Sonisphere tickets go on sale today

Tickets go on sale at 9am today, Thursday 23rd August, for Sonisphere 2012 headlined by Kiss, Queen with Adam Lambert, and Faith No More.

Sonisphere is set to return for its fourth year at Knebworth House, Hertfordshire next year from Friday 6th to Sunday 8th July 2012 with three days of heavy rock and entertainment.

This year there is a non-refundable deposit scheme of £50 on booking and pay the balance by 1st May 2012.

Ticket are priced at £145 for a weekend ticket (£180 with 4-day camping, £170 with 3-day camping), with a very limited number of day tickets available for £75. Rock Royalty and Day VIP packages as also available.

Organisers are offering a limited number of free tickets to Sonisphere Madrid (which takes place 25th and 26th May) when a weekend ticket for Sonisphere Knebworth is bought. Headliners Metallica - who play their Black album in its entirety - are joined by an impressive cast featuring the likes of Soundgarden, Slayer, Children Of Bodom, Kyuss Lives and many more - that's two Sonisphere festivals for the price of one!

Family tickets are also available and include access to the family campsite which has its own shower and toilet provision. They also have access to Fort Knebworth adventure playground. Each person over the age of 12 must have their own individual family ticket.

Families are also able to buy standard tickets and receive the same level of access for their child if aged 12 or under free of charge but will not then be able to access the family facilities.

A campervan pass is priced at £55, a locker is priced at £14, and a car park ticket is priced at £10, or £20 on the day.

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The two main Apollo and Saturn stages of Sonisphere are always timed to ensure there's no clashes, so no one need miss any of the acts scheduled over the weekend. There are no acts confirmed for the line-up which will also include an array of other late night entertainment, attractions and on-site events alongside the fairground rides, stalls, DJs, Discos and cinema.

The line-up also includes Tim Minchin, Evanescence, Incubus, Within Temptation, Marilyn Manson, Wolfmother, The Darkness, Cypress Hill, Refused, Mastodon, Gojira, Flogging Molly, Fields Of The Nephilim, Lacuna Coil, The Blackout, Andrew W.K., Ghost, I Killed The Prom Queen, Switchfoot, and Katatonia, with many more yet to be revealed.

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