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Marilyn Manson to headline Alt-Fest 2014

the band's only UK festival performance

By Scott Williams | Published:

<s>Alt-Fest</s> - CANCELLED 2014 - Marilyn Manson
Photo credit: Luke Seagrave


Marilyn Manson will headline the Saturday of Alt-Fest, and it will be the band's only UK festival performance.

Organiser Dominic Void commented, "We are ecstatic to have booked Marilyn Manson to headline for our 1st year; this means a lot to us and particularly our fans. At Alt-Fest we like to be ground breaking and promised our supporters a massive Christmas day present in the form of a BIG announcement and here it is!"

The crowd funded alternative lifestyle festival set to take place for the first time from Friday 15th to Sunday 17th August 2014 at Boughton House, in Kettering, Northamptonshire.

The event, will feature over 130 acts across the metal, rock, goth, industrial, steampunk and more genres are now booked with headliners to be revealed soon. Most importantly Alt-Fest, which is operating a strict policy of ‘run by the fans, for the fans’, is engaging their audience in every aspect of the planning process making Alt-Fest not just crowd-funded but also crowd-led. 

The extensice line-up includes Cradle of Filth, Arch Enemy (in a UK festival exclusive), Killing Joke, Fields of Nephilim, Malefice, Onslaught, Fearless Vampire Killers, Truckfighters, Palm Reader, Peter Hook and the Light playing 'Unknown Pleasures', and many more.

Alt-Fest will feature six live music stages, presenting crucial Goth, Metal and Industrial acts, plus the 'best-of-the-next' on a newcomers stage, and a punter voted main stage line-up. 

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A weekend ticket with camping is priced at £85, and a child aged 13-15 ticket is priced at£50 including camping. 2 early bird adults tickets are priced at £150.


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