Sonisphere Festival Spain

News - 27th January - MORE BANDS FOR SONISPHERE FESTIVAL SPAIN
So we know that Sonisphere Spain is taking place in May this year, so now for some news….SOUNDGARDEN will be playing an exclusive Spanish show for you!!

And here comes another metal classic - SLAYER will also be heading to Getafe this May!  The next batch of bands announced today are Gojira, Orange Goblin, Ghost, Sister and Clutch! And there are still a few bands ...

Lastly for today Within Temptation, Children of Bodom, Kyuss Lives!, Skindred and Vita!

News - 27th January - SONISPHERE FESTIVAL SPAIN ANNOUNCES DATES AND FIRST BANDS!
Hot on the heels of our earlier Sonisphere Finland announcement, we can now let you know that there will be another Sonipshere festival in Spain this year on the 25th & 26th May - organisers have moved the dates to avoid the sweltering heat of the last couple of years! Meanwhile, Sonisphere Spain 2012 will feature three stages and a total of 30 artists spread over two days.

Lined up to headline this year's festival are METALLICA who will be playing their legendary Black Album in full!

The rest of the line up will be coming soon….


There will be 12 Sonisphere Festivals in 2012 - click the links below for more information

Getafe - Spain - 25th & 26th May
Kalasatama, Helsinki - Finland - 4th June

Warsaw - Poland -
Prague - Czech Republic -
Athens - Greece -
Istanbul - Turkey -
Sofia - Bulgaria -
Jonschwil Degenaupark - Switzerland -
Italy - new for 2011 -
France - new for 2011 -
Stockholm - Sweden -
Knebworth - UK -


For more information see the Official Sonisphere Festival Spain website

2012 LINE UP

Metalica (playing Black album in full)

Soundgarden
Slayer
Within Temptation
Children of Bodom
Kyuss Lives!
Skindred
Vita!
Gojira
Orange Goblin
Ghost
Sister
Clutch!
 

HISTORY

The Sonisphere Festival is a series of summer music festivals which took place across Europe in June 2009. The festival is owned and promoted by Kilimanjaro Live with financial backing from AEG

The 2009 Sonisphere festival tour was made up of six one day festivals across Europe with a final festival in England spanning two days. The festival had a core group of bands that will play each of the 6 dates with numerous extra bands added to each date individually. The locations for the 2009 festivals include Goffert Park, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Hockenheimring, Germany; The Forum, Barcelona, Spain; Folkets Park, Hultsfred, Sweden; Kirjurinluoto, Pori, Finland, and Knebworth House, Knebworth, England. Metallica were the main headliners for each of the 2009 Sonisphere Festivals

The Spanish edition of the Sonisphere Festival took place on Saturday July 11, 2009 at The Forum, Barcelona with headliners Metallica supported by Slipknot, Lamb of God, Mastodon, Down, Machine Head, Soziedad Alkohólika, Gojira

After bringing together more than 300,000 people in six European editions that were held last summer in Holland, Germany, Sweden, Finland, UK and Spain and after taking the award for "Best New Festival 'in the UK Festival Awards 2009. In this new season, there will be 11 Sonisphere countries - The countries last year are joined Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Greece and Poland. Sonisphere have different headliners like Metallica, Iron Maiden, Rammstein or Heaven & Hell to establish itself as one of the biggest rock events in the world and overcome the attendance of 2009.

Sonisphere Spain - Line Up 2011
Bullet, Angelus Apatrida, Valient Thorr, Gojira, Sôber, Arch Enemy, Slash, The Darkness, Hammerfall, Mastodon, Apocalyptica, Dream Theater, Iron Maiden, Twisted Sister, Uriah Heep, Lacuna Coil

Sonisphere Spain - Line Up 2010
Anathema, Sober, Porcupine Tree, Slayer, Faith No More, Tao Te Kin, Volbeat, Bullet For My Valentine, Saxon, WASP, Suicidal Tendencies, Hamlet, Annihilator, Deftones, Alice in Chains, Rammstein, Fifth Amendment, Headcharger, Coheed and Cambria, Soulfly, Megadeth, Messhugah

Sonisphere Spain - Line Up 2009
Metallica, Slipknot, Lamb of God, Mastodon, Down, Machine Head, Soziedad Alkohólika, Gojira, The Eyes