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Sonisphere!<\/p><\/div>\n
Sonisphere Festivals have been touring Europe since 2009. This was the first year it was held in the UK since 2011, after they cancelled the 2012 edition due to poor planning. This year, Sonisphere UK was a three day festival, with five stages of bands; two main stages (Apollo and Saturn stages) opposing each other across the field, as well as three smaller stages inside of tents across the grounds.<\/p>\n
Friday<\/b>
\nI rolled into the park on late Friday afternoon. Retrieved my wristband, and made my way through the gates. This park is massive! After entering the main gate, you walk through an endless campground. I chose not camp, as it was too expensive to do solo. Were I to go again, in a group of friends, I would certainly give it a shot.<\/p>\n
After crossing the campgrounds, you ender the main festival grounds. Immediately as you walk in is one of the tented stages, the Bohemia stage. There weren’t many acts playing Friday that I had specific plans to watch, so I spent a fair amount of time wandering the grounds, getting a lay of the land, and checking out some of the many vendors. There were dozens of booths of vendors in the market, selling all kinds of merchandise. All across the festival were dozens more vendors selling all kinds of food. Throughout the weekend I had a couple of different delicious burritos, pizza pockets, as well as daily stops at the fruit stand for a strawberry-banana smoothie. I was pleased to see how many vegetarian booths there were also.<\/p>\n
One section of the grounds had an assortment of carnival rides, which you could ride for a nominal fee. Some of them were rather impressive for being a temporary setup.<\/p>\n
The main act I was here to see Friday was Limp Bizkit. The last time Limp Bizkit tried to tour the US, they had to cancel due to poor ticket sales, so to see them as the second slot headliner in the UK is amusing to me. The same can be said about The Prodigy in the headlining spot, but we’ll get to them shortly.<\/p>\n
When it was time for their set to start, The Lounge Kittens, a group of three girls who recently had a YouTube hit with their a cappella cover of “Rollin'”, came out to introduce the band, and sing a verse of their version of the song. Fred came out, thanked them, and then “You know what time it really is…” as Limp Bizkit plays their version of the song.<\/p>\n
I wasn’t a fan of Limp Bizkit when they first hit it big, but got into them around the time of the Chocolate Starfish<\/em> album. Lucky for me, their set was heavy on this album. I don’t know that I can necessarily say that they were good<\/i>, as it’s Limp Bizkit. But they’re certainly a fun show, mostly on a nostalgia level.<\/p>\n Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst<\/p><\/div>\n Setlist<\/span> Friday night Anthrax was playing the complete Among The Living<\/i> album on the Bohemia stage. I went over to check out some of their set, but the tent was full, so I just listened to a little bit from the outside. I came back to the tent later on to see Electric Wizard, who I’ve heard multiple people say good things about. I found them to be a little too monotonous, reminding me a lot of The Sword, who I’m not a fan of either.<\/p>\n I went back to the main stage to see some of The Prodigy’s set. I heard three or four songs that sounded like “Firestarter,” and then they played “Firestarter.” I’m not a big electronica fan, but they have a great production.<\/p>\n Friday night comes to a close, leaving me very excited for the rest of the weekend!<\/p>\n\n\t\t![\"Limp](\"http:\/\/newenglandmusicblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/P1040111-fb-fb-300x200.jpg\")
\nRollin’ (Air Raid Vehicle)
\nFaith
\nHot Dog
\nMy Generation
\nGold Cobra
\nMy Way
\nNookie
\nRe-Arranged
\nKilling in the Name
\nTake a Look Around
\nBreak Stuff <\/i><\/p>\n