The Best New Rock Festival in the World
High Voltage, the UK’s new prestige rock festival, launches in July 2010 with headline appearances from
Emerson, Lake & Palmer and ZZ Top
The dates: July 24 and 25, 2010.
The place: Victoria Park, London, UK.
Further acts announced…
Transatlantic, Venom, UFO, The Quireboys, The Union, Dweezil Zappa Plays Zappa
High Voltage is the must-see rock event of 2010 – a two-day festival featuring the very best in classic rock, progressive rock and metal. Custom built by rock fans, for rock fans.
Topping the bill are the legendary Emerson, Lake & Palmer and ZZ Top.
The latest additions add to an already stellar lineup that will run across two days and three stages – Main Stage, Prog Stage and Metal Stage.
Transatlantic (Prog Stage) – A rare performance from the prog rock supergroup made up of Roine Stolt (The Flower Kings), Pete Trewavas (Marillion), Neal Morse (ex-Spock’s Beard) and Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater). The band released their latest album “The Whirlwind” in late 2009 to widespread critical acclaim.
Venom (Metal Stage) – Venom are the legendary British metal band whose seminal 1982 album Black Metal spawned an entire genre. Acknowledged as a major influence by Metallica, Slayer and countless extreme metal bands, Venom are still led by iconic frontman Cronos, who was a guest star on Dave Grohl’s Probot album.
UFO (Main Stage) – One of the all-time great hard rock bands. In the ‘70s they released a series of classic albums including Phenomenon, Force It, Lights Out, Obsession and the definitive live double album Strangers In The Night. Now featuring guitar virtuoso Vinnie Moore alongside vocalist Phil Mogg, bassist Pete Way, drummer Andy Parker and guitarist/keyboard player Paul Raymond, UFO celebrated their 40th anniversary in 2009.
The Quireboys (Main Stage) – The Quireboys are, in their own words, “purveyors of the finest English good time rock ‘n’ roll since 1984” – a band in the tradition of The Rolling Stones and the Faces. And 20 years after their debut album A Bit Of What You Fancy hit number two on the UK chart, the Quireboys’ current album Halfpenny Dancer proves they’re still one of Britain’s great rock ‘n’ roll bands.
The Union (Main Stage) – The Union is a new band formed by Luke Morley, formerly the guitarist for legendary UK rock band Thunder and ex Winterville vocalist/guitarist Peter Shoulder. The band are currently somewhere deep in the English countryside devoting themselves to the songwriting process and expect to emerge later in the year to perform their debut shows. The album promises to be an inspired mix of blues infused rock featuring the stunning and unique vocals of Peter Shoulder.
Dweezil Zappa Plays Zappa (Prog Stage) – Dweezil Zappa and band play a greatest hits set of the music from his father, the maverick rock legend Frank Zappa. The band returns to the UK for the first time since a sellout tour in 2008.
Confirmed lineup to date is as follows…
Main stage – Emerson, Lake & Palmer, ZZ Top, Foreigner, Heaven & Hell, Bachman Turner, Joe Bonamassa, Gary Moore, UFO, The Answer, The Quireboys, The Union…
Prog Stage – Transatlantic, Asia, Zappa Plays Zappa, Marillion, Argent, Steve Hackett, Focus, Pendragon, Uriah Heep, Magnum, Martin Turner’s Wishbone Ash, The Reasoning, Touchstone…
Metal Stage – Black Label Society, Down, Venom, Clutch…
High Voltage is the festival all true rock fans have been waiting for – custom built by rock fans for rock fans. The High Voltage team has been to every rock festival imaginable – taking what they have learned to build a festival unlike any other.
First of all there’s the music: two amazing headliners AND three unique stages specially curated to cater for different sides of the rock audience, and a brilliant supporting cast playing special must-see sets. Then there’s the festival itself. The facilities will be second to none: great food, proper beer, clean toilets, deluxe hospitality packages, designated hotels, free shuttle transport. This is somewhere you take the whole family.
High Voltage offers a new and unique festival experience for rock fans of all ages. Only High Voltage gives ticket buyers the freedom to design their own bespoke festival package – which can include accommodation, transport, parking and VIP bar access. Early bird ticket purchasers will be able to upgrade their tickets with a host of options from the 9th February 2010.
Standard tickets are prices £135 (for weekend tickets) and £75 (for day tickets).
There is no booking fee for Classic Rock Presents High Voltage tickets.
Tickets are available from www.highvoltagefestival.com or 24hr cc ticketline 0871 230 5582.
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