Delain & Fleshgod Apocalypse top Sophie Lancaster Stage line-up at Bloodstock

Bloodstock Open Air 2015

Thursday 6th to Sunday 9th August 2015
Catton Hall, Walton-on-Trent, Derbyshire, DE12 8LN, England MAP
£135 weekend incl camping (+ booking fees)

Daily capacity: 12,000

More acts have been announced for this summer's Bloodstock Open Air taking place over the weekend of Thursday 6th until Sunday 9th August 2015 at Catton Hall, Walton-on-Trent, in South Derbyshire this time the bands taking to the Sophie Lancaster Stage, dedicated to the girl murdered in 2007 for standing out and being a Goth.

Dutch symphonic metallers Delain are the Friday night stage headliner. The band said, "We are really excited to perform at the awesome Bloodstock Festival for the very first time this summer! Having written our previous records' title track ‘We Are The Others’ about Sophie Lancaster, it will be an extra important and special occasion for us to headline the Sophie Lancaster stage and meet up with our friends at the Sophie Lancaster Foundation ("Stamp Out Prejudice, Hatred & Intolerance Everywhere!") again. We look forward to rocking out at Bloodstock and hope to see many of you there!"

Saturday night’s headliners are Italian tech death metallers Fleshgod Apocalypse. They add, "We're very happy to be part of this amazing festival for the first time. It's a great honour for us and we can't wait to crush one of the most important stages in the UK and Europe! See you all there mates!"

Also appearing Saturday will be Swiss thrashers Battalion, on Sunday the stage hosts reformed Bay Area hip hop thrash funksters Mordred, and Italians Destrage.

Trivium headline Friday as a UK exclusive, Rob Zombie as Sunday headliner, Saturday night headliners Within Temptation and their support Opeth. Ihsahn and Cannibal Corpse will both be UK exclusives, with Enslaved, Pro-Pain, Korpiklaani, Sabaton, Agalloch, Sepultura, Death DTA, Overkill, Ensiferum, Belphegor, Orange Goblin, 1349, Armored Saint, Nuclear Assault, and Dark Angel, also confirmed for Catton Park.

For the line-up details as available please click here.

Festival goers have until midnight on Thursday 7th March to use of the instalmentscheme, with the initial payment being taken on the day they sign up.

The payments are as follows:
1st payment - £45 (plus £7 booking fee) required on the day of sign up.
2nd payment - £45 - debited on 27th March.
3rd payment – £45 (+ postage) - debited on 29th May.

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The early bird offer has ended. Tickets are priced at £135 for adults with camping (+ booking fees), and car parking is priced at £16, child (aged 4 - 11 years) tickets are priced at £35, and campervan passes priced at £55, and VIP options are also available. Day tickets are expected to be on sale at a later date.

As well as the international heavy metal bands across four stages, Bloodstock will offer a large selection of merchandise stalls, metal karaoke, a campsite and a wide selection of food and bars.

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