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The trouble is, all the rumours and hype have completely dried up. The organisers got off to a great start but the it seems to have stalled a wee bit. No one has a clue what is occuring with Placebo and AIC. There are a lot more bands to be announced with pretty much zero info about who these bands might be. In fact the rumor is it could be a V day with a nice bit of easy listening! :(

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There seems to be some confusion surrounding the number of bands that will be on. All the other sonispheres are 1 day events with Knebworth being the only 2 dayer. Now my understanding was that there were 2 stages - one sound checking while the other plays. This means you can fit much more into a day. Big Day out ran a similar format and had something like 14 bands play.

So I would expect 24 bands plus to be honest. 12 a day.

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There seems to be some confusion surrounding the number of bands that will be on. All the other sonispheres are 1 day events with Knebworth being the only 2 dayer. Now my understanding was that there were 2 stages - one sound checking while the other plays. This means you can fit much more into a day. Big Day out ran a similar format and had something like 14 bands play.

So I would expect 24 bands plus to be honest. 12 a day.

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Hopefully they've been saving Tool and Placebo up and will announce soon!

With Tool being spoken about as a Lollapalooza headliner.......

That also brings Janes Addiction back into the running maybe.......

Suddenly it's not far a strech to see why the announcements have been taking so long!

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Tool look unlikely then...

Dream Theater will perform a one-off version of their Progressive Nation tour in the UK, expanding it into a 2 Stage extravaganza, over one day at the 02 Arena. The running order is as such:

Main Stage (02 Arena):

Dream Theater

Tool

Opeth

Meshuggah

Porcupine Tree

Mastodon

Symphony X

Cynic

Second Stage (Indig02):

King Crimson

Zappa Plays Zappa

Spock's Beard

Van Der Graaf Generator

Pain of Salvation

The Flower Kings

Shadow Gallery

Beardfish

The show will contain several exclusive appearances from several bands. This is Tool's only other show this year apart from the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago, Illinois. It will also mark the start of a small European tour by King Crimson with dates in Berlin, Paris and Moscow. It will also mark special one-off European appearances from Van Der Graaf Generator, The Flower Kings and Shadow Gallery. It will also be the only Progressive Nation date outside of North America, with the support bands from the North American leg, Zappa Plays Zappa, Beardfish and Pain of Salvation, all appearing at this concert.

This show is an all-day show, with each band getting at least 45 minutes, and Dream Theater and King Crimson getting 2 Hour sets. Mike Portnoy had this to say on the concert:

"We wanted to extend the Progressive Nation format outside of America, in the form of something really special. Britain has always held a special place in Dream Theater's heart and it made perfect sense to hold it in London. We used the near-incestous nature of the Prog Metal scene to rally up bands such as Opeth, Tool and Meshuggah, who had performed with each other, but never at the same occasion, and put on a great bash showing what Progressive Music is, and incorporate it into a real occasion! This is going to be a throw-back to the days of Yes and Genesis, where they would have great bills over several hours showcasing some of the most amazing progressive talent around. On September 12th, the United Kingdom will definitely become a TRUE Progressive Nation!"

Dream Theater are scheduled to play the Download Festival, along with Opeth and Meshuggah, as well as headlining two warm-up dates in Leeds and Southampton on the 12th and 13th of June. Their new album "Black Clouds & Silver Linings" is due to hit the shops on June 23rd.

http://eventful.com/london/events/progr ... 20561712-7

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Having just slated the reading and dl line up on twitter....

Any idea when the organisers will put there money where their mouth is and announce the rest of the line up? they've been twittering about announcements for nearly a week now!

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