Festival No. 0001760 · Est. 1980
Who's playing, and when
Festival lineup
Saturday
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Voices from the field
Reviews
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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 1988 was actually like to be at.
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Somewhere in Castle Donington
Where it happens
The details
- Venue
- Monsters of Rock 1988
- City
- Castle Donington, UK
Somewhere to sleep it off
Where to stay
Apartments and hotels near Monsters of Rock 1988, 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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David Lee Roth was born in Bloomington, United States, on 10 October 1954. Plays hard rock, rock. -
Guns N' Roses formed in Los Angeles, United States, in March 1985. Plays aor, arena rock, art rock, folk rock, glam, glam metal, glam punk, hard rock.
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Helloween formed in Hamburg, Germany, in 1984. Plays acoustic rock, heavy metal, metal, power metal, speed metal.
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Iron Maiden formed in Leyton, United Kingdom, on 25 December 1975. Plays heavy metal, metal, nwobhm.
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Kiss formed in Queens, United States, in January 1973, and split up on 2 December 2023, after 50 years. Plays alternative metal, aor, arena rock, classic rock, disco, glam, glam metal, glam rock.
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Megadeth formed in Los Angeles, United States, in June 1983. Plays alternative metal, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, rock, speed metal, thrash metal.