Queen, KISS, more for Sonisphere Festival 2012
Faith No More complete Sonisphere headliners
Photographer:Shirlaine Forrest
Chris Swindells - 20 February 2012
Queen return to Knebworth, where they played
their last ever show with late vocalist Freddie Mercury in 1986, this time with American Idol finalist Adam
Lambert who performed with Brian May and Roger Taylor on the show. Faith No More play an exclusive UK festival show, their first here since Reading Festival
in 2008, while KISS play an their only festival date in Europe
this summer.
Mastodon, Marilyn Manson, Incubus, Evanescence,
Cypress Hill, The Darkness, Wolfmother, Andrew W.K., The Blackout and the newly reformed Swedish punk legends Refused all join the Sonisphere
line-up.
Sonisphere 2012 takes place at Knebworth House in Hertfordshire
from 6-8 July.
Tim Minchin
steps in as the lead comedian, in a role played by Bill Bailey last year, and he will be joined by a number
of other comedians as more acts are announced.
Flogging
Molly, Katatonia, I Killed The
Prom Queen, Ghost, Gojira, Lacuna Coil, Switchfoot, Within
Temptation and Fields of the Nephilm complete the Sonisphere line-up announcement.
More acts are expected to be announced in
the coming months.
Sonisphere tickets go on sale from 9am Thursday 23rd Feb priced
at £145 for weekend tickets, £170 for three days with camping, £180
for four days with camping.
A very limited number of Sonisphere day tickets available for £75.
A deposit scheme will be launched at the same time for those who want to spread the cost of their ticket. A deposit of £50
will secure a weekend ticket, with the balance due anytime before 30th April 2011.
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