Sonisphere have already announced 12 bands for the Knebworth festival. Download have announced none. No word from them about who will be headlining. It has made me think who will they get?
Last year Download had Faith No More, Slipknot and Def Leppard headline so these can't really headline again in 2010. Also high up on their line up were Korn, Limp Bizkit, Marilyn Manson (who was appalling), Pendulum, Whitesnake and ZZ Top. None of which are really headline material or up to much at the moment, so not these.
I then took a look at Sonisphere. They've got Iron Maiden and Rammstein headling 2010 so obviously counts them out. Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax are all set to play other Sonisphere festivals... very unlikely to see them at Download then. Metalica and Linkin Park headlined Sonisphere in 2009 so again I'd count them out. Especially as Linkin Park are said to be working on a new album.
Now the only other festivals that have annouced are Head Rock Calling and Glastonbury. They've got Pearl Jam (I so want to see them) and U2. That counts two more out, and U2 don't really suit Download.
That's a lot of bands that are certainly not going to headline Download 2010. Well some possibly might but unlikely. So who's left? Well there's a few bands.
Well all that we can do now is wait. Wait and see what Download announce but they are lagging behind. Sonisphere +1 anyone?
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.
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.
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.
Just a quick heads up to let you know the first announcement for Sonisphere 2010 will be at 6pm GMT this Wednesday. That's less than 48 hours away now! I'll be keeping up with (well trying to) all the Sonisphere 2010 news this year.
This week, on Wednesday 9th of Decemeber the first annoucement for Sonisphere 2010 is coming! Who will be headlining? Well I'm pretty certain who it might be. The signs are saying Iron Maiden. What signs you ask? Well take a peak at IronMaiden's site and you will see a big banner saying "Watch this space Wednesday December 9 6pm GMT". This just happens to be the exact date and time that was tweeted by @Sonisphere only a few hours ago. Check the tweet for yourself!
That's all for now. I will be keeping upto date with all the goings on to do with Sonisphere 2010.
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