Festival No. 0000031 · Est. 2009
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Somewhere in Knebworth
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- Venue
- Knebworth Park
- Address
- Knebworth Park SG3 6PY
- City
- Knebworth, UK
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About the artists
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Airbourne formed in Warrnambool, Australia, in 2004. Plays classic rock, hard rock, heavy metal, rock. -
Alice in Chains formed in Seattle, United States, in 1987. Plays acoustic rock, alternative metal, alternative rock, doom metal, glam, glam metal, glam rock, grunge.
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Alien Ant Farm formed in Moreno Valley, United States, in 1995. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, funk metal, nu metal, pop punk, pop rock, post-grunge, rap metal.
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Anthrax formed in New York, United States, in 1981. Plays alternative metal, crossover thrash, groove metal, grunge, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, nu metal.
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Architects formed in Brighton, United Kingdom, in 2004. Plays alternative metal, djent, mathcore, metal, metalcore, post-hardcore, progressive metal, progressive metalcore.
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Attack Attack! formed in Westerville, United States, in 2007. Plays electronic, electronicore, emo, heavy metal, metalcore, pop, post-hardcore, rock.
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Avenged Sevenfold formed in Huntington Beach, United States, in 1999. Plays alternative metal, avant-garde metal, hard rock, heavy metal, melodic metalcore, metal, metalcore, pop metal.
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Björn Again formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 1988.
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Blackhole formed in 2007.
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Blakfish formed in 2000, and split up in 2010, after 10 years.
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Buckcherry formed in Anaheim, United States, in 1995. Plays glam metal, hard rock, heavy metal, rock.
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Cancer Bats formed in Toronto, Canada, in May 2004. Plays hardcore punk, southern rock.
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Coheed and Cambria formed in Nyack, United States, in 2001. Plays alternative rock, progressive metal, progressive rock.
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Corey Taylor was born in Des Moines, United States, on 8 December 1973. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, nu metal, rock, singer-songwriter.
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Dead By April formed in February 2007. Plays alternative metal, electronicore, melodic death metal, melodic metalcore, metalcore.
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Dead By Sunrise formed in 2005, and split up in September 2018, after 13 years. Plays alternative rock, electronic rock, metal, nu metal, rock.
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Dinosaur Pile-Up formed in Leeds, United Kingdom, in 2007. Plays alternative rock, grunge, rock.
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Dirty Little Rabbits formed in Johnston, United States, in 2007.
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Exit Ten formed on 30 November 2003. Plays alternative metal, melodic metalcore, metal, metalcore.
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Fact formed in Hitachi, Japan, in 1999, and split up on 20 November 2015, after 16 years. Plays easycore, electronicore.
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Failsafe formed in Preston, United Kingdom, in 2004. Plays alternative rock.
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Feeder formed in Newport, United Kingdom, in 1995. Plays alternative rock, hard rock, indie rock, pop rock, post-britpop, post-grunge, power pop, rock.
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Fighting With Wire formed in Derry, United Kingdom, in 2003, and split up in 2013, after 10 years.
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fiN formed in Surrey, United Kingdom, in 2011.
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Flood of Red formed in 2004.
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Fucked Up formed in 2001. Plays hardcore punk, indie rock, post-hardcore, punk.
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Glamour Of The Kill formed in York, United Kingdom, in 2007, and split up in 2015, after 8 years. Plays emo, emocore, heavy metal, metal, metalcore, post-hardcore.
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Heaven and Hell formed in Los Angeles, United States, in March 2006, and split up on 24 July 2010, after 4 years. Plays doom metal, hard rock, heavy metal, metal.
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Heaven's Basement formed in 2008, and split up in January 2017, after 9 years. Plays alternative rock, hard rock.
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Hundred Reasons formed in 1999, and split up on 24 November 2012, after 13 years.
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Killing Joke formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1979. Plays alternative metal, gothic rock, industrial, industrial metal, industrial rock, metal, new wave, post-punk.
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Lamb of God formed in Richmond, United States, in 1999. Plays groove metal, metal, metalcore.
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Lauren Harris was born in Essex, United Kingdom, on 6 July 1984. Plays hard rock, rock.
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Limp Bizkit formed in Jacksonville, United States, in 1994. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, hip hop, metal, nu metal, pop rock, rap metal, rap rock.
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Linkin Park formed in Agoura Hills, United States, in 1996. Plays aak, alternative metal, alternative rock, art rock, electronic rock, electropop, hip hop, metal.
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Machine Head formed in Oakland, United States, on 12 October 1991. Plays groove metal, heavy metal, metal, nu metal, thrash metal.
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Mastodon formed in Atlanta, United States, on 13 January 2000. Plays alternative metal, groove metal, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, progressive metal, sludge metal, stoner metal.
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Me vs. Hero formed in 2007, and split up on 18 February 2015, after 8 years. Plays easycore.
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Metallica formed in Los Angeles, United States, on 28 October 1981. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, blues rock, groove metal, grunge, hard rock, heavy metal, metal.
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Nine Inch Nails formed in Cleveland, United States, in 1988. Plays alternative dance, alternative metal, alternative rock, electro-industrial, electronic, indie rock, industrial, industrial metal.
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Oceansize formed in Manchester, United Kingdom, on 19 October 1998, and split up on 25 February 2011, after 12 years. Plays alternative rock, post-rock, progressive rock, psychedelic rock.
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Paradise Lost formed in Halifax, United Kingdom, on 26 March 1988. Plays death metal, death-doom metal, doom metal, gothic metal, gothic rock, metal, rock.
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Pepper formed in Kailua, United States, in 1997. Plays alternative rock, dub, reggae, ska.
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Rise To Remain formed in 2006, and split up in 2015, after 9 years. Plays heavy metal, metalcore.
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Rolo Tomassi formed in Sheffield, United Kingdom, in 2005. Plays experimental, experimental rock, grindcore, mathcore, metal, noisecore, post-hardcore, progressive rock.
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Saxon formed in Barnsley, United Kingdom, in 1976. Plays hard rock, heavy metal, metal, nwobhm, rock.
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Skindred formed in Newport, United Kingdom, in 1998. Plays alternative metal, jazz, metal, nu metal, rap rock, rapcore, reggae, reggae rock.
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Soil formed in Chicago, United States, in 1997. Plays alternative metal, hard rock, heavy metal, post-grunge.
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Sylosis formed in Reading, United Kingdom, in 2000. Plays death metal, metalcore, progressive metal, thrash metal.
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Taking Back Sunday formed in Rockville Centre, United States, on 1 November 1999. Plays emo, rock.
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The Ataris formed in Anderson, United States, on 1 November 1996. Plays pop punk, punk.
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The Chapman Family formed in Stockton-On-Tees, United Kingdom, in 2006, and split up in 2013, after 7 years.
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The Defiled formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2008. Plays groove metal, industrial metal, metalcore, thrash metal.
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The Sword formed in Austin, United States, in 2003, and split up in October 2022, after 19 years. Plays alternative metal, doom metal, hard rock, heavy metal, stoner metal, stoner rock.
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The Used formed in Orem, United States, in 2001. Plays alternative rock, emo, emo pop, emocore, pop punk, post-hardcore, rock, screamo.
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The Wildhearts formed in Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom, in August 1989. Plays hard rock, power pop, punk rock, rock.
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Thunder formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1989. Plays blues rock, hard rock.
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Twin Atlantic formed in Glasgow, United Kingdom, in March 2007. Plays alternative rock, pop, rock.
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Young Guns formed in 2005. Plays alternative rock, post-hardcore.
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Zebrahead formed in 1996. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, easycore, funk metal, funk rock, pop punk, punk rock, rap rock.