Sonisphere 2012 festival cancelled, say Queen
Published Mar 28 2012, 20:08 BST | By Paul Millar
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Headliners Queen announced on their website that the event - set to take place at Knebworth Park, Stevenage on the weekend of July 6 - will now not go ahead.
"It is with very heavy hearts and much regret that we announce the cancellation of Sonisphere Knebworth 2012," the statement on QueenOnline read.
Organisers are yet to confirm the news officially, while BBC's Newsbeat understands that an official confirmation will be released tomorrow.
American Idol's 2009 contestant and 'For Your Entertainment' singer Adam Lambert was due to headline the Saturday evening with Queen legends, guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor.
The Darkness, Kiss, Faith No More, Incubus, Marilyn Manson and comedian Tim Minchin were among the names also set to appear at the festival.
Watch the video for Queen's 'Friends Will Be Friends' below:
Jonny Crompton Sonisphere did have skrillex.. so download wasn't the only one "selling out" and who can forget lethal bizzle playing download in 2008, so it's not the first time they have "sold out" and I doubt it will be their last "act thats not a rock band". But you know you could totally avoid chase and status which I plan to do at download.
March 29th 2012 at 10:04pm
Download are selling out with Chase and Status etc, don't even have guitars. What next, Skrillex and Deadmau5? Probably
March 29th 2012 at 8:31pm
The Bee Gees have performed as the Bee Gees multiple times with just the two remaining members.
March 29th 2012 at 12:34pm
its 10x better... just sayin'. The two years I went it wern't all watered down with indie/emo stuff.
March 29th 2012 at 3:08am
Queen should have stopped using that name the day Freddie died. The Bee Gees got it right...
March 29th 2012 at 2:58am