Greetings Metal Heads

What a great weekend, hope you all enjoyed yourselves and returned home safely without too much of a hang over?

Firstly can I start by thanking you all for yet another fantastic Bloodstock and for giving the festival your support, we had some amazing bands this year and have received from the bands a lot of praise for a great festival and even greater fans !!!

I have had several emails and browsed the forum so to help clear up a few issues, give out praises to the well deserved and to dish out some no no’s to the very few misguided I feel it only right I try to answer your queries.

We all do our very best to make sure your festival improves each year and to a greater extent I think this year we achieved this. Lack of toilets were a major issue this year, that won’t be the case next, we will also have showers on the campsite, a much requested item. It’s not rocket science, when we get it wrong or, you rightly tell us and if it’s achievable we’ll fix it.

Onto our plans for 2008, in order for us to make Bloodstock Open Air the festival all you guys want to be proud of like of our European counterparts, we have to look carefully at our current situation. Running two festivals back to back is financial suicide and means at best you do both badly, as the capacity of the venue is limited and the bands we would like to see at the indoor are not affordable to make the venue work, it makes no sense to continue. The alternative is no Festival “period.” This as many of our decisions has been hard but one we had to make at this juncture. However we will re kindle the Christmas show and I’m not saying the indoor is gone for good, once we have the open air the festival where we want it to be we will revisit it.

Ticket Prices

Bloodstock is NOT some corporate money grabbing machine, neither is it a charity, a rise in ticket price is not a way of making a quick buck but a natural consequence of the festival’s spiralling costs due to our commitment to make it the best it can be, that said we’ll keep prices for next year the same as this years price if you purchase your ticket between now and 15th December 2007, any tickets purchased after 15th December will be priced at £ 85, this will give all you loyal Bloodstockers the opportunity to snatch what is and believe me a bargain.

Tickets for Bloodstock Open Air 2008 will go on Sale from September 1st and can be purchased Online in the Bloodstock Store !!

All tickets will be despatched before Christmas so they also will make ideal Christmas presents !!!

We have also taken on board emails received from lots of metallers that could not attend this year as they have children, with this in mind we have introduced a Child ticket, if you have children aged between 4 – 11 you will be able to purchase a ticket for them at the reduced rate of £ 35, children aged 0 – 3 will get in for free !


The misguided, I received some complaints about certain individuals setting fire to wheelie bins, Bloodstock has always been a friendly safe festival something we’re all proud of, we will NOT tolerate to be polite the misguided element these people ruin it for others, be warned our security is to be doubled next year, another reason for our cost increase. The campsite, we will endeavour to have a quiet area for those not wishing to be part of the mayhem created by those who want to party till dawn.

Bloodstock’s ethos for the fans by the fans is born out by the number of metal heads that give their time and energy behind the scenes to put the show on, from production, Merchandise to street teams, all working tirelessly throughout the year to give us all a true Metal festival to be part of and proud of.

Next years Bloodstock Open Air is set to be even bigger than this year, we are liaising now with some amazing bands and we aim to have some band announcements with you shortly, we appreciate your comments on bands and we read ALL band requests you guys put forward !!

Keep it heavy keep it safe

Cheers

Paul

If you are still to Buy your Bloodstock Metal Festival tickets online you can right up until the day itself and over the weekend , any tickets purchased on or after Thursday 9th August online will not be posted out to your home address they will need to be collected on the Bloodstock festival gate !!!!

Collecting Pre-Paid Tickets on the Gate :

We will require either proof of Ticket purchase from the Bloodstock store by a printed out e-mail receipt or some form of Identification , which will be either a drivers licence or passport .

As the last day for sending tickets to your postal address is the 9th August, everyone should have their Bloodstock tickets by the 14th August at the very latest and therefore if you have not received your festival tickets by this date then please contact the Bloodstock webmaster at webmaster@bloodstock.uk.com .

We will be sending all the tickets purchased after 9th August to the festival by special courier every morning to ensure tickets are ready at the gate for collection and therefore the standard postal Fee of £2.00 will still apply to tickets purchased online to cover courier costs .

To buy mobile tickets for the three day event simply click on one of the Tix Mob banners around the Bloodstock website or log on to the new mobile ticketing website www.tixmob.com and pay for your Bloodstock festival tickets using a credit or debit card. Tickets are delivered direct to your mobile phone at the time and date you specify.

There will also be physical tickets available on the high street at selected HMV record stores and other Bloodstock ticket outlets that can be found on our website in the ticket outlet link .

If you would like to Buy your Bloodstock Festival tickets now CLICK HERE !!

With only Eight Days to go until this years Monster Bloodstock Festival is upon us, Bloodstock are gearing up for this years festival to be an historic METAL Event !

The FULL weekend line up is listed below :
THURSDAY MAIN STAGE

TESTAMENT
HEAD ON
KIUAS
FIREWIND
SIGHT OF EMPTINESS
CHRIS SLADE DRUM SOLO + ACDC TRIBUTE WITH EXPLODER

FRIDAY MAIN STAGE

LACUNA COIL
DARK TRANQUILITY
NEVERMORE
EPICA
MEMFIS
WOLF
KORPIKLAANI
VOODOO SIX
SCAR SYMMERTY
EXPLODER

SATURDAY MAIN STAGE

IN FLAMES
ARCH ENEMY
SABBAT
DREAM EVIL
FINNTROLL
LEGION OF THE DAMNED
BENEDICTION
FREEDOM CALL
RISE TO ADDICTION
BEYOND ALL REASON

With the BLOODSTOCK UNSIGNED STAGE showcasing 25 young up and coming bands over the Friday & Saturday, the LAVA STAGE holding the four Metal DJs of the Apocalypse playing your favourite metal bands, and at the end of the night the party does not end as we have the LEGENDARY METAL KARAOKE !!!!!!!!

Add to this the Metal Market, Beer tent, Full Camping area, Bloodstock signing tent so you can meet and great your favourite bands of the weekend and not forgetting the Storm Troopers livening up this years event !!!

KERRANG RADIO will be present at this years Bloodstock Open Air keeping everyone up to date on this year’s event , as well as some guest announcing on stage from the guys at METAL HAMMER !!!! If that still is not enough Bloodstock will be filmed this year by Dead Duck Productions so you have the opportunity to be on some momentous metal moments captured on film FOREVER !!!

We are pleased to announce a very very special guest to this years festival ………….THE WEATHER, we have very reliable sources who have confirmed the sun and his friends the blue skies will be present after all at this years Bloodstock Open Air festival to make this the BEST METAL FESTIVAL TO END THE SUMMER WITH !!!!! If you are still to buy your tickets online you can right up until the day itself, any tickets purchased on or after Thursday 9th August online will not be posted out they will need to be collected on the gate !!!!

For a taste of this years magnificent metal bands buy Augusts METAL HAMMER that has just come out to get your FREE Bloodstock CD with 15 tracks from some of the hottest bands playing this year’s fest !

Click Here to Buy your Bloodstock Metal Festival Tickets Now !!


SEE YOU ALL SOON !!!!!!!!

The Bloodstock Team

www.bloodstock.uk.com

Damage Control were due to play at this years Bloodstock Open Air metal festival, but had to pull out at the very last moment due to unforeseen circumstances regarding Robin George .

The reason the band can't appear is Robin George, the guitar player with the band, suffered an unfortunate accident that has left him unable to play in time for the show," reads a posting on the group's web site.

Commented Robin: "I was walking my English Mastiff, Lucille, through a quiet Spanish village when an old senora came round a corner, saw the dog and started screaming like a banshee, freaking the dog out completely. Lucille ran towards the woman in a panic, and I tried to grab her as she raced past me. Ten stone dog at twenty miles per hour, my finger stuck in her collar. The snap sounded like a pistol shot, a noise I never want to hear again. My finger had broken right behind the nail and was bent so the nail was touching my knuckle. The force span me round, I lost my balance, and unable to put my hand out to save myself, fell onto a low wall and fractured three ribs! Just as I thought things couldn't get worse, the banshee kicked off again, the panicked dog ran to me, jumped on my foot and crushed my toes. In other words, I'm not able to play, walk or cough for the near future! DAMAGE CONTROL hope to see you at Bloodstock next year."

We therefore had to find another Great !! band to replace Damage control at very short notice and are please to announce that Voodoo Six will be performing live on stage at this years Bloodstock Open Air festival on August 17th .


If you would like to find out more about the band Voodoo Six click here to view the bands Bloodstock profile link

Damage Control regret to announce that the band is unable to appear at this year's Bloodstock festival.

On a positive note, Chris Slade, Damage Control’s powerhouse drummer will be opening the festival with an AC/DC tribute.

The reason the band can’t appear is Robin George, the guitar player with the band suffered an unfortunate accident that has left him unable to play in time for the show.
Robin says…
I was walking my English Mastiff, Lucille, through a quiet Spanish village when an old senora came round a corner, saw the dog and started screaming like a banshee, freaking the dog out completely.

Lucille ran towards the woman in a panic, and I tried to grab her as she raced past me. Ten stone dog at twenty miles per hour, my finger stuck in her collar. The snap sounded like a pistol shot, a noise I never want to hear again. My finger had broken right behind the nail and was bent so the nail was touching my knuckle. The force span me round, I lost my balance, and unable to put my hand out to save myself, fell onto a low wall and fractured three ribs! Just as I thought things couldn’t get worse, the banshee kicked off again, the panicked dog ran to me, jumped on my foot and crushed my toes.

In other words, I'm not able to play, walk or cough for the near future!

Damage Control hope to see you at Bloodstock next year.

Enjoy Chris’s set and have a great festival!

Cheers
Robin