Well, this is a turn-up for the books – the kings of balls-out party-blues, Clutch, have self-confirmed an appearance on the Sunday of this year’s Download Festival via their MySpace page, . Why is this a surprise? Because we’d heard hints from the heavy metal rumour mill that the band were a shoe-in for the new boy on the block – and Download’s biggest rival – Sonisphere Festival.
There’s no official word from either festival yet if the Maryland boogie overlords have officially made the line-up for Donington or Knebworth, but as anyone that’s caught Clutch play live before will tell you, there’s no better band to knock back some beers to with your mates in the middle of a hot afternoon. Bring on the summer!
Watch Clutch play ‘You Can’t Stop Process’ live
Download Festival 2009 takes place at Donington Park between August 12-14, with Sonisphere Festival 2009 taking place at Knebworth on August 01-02.
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1 Peter // Mar 10, 2009 at 1:25 pm
They were the best band of DL 2006, and if this is true, its great to have them back. Never even heard about any Sonisphere rumour, to be honest. While Sonisphere would be a major opportunity for them, I somehow think they’d be wasted – they’ve been overlooked by the major audience for many years. At least at Download you can be guaranteed they’ll put on a storming performance in front of a crowd who actually give a damn – as all those who witnessed them in ‘06 will surely agree!
2 Twelve more names for Download Festival 2009 // Mar 17, 2009 at 12:46 am
[...] be a bit less excited about the confirmation that Clutch are on the bill (because…well…we already knew it), and words can’t describe the lack of enthusaism we’re feeling for the announcement of [...]
3 Future Hits 017: The Bulletmonks // Mar 22, 2009 at 1:03 pm
[...] We can listen to Mr. Bungle in the morning, enjoy Arthur Lee for lunch, and go to bed with Slayer. Clutch are a great and very underrated band which I enjoy very much, and Iron Maiden are big faves of mine [...]
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