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Wednesday, 8th February 2012

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Saturday is when Sonisphere really kicked off. The main stage was being used and the first band to grace it was... Family Force 5. I was not really looking forward to them. To me they are too much of a pop rock band (like Elliot Minor) and don't do anything for me. Saying that I was surprised that they weren't bad live. They have some catchy-ish tunes but I won't been making an effort to see them again. On another note my mate Ian and sister liked them so it really shows that every band at a festival won't please everyone, it's always the case.

Next up was Sabaton... I really don't remember these.

Back on the Apollo stage it was Lacuna Coil. Lacuna Coil are one of a limit number of rock bands that have a female lead. Having listened to them a few times before I fancied hearing them live. They were pretty good but suffered from the vocals being to quiet which was a shame since the vocals are something that make them stand out from most other rocks bands. 

Following Lacuna was Soulfly. I had heard they are good live, as had Ian. Unfortunately, we'd both been given wrong information along the way. Completely uninterested we went back to came for gammon, eggs and pineapple, nom nom nom.

After refueling it was time to go see one of my favourite bands of all time, PAPA ROACH! I absolutely love P-Ro! In 2009 I saw them live three times and can honestly say they got better every time. I left my sister, Ruth and Ian behind so I could get in the crowd. Papa Roach come on stage and rocked. Frontman, Jacoby Shaddix, got the crowd in the palm of his hand, clenched his fist and didn't let go. For me describing this set is hard as it was just so awesome. I was so happy I even hugged my sister afterwards!!! Papa Roach were definitely my highlight of Sonisphere 2010. I managed to get two videos of my two favourites, Lifeline Scars

Next up was Good Charlotte but before them we headed to the guest area for a bit where we managed to bump into my auntie and uncle, who was kind enough to provide the tickets for all four of us. 

Good Charlotte were next up. The crowd for them was some what smaller than it had been just a short while ago for Papa Roach. I had always been in the mind that Papa Roach should have had Good Charlotte's spot and this showed. However, Good Charlotte did put on a great show. They played all the songs I remember loving in high school (that's going back about 7 year now!) such as Life Style of Rich and Famous, I Just Wanna Live, Girls and Boys. Good Charlotte did a solid performance and just good old fashioned good fun.

Straight after Good Charlotte was Corey Taylor in the Bohemia tent. Bohemia was absolutely rammed. Since first seeing Corey Taylor perform in Stone Sour at Download in the summer I've been hooked. Such talented man with a fantastic video. His show was an acoustic set where he performed several covers and some of his own. It was a great set. 

The last band I saw on the Saturday was Rammstein. Sonisphere was their first ever festival in the UK. I had been to their arena tour earlier in the year and that was one of the most mind blowing shows I've seen. Loud, explosive and all round awesome! Their Sonisphere show was exactly that. 

 

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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.

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