Sonisphere Festival 2009Tue 9 Jun 2009 Sonisphere Festival 2009
Welcome to the a new festival Sonisphere, it maybe only the festival’s first year but it has arguably the best line-up in the UK festival calendar. Boasting headliners Linkin Park and Metallica, Sonisphere is being held at the infamous Knebworth Park on August 1st (Linkin Park headlining) and August 2nd (Metallica headlining). With other acts including Nine Inch Nails, Heaven and Hell, Machine Head, Bullet For My Valentine, Avenged Sevenfold, Alice In Chains and a UK debut of Corey Taylor’s solo performance along with Shawn Crahan’s new band Dirty Little Rabbits across three stages.
LINE UP
Saturday 1st Sunday 2nd
Main Stage Main Stage
Linkin Park Metallica
Heaven And Hell Nine Inch Nails
Coheed And Cambria Machine Head
Fear Factory Lamb Of God
Taking Back Sunday Mastodon
‘Special Guests’ Killing Joke
Second Stage Second Stage
Bullet For My Valentine Avenged Sevenfold
Airbourne Alice In Chains
The Used Feeder
Anthrax Thin Lizzy
‘Special Guests’ ‘Special Guests’
Skindred
Bohemia Stage
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| Linkin Park | Attack! Attack!, Cancer Bats, Corey Taylor (solo), Dead By April, Dirty Little Rabbits, Fighting With Wire, Fucked Up, Hundred Reasons, The Ataris, Twin Atlantic, Pepper, Rolo Tomassi, Zebrahead plus more bands to be announced. The Bohemia Stage also has a host of some of the finest comedians, Lou Saffire, Gary Delaney, Sean Percival, Sully O’sullivan, Andrew O’Neill, Craig Campbell, Jason John Whitehead, Markus Birdman, Duncan Oakley, Woody Bop Muddy and DJ Ivan Brackenbury
TICKETS
With tickets on sale now and going fast head to;
http://uk.sonispherefestival.net/tickets/ to buy your tickets with VIP tickets almost sold out. http://uk.sonispherefestival.net/vip-tickets/
TRAVEL
By Air
Knebworth is in close proximity to all of the main London airports: Heathrow (30 miles), Stanstead (25 miles), Gatwick (75 miles) and Luton (12 miles)
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| Metallica | By Rail
The nearest rail station is Stevenage, two miles away. There is a taxi rank at the station. Non stop Inter-City and local services run to Stevenage from London Kings Cross Station around every 30 minutes. Plus, there are frequent Inter-City connections on the East Coast main line to Cambridge, York, Newcastle, Glasgow, Edinburgh and many other destinations. Details of shuttle bus services will be available nearer the time.
By Coach
National Express coaches take you right to into the coach park at Knebworth and back from major towns and cities throughout the UK. We’ve organised a convenient schedule for arrival and departure, to give you time to set up camp and to get you home afterwards, without you having to miss a thing. CLICK HERE
By Road
The public entrance to the Park is directly off Junction 7 of the A1(M) motorway (exit Stevenage South), 10 miles north of the M25. Sat Nav systems should use the post code SG1 2AX. To locate the A1(M) please see the Motorway Map. Ample parking is available
CAMPING
Sonisphere has enough camping space for everyone on site. That makes it as big as Donington Park or the sites for Reading and Leeds Festivals. Details about the different Campsites will be available here soon.
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| Heaven And Hell | Family Camping
We will have a Family and Quiet Camping areas to allow those attending Sonisphere to find some respite from the hectic partying going on elsewhere. However, you will need to book a separate pass for the Family Camping area.
Gas Canisters
We have decided to ban Gas Canisters from the outset, the widespread misuse of Gas Canisters at almost every major rock festival means we have decided to kick off Sonisphere without them. Instead you can use mini, disposable, or hexi BBQs or we will have a BBQ area with some big solid BBQs so everyone can cook up together.
Tents
You should really only bring a tent the size of the people camping in it. I.e. not 2 people in a 8 person tent.
OTHER ENTERTAINMENT
The Bohemia Stage is more than just that with Jagermeister Rock Karaoke, The Guitar Hero Metallica experience along with many other things. Also the Monster Army Camp will host the infamous Monster Energy Drink Ball Of Steel Stunt Show by day, a high energy performance featuring three motorcycle riders free styling inside a 14ft steel globe, with an MC and a DJ whipping the crowd up into a frenzy through their Monster sound system. By night, the beast is unleashed as the DJs take over the decks to pump out the music loud and proud while the revellers dance away till the early hours in front of the watchtower, surrounded by tanks. If that all sounds too much, there will also be a Silent Disco hosted by Silent Arena, taking place in Bohemia’s Music Stage.
As if that’s not enough, Bohemia will incorporate a fairground of the damned, with white knuckle rides, dodgems and arcades plus tattoo and piercing facilities, market stalls, shisha cafes, massage, as well as areas to just hang and chill out with your friends.
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| Feeder | Lastly, there will be a Cinema on site, showing a variety of rock-friendly films, as voted for by the Sonisphere ticket buyers.
So what are you waiting for, buy your tickets now and be part of the birth of what promises to be a truly amazing festival which is going to become to the number one festival in the country. For more information please visit http://uk.sonispherefestival.net/
Not only is Sonisphere heading to the UK its also hitting mainland Europe;
(NOTE: ALL DATES FEATURE METALLICA, EXCEPT 1 AUGUST)
Sat 20 June Goffert Park,Nijmegen, Holland
(with Slipknot)
Sat 4 July Hockenheim, Germany
(with Die Toten Hosen)
Sat 11 July The Forum, Barcelona Spain
(with Slipknot)
Sat 18 July Folkets Park,Hultsfred, Sweden
Sat 25 July Kirjurinluoto,Pori, Finland
(with Linkin Park)Sat 1 Aug Knebworth House,Stevenage, UK (with Linkin Park headlining)
Sun 2 Aug Knebworth House,Stevenage, UK (with Metallica headlining)
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