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19 Facts About Sonisphere Festival

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Idea for Sonisphere Festival was first conceived by John Jackson in the late 90s.

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Dutch edition of the Sonisphere Festival took place on Saturday 20 June 2009 at Goffertpark in Nijmegen.

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German edition of the Sonisphere Festival took place on Saturday 4 July 2009 at Hockenheimring with Metallica as headliners.

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Spanish edition of the Sonisphere Festival took place on Saturday 11 July 2009 at The Forum, Barcelona with headliners Metallica.

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Swedish edition of the Sonisphere Festival took place on Saturday 18 July 2009 at Folkets Park, Hultsfred with Metallica as headliners.

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Finnish edition of the Sonisphere Festival took place on Saturday 25 July 2009 at Kirjurinluoto Arena, Pori with Metallica as headliners.

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British edition of the Sonisphere Festival took place over two days, on Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 August 2009, at Knebworth House, Knebworth with headliners Linkin Park and Metallica .

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The locations for Sonisphere Festival 2010 were Poland, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey, Spain, United Kingdom, Sweden and Finland.

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9.

Sonisphere Festival finished its tour in Finland, where tickets sold out in 2009.

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10.

Sonisphere Festival returned in 2011 with new venues in India, France and Italy but did not return to Romania.

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11.

Sonisphere Festival Poland returned to Bemowo Airport, Warsaw on Friday 10 June 2011.

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12.

Sonisphere Festival 2011 took place on Italian soil for the first time.

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13.

On 1 May 2011, Metallica confirmed on their official website that they would headline the Indian edition of Sonisphere Festival, which took place in Bangalore on 30 October at the Palace Grounds.

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14.

Third Spanish Sonisphere Festival took place on 15 and 16 July 2011, at Getafe Open Air in Madrid.

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15.

Iron Maiden headlined the second Turkish Sonisphere Festival show, which took place on 19 June 2011, at Macka Kucukciftlik Park, Istanbul.

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16.

Sonisphere Festival event was scheduled to happen this year in Bulgaria but according to local promoter Marcel Avram and Balkan Entertainment the event was cancelled due to logistical and other problems that could not be rectified.

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17.

Sonisphere Festival Knebworth was scheduled to take place from 6 to 8 July 2012.

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18.

Sonisphere Festival later revealed on their official Facebook page, that they plan to continue their tradition of having no stage clashes between the two main stages, but the other stages would run as normal.

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19.

Sonisphere Festival did not take place in Knebworth despite organisers stating a desire to return.

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