica gigs 

Its actually same weekend as some of the Sonisphere's UK was, as in 2nd weekend of July. 

[northernangel]

5 hours ago, RedJosh said:

Day before Rock AM Ring and IM Park do their next lineup announcement... Rock AM Ring sized gap in their schedule

If RAR nailed down Foos, Maiden and LP i'd buy a ticket without hesitation.