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[Rik]

Originally Posted by Prince_Vajda

Their version of Sympathy for the Devil is pretty neat, too. Not better than, but on par with the original.

We sometimes play that too, in a medley with Satisfaction

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Hansen & Kiske - I Want Out (Live in Wacken 2016)



The Iron Maiden singer that never was has still got it...

Hansen & Kiske - Future World (Live in Wacken 2016)

[Susan Foreman]

The first headliner for Download 2018 has been announced

Ozzy will close the festival on Sunday, June 10th

By my reckoning, this will be the 5th time he has played the festival as a solo artist (1984, 1986, 1996, 2002, 2018) plus another three with Sabbath (2005, 2012, 2016)

[Rik]

First time he’s headlined on his own though.
I hope they don’t announce Maiden as a headliner, because Bruce let slip the other week that he’s been practicing singing Run to the Hills in his kitchen, which makes me think another greatest hits tour is on the cards for next year. I’m not willing to pay a ridiculous amount of money to stand in a muddy field watching a load of generic metal bands all weekend, I’d rather go to an arena

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Rik

First time he’s headlined on his own though.
I hope they don’t announce Maiden as a headliner, because Bruce let slip the other week that he’s been practicing singing Run to the Hills in his kitchen, which makes me think another greatest hits tour is on the cards for next year. I’m not willing to pay a ridiculous amount of money to stand in a muddy field watching a load of generic metal bands all weekend, I’d rather go to an arena

That'll be next Nov / Dec.

The way Download has worked in previous years is to have a classic rock / metal headliner to close the show on the Sunday, in this case Ozzy, and two other headliners from more recent years - the likes of Muse or Rammstein.

I can't see them having two major headliners like Maiden and Ozzy...although you never know.

[Rik]

Plus they only played there last year

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Rik

Plus they only played there last year

To me Download aside from the classic rock / metal headliner is getting stagnant.

How many times do the likes of 5 Finger Death Punch, Trivium, Slayer and so forth have to play before people get fed up?

It became like this for me in the mid 00's with the likes of Korn seemingly on every year.

[Rik]

Yeah, there’s a bunch of people I know from the pub we rehearse in that go every year, and have done for years now, they mainly go for the experience and not the bands, which I think is a bit pointless tbh

As for the prospect of another Maiden tour next year, I’ve been having a nosey on one of the many Maiden forums and found a couple of posts saying there’s definitely a date booked for Italy next summer and it’s probably gonna be a tour based around the Legacy of the Beast mobile game. Also, Bruce told a Scottish reporter that he wasn’t allowed to say anything about a tour but “can I let you know in December?” so that means the announcement will come by the end of the year.
Hopefully Leeds is on the cards again and not a couple of shows at the O2 in London or ****ing Twickenham again (still pissed about not seeing them play Rime of the Ancient Mariner live in 2008!)!

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

The first headliner for Download 2018 has been announced

Ozzy will close the festival on Sunday, June 10th

By my reckoning, this will be the 5th time he has played the festival as a solo artist (1984, 1986, 1996, 2002, 2018) plus another three with Sabbath (2005, 2012, 2016)

Originally Posted by Rik

First time he’s headlined on his own though

Yes and no

It might be the first time he has headlined Download, but he was top of the bill for the Monsters Of Rock festival in 1986 (supported by The Scorpions, Def Leppard, Motörhead, Bad News and Warlock) and also the Ozzfest in 2002 both of which were held at Castle Donington

[Rik]

Speaking of Ozzy, he’s just announced his last global tour (he’ll still do the odd show here and there after)

http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/ozz...ll-world-tour/

"People keep asking me when I'm retiring," Ozzy says. "This will be my final world tour, but I can't say I won’t do some shows here and there."

May 5 – Mexico @ TBA
May 8 – Santiago, Chile @ TBA
May 11 – Buenos Aires, Argentina @ TBA
May 13 – São Paulo, Brazil @ TBA
May 16 – Curitiba, Brazil @ TBA
May 18 – Belo Horizonte, Brazil @ TBA
May 20 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil @ TBA
June 1 – Moscow, Russia @ Olympiisky
June 3 – St. Petersburg, Russia @ Ice Palace (Ledovi Dvorets)
June 6 – Finland @ TBA
June 8 – Solvesborg, Sweden* @ Sweden Rock Festival
June 10 – Donington, UK* @ Download Festival
June 13 – Prague, Czech Republic* @ Airport Letnany
June 15 – Paris, France* @ Download Festival
June 17 – Italy* @ TBA
June 20 – Halden, Norway* @ Tons of Rock Festival
June 22 – Copenhagen, Denmark* @ Copenhell Festival
June 24 – Dessel, Belgium* @ Graspop Metal Meeting
June 26 – Krakow, Poland* @ Impact Festival
June 28 – Oberhausen, Germany* @ König-Pilsnet Arena
June 30 – Madrid, Spain* @ Download Festival
July 2 – Lisbon, Portugal @ Meo Arena

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