Sweden Rock Festival! great bands confirmed

[Carla777]

Hey seem that the people from Europe knows how to rock!!...i check some of the bands that will play in those Sweeden shows (included Journey), and there is some fantastic bands included...sound like a good place for listen some great rock and have fun

This festival will be this in 3-4-5-6 june, 2009..Journey will play 6 of June i think




This is the confirmed list of bands for 2009 (I took it from the Sweden Rock Festival webpage), love this selection!

HEAVEN & HELL (UK)
IN FLAMES (S)
ZZ TOP (US)
TWISTED SISTER (US)
JOURNEY (US)
EUROPE (S)
DREAM THEATER (US)
FOREIGNER (US)
HAMMERFALL (S)
MOTÖRHEAD (UK)
VOLBEAT (DK)
IMMORTAL (N)
JOHNNY WINTER BAND (US)
LITA FORD (US)
URIAH HEEP (UK)
CANDLEMASS (S/US)
MARILLION (UK)
AMON AMARTH (S)
ELECTRIC BOYS (S)
FLOGGING MOLLY (IRL/US)
SEVENDUST (US)
U.F.O. (UK)
OVER THE RAINBOW (US/D)
RIOT (US)
JON OLIVA'S PAIN (US)
RAGE (D)
HOT LEG (UK)
KAMELOT (US/N)
BLACKFOOT (US)
VOIVOD (CAN)
DEMON (UK)
SOILWORK (S)
FORBIDDEN (US)
DAN BAIRD & HOMEMADE SIN (US)
BLAZE BAYLEY (UK)
THE OUTLAWS (US)
DEATHSTARS (S)
NEAL MORSE (US)
UNLEASHED (S)
THE TUBES (US)
KEBNEKAJSE (S)
ERIC SARDINAS (US)
ABRAMIS BRAMA (S)
THOR (CAN)
HELSTAR (US)
IMPELLITTERI (US)
H.E.A.T (S)
TANK (UK)
TYKETTO (US)
CRUCIFIED BARBARA (S)
PAIN (S)
SEVENTH WONDER (S)
DESTRÖYER 666 (AUS)
BULLET (S)
STORMZONE (UK)
GRAND MAGUS (S)
TORCH (S)
INNOCENT ROSIE (S)
COVERED CALL (S)
PILGRIMZ (DK)
WITCHCRAFT (S)
BABYLON BOMBS (S)
TRACENINE (CAN)
ENFORCER (S)
THE CHAIR (S/US)
HYSTERICA (S)
BLACK TOOTH (TUR)
LUJURIA (ESP)
CHAINS (S)
POWDERHOG (DK)
VAINS OF JENNA (S)
AMBERIAN DAWN (FIN)
AXIDENT AVENUE (N)
HINDENBURG (S)
GODA GRANNAR (GOOD NEIGHBOURS) (S)
FOUREVER (S)
GROUND MOWER (S)
RENEGADE FIVE (S)
DEMONICAL (S)
AFFECTI VETERNUS (S)
KELD (S)
BRUTE (S)
MAN.MACHINE.INDUSTRY (S)
KAROSS (S)
LUCY SEVEN (S)
GOD DAMN TRIO (S)
THALAMUS (S)
THE BREEZE THE BREATH (S)

[jrny84]

Wow there are a ton of bands on there! Just one little thing...Twisted Sister is in huge font and bold, but Journey is in little letters!!! Umm Journey was/is 100 times more popular than twisted sister, seems a little weird.

[Don]

Wow there are a ton of bands on there! Just one little thing...Twisted Sister is in huge font and bold, but Journey is in little letters!!! Umm Journey was/is 100 times more popular than twisted sister, seems a little weird.

Bands playing girly songs like Open Arms aren't allowed large lettering when playing at European ROCK Festivals.

[cyndy!]

if this was a little closer to stockholm, i would probably go. i'd love to see europe & the electric boys again. it would be like a nightmare mgt reunion!

[jrny84]

Wow there are a ton of bands on there! Just one little thing...Twisted Sister is in huge font and bold, but Journey is in little letters!!! Umm Journey was/is 100 times more popular than twisted sister, seems a little weird.

Bands playing girly songs like Open Arms aren't allowed large lettering when playing at European ROCK Festivals.

Wow Journey has two major ballads, so now there not allowed big letters?? I dont think so. They have a ton of rock songs, many more top 40 hits than most bands could ever dream of. I absolutely thinks its just rediculous that our culture thinks that if you sing ballads or love songs, its "cheesy" and you get no respect.

[Behshad]

Wow there are a ton of bands on there! Just one little thing...Twisted Sister is in huge font and bold, but Journey is in little letters!!! Umm Journey was/is 100 times more popular than twisted sister, seems a little weird.

Bands playing girly songs like Open Arms aren't allowed large lettering when playing at European ROCK Festivals.

Wow Journey has two major ballads, so now there not allowed big letters?? I dont think so. They have a ton of rock songs, many more top 40 hits than most bands could ever dream of. I absolutely thinks its just rediculous that our culture thinks that if you sing ballads or love songs, its "cheesy" and you get no respect.

No matter how you look at it, Journey isnt as big as Twisted Sisters in Scandinava and that is a fact.
Its not much about their ballads, but the fact that they never got as big in Sweden as they got in England or other european countries.

[Melissa]

I hope Europe comes to the U.S. sometime. Would love to see them live.

[StevePerryHair]

I hope Europe comes to the U.S. sometime. Would love to see them live.

They BETTER with their next album

BTW Melissa! Europe will soon release or has released the "Amost Unplugged" DVD, FINALLY. I'm going to look into getting it.

[mmberry301]

WOW What a line up !!!!

Don't think even Rockahoma has names like that.

Wish we had this here in the States

[Don]

Wow there are a ton of bands on there! Just one little thing...Twisted Sister is in huge font and bold, but Journey is in little letters!!! Umm Journey was/is 100 times more popular than twisted sister, seems a little weird.

Bands playing girly songs like Open Arms aren't allowed large lettering when playing at European ROCK Festivals.

Wow Journey has two major ballads, so now there not allowed big letters?? I dont think so. They have a ton of rock songs, many more top 40 hits than most bands could ever dream of. I absolutely thinks its just rediculous that our culture thinks that if you sing ballads or love songs, its "cheesy" and you get no respect.

It's a European Rock Festival. Guys go there to drink beer and bang chicks. These people don't care how many Top 40 hits Journey had in America. Different parts of the World have different tastes. The group had no more than three hits in Europe and nothing since 1983. Japan and the U.S. have always been their bread and butter.

Look at the Sizes of the venues they are playing by themselves over there. 2,000 seats, 3,000 seats? To break into that market, they need to rock a little harder as Neal said they plan to do on their next release.

[Behshad]

Wow there are a ton of bands on there! Just one little thing...Twisted Sister is in huge font and bold, but Journey is in little letters!!! Umm Journey was/is 100 times more popular than twisted sister, seems a little weird.

Bands playing girly songs like Open Arms aren't allowed large lettering when playing at European ROCK Festivals.

Wow Journey has two major ballads, so now there not allowed big letters?? I dont think so. They have a ton of rock songs, many more top 40 hits than most bands could ever dream of. I absolutely thinks its just rediculous that our culture thinks that if you sing ballads or love songs, its "cheesy" and you get no respect.

It's a European Rock Festival. Guys go there to drink beer and bang chicks. These people don't care how many Top 40 hits Journey had in America. Different parts of the World have different tastes. The group had no more than three hits in Europe and nothing since 1983. Japan and the U.S. have always been their bread and butter.

[Carla777]

Wow there are a ton of bands on there! Just one little thing...Twisted Sister is in huge font and bold, but Journey is in little letters!!! Umm Journey was/is 100 times more popular than twisted sister, seems a little weird.

Bands playing girly songs like Open Arms aren't allowed large lettering when playing at European ROCK Festivals.

It's a European Rock Festival. Guys go there to drink beer and bang chicks. These people don't care how many Top 40 hits Journey had in America. Different parts of the World have different tastes. The group had no more than three hits in Europe and nothing since 1983. Japan and the U.S. have always been their bread and butter.

Look at the Sizes of the venues they are playing by themselves over there. 2,000 seats, 3,000 seats? To break into that market, they need to rock a little harder as Neal said they plan to do on their next release.

That's right Gun..all depends in wich part of the world you live..Twister Sister is a great band and is very admired in Southamerica for example, beside Journey in the flyer is next to Motorhead, DT,Foreigner, Uriah Heep! and is small letters are bands like Candlemass or Marillion all they are awesome bands!

I just think is great that Journey still is consider for this kind of shows, where they have the oportunity to be listen for new,younger and more rocker audience.

[Chubby321]

Sunday 17 May 11:52
3-day tickets almost sold out
Now its time to buy your tickets to this years best festival if you dont wanna miss it. We have now less than 2000 tickets left.
1-day tickets to june 3, june 4 and june 6 are sold out as well as the 4-day tickets. We still have a few 1-day tickets left for june 5.

Journey will perform in June 6.


Wow everything is sold out except for June 5.

[Voyager]

Wow there are a ton of bands on there! Just one little thing...Twisted Sister is in huge font and bold, but Journey is in little letters!!! Umm Journey was/is 100 times more popular than twisted sister, seems a little weird.

Yeah, but they still have their lead singer. That's the clincher. A lot of people would consider Journey a tribute band because they have a new singer emulating the old singer.

[stevew2]

Wow there are a ton of bands on there! Just one little thing...Twisted Sister is in huge font and bold, but Journey is in little letters!!! Umm Journey was/is 100 times more popular than twisted sister, seems a little weird.

Yeah, but they still have their lead singer. That's the clincher. A lot of people would consider Journey a tribute band because they have a new singer emulating the old singer.

same goes for Foreigner

[Chubby321]

Wow there are a ton of bands on there! Just one little thing...Twisted Sister is in huge font and bold, but Journey is in little letters!!! Umm Journey was/is 100 times more popular than twisted sister, seems a little weird.

Yeah, but they still have their lead singer. That's the clincher. A lot of people would consider Journey a tribute band because they have a new singer emulating the old singer.

Na ah, Arnel doesn't wear blouses.

[Voyager]

Wow there are a ton of bands on there! Just one little thing...Twisted Sister is in huge font and bold, but Journey is in little letters!!! Umm Journey was/is 100 times more popular than twisted sister, seems a little weird.

Yeah, but they still have their lead singer. That's the clincher. A lot of people would consider Journey a tribute band because they have a new singer emulating the old singer.

Na ah, Arnel doesn't wear blouses.

Give him some time... he's still green.

[Chubby321]

Wow there are a ton of bands on there! Just one little thing...Twisted Sister is in huge font and bold, but Journey is in little letters!!! Umm Journey was/is 100 times more popular than twisted sister, seems a little weird.

Yeah, but they still have their lead singer. That's the clincher. A lot of people would consider Journey a tribute band because they have a new singer emulating the old singer.

Na ah, Arnel doesn't wear blouses.

Give him some time... he's still green.

I'll die.

[stevew2]

Wow there are a ton of bands on there! Just one little thing...Twisted Sister is in huge font and bold, but Journey is in little letters!!! Umm Journey was/is 100 times more popular than twisted sister, seems a little weird.

Yeah, but they still have their lead singer. That's the clincher. A lot of people would consider Journey a tribute band because they have a new singer emulating the old singer.

Na ah, Arnel doesn't wear blouses.

no but their Keyboard player does

[Saint John]

There are FIVE stages for this festival. The Gibson stage holds 2,000, the Zeppelin stage holds 8,000, the Sweden Stage holds 12,000, the Rock Stage hold 25,000 and the Festival Stage holds 35,000. Journey is playing the Festival Stage for an hour and a half before Dream Theatre and Heaven and Hell.

And I find it hard to fucking believe that Europe is not playing Festival Stage. They're headlining the Rock Stage at almost the same time as Heaven and Hell on the last day. Odd, to say the least.

[Saint John]

"The arguably most legendary AOR-band of them all got an overwhelming response in 2006, when they returned to Sweden for the first time in almost two decades - at SRF, if you didn't know. Since then a lot has happened with the band: they have changed singers twice, and released their 13th studio album "Revelation" in 2008. The album got a phenomenal reception, and the same goes for new singer Arnel Pineda from the Philippines, whose similarity to classic Journey vocalist Steve Perry has already made him a new audience favorite. So it is a decidedly revitalized Journey that returns to SRF after three years - whether you were there the last time or not, you have equally good reason not to miss them this time around."

[Chubby321]

"The arguably most legendary AOR-band of them all got an overwhelming response in 2006, when they returned to Sweden for the first time in almost two decades - at SRF, if you didn't know. Since then a lot has happened with the band: they have changed singers twice, and released their 13th studio album "Revelation" in 2008. The album got a phenomenal reception, and the same goes for new singer Arnel Pineda from the Philippines, whose similarity to classic Journey vocalist Steve Perry has already made him a new audience favorite. So it is a decidedly revitalized Journey that returns to SRF after three years - whether you were there the last time or not, you have equally good reason not to miss them this time around."

Sweet

[Carla777]

There are FIVE stages for this festival. The Gibson stage holds 2,000, the Zeppelin stage holds 8,000, the Sweden Stage holds 12,000, the Rock Stage hold 25,000 and the Festival Stage holds 35,000. Journey is playing the Festival Stage for an hour and a half before Dream Theatre and Heaven and Hell.

And I find it hard to fucking believe that Europe is [b]not playing Festival Stage[/b]. They're headlining the Rock Stage at almost the same time as Heaven and Hell on the last day. Odd, to say the least.

Arnel told me in SB once that he love RJ Dio..consider him a mayor influence in his sing! now he will be in the same stage than H & H , i guess will be a dream come true for Arnel
Agree with the Europe thing...but well if i had to choose i still prefer to listen H & H

[Saint John]

There are FIVE stages for this festival. The Gibson stage holds 2,000, the Zeppelin stage holds 8,000, the Sweden Stage holds 12,000, the Rock Stage hold 25,000 and the Festival Stage holds 35,000. Journey is playing the Festival Stage for an hour and a half before Dream Theatre and Heaven and Hell.

And I find it hard to fucking believe that Europe is [b]not playing Festival Stage[/b]. They're headlining the Rock Stage at almost the same time as Heaven and Hell on the last day. Odd, to say the least.

Arnel told me in SB once that he love RJ Dio..consider him a mayor influence in his sing! now he will be in the same stage than H & H , i guess will be a dream come true for Arnel
Agree with the Europe thing...but well if i had to choose i still prefer to listen H & H

Playing 2 bands in front of Heaven and Hell puts Journey in the catbird seat. Heaven and Hell is the overall headliner and that's why they're closing the final day on the biggest stage. People will obviously already be there for them when Journey comes on and this gives them a great opportunity to get some good exposure and play some of their harder tunes.

[S2M]

There are FIVE stages for this festival. The Gibson stage holds 2,000, the Zeppelin stage holds 8,000, the Sweden Stage holds 12,000, the Rock Stage hold 25,000 and the Festival Stage holds 35,000. Journey is playing the Festival Stage for an hour and a half before Dream Theatre and Heaven and Hell.

And I find it hard to fucking believe that Europe is [b]not playing Festival Stage[/b]. They're headlining the Rock Stage at almost the same time as Heaven and Hell on the last day. Odd, to say the least.

Arnel told me in SB once that he love RJ Dio..consider him a mayor influence in his sing! now he will be in the same stage than H & H , i guess will be a dream come true for Arnel
Agree with the Europe thing...but well if i had to choose i still prefer to listen H & H

Playing 2 bands in front of Heaven and Hell puts Journey in the catbird seat. Heaven and Hell is the overall headliner and that's why they're closing the final day on the biggest stage. People will obviously already be there for them when Journey comes on and this gives them a great opportunity to get some good exposure and play some of their harder tunes.

Just tells me that these guys are extremely desperate for exposure......They should be grateful for that Walmart deal. VERY grateful. After Red13 and Generations they should be damn lucky they haven't been blacklisted by record labels.

[Carla777]

Just tells me that these guys are extremely desperate for exposure......They should be grateful for that Walmart deal. VERY grateful. After Red13 and Generations they should be damn lucky they haven't been blacklisted by record labels.

I believe Journey is one of those bands that don't need to prove anything, they already win their right to be in this kind of festival (all great bands can have bad records)..i give thanks that they still are creating and making new music!

[cyndy!]

i wonder if they'll survive this festival
http://www.graspop.be/pages/index.php?f=bands&page=1

[Carla777]

i wonder if they'll survive this festival
http://www.graspop.be/pages/index.php?f=bands&page=1

wow hahaha that looks a little more difficult...after korn? wish them luck! w.a.s.p...H & H..children of bodom..exodus..motley..candlemass..blind guardian ..woohooo this look good too!! the rock festival in Europe are awesome

[Saint John]

i wonder if they'll survive this festival
http://www.graspop.be/pages/index.php?f=bands&page=1

I bet that they had to sedate Jon before he signed on for this. Deen and Neal are probably ecstatic. I wonder what Arnel and Ross think.

[stevew2]

i wonder if they'll survive this festival
http://www.graspop.be/pages/index.php?f=bands&page=1

I bet that they had to sedate Jon before he signed on for this. Deen and Neal are probably ecstatic. I wonder what Arnel and Ross think.

Na Frigas been very passive lately,its a stage he is going thru again...