Iron Maiden and Rammstein to Headline Sonisphere 2010 (2009/12/09)

So the annoucement came today, right when it was supposed to. Several annoucements came today but the most important is the headliners ofcourse. For the Knebworth, UK festival it will be Iron Maiden and Rammstein. Now that's a great first annoucement. The other bands that have so far been announced for Knebworth are Alice Cooper, Motley Crue, Slayer, Anthrax, The Cult, and Iggy and the Stooges.

Iron Maiden Headlining Sonisphere

Rammstein Headlining Sonisphere

The other annoucement that came today is that there will be more events. This year there will be 11 festials, 5 of which are weekenders compared to 6 events with one weekender in 2009. Poland is the only other event that has had any bands announced. Warsaw will see Metallica headline with Slayer, Anthrax, Mastodon, and Behemoth. They don't get Iron Maiden or Rammstein but Metallica who headlined all the events last year. To me it looks like the new events will get Metallica headlining as they cannot really headline 2 years running.

List of Sonisphere 2010 Dates

Warsaw, Poland 16th June (new)
Zurich, Switzerland 18th June (new)
Prague, Czech Republic 19th June (new)
Sofia, Bulgaria 22nd - 23rd June (new)
Athens, Greece 24th June (new)
Bucharest, Romania 25th - 27th June (new)
Istanbul, Turkey 25th - 27th June (new)
Barcelona, Spain 10th July
Knebworth, United Kingdom 30th July - 1st August
Stockholm, Sweden 7th August
Pori, Finland 7th - 8th August

Now that's a lot of dates! Last year there was also The Netherlands or Germany on the tour but for 2010 there hasn't been any news. I can't see any room on the tour for them.