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[Spiral_Low]

1 hour ago, charlierc said:

Agreed, if only as it seems like this is the market that would be ripe for one. And MK Bowl seems like it would still also work as a place for it, not least given it's availability.

We could deffo do with another festival, Sonisphere showed that one can co-exist alongside Download and Bloodstock and the smaller ones. I think a 1 day Knotfest would be great and would deffo sell providing it had a decent supper bill. 

[LoadDown Podcast]

3 minutes ago, Spiral_Low said:

We could deffo do with another festival, Sonisphere showed that one can co-exist alongside Download and Bloodstock and the smaller ones. I think a 1 day Knotfest would be great and would deffo sell providing it had a decent supper bill. 

Sonisphere lasted 3 years as a regular festival. I loved that festival, but it didn't co-exist, it pretty much started and died.

[Spiral_Low]

41 minutes ago, LoadDown Podcast said:

Sonisphere lasted 3 years as a regular festival. I loved that festival, but it didn't co-exist, it pretty much started and died.

It was rammed for each of those years and they came back and did a 4th one which sold out. Problem was they had less capacity than Download but were outdoing them with both the headliner quality and the support bill, so they were just breaking even and not making a profit, which for a promoter outside of the big 2 wasn't enough.

 

A Knotfest UK would be done by  live nation which instantly puts them at an advantage over Sonisphere. If Korn and Limp Bizkit can do Gunnersbury Park with a few support bands then I'm sure Slipknot could do MK Bowl with a decent support bill. Remember money isn't just made through ticket sales either, it's food/drink and merch too, and a 1 day Knotfest UK event would do a hell of alot of merch! 

 

 

Edited 11 hours ago by Spiral_Low

[RedJosh]

1 hour ago, Spiral_Low said:

 

A Knotfest UK would be done by  live nation which instantly puts them at an advantage over Sonisphere. If Korn and Limp Bizkit can do Gunnersbury Park with a few support bands then I'm sure Slipknot could do MK Bowl with a decent support bill. Remember money isn't just made through ticket sales either, it's food/drink and merch too, and a 1 day Knotfest UK event would do a hell of alot of merch! 

 

 

Agree with you that LiveNation backing it gives them a leg up and I can definitely see them giving it another go this year, but they will need to come out swinging with the support bill when they announce. I get the impression they are nervous about doing one here after them struggling to sell in 2020 and it was telling that they didn't try to rearrange one for August 2022 when they were in Europe doing Knotfests in Germany and Finland along with festivals and shows across Europe.

 

If they did do one, when do we think a Knotfest in the UK next summer would be?

 

I'm guessing it won't be:

• Rock AM/IM/Mystic weekend
• Download/Nova/Rock 4 People/Greenfield weekend
• Graspop/Hellfest/Copenhell weekend (also has Maiden in Brum and Manchester)
• Resurrection/Tons of Rock/Tulska/Provinssirock/Evil Live weekend (also has Maiden at Olympic Stadium and Live Nation aren't going to want to clash these)

Therefore you are left with the last weekend of May (weekend after Slam Dunk) or the first weekend of July and my guess would be on the later, which would have been the weekend Sonisphere moved to. Not much to clash with UK or European wide either.

 

[foolee]

5 hours ago, RedJosh said:

Agree with you that LiveNation backing it gives them a leg up and I can definitely see them giving it another go this year, but they will need to come out swinging with the support bill when they announce. I get the impression they are nervous about doing one here after them struggling to sell in 2020 and it was telling that they didn't try to rearrange one for August 2022 when they were in Europe doing Knotfests in Germany and Finland along with festivals and shows across Europe.

 

If they did do one, when do we think a Knotfest in the UK next summer would be?

 

I'm guessing it won't be:

• Rock AM/IM/Mystic weekend
• Download/Nova/Rock 4 People/Greenfield weekend
• Graspop/Hellfest/Copenhell weekend (also has Maiden in Brum and Manchester)
• Resurrection/Tons of Rock/Tulska/Provinssirock/Evil Live weekend (also has Maiden at Olympic Stadium and Live Nation aren't going to want to clash these)

Therefore you are left with the last weekend of May (weekend after Slam Dunk) or the first weekend of July and my guess would be on the later, which would have been the weekend Sonisphere moved to. Not much to clash with UK or European wide either.

 

And then the question is do Slipknot and the other bands have enough touring commitments to make staying in Europe until that date viable. 

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

18 hours ago, northernangel said:

 

 

 

 

I think Avril under Green Day with Frank 3rd and Idles headlining second that same day makes more sense.

 

Avril would be great, but other than peoples wish lists I haven’t seen any indication she’ll be back in Europe again next year 

[charlierc]

7 hours ago, RedJosh said:

If they did do one, when do we think a Knotfest in the UK next summer would be?

 

I'm guessing it won't be:

• Rock AM/IM/Mystic weekend
• Download/Nova/Rock 4 People/Greenfield weekend
• Graspop/Hellfest/Copenhell weekend (also has Maiden in Brum and Manchester)
• Resurrection/Tons of Rock/Tulska/Provinssirock/Evil Live weekend (also has Maiden at Olympic Stadium and Live Nation aren't going to want to clash these)

Therefore you are left with the last weekend of May (weekend after Slam Dunk) or the first weekend of July and my guess would be on the later, which would have been the weekend Sonisphere moved to. Not much to clash with UK or European wide either.

When they were planning to do it in 2020, it was scheduled for August. But it's tricky to believe they'd stretch out any Euro tour that long.

 

It's noted they're doing a UK arena tour in December so maybe any announcement will come in the New Year.