Hellfire announce The Painted Smiles, and Exit Ten

plus more acts for November festival

By Scott Williams | Published: Mon 21st Sep 2009

Hellfire II Festival  2009 - Exit Ten
Photo credit: Angela Martin

Hellfire II Festival 2009

Saturday 7th to Sunday 8th November 2009
NEC, Birmingham, West Midlands, England MAP
day tickets £25
Daily capacity: 30,000

The Painted Smiles, and Exit Ten are amongst the latest act confirmed for November's Hellfire Festival.

Exit Ten
Joining The Painted Smiles, and Exit Ten on the bill are Beholder, Fury UK, and The Lost Souls Club.

Making their debut performance at Hellfire The Painted Smiles include members of SikTh, The Eighties Matchbox B-line Disaster, Johnny Truant, UNKLE & Make Good Your Escape.

Hellfire's Rob Ferguson commented "For me this is possibly one of the most exciting bands on the festival and one that encapsulates what Hellfire is all about, the very best of the British Underground scene. We are privileged to have The Painted Smiles making their debut performance at Hellfire, make sure you seek out this 'must see' band which is crammed full of stellar British talent."

The line-up includes headliners Fields of the Nephilim, and Saxon, plus Senser, My Dying Bride, Anvil, Tesseract, Benediction, Cancer Bats, Viking Skull, Bury Tomorrow, No Made Sense, Trigger The Bloodshed, Evile, Xerath, The Plight, Blakfish, Cinders Fall, Malefice, Rise To Remain, Spit Like This, Sacred Mother Tongue, October File, The More I See, Fei Comodo, Esoterica, Outcry Collective, and more, playing on three stages.

For the full line-up details click here.

Hellfire takes place at the NEC, Birmingham, West Midlands from Friday 6th until Sunday 8th November 2009 and will have a Music Live equipment exhibition and Live Stage during the day, with Hellfire taking over the live area each evening.

A three day ticket is priced at £55, with day tickets available priced at £25. Combined Tickets with Music Live entry are £35, and a 3-Day combined ticket is £75. To buy tickets click here.


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