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Bullet For My Valentine to headline Hammerfest

plus Saxon,and more announced for new festival, tickets on sale now

By Scott Williams | Published:

Hammerfest 2009 - Bullet For My Valentine
Photo credit: Karen Williams


The first names have been announced for Hammerfest a new festival for metal fans run by the people put on Hard Rock Hell and the metal magazine Metal Hammer. Hammerfest will take place on Friday 24th and Saturday 25th April, 2009 at Pontins Holiday Camp in Prestatyn, North Wales and will feature more than 50 metal bands taking the stage across six arenas.

Saxon
The first acts confirmed for Hammerfest have been announced, Welsh metallers Bullet For My Valentine, will be headlining the two day event with support from Saxon, Hammerfall, Skindred, Cathedral, Alestorm, Grand Magus, Sabbat, TYR, Exit Ten, Annotations Of An Autopsy, Trigger The Bloodshed, and Dream Evil, with a further 35 metal acts still to be added to the line-up. For the line-up details as available please click here.

Weekend tickets are available and include two night's accommodation in holiday apartments. Early bird tickets are available priced from £80 per head, based on a group of six people sharing a six-berth apartment. To buy tickets, click here.

Bullet For My Valentine