Festival No. 0001760 · Est. 1980
Who's playing, and when
Festival lineup
Saturday
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Voices from the field
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Nobody has said what this weekend was like
6+ acts on the bill and not one answer yet. Four questions - the lineup, the atmosphere, how it was run, and whether it was worth the ticket - and this page starts telling people what Monsters of Rock 1986 was actually like to be at.
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Somewhere in Castle Donington
Where it happens
The details
- Venue
- Monsters of Rock 1986
- City
- Castle Donington, UK
Somewhere to sleep it off
Where to stay
Apartments and hotels near Monsters of Rock 1986, Castle Donington for the nights of the festival. The map comes from Stay22. If you book through it, we earn a commission, which helps keep the site running.
For the record
About the artists
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Bad News formed in 1983. -
Def Leppard formed in Sheffield, United Kingdom, in 1977. Plays alternative rock, aor, classic rock, glam, glam metal, glam rock, hard rock, heavy metal.
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Motörhead formed in London, United Kingdom, in June 1975, and split up on 28 December 2015, after 40 years. Plays hard rock, heavy metal, metal, nwobhm, rock, rock and roll, speed metal.
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Ozzy Osbourne was born in Aston, United Kingdom, on 3 December 1948, and died on 22 July 2025, aged 76. Plays glam metal, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, pop rock, symphonic rock.
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Scorpions formed in Hannover, Germany, in 1965. Plays acoustic rock, aor, classic rock, glam metal, hard rock, heavy metal, krautrock, metal.
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Warlock formed in Düsseldorf, Germany, in 1982, and split up in 1988, after 6 years. Plays heavy metal.