BLOODSTOCK’s ‘Metal 2 The Masses’ judging squad are also ready to hit the road, as the M2TM finals get under way soon! The local heats have been oversubscribed with entries and many playing to packed houses countrywide, so anticipation is already running at fever pitch. Get along to your local event and support grass-roots metal! Not only will be a fun night out, there’s a chance at each event to win weekend tickets toBLOODSTOCK, a case of Hobgoblin Ale to take home, or various other BLOODSTOCK related prizes. You can even shake hands with BLOODSTOCK’s ‘M2TM’ mainman, Simon Hall. Finals run as follows:
1st May - KENT / GRAVESEND – The Red Lion
6th May - NORTHERN IRELAND / BELFAST – Voodoo
7th May - REPUBLIC OF IRELAND / DUBLIN - Fibber Magees
14th May - NORWAY / SANDNES - The Tribute
20th May - WOLVERHAMPTON – Slade Rooms
21st May - LONDON – Nambucca
22nd May - BRIGHTON – The Green Door Store
27th May - GLASGOW – Ivory Blacks
28th May - INVERNESS – Mad Hatters
29th May - CARLISLE – Club Rock
2nd Jun - EAST ANGLIA / NORWICH – The Brickmakers
3rd Jun - LUTON – The Castle
3rd Jun - NOTTINGHAMSHIRE / MANSFIELD – The Intake Club
4th Jun - LEICESTER – Leicester De Montfort Hall (plus headline sets from Phil Campbell’s All Stars and more)
17th Jun - NEWCASTLE – The Cluny
18th Jun - SOUTH WALES / CARDIFF – Fuel Club
19th Jun - MANCHESTER – Grand Central
24th Jun - SWINDON – The Victoria
24th Jun - DEWSBURY – The Old Turk
25th Jun - MERSEYSIDE / LIVERPOOL – Bumper
1st Jul - LINCOLNSHIRE / LINCOLN – The Lincoln Imp
2nd Jul - READING – Facebar
9th Jul - BURNLEY – Sanctuary
9th Jul - BOURNEMOUTH – The Anvil
9th Jul - POLAND / BIELSKO-BIALA - The Rude Boy Club
10th Jul - BIRMINGHAM – The Roadhouse
There’s still time to enter your band via the third method to win a spot on the New Blood stage. You have until 8th July to upload your band’s video to Hobgoblin’s Video Upload site. An outright winner lands a slot atBLOODSTOCK, but a selection of runners up will win airplay for their band’s video on Scuzz TV!! Get all the details here - www.bloodstock.uk.com/pages/hobgoblin
