Bloodstock Open Air 2008
Friday 15th to Sunday 17th August 2008Catton Hall, Walton-on-Trent, South Derbyshire, DE12 8LN, England MAP
£85 incl camping, children 4- 11 years £35 incl camping
In a statement on the Bloodstock website (here) Galbraith comments, "Its great to be involved in a pure, heavy metal rock festival again. It will be the third of its kind Ive been part of. Monsters of Rock in the mid 1980s to 1996 represented the pinnacle of rock at the time and the subsequent creation of Download has taken that into the modern era. But theres always been a need for a pure, hard rock festival and we hope to build on the great work that Paul and his family have put in."
The hard rock and heavy-metal-themed festival, Bloodstock Open Air is held in the East Midlands over three days in mid August, with acts including Helloween, Nightwish, Dimmu Borgir, Opeth, and Napalm Death. Galbraith's plan is to triple the audience figures by 2011 and greatly expand the festival's profile.
Galbraith is the former Live Nation managing director who, in January, founded the concert promoting operation Kilimanjaro, a 50/50 joint venture with AEG. Kilimanjaro has three main areas of business - festivals, large scale tours and new talent. Already this year Galbraith has gained a controlling interest in the North Wales music festival Wakestock, its sister festival at Blenheim Palace and green festival Big Green Gathering.