Metallica To Headline New Knebworth Festival

Metallica and Linkin Park are set to play huge headline shows at the UK leg of the inaugural Sonisphere Festival at Knebworth this August.

Linkin Park will headline the opening night of the two date event on August 1, while Metallica will do the honours the following night.

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich said of the shows: “We're stoked to be touring England and Europe with Sonisphere.  Summer festivals in Europe are what Metallica do best. We can't wait to see all of our fans over there."

Sonisphere is a global rock touring festival and is the brainchild of the creators of the Monsters of Rock and the Download festivals.

Metallica will also be headlining shows in Holland, Germany, Spain, Sweden and Finland where acts including Slipknot, Die Toten Hosen and Linkin Park will be playing of divergent shows.

Tickets go on sale from 9am this coming Wednesday (February 11) and as always will be available through Gigwise, either by calling 0871 230 1098 or by going to the Gig Tickets section.

Metallica live in the USA, 2009: