The Bloodstock team are pleased to announce that German metallers RAGE have been added to the bill for Bloodstock Open Air 2010.

Rage formed in 1984 as Avenger, releasing an album and EP before switching moniker for 1986’s Reign Of Fear. The band’s sound in their early days placed them at the heart of the burgeoning European thrash/speed metal scene, but as the turn of the decade approached, their music started to become more complex and refined, shifting away from speed metal and towards more melodic and progressively-influenced territory. The changes which were already evident on 1988’s Perfect Man continued throughout the 90s and included 1996’s Lingua Mortis, which saw the band record with an orchestra. Tours with Running Wild, U.D.O., Motörhead and Saxon brought the band greater international recognition and they have gone on to enjoy consistent success at home and abroad while many of their former contemporaries have fallen victim to changing fashions and musical fads. Despite numerous line-up changes, under the guidance of mainman Peavy Wagner, Rage have continued to produce intense and intelligent metal of the highest calibre, as witnessed on their latest album, 2008’s Cast In Stone.

CLICK HERE to view the RAGE Bloodstock band profile page .

RAGE – Gib Dich Nie Auf - BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2010.


Regards

Bloodstock Team

Hail Bloodstockers!!

We hope you are all now safely back home and slowly recovering from this year’s Bloodstock!

This has been our biggest & best Festival to date, we are incredible proud to see the fans enjoying three days of our blood, sweat & tears bringing a true Metal Festival like no other in the UK! We believe the line up this year had enough diversity for everyone and as always brought bands that had never played UK soil & some outstanding UK exclusive performances including our emerging talent from Bloodstock’s unsigned stage.

We are well underway organising 2010 and can already confirm we are in talks with some amazing and highly requested bands and yet again we will ensure there is something for everyone! The first band confirmations will be this coming Friday at 6pm !!

Tickets for 2010 will go on sale today with our limited roll back offer ! The tickets will roll back to £85.00 plus booking fee, as we want to offer a loyalty price for our early bird ticket buyers ! Due to demand we have put a limitation on numbers so this will only be available up until December 15th 2009.

We have been as ever trawling the forums, reading your messages and comments and are taking everything onboard good or bad. We improved several areas this year but still consider our efforts a work in progress and will endeavour to improve year on year so please be patient and we will respond to your comments.

We will be uploading images from this year’s festival soon, these will be available to view through our Gallery as well as the Bloodstock Myspace, we will also be updating the Bloodstock youtube channel with some great footage so keep posted! In the meantime for those that may have missed it, or for those who just want to relive the moment again, heres a clip from EUROPES headline set !!



We look forward to seeing you all in 2010 for BLOODSTOCKS 10th Anniversary ! The dates are Friday 13th – Sunday 15th August!

From the Bloodstock team a huge thanks to you all for making this year a great experience and retaining the fantastic friendly atmosphere that Bloodstock is renowned for. Without you guys none of this would be possible and for that we salute you!

Keep it Metal


Regards

Bloodstock Team

Well it’s nearly time to pack your, tent, sun cream, shades, woollies and wellies (who knows what the weather will bring us) in preparation for the greatest metal event of the year.

Bloodstock is held on the outskirts of a quiet little village called Walton on Trent, so please respect the local resident’s privacy, drive carefully and let’s show them how friendly we all are.

A few pointers for when you get to the festival

DO NOT arrive at the festival site before 12 midday on Thursday – you WILL NOT get access and will only cause a disruption if you arrive too early.

If travelling by car follow the signs to the MAIN CAR PARK. Car parking tickets are no longer available on line, if you have not already purchased one the price will be £15 on the gate so please bring the correct money with you.

VIP CAMPERS
For all VIP campers please follow signs to VIP entrance where you will be checked in at the VIP box office and escorted to the VIP campsite. For those of you who have upgraded from a normal weekend ticket to VIP camping please remember to bring BOTH the original ticket and the VIP upgrade ticket with you – otherwise you will not get access to VIP camping.

DISABLED CAMPING
For all disabled campers please follow the signs to Main Festival Entrance, disabled parking is right next door to the disabled campsite.

MAIN BOX OFFICE OPENING TIMES
THURSDAY 12.00 – 24.00
FRIDAY 10.00 – 23.30
SATURDAY 10.00 – 23.30
SUNDAY 10.00 – 20.00

CAR PARK BOX OFFICE OPENING TIMES
THURSDAY 12.00 – 24.00
FRIDAY 09.00 – 23.00
SATURDAY 09.00 – 23.00
SUNDAY 09.00 – 23.00

VIP BOX OFFICE OPENING TIMES
THURSDAY 12.00 - 24.00
FRIDAY 08.00 -23.00
SATURDAY 08.00 - 20.00
SUNDAY 08.00 - 20.00

MORE GOOD NEWS! This year we are giving the official festival programme to you all FREE OF CHARGE - The programme’s will be available on entry to the festival site and will give you loads of information on the bands performing over the whole weekend. So don’t forget to pick one up.

For the festival site map go to the bloodstock event information page.



SEE YOU ALL VERY SOON

THE BLOODSTOCK TEAM