Well, we were the first to get wind of it back in November, and now here we are as the first to confirm it – Metallica are indeed booked to headline at a new two-day festival at Knebworth on 01-02 August 2009. What’s the name of the festival though??
The Thrash Hits team is nothing if not dedicated to deep-cover investigative journalism (ie, drinking whiskey in the Crobar), where our investigations (ie, eavesdropping on conversations between those in the know) means we can also confirm that Linkin Park will be headlining the other day of the festival. Never again will we underestimate the news-gathering possibilities of seedy drinking establishments.
And that’s not all we heard – Sonisphereis going to be touring Europe, visiting possibly six countries across the continent. This would back up claims made by a Finnish newspaper that a Metallica/Linkin Park headlined festival will be taking place this summer in the Finnish city of Pori.
Among the other acts rumoured to be joining the bill are a great many acts previously featured on Thrash Hits. Ahem. Whether or not any of these acts do join this new European festival juggernaut – let alone the Knebworth leg – remains to be seen.
An official announcement is apparently going to be made at 10am on Monday 09 February 2009, but remember where you heard it first.
12 responses so far ↓
1 Funny Video: Linkin Park go to Jerry Jackson’s house // Feb 5, 2009 at 2:08 pm
[...] heavy metalling friends and we went on the internet. One of them showed us this video tribute to Linkin Park going round Jerry Jackson’s house. It is [...]
2 Metal Hammer » Blog Archive » Metallica & Linkin Park For Knebworth? // Feb 5, 2009 at 3:29 pm
[...] and metal site Thrash Hits are reporting that Metallica and Linkin Park will headline a brand new festival at [...]
3 Classic Rock » Blog Archive » Metallica & Linkin Park For Knebworth? // Feb 5, 2009 at 4:27 pm
[...] and metal site Thrash Hits are reporting that Metallica and Linkin Park will headline a brand new festival at [...]
4 Metal Hammer » Blog Archive » Slipknot Self-Confirm Download! // Feb 6, 2009 at 10:35 am
[...] will see both Slipknot and, according to Thrash Hits, a Metallica/Linkin Park headlined event both being announced. See who we expect to be announced [...]
5 Slipknot self-confirm for Download Festival 2009 // Feb 6, 2009 at 11:36 am
[...] means that Slippers are almost certainly not playing Sonisphere at Knebworth with Metallica and Linkin Park but as they’ve mentioned there are more dates to come, we’re fairly certain the rest of [...]
6 Sonicsphere: een festivaltour met Metallica en Linkin Park…? | Metal // Feb 8, 2009 at 4:43 pm
[...] en op een aantal fora lijkt men het nu zekerde te weten dan ooit. De website Thrash Hits claimt zelfs de primeur te hebben. Een naam die mogelijk nog lelijker klinkt dan Fields of Rock, maar [...]
7 Sonisphere Festival to be announced at midnight // Feb 8, 2009 at 7:11 pm
[...] were having a look on last.fm and they’ve got an event with Metallica and Linkin Park headlining with Lamb Of God and Mastodon playing too. It is called Sonisphere and there’s only a bloody [...]
8 Sonisphere Festival 2009 at Knebworth officially announced // Feb 9, 2009 at 12:16 am
[...] FYI, the 60,000 capacity festival hits Knebworth, Hertfordshire on 01 & 02 August 2009 and is headlined by Metallica (Sunday) and Linkin Park (Saturday) with Mastodon, Lamb Of God in tow, as if we hadn’t told you that already. [...]
9 zander // Mar 1, 2009 at 1:15 am
some info in whats happening and where to get tickets
10 Which festivals are you going to this summer? // Mar 3, 2009 at 1:45 pm
[...] of the major heavy music festivals have announced all of their headliners now. Sonisphere Festival came straight out with Metallica and Linkin Park while the acts appearing at Download Festival 2009 [...]
11 Omari Midgette // Jun 1, 2009 at 11:34 pm
Hey guys can you please bring back With You Runaway Figure 09 and Hit The Floor A Place for my head FRGT/10 and QWERTY High voltage back on your setlist this summer with brand new intros and outros. Play With You with brand new reanimation intro live this summer 2009.
12 Omari Midgette // Jun 1, 2009 at 11:35 pm
Play With You with long reanimation heavy new intro live 2009 tour.
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