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Machine Head to return to UK Sonispere line-up?
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 30 July 2009
Following that spat with Sonisphere promoters Kilimanjaro, which lead to them cancelling their appearance at the UK finale of the Sonisphere touring festival, it seems that Machine Head have changed their minds. Thrash Hits noted on Sunday that ‘Special Guests’ had been added to the second day’s line-up underneath Limp Bizkit, and claimed to have been told by a “very well-placed source” that the band were back on the bill. Now Blabbermouth say that they have also been informed by a “very reliable source” that Machine Head will be appearing at Sonisphere this Sunday.
In case you’ve not been following this story, let’s have a quick recap. Machine Head announced that they were cancelling their appearance at the UK leg of the touring festival after Limp Bizkit were added to the line-up above them. In a statement, the band said: “In a turn of events that has left us absolutely baffled, the promoter of the UK Sonisphere festival recently placed, unbeknownst to us, Limp Bizkit in our third slot on the festival. Seeing as the running order was a significant part of the negotiation and agreement between us and the promoter, and the fact that we had been advertised in that slot since the festival’s announcement, you can imagine our surprise when we were ‘told’ that we would now be playing in the fourth slot, under Limp Bizkit, and bizarrely, it was actually expected that we would quietly move down the bill without issue. We will not”.
The band did, however, honour the bookings with the other Sonisphere events around mainland Europe, which put them in a good position to continue talks with the festival’s organisers. As we reported yesterday, when guitarist Phil Demmel collapsed on stage in Finland last week, bassist Adam Duce told the crowd “I wanna thank everyone for coming out and supporting Sonisphere and supporting Machine Head”, which would suggest they were on better terms than they were three weeks ago.
