Iced Earth confirmed for UK's Bloodstock Open Air festival
Posted by: Mindsaver on 22/02/'08 23:25
Source: Blabbermouth.net
Category: Festivals&Concerts
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Iced Earth has been confirmed for this year's Bloodstock Open Air festival, set to take place August 15-17, 2008 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, England. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows:

At The Gates
Cloudscape
Communic
Dimmu Borgir
Eluveitie
Evile
Helloween
Iced Earth
Kataklysm
Mob Rules
Moonsorrow
Opeth
Overkill
Primal Fear
Saint Deamon
Soilwork
Swallow The Sun
Týr

Iced Earth's official web site, IcedEarth.com, posted a 36-minute audio interview it conducted with Jon Schaffer on January 15, 2008. The interview can be downloaded and/or heard at this location. Topics covered during the chat include tour and release plans for 2008, longtime frontman Matt Barlow's return to the band, the band's upcoming gig at ProgPower Usa on September 27, 2008, and the impact of family and other personal committments on Iced Earth's stategy for the future.

Schaffer issued a press release in December (Statement#1, Statement#2) announcing that the band was parting ways with vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (Beyond Fear, ex-Iced Earth, Judas Priest) and was once again working with Tim's predecessor, Matt Barlow, who originally left Iced Earth in 2003.
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