Sövelsborg, Sweden
9th to 12th June 2010
Sweden Rock Festival
If you got any good intentions for 2010 when it comes to rock, then a visit at the Sweden Rock Festival should definitely be one. All festivals announce their Line-Up’s for 2010 so early this time so the previews have to start now - because we don’t want you to miss it! http://www.swedenrock.com/
Arrival
The Sweden Rock Festival will be from the 9th - 12th of June again in Sölvesborg in the very south of Sweden. It takes 1.5 hours from Malmö by train or car. The wonderful festival site is close to the sea where you can sun bath or be a part of the beach parties and as usual you can choose between different camping locations. There is a rock camping http://www.festivalcampingen.com/engelsk.html, a youth hostel, a trailer park and typical Swedish houses in all sizes. So you have all options: from cheap to luxury, from party beside the festival to calm houses. But you have to be quick with your reservation! If you want to sleep a bit afar from the festival, there a re hotels located in the nearby cities like Karlshamn, Sölvesborg, Olofström & Kristianstad. Distance between 15 km to 40 km. There are shuttle busses from all these cities to the festival area. Tickets
Be quick! This year, the number of tickets is limited to 30,000. So it’s gonna be a nice, relaxing festival with a family atmosphere!
Limited 4-day ticket (3,000 units): 2,090 SKR + 30 SKR fee (SOLD OUT)
Regular 4-day ticket: 2,390 SKR + 30 SKR fee
3-day tickets and 1-day tickets will be released after New Year.
New is the fact that this year they will ONLY sell the tickets through their own online-system in cooperation with Tickster.com. This means that anyone in the world can buy a ticket to the festival online. To buy a ticket online you need either a VISA or a MasterCard. If you don't have any of these you can call their e-mail office and they will help you book a ticket. When you buy the ticket online you will get an e-mail with a PDF-file. You then open the file and print it out on your printer at home. You then bring the print to the festival and get the Barcode scanned and you get your festival wristband. Nice fact beside: Children under 13 years will get free entrance in company with their parents.
Currency
On the festival area they only accept Swedish money, but when you arrive to the festival you will be able to exchange money at the Bank service located close to the check-in. They do recommend you to exchange to Swedish currency in your home country as the rates normally is better.
There, you can exchanged the following currency’s: Euro / GBP / US dollar / Norska Kroner / Danska Kroner
Line-Up
The Line up so far has again an unbelievable variety of bands and music style’s. This is one typical fact for the Sweden Rock Festival. Surprise Show’s, special Showcases, Tribute Shows are here daily routine. Every gender will find his personal favourite Band, from Oldie’s Metal to Newcomer, from black and dark to soft and clean… Announced so far is:
UNISONIC (D)
How heavy metal-fans have waited, and pined! Now classic Helloween-vocalist Michael Kiske finally returns to the realm of metal, in a new project with prolific producer and Pink Cream 69-bass player Dennis Ward. The two have previously released two albums with the AOR-inspired Place Vendome, but this is the first time Kiske joins a heavy metal-band - and even marks his actual return to the live-stage - since his departure from Helloween in 1993. Unisonic also consists of Ward's partner in crime from Pink Cream 69 and Place Vendome, Kosta Zafiriou, on drums, plus guitar-king Mandy Meyer (Asia, Krokus, Gotthard etc.), and their debut album will be released before the festival.
STEEL PANTHER (US)
In America, hair metal was long considered extinct - then Steel Panther came and showed just how wrong this was! Said Los Angeles-quartet has been around for roughly a decade, under different monikers - they released their debut ‘Hole Patrol’ both in 2003 as Metal Shop, and in 2005 as Metal School. As Steel Panther, they debuted in 2009 with ‘Feel the Steel’ and this album has made the public take serious notice. For the acclaimed music, reminiscent of glam/hair metal heroes like Poison, Slaughter et al, but even more for the ironic (?) lyrics. Titles like ‘Asian Hooker’, ‘Stripper Girl’ and ‘I Want Pussy’ indicate, correctly, that the lyrics of Steel Panther would make a gangster-rapper blush!
MOTHER'S FINEST (US)
Mother's Finest from Atlanta are most famous for the funk / disco classic ‘Baby Love’ off ‘Another Mother Further’ (1977), but are also one of the earliest and best examples that colour makes no difference for how hard you can rock! In the 80s, the band supplanted their radio-friendly approach for uncompromising, raw and funky hard rock, and mainstream listeners lost sight of them for good. Among hard rock connoisseurs, however, albums like ‘Iron Age’ (1981) and ‘Black Radio Won't Play This Record’ (1992) are heralded masterpieces, and Mother's Finest have also proven themselves as an extraordinary live act supporting the likes of Ted Nugent, Black Sabbath, REO Speedwagon and Aerosmith. Bassist Jerry "Wyzard" Seay and vocal duo Glenn Murdock and Joyce "Baby Jean" Kennedy constitute the band's core trio, and the latter's voice must be heard to be believed! In short, this is the band you didn't know you needed - but trust us, you do!
ALDO NOVA (CAN)
Canadian AOR-hero Aldo Nova is best known internationally for the hit single ‘Fantasy’ that propelled his debut ‘Aldo Nova’ (1982) to double platinum status in the US. ‘Monkey on Your Back’ off ‘Subject’ (1983) was a decent hit as well, but Aldo Nova retired as a solo artist after his third album ‘Twitch’ (1985) sold a lot less than the previous two except in - Sweden! He has since gained greater recognition as a professional composer, creating massive hits for artists like Céline Dion and Clay Aiken. Over the years, he has also released a few more solo albums, for instance the superb, guitar-oriented ‘Blood on the Bricks’ (1991) where he wrote most of the songs together with Jon Bon Jovi. Apart from being a fantastic song writer he is also known for being a marvellous guitar player. His new album ‘Too Much Sex’, due for release in early 2010, finally brings him to Sweden and Sweden Rock Festival!
WATAIN (S)Swedish Watain is one of the most influential and successful black metal-bands of today, and when they make their Sweden Rock Festival debut it will be a memorable occasion in more ways than one. As if it wasn't enough that their fourth album has a preliminary release date set for the days just before the festival, making this a golden opportunity to debut some coveted new material, the band has also promised a special tribute to the most revered and important black metal-act of all time: Bathory. Bathory-founder and only real member Quorthon passed away on June 7th 2004, and to honour the memory of his creations Watain will deliver a set consisting of 45 minutes of their own black metal magic, and 45 minutes of their own choice of Bathory classics. Raise the dead!
RAVEN (UK)
Raven from Newcastle is one of the most legendary and long-lived bands from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. Centred around brothers John (vocals, bass) and Mark Gallagher (guitar) they delivered well-crafted and, for its time, delightfully brutal music on their first three, classic albums ‘Rock Until You Drop’ (1981), ‘Wiped-Out’ (1982) and ‘All for One’ (1983). And excepting a more melodic, US-courting period in the mid-80s, Raven have continued to deliver bona fide heavy metal, disregarding musical tends - to the delight of their fans. An accident in 2001, severely injuring Mark Gallagher's legs, forced the band to take an extended, but in 2009 they returned with the new album ‘Walk through Fire’. And in 2010, it gives us great pleasure to welcome one of the great names of British metal to their SRF-debut!
JORN (N)
Norwegian Jørn Lande is one of today's most renowned hard rock vocalist in the traditional, blues-inspired vein associated with David Coverdale, Paul Rodgers, Joe Lynn Turner et al. His resume includes noticeable stints in Vagabond, Ark, Beyond Twilight and especially Masterplan, but he is arguably most famous for his own project Jorn, which so far has released five self-composed studio albums since 2000 - the latest being ‘Spirit Black’ (2009) - all packed with classic hard rock in the spirit of Whitesnake, Rainbow and Thin Lizzy. Since Lande is also a charismatic front-man it is hardly surprising that Jorn have gathered a loyal, consistently growing fan-base, not least in Sweden.
ALESTORM (UK)
Scotsmen Alestorm has swiftly become one of the most talked-about new metal bands of our time. They debuted in 2008 with ‘Captain Morgan's Revenge’, an album of the folk metal persuasion and with a pirate image that would have gained an appreciative nod from the legendary Running Wild (RIP). Album number two, ‘Black Sails at Midnight’, arrived promptly the following spring, and it hasn't taken Alestorm very long to find an audience, by touring heavily but also because their music is quite impressive, musically and from its entertainment value. For those who have longed for a band combining tough heavy metal-riffs with Celtic rhythms, and with a singer (Christopher Bowes) who sings about pirates with a bona fide Scottish accent, their patience has now been rewarded.
BIGELF (US)
Bigelf from Los Angeles has enjoyed massive cult status in Scandinavia since the release of their full-length debut ‘Money Machine’ in 2000. The band's heavy, psychedelic and progressive hard-rock is dominated by front-man Damon Fox' grandiose keyboard-work and influenced by Beatles and Pink Floyd as well as Black Sabbath and Atomic Rooster. Though their second album and major-label debut ‘Hex’ (2003) sadly didn't produce the global breakthrough Bigelf had hoped for, their loyal fan-base remained by their side and Bigelf's return with ‘Cheat the Gallows’ in 2008 was met with the same well-deserved praise as their previous releases. And after supporting Dream Theater in both Europe and the US, Bigelf is arguably hotter than ever when they return to SRF after nine years.
Reasons enough? Hope to see you on Sweden Rock 2010 - we’ll keep you informed about coming up bands, news…
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