"I am so honored that we are confirmed to play Sonisphere Festival UK," declares SU-METAL. "There are so many different types of artists playing this festival but I hope to deliver a one and only, unique style metal - BABYMETAL - even to those who will see us for the very first time.  This will be o ...

Just because you're at a festival, doesn't mean you shouldn't put extra effort into how your hair looks. Here're 10 of our favourite approaches to hair we've seen at Sonisphere. 1. The Band Logo Why not craft your hair into your favourite band's logo? Credit to this guy. He's a huge Opeth fan. 2. S ...

Live The Moment intiative Sonisphere is set to be the first UK festival to ban mobile phones as we encourage festival-goers to "live in the moment". Fans holding mobile phones and tablets aloft to video gigs is an increasingly familiar sight. But it can annoy both bands and other fans, while many pe ...

Forget the World Cup, the most-significant football tournament of the summer is set to take place at Knebworth, with the return of SonisBall. It costs nothing and anyone can enter the five-a-side tournament by emailing sonispherefootball@gmail.com. All you need is a team name and four team-mates. If ...

Ahead of his appearance at Sonisphere, Wilko Johnson is enjoying his biggest chart hit for nearly four decades. His latest album, Going Back Home, which he collaborated on with The Who's Roger Daltry is at number 3 in the album charts The last time Wilko was part of a top ten album was in 1976 with ...

As winter fades away and spring buds, April 1st sees the closing of our Deposit Scheme and now the festival planning gets serious. Now is the time of our disco tents and to put behind us the folly of yesterday and pay those balances. "How do I do that? " I hear you cry. Find the original email you ...

A Ronnie James Dio tribute medley from Sonisphere headliner Metallica will appear on a tribute compilation to the late singer called This Is Your Life, which is released on April 1st. Entitled "Ronnie Rising Medley' the riff-tastic tribute features a mash-up of four of Dio's tracks from when he was ...