SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL 2008

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Sweden Rock Festival
Norjebokevägen 2
294 76 Sölvesborg
Sweden

Sweden Rock To Announce First 20-25 Confirmed Acts On November 24th


BW&BK has received the following press release:

"Sweden Rock Kick Off at Tyrol in Stockholm on November 24 will be broadcasted live by Stockholm based rock channel, 106, 7 Rockklassiker. This means that it also will be sent through their web radio so that anyone in the world can listen to this years show. The show will start at 7 PM local time and end when the party ends! You can find link to Rockklassikers web radio
here. We hope that alot of people will listen and enjoy the evening and as usual, we will announce the first 20-25 bands confirmed for Sweden Rock Festival 2008!"

Sweden Rock Festival 2008 will be held in Sölvesborg from June 5th-7th.

JUDAS PRIEST, SAXON, BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, AT THE GATES, CARCASS And More Confirmed For Sweden Rock Festival 2008!



Organizers for the Sweden Rock Festival 2008 - which will be held in Sölvesborg from June 5th-7th - have announced the first 26 bands. They are as follows (with organizer comments):

JUDAS PRIEST - The classic line-up of Rob Halford, K.K. Downing, Glenn Tipton, Ian Hill and Randy Travis will visit our festival once again. They´re currently putting the finishing touches to a new studio album based on the life of Nostradamus.

ASTRAL DOORS - Astral Doors continue to create cosmic metal with their latest album New Revelation.

AT THE GATES - The band who created ”the Gothenburg sound” will reform for an exclusive gig for Sweden and our festival.

AVATAR - A young Swedish melodic death metal band who have received a lot of recognition over the last two years.

AXEWITCH - Another Swedish hard rock act who has decided to reform with four of their five original members. And a new album might face the day next year.

BLUE ÖYSTER CULT - A classic American rock band who got their big breakthrough with '(Don´t Fear) The Reaper and 'Godzilla' in the mid 70´s incorporating science fiction and the occult in their music. The band last visited Sweden Rock Festival in 1998 and they will be back in 2008.

BONAFIDE - Those who have seen Bonafide can tell you about a band rooted in HUMBLE PIE, ROSE TATTOO and AC/DC.

CARCASS - An English death metal band, but with a Swedish guitar player Michael Amott (ARCH ENEMY/SPIRITUAL BEGGARS), will reunite for Sweden Rock Festival. Drummer Ken Owen will, however, be replaced by Daniel Erlandsson.

COHEED & CAMBRIA - An American progressive band from New York. They´re fascinated by 70´s-rock and many have compared them to RUSH.

DARE - Melodic rock with Celtic influences is the direction that former THIN LIZZY-keyboardist Darren Wharton has chosen to go since the debut in 1989. A new album entitled ”Arc of dawn” will be released next year.

DERRINGER BAND - Derringer-Johnson-Appice-Aronson. Rick Derringer, Danny Johnson, Vinny Appice and Kenny Aaronson released three classic albums in the 70´s (Derringer, Sweet Evil and Derringer Live) and they´re sure to command interest today as well.

ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA - With former members of ELO and ELO II this is a band who will prove that the large audience has not forgotten classic albums such as A New World Record and Out Of The Blue.

GOTTHARD - A heavy rock band from Switzerland who graced our kickoff with a gig. Eleven of their twelve album releases have reached the number one spot in Switzerland.

HAVANA BLACK - Southern rock from Finland? Yes, it can work and did so some 20 years ago with Faceless Days, Indian Warrior and Exiles In Mainstream. It still does.

THE HENSLEY LAWTON BAND - Ken Hensley first came to prominence as a keyboardist in URIAH HEEP and he teamed up with John Lawton in the latter parts of the '70´s. Of course you can count on them to play a couple of Heep-tracks.

LIZZY BORDEN - Got their name from a young American woman who axe-murdered her parents. This music will definitely kill you!

MINISTRY - The main man in black has announced that he and the band will retire but not before Al Jourgensen has visited Sweden Rock Festival. This is the band who defined and still defines the term metal with an industrial touch.

MUSTASCH - Probably the most successive hard rock band from Sweden in Sweden during 2007 thanks to their hit single 'Double Nature from their latest album Latest version of the truth”.

NEGATIVE - They started out as something closer to gothrock but can nowadays be regarded as glam and sleaze rock. Big in Finland and soon to be big everywhere else.

SABATON - They played Sweden Rock Festival in 2005 and their fan-base has been growing ever since. A new album will be released this coming spring.

SAXON - One of the most classic bands hailing from NWOBHM-era makes every festival better. And yes – they´re bringing their eagle with them!

SHAKIN` STREET - Fronted by beautiful Fabienne Shine, this band released to albums in the 80´s. Fabienne, Ross The Boss, Mike Winter and Jean-Lou plus Phillipe Kalfon and Phillipe Bonnano are back.

TESLA - Had great success in the early '90´s in the US starting with Mechanical Resonance but disbanded in 1994. The band members have found their way back together. First ever visit to Sweden Rock Festival.

THE BLUES BAND - Much talked about blues band from England who has existed close to 30 years. This is an institution!

ULI JOHN ROTH - Played a handful of songs together with his former band-mates in SCORPIONS at our festival in June this year and the German guitarist will return with his own band. He has concentrated on combining heavier rock with orchestral elements and his masterpiece Metamorphosis was released in 2004. He´s got a new album coming out next year.

VOLBEAT - Heavy and hard from Denmark with a singer who reminds a lot about ELVIS PRESLEY!

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WHITESNAKE, DEF LEPPARD, TESTAMENT, FASTWAY And Others Confirmed For Sweden Rock Festival 2008

WHITESNAKE, DEF LEPPARD, TESTAMENT, FASTWAY, SONIC SYNDICATE, ELaKELAISET, FIVE FIFTEEN, GLYDER, H.E.A.T are the latest acts confirmed for the Sweden Rock Festival 2008 - which will be held in Sölvesborg from June 5th-7th.

The line-up is now as follows: ASTRAL DOORS, AT THE GATES, AVATAR, AXEWITCH, BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, BONAFIDE, CARCASS, COHEED & CAMBRIA, DARE, DEF LEPPARD, DERRINGER BAND, ELaKELAISET, ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA, FASTWAY, FIVE FIFTEEN, GLYDER, GOTTHARD, HAVANA BLACK, H.E.A.T, THE HENSLEY LAWTON BAND, JUDAS PRIEST, LIZZY BORDEN, MINISTRY, MUSTASCH, NEGATIVE, SABATON, SAXON, SHAKIN` STREET, SONIC SYNDICATE, TESLA, TESTAMENT, THE BLUES BAND, ULI JOHN ROTH, VOLBEAT, WHITESNAKE.

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TRIUMPH Unites For Sweden Rock

Sweden Rock 2008 will run from June 4th - 7th in Sölvesborg, Sweden.

Organizers have confirmed that legendary Canadian rockers TRIUMPH will play the festival.

"In 1975 Rik Emmett, Mike Levine and Gil Moore formed the Canadian power trio Triumph, and built a large and loyal fanbase by the late '70s on the strength of their non-stop touring schedule throughout Canada and the USA and the success of their classic albums, Rock & Roll Machine and Just A Game.

But it was in the 1980's when Triumph truly became a force to be reckoned with, as a string of gold/platinum-certified albums (Progressions of Power, Allied Forces, Never Surrender and Thunder Seven) and classic hits ('Fight the Good Fight', 'Magic Power', 'Lay It On The Line') solidified the group as one of rock's top concert attractions."

Ticket Info: "The regular 3-day and 1-day tickets will be released no later than January 25th.

Until then, you can still buy the special "December-Ticket" where you will get a free special CD and be a part of the competition where you can win very nice prices!

This ticket is for all 4 days and limited to 10,000."

Buy the limited 4-day ticket here.

Confirmed bands so far: JUDAS PRIEST, DEF LEPPARD, TRIUMPH, WHITESNAKE, ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA, BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, SAXON, TESTAMENT, JOE SATRIANI, TESLA, AT THE GATES, DERRINGER BAND, MINISTRY, HAVANA BLACK, THE BLUES BAND, COHEED & CAMBRIA, CARCASS, HENSLEY/LAWTON & LIVE FIRE, DARE, ULI JON ROTH, SHAKIN' STREET, ELÄKELÄISET, GOTTHARD, MUSTASCH, SABATON, LIZZY BORDEN, BONAFIDE, SONIC SYNDICATE, GLYDER, FASTWAY, AXEWITCH, FIVE FIFTEEN, ASTRAL DOORS, AVATAR, VOLBEAT, H.E.A.T., NEGATIVE.

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POISON To Play Exclusive Show At Sweden Rock 2008

US rockers POISON will play their only European show at Sweden Rock 2008, which will run from June 4th - 7th in Sölvesborg, Sweden.

Confirmed bands for the fest now include: ASTRAL DOORS, AT THE GATES, AVATAR, AXEWITCH, BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, THE BLUES BAND, BONAFIDE, CARCASS, COHEED & CAMBRIA, DARE, DEF LEPPARD, DERRINGER BAND, ELÄKELÄISET, ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA, FASTWAY, FIVE FIFTEEN, GLYDER, GOTTHARD, HAVANA BLACK, H.E.A.T., HENSLEY/LAWTON & LIVE FIRE, JUDAS PRIEST, LIZZY BORDEN, MINISTRY, MUSTASCH, NEGATIVE, POISON, PRIMAL FEAR, PRIMORDIAL, ULI JON ROTH, ROYAL HUNT, SABATON, JOE SATRIANI, SAXON, SHAKIN' STREET, SONIC SYNDICATE, TESLA, TESTAMENT, TRIUMPH, VOLBEAT, WHITESNAKE.

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SIR LORD BALTIMORE Cancel Sweden Rock Festival Appearance; STORMWARRIOR Step In With Special Guest KAI HANSEN





Sweden Rock 2008 will run from June 4th - 7th in Sölvesborg, Sweden.

Organizers have issued the following update: "SIR LORD BALTIMORE will not come to this year's Sweden Rock Festival due to logistic problems. We are very sorry for this, but hope to see the band another year!

Instead we can present German power metal band STORMWARRIOR that will come to this year's festival for an exclusive show with KAI HANSEN (GAMMA RAY, HELLOWEEN) as a special guest!"

The final running order for the festival is now as follows:

Wednesday, June 4th - DAMPUNGARNA, FAITH, SWEET SAVAGE, GRAVEYARD, KORPIKLAANI, BONAFIDE, FIVE FIFTEEN, SABATON, AIRBOURNE, SATYRICON.

Thursday, June 5th - VOLBEAT, PICTURE, PAIN OF SALVATION, DERRINGER, SONIC SYNDICATE, PRIMAL FEAR, BLACK STONE CHERRY, COHEED & CAMBRIA, AT THE GATES, ELO (former members of ELO and ELO Part II), SEBASTIAN BACH, TESTAMENT, DISTUBED, JUDAS PRIEST.

Friday, June 6th - SHAKIN' STREET, THE POODLES, TESLA, BIRTH CONTROL, FASTWAY, MUCC, CARCASS, MINISTRY, HANOI ROCKS, JOE SATRIANI, SAXON, ACE FREHLEY, WHITESNAKE, DEF LEPPARD.

Saturday, June 7th - ARCHER, VIVIAN, PRIMORDIAL, LIZZY BORDEN, ELAKELAISET, HAVANA BLACK, STORMWARRIOR feat. KAI HANSEN, THE BLUES BAND, HENSLEY/LAWTON & LIVE FIRE, MUSTASCH, APOCALYPTICA, RATT, BLUE OYSTER CULT, AVANTASIA, TRIUMPH, POISON.