Sunday's entertainment began, as every Sunday should be started, with the wise words of Henry Rollins. The Bohemia tent was even more packed than it had been for Corey Taylor. I saw Rollins do a spoken word show earlier in the year after trading my spare ticket for Dave Gorman with someone for their spare Rollins ticket. It was a great trade. For probably the first time ever I had sat down listening to someone for over 2 hours without my mind wondering all over the place. The reason I went to see Henry at Sonisphere was because he is one of those people who are interesting, great story tellers and most importantly speaks a hell of a lot of sense. His show was a cut down version of what I had heard earlier in the year but it was different too. Give Henry Rollins a few minutes of your time and you'll be hanging his every word.

Next up was Skindred on the main stage. The lead singer is very entertaining and the music isn't half bad. Not much else I can really say about Skindred, so I won't say any more.

After what was quite a break it was time for Pendulum. They were the band that every in our group was looking forward to the most, apart from me because that honour went to Papa Roach. I was still really looking forward to them. Pendulum are a fantastic live band that have a great position in the festival game since they can play the big metal festivals like Sonisphere and Download while also getting second stage headline set at Reading and Leeds. We made our way to the front and lead by Ruth we came to an opening. Ruth and my sister both had no idea that was where a mosh pit would be. They soon found that out. I had a couple of goes in the pit which was great fun. Having mentioned earlier that she wanted to flash for the cameras I got Ruth on my shoulders and she did what she had to, twice! You're welcome Sonisphere. Ben Mount the MC noticed the second time which was cool. Had an awesome time, even going against what I've said in the past to people about how Pendulum are at their best in small venues. The one thing I really noticed about Pendulum's set is that they didn't play Slam!!! I can see way they might have decided not to play is, probably because that's what people expect. Not playing is takes them away from being that type of one song band, which they aren't. They did play Self Vs Self with a guy form In Flames. It's Pendulum's heaviest by far and it's a TUNE!!!

Unfortunately I missed Fighstar but having seen them what must be almost 10 times now it wasn't a huge lose. Next up were Funeral For A Friend, another band I've seen quite a few times and always have high expectations about how they perform. They did exactly what I expected, nothing less than a blinding set. As happened the first time I saw Funeral For A Friend, Charlie Simpson from Fightstar come on to perform the chorus for All The Rage. A walk on like this is always good, even when clearly staged. However, what really stood out for me was a particular crowd surf. It was the first time I saw a crowd surfer in a wheelchair, pretty cool. 

As soon as Funeral For A Friend left the Iron Maiden started. Their show was great. You can definitely tell they have been doing this kind of thing for decades. For me Run To The Hills was a noticeably absent. I feel like I'm short changing Maiden now but can't seem to think of anything else to say so I'll rap it up here.

Sonisphere 2010 was such a good weekend. Better than last year and better than Download! There was something about the whole weekend, a feeling of some sorts of enjoyment I didn't get at Download. Before you say I'm totally bias (I am a bit but I'm honest) check this quote from The Guardian's website "Although only two years old, Sonisphere has elbowed Donington's Download aside to become the UK's premier metal festival". 

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.

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.