News
RUNNING ORDER
The running order for friday is published! Be part of an unforgettable metal evening!
MASTODON CANCEL EUROPEAN TOUR
May 24, 2010 – (Burbank, CA ) – *MASTODON* regret to inform their fans that their upcoming Summer tour of Europe originally set to begin June 5, in Germany and ending July 3, in Finland has been cancelled. Guitarist Bill Kelleher who has been diagnosed with Pancreatitis has been advised by doctors to continue further medical treatment. Bill’s medical team are optimistic and expect a full recovery in the weeks ahead as the band looks forward to being part of the BlackDiamondSkye tour also featuring Alice In Chains, Deftones, slated begin Sep. 16, in Chicago.
Ronnie James Dio
We from the Soniphere Festival are shocked of the unexpected death of Ronnie.
Even though they had to cancel their gig as a top-act at this year’s Sonisphere, we hoped for his soon recovery.
One of the biggest voices in Rock-History is gone.
Our thoughts are with his family and friends.
HEAVEN & HELL EUROPE TOUR CANCELLED
We have to announce that all forthcoming Heaven & Hell European shows have been cancelled as sadly Ronnie isn’t well enough to tour this summer. We hope that everyone understands and want to thank fans and industry colleagues for their continuing support at this time.
Heaven & Hell – May 4th, 2010
Special trains to the Festival
Please use the following recommended special trains to the railway station Schwarzenbach (SG) to get to the festival. Start your train journey early and use the listed trains for more space and comfort.
Special train from St. Gallen
Special train from Zurich
Sonisphere Festival: the last 1’500 tickets!
Unbelievable! 52 days until the festival takes place and the ticket-countdown started already!
The last 1’500 tickets are exclusively available at Ticketcorner. Obtainable are 1’500 combi-tickets (Thursday/Friday incl. Camping). They can be buyed with the delivery mode print@home (no shipping costs).
Everybody having a normal festival-ticket (only friday, without thursday with camping) we strongly recommend to arrive already on thursday-evening for the Opening-Night.
Tickets for the Opening-night are still available under www.ticketcorner.com for CHF 12.45 (with print@home).
The camping-ticket is only valid together with a normal festival-ticket.
On friday there will be heavy traffic on the roads and rails and there will be long queing to enter the festival area.
Getting there
Furthermore, we suggest public transportation to get to the festival site.
Travel by train: your arrival station is Schwarzenbach SG. Railway schedules, including extra trains, can be obtained from 1st May 2010 under sz.sonispherefestivals.com or under www.sbb.ch
For further infos about the festival, please visit the A-Z section on http://sz.sonispherefestivals.com
New confirmed for friday: Hellyeah – Line-Up now complete!
You can really say “Hellyeah!”… and they are playing friday as well! The supergroup with Vinnie Paul (Pantera, Damageplan), Bob Zilla (Damageplan), Chad Gray and Greg Tribett (Mudvayne) and Tom Maxwell (Nothingface).
The ultimate Line-up is now complete.
The running order for friday will soon be announced.
Running Order for the Opening-Night published!
Apart from publishing the running order for thursday (see below), we are very happy to inform you, that the artist will play on the Saturn stage on thursday evening!
Visitors attending the Sonisphere-Opening-Night of Thursday, 17th of June can only win!:
– be the 1st on friday-morning to enter the festival-area (wristband-exchange already done then)
– no traffic jam on your way to the festival
– no long waiting hours to enter the festival
– possibility to retire to the camping-area during the festival
and the most important thing:
be part of an unforgettable evening with following 6 superbands:
05:00 pm: Opening Camping area
06:00 pm: The Sorrow
06:55 pm: Job For A Cowboy
07:55 pm: 36 Crazy Fists
08:55 pm: Unearth
10:00 pm: Over Kill
11:45 pm: Airbourne
In order to offer to all visitors and bands a worthy evening, we have decided that all artists will play on the Saturn stage at the Opening Night. This is the smaller of the 2 stages on the festival-area.
That means for all: better view to the stage, more place and you can explore the festival-area already the evening before!
There are only a few tickets left for the festival. Hurry up!
Tickets for the Opening-night are still available under www.ticketcorner.com for CHF 12.45 (with print@home).
The camping-ticket is only valid together with a normal festival-ticket.
Getting there
Furthermore, we suggest public transportation to get to the festival site.
Travel by train: your arrival station is Schwarzenbach SG. Railway schedules, including extra trains, can be obtained from 1st May 2010 under sz.sonispherefestivals.com or under www.sbb.ch
For further infos about the festival, please visit the A-Z section on sz.sonispherefestivals.com
Newly confirmed: AIRBOURNE and DEAR SUPERSTAR!!!
Airbourne will rock the Warm-Up-Evening on thursday evening!
The Aussie-Rocker are now in the middle of their very successfull European-Headline-Tour and are selling out one venue after another.
That’s why we are very happy, to have their confirmation for the Warm-Up-Party!
Dear Superstar will play on saturday morning and bring the 2010 Sonisphere Festival to an end.
Kick Ass Rock n’Roll from the UK is exactly the right thing to finalize this festival.
ALICE IN CHAINS – 3 INCHES OF BLOOD – SMOKE BLOW
Unbelievable! There are still more bands to be announced! You have never seen so many amazing metalbands playing the same day on two stages. Come over and join the legendary festival!
SMOKE BLOW eröffnen das gigantische Sonisphere Festival am Freitag, 18. Juni 2010 um 10.30 Uhr auf der SATURN STAGE. Danach geht es Schlag auf Schlag weiter…DEVIL DRIVER sind die Ersten, welche die APOLLO STAGE stürmen werden.
Alice in Chains
Hailing from Seattle (USA), Alice in Chains, founded in 1987, has to be mentioned as one of the most famous and succesful bands of the Alternative/Grunge genre, along with the likes of Nirvana, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam. They were founded in 1987 and have just released their current album „Black Gives Way To Blue“, which is their first output after more than 10 years of absence. Since the album has come out, they are riding a true wave of success and might have achieved the most prosperous comeback of the past years.
*3 Inches Of Blood*
Arisen from the love of pure Metal and connected to fantasy and mythology, 3 Inches of Blood have been fighting their way through Heavy Metal territory for about 10 years now. The band merges influences from their favourite artists (Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Mercyful Fate, Manowar and enslaved, to name a few), but they still manage to brew their own kind of mortal drink.
*Smoke Blow*
The guys from Schleswig-Holstein, formerly known as „Smoke“, used to cover old ZZ Top and Lynyrd Skynyrd tunes when playing in and around their hometown Kiel. „That wasn’t a real band, actually, it was more some sort of a buddy-thing“, tells frontman Jack. But then it took a serious end when they began writing their own songs. Their latest album „The Record“ has just been released on february 5h 2010, and they will present their fresh tunes live at Sonisphere.
ThursdayNIGHT happy to announce *unearth* & 36 crazy fits* :
Not only Over Kill and The Sorrow will play on Thursday 17th of June but also „Unearth“ & „36 Crazyfists“ will rock the stage at the Warm-Up evening at Sonisphere Festival 2010.
REMEMBER: to avoid heavy traffic and queing on friday arrive on thursday and enjoy the legendary opening night! Bring your tent and rock for two days with your favorite metalbands. Get your Ticket NOW!
*UNEARTH*
If you are looking for brutal, mindcrushing Metal, you might have been stumbled upon UNEARTH already. Due to their combination of Hardcore, Thrash and extreme Metal, they have become one of the leading forces in Heavy Metal, the more so as they never waived the importance of reflective lyrics and concepts.
*36 CRAZY FISTS*
Anthemic songs and electrifying rhythms give their repertoire a universal and contemporary sound, which has provided them a true army of fans throughout their releases, and this has gotten them on stages at the biggest rock festivals in the world. Founded in 1994 in Anchorage, Alaska, 36 Crazyfists was named after a Chackie Chan movie.
NEW !! Camping & Sonisphere Festival Opening on thursday, 17th of June
Be the first on the site and how to avoid traffic jam
If you wanna be one of the first to arrive but you don’t like being stuck in heavy traffic, Sonisphere Festival Campingsite especially open its doors at:
Thursday, 17th of June 2010, at 17:00
The camp site stays open until Saturday, 19th of June 2010, 17:00.
Take this one-time opportunity and get there one day before!
Date and Time infos:
Camp site opens: Thursday, 17th of June 2010, 17:00
Festival site opens: Friday, 18th of June 2010, 09:00
First show: Friday, 18th of June 2010, 11:00
Last show: Saturday, 19th of June 2010, 06:00 (approx.)
There will be a pre-opening concert in the party tent on the camp site Thursday night. Recently confirmed are legendary OVERKILL and THE SORROW. More bands will be announced soon. All games of the soccer world tournament will be aired live on a big screen of course.
Cars
Each vehicle (also camper) will be charged a parking fee of 20 CHF. There is a big designated parking area.
There will be extra trains running to the festival from all directions. Arrival and departure infos will be posted by the end of march 2010 (extra trains run Friday, 18th of June 2010 only).
Tickets for Thursday Opening Night incl. camp site:
Here is an overview of how to get a Opening Night incl. camp site ticket. There is no option to buy a Opening Night camp site ticket at the festival area. This Ticket can only be used in combination with a Festival Ticket.
Additional Ticket – Thursday, 17th June Opening Night Incl.Camp site tickets: www.ticketcorner.com by phone or at their points of sales.
Thursday & Friday Festival Tickets incl. Camping site:: www.ticketcorner.com, by phone or at their points of sales.
As from Wednesday, 24th of February 2010 at 10am, those two tickets will be available for print@home.
-> travel to the festival one day in advance is strongly recommended. There might be long waiting times and high traffic coming with the car or the train on Friday.
More bands will be announced soon. For further infos about the festival, please visit the A-Z section.