Tag: Rammstein

With the announcements of Iron Maiden and Rammstein for Download Festival 2013, the rumour mill went into overdrive as to who would be the third announcement.

Today Andy Copping and the Download office have announced that Slipknot will be headlining the Friday of the festival.

The eight-piece – arguably alongside Rammstein, being one of the “last” great festival headliner bands to emerge from metal – will make their first appearance at Donington Park since their 2009 headline spot.

Yesterday, Iron Maiden were announced that they will headline Download Festival on Saturday 15 June 2013.

Download celebrated its 10th anniversary this year with a sell out event headlined by The Prodigy, Metallica and Black Sabbath.

Maiden will be bringing their triumphant “Maiden England” tour to Donington Park on the 25th Anniversary of their first headline performance at the legendary home of rock in 1988 when an astounding 107,000 fans turned out to see their spectacular “Seventh Son” show, still the highest ever attendance there.

Till Lindemann and crew have released the video to the single ‘Mein Land’.

“Mein Land” takes the band back to a 1960′s Southern California beach party with the standard women in bikinis, later turning into a nighttime, fire-filled, fight club.

The video was created by the renowned Swedish director Jonas Åkerlund who has previously worked with Metallica, Satyricon, Ozzy Osbourne and The Prodigy.

So here it is folks – as Joey DeMaio promised – find below the dates for the Manowar Ireland and the UK tour.

DeMaio had this to say in the announcement yesterday – “After 16 years, MANOWAR will return to the U.K. — I mean, the whole of the U.K.: England, Scotland, Ireland, North Ireland and Wales”.

”The ‘Battle Hymns’ 2011 U.K. tour will feature MANOWAR performing the entire ‘Battle Hymns’ record plus classic metal hymns that you’ve come to know. The exact tour dates and pre-sale information is coming this Thursday July 21”.