The returning Sonisphere festival has added a number of hard rock favourites to its line-up.
The event was a late casualty of the 2012 summer season and didn’t take place again last year, but 2014 is to see it make a comeback for a celebration of 40 years of music concerts at Knebworth Park with Prodigy, Iron Maiden and Metallica already confirmed as headliners.
Now, Mastodon, Alice In Chains, Slayer, Ghost, Karnivool, Gojira and Airbourne have joined that trio, with Joel O’Keeffe of Airbourne remarking:
“Us four guys are seriously fired up and chomping at the bit to bring the ‘Black Dog Barking’ Tour to Knebworth. With monumental metal juggernauts Iron Maiden and Metallica coming to shake Knebworth to the core along with Bruce Dickinson also announcing it will be the last concert of the ‘Maiden England’ tour, this is a rock’n’roll event in time that can’t be missed.”
“We are deeply honoured to have the green light for an Airbourne/Knebworth assault, to get out there on Knebworth’s hallowed ground in front of that sea of heavy metal maniacs and give them every ounce of blood, sweat and energy we got. “And afterwards we’ll grab a case of ice cold Trooper ales and watch the best heavy metal bands of all time! See ya there!”
Sonisphere 2014 takes place at Knebworth between July 4th-6th.