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ANNOUNCEMENT 25TH JULY
2015
FORMER-IRON MAIDEN
FRONTMAN
BLAZE BAYLEY TO PLAY EXCLUSIVE "SILICON MESSIAH" 15TH ANNIVERSARY
SHOW AT SOS FESTIVAL 2015. OTHER BANDS CONFIRMED INCLUDE NWOBHM HEROES
AVENGER AS WELL AS
BLACK WHISKEY, FRONTED BY FORMER-XENTRIX VOCALIST SIMON
GORDON
SOS Festival, in
Radcliffe, North Manchester, adds a third day to it's 2015 schedule &
proudly announces that former-Iron Maiden frontman
BLAZE BAYLEY
is to play an exclusive "Silicon Messiah" 15th Anniversary Show,
headlining the Saturday night on the Dean Hocking Stage (main). "Silicon
Messiah" is Blaze's iconic first post-Maiden album including such fan
favourites as "Identity", "Stare At The Sun", "The Brave", the title track
and more.
Also confirmed are
the following....
AVENGER, BLACK WHISKEY, MOTHERLOAD, DIE
NO MORE, TEN BY
TEN, as well
as
WIZZ ACOUSTIC
from Belgium who will headline the Metal Nation Radio Acoustic Stage on
Saturday.
SOS is presented by
independent record label Rocksector Records & 2015 will be the 8th such
event. Previous headliners include I AM I, GUN, Black Spiders, Heavens
Basement, Absolva and Beholder. The organisers seek to deliver a mixture
of Rocksector Records bands, together with UK and international artists,
also supporting the local Manchester rock and metal scene with a
reasonable number of local bands. Most people seem to agree the recent
2014 event was the strongest yet.
In 2015, SOS
Festival takes place on 17th - 19th July, and tickets which are already
on-sale, represent outstanding value once again at £15 for a weekend & £10
for Saturday or Sunday single tickets. The additional Friday night is
charged separately at £5 or for weekend ticket purchasers it's included in
the price.
NWOBHM heroes
AVENGER have joined the Rocksector label just recently to soon release
their first brand new material for many years, whilst London-based
BLACK
WHISKEY and
MOTHERLOAD have similarly joined the label for new releases.
BLACK WHISKEY includes frontman Simon Gordon who fans will recognise from
his former bands XENTRIX and HELLFIGHTER. Meanwhile,
DIE NO MORE are Cumbrian-based thrash metallers who are set to make real waves with a full
length debut album on Rocksector which will help keep the Metallica/Testament/Megadeth
fans happy.
WIZZ ACOUSTIC
is from Belgium and well-known to SOS audiences. He will headline the
Metal Nation Radio Acoustic Stage on Saturday, whilst the excellent
groove/grunge rockers
TEN BY TEN
are the first of our Manchester area bands to be confirmed.
The DEAN HOCKING
STAGE (main) is so-named after the late bassist of Rocksector band
Nightvision - Dean's young life was tragically cut short in a serious car
crash on 27th December 2012 and he is forever honoured and remembered by
SOS Festival audiences.
During the next few
months a further 19 bands will ultimately be announced for the Dean
Hocking Stage, whilst an additional 8 artists will be confirmed for the
Metal Nation Radio Acoustic Stage.
Our thanks go to our
partners Powerplay, Get Your Rock Out and Metal Nation Radio for their
kind help.
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