NEWS - 13th May - LAST 2 ACTS ADDED TO SONISPHERE SWITZERLAND BILL
Soni organisers announced today that CATARACT one of Switzerland’s most reliable and active band have enema added to the line up. This will be the perfect start in a hard rocking day.
Also new on the billing is RISE TO REMAIN, metalcore hopefulls from UK., this combo will blow your heads away and arrange a lot of movement on and before the stage.
NEWS - 9th May - NEW BAND, MORE TICKETS & RUNNING ORDER NOW ONLINE
One more band has been added to the line-up. - SICK PUPPIES will start the evening on "Stage Apollo. Let you join in with this insiders' tip from Australia.
Starting today, new tickets become available. The tickets grant access to the main stage (Stage Apollo) in the athletics stadium, but not to the other stages. This is for standing passengers and the transportation by public transport is not included.
Check out the full line up which has also been confirmed today!
NEWS - 4th May - SONISPHERE FESTIVAL SWITZERLAND CHANGES STADIUM
According to logistic and organising reasons the location of the main stage (Apollo stage) of SONISPHERE festival will be moved from St. Jakob-Park to near seated track and field stadium.
The change to the other of the street happens in consultation with Basel United. For visitors there are many advantages of this location, the character of the festival will be enhanced because of shorter ways, better overview and a compact overall package.
Organisers are convinced that this will offer a wider range of possibilities to the visitors of SONISPHERE. Traffic connections (shuttle directly to Basel St. Jakob) will be realised as planned and communicated
NEWS - 29th April - THURSDAY 23RD JUNE LINE UP TIMES RELEASED
Check out the LINE UP tab above for times / bands scheduled to play on Thursday 23rd June
NEWS - 29th March - BUCKCHERRY CONFIRMED FOR SONISPHERE SWITZERLAND
In the states they are superstars and have already sold millions of albums. Also in Europe BUCKCHERRY will continue its triumphal march. There’s all you need to have a great rockin‘ concert. At best with a cold beer in your hands…
NEWS - 7th March - BLAAS OF GLORY ADDED TO SONISPHERE FESTIVAL SWITZERLAND
The name says it all – BLAAS OF GLORY take on well known Metal hits and leave it with sousaphone, flute, clarinet, accordion, banjo, glockenspiel, timpani rumble, etc.. The idiosyncratic interpretations of classics like “The Final Countdown (Europe)”, “With The Devil (Van Halen)” or the “Iron Maidley” create the right mood. Metal different times and played in a literal sense with metal instruments.
NEWS - 18th February - MONSTER MAGNET ADDED TO SONISPHERE FESTIVAL SWITZERLAND
MONSTER MAGNET the cult band fronted by Dave Wyndorf join an already illustrious line up for this year's SONISPHERE festival in Switzerland.
NEWS - 16th February - LIMP BIZKIT JOIN SONISPHERE SWITZERLAND LINE UP
The multi-million selling rockers are considered to be the founders of NuMetal. Number 1 positions in the charts, sold out tours around the globe and various won awards are just a few highlights in the career of LIMP BIZKIT.
The appearance at Sonisphere marks the first opportunity for fans in Switzerland to hear new songs from the forthcoming album "Gold Cobra". A lot of reasons to be excited about the band's return.
NEWS - 16th February - 2 MORE FOR SONISPHERE SWITZERLAND!
The French avant-garde metallers GOJIRA and Guns N 'Roses Duff McKagan legend with his solo band LOADED have been added to this year's line up with organisers promising a big name act to be announced today at 5pm…..Any ideas who it might be??
NEWS - 26th January - MORE GOOD NEWS FOR SONISPHERE FESTIVAL SWITZERLAND FANS
Fans of Myles Kennedy have something to shout about today as rockers ALTER BRIDGE have just been confirmed for the Swiss edition of this year’s Sonisphere festival!
Tickets are on sale now and expect them to go quickly!
NEWS - 25th January - 15 MORE BANDS ADDED TO SONISPHERE FESTIVAL SWITZERLAND
Sonisphere Switzerland organisers have announced a huge 15 new bands that will join headliners Iron Maiden and we expect this stop on the Sonisphere train to be a very popular one this year!
Check out these names – SLIPKNOT, JUDAS PRIEST, WHITESNAKE, MR. BIG, IN EXTREMO, CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, PAPA ROACH, KREATOR, HAMMERFALL, MASTODON, THE DAMNED THINGS, ESCAPE THE FATE, GWAR, TIMES OF GRACE and DEVILDRIVER
NEWS - IRON MAIDEN TO HEADLINE SONISPHERE SWITZERLAND
The Sonisphere festival returns for the second year to Switzerland on a new Site. The Festival will happening in Basel – St.Jakob.
Again the Swiss Sonisphere Festival has one of the most powerful billings in the world and is delighted to announce as headliners one of the greatest live rock bands ever – IRON MAIDEN!
Joining Iron Maiden as special guests are SLIPKNOT with Alice Cooper, Hatebreed, In Flames, Bring me the Horizon and Architects also being announced today!
There will be 12 Sonisphere Festivals in 2011 - click the links below for more information
Warsaw - Poland - 10th June
Prague - Czech Republic - 11th June
Getafe - Spain - 16th June
Athens - Greece - 17th June
Istanbul - Turkey - 19th June
Sofia - Bulgaria - 21st June
Jonschwil Degenaupark - Switzerland - 24th June
Italy - new for 2011 - 25th to 26th June
Kalasatama, Helsinki - Finland - 2nd July
France - new for 2011 - 8th to 9th July
Stockholm - Sweden - 9th July
Knebworth - UK - 8th to 10th July
For more information see the Official Sonisphere Festival Switzerland website