Gig calendar of 2010 - What are you attending?

[Andiferum]

Hello to all and a happy new year, of course! As some of you may have seen, this year is shaping up very nicely for gigs, tours and festivals already. I thought we could maybe use a thread to keep track of everything that's going on this year!

I'll start by continually adding the gigs and festivals I find or am attending. Feel free to point out any you're going to or hear about that may be of interest!

(Please excuse a bias towards London - it's where I live. Feel free to suggest shows from your area.)

10/01 - Stratovarius + Mystic Prophecy/Tracedawn, Relentless Garage, London
18/01 - Faster Pussycat + Enuff Z'Nuff, The Underworld, London
24/01 - Evile + Warbringer/The Fading, The Underworld, London
24/01 - Stryper, O2 Academy Islington, London
30/01 - Hardcore Superstar + Bullet, Relentless Garage, London
30/01 - T-Rextasy, The Standard, London
05/02 - Lacuna Coil + Dirty Little Rabbits/Dommin, Shepherds Bush Empire, London
08/02 - Decapitated + Kataklysm/Man Must Die, O2 Academy Islington, London
15/02 - Nazareth, Relentless Garage, London
18/02 - Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, The Underworld, London
20/02 - Blaze Bayley, The Underworld, London
25/02 - Overkill + Cripper/Suicidal Angels/Savage Messiah, O2 Academeny Islington, London
25/02 - Big Elf + Priestess, The Underworld, London
08/03 - Finntroll + Eluveitie/Arkona/Dornenreich/Varg, TBC, London
11/03 - Katatonia, Relentless Garage, London
11/03 - Obituary, O2 Academy Islington, London
11-13/03 - HammerFest, Prestatyn, Wales
13/03 - Edguy, JB's, Dudley
15/03 - Edguy, The Cathouse, Glasgow
16/03 - Edguy, Rio's, Leeds
19/03 - Edguy, Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
19/03 - Steel Panther, O2 Academy Brixton, London
20/03 - Edguy, O2 Academy Islington, London
21/03 - Delain, Relentless Garage, London
28/03 - Kamelot + Leaves' Eyes/Adagio, Koko, London
01/05 - HammerFall, Academy 2, Manchester
01/05 - Bolt Thrower + Rotting Christ/Benediction/The Rotted, ULU, London
02/05 - HammerFall, The Cathouse, Glasgow
03/05 - HammerFall, Corporation, Sheffield
04/05 - HammerFall, Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
05/05 - HammerFall, Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton
06/05 - HammerFall, Electric Ballroom, London
12/05 - Kiss, Wembley Arena, London
13/05 - Kiss, Wembley Arena, London
25-27/06 - Graspop Metal Meeting, Dessel, Belgium
05-11/07 - Metalcamp, Tolmin, Slovenia
08/07 - Ratt, O2 Academy Islington, London
11/07 - Magic Circle Festival @ Metalcamp, Tolmin, Slovenia
30/07-01/08 - Sonisphere UK, Knebworth
05-07/08 - Wacken Open Air, Germany
13-15/08 - Bloodstock Open Air, Catton Hall, Derby
26/09 - Blind Guardian + Steelwing, Shepherd's Bush Empire, London

 

[cavegirl]

I don't need to post mine seeing as I'll pretty much be at all of these

10/01 - Stratovarius + Mystic Prophecy/Tracedawn, Relentless Garage, London
24/01 - Evile + Warbringer/The Fading, The Underworld, London
30/01 - Hardcore Superstar + Bullet, Relentless Garage, London
05/02 - Lacuna Coil + Dirty Little Rabbits/Dommin, Shepherds Bush Empire, London
08/02 - Decapitated + Kataklysm/Man Must Die, O2 Academy Islington, London
18/02 - Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, The Underworld, London
20/02 - Blaze Bayley, The Underworld, London
25/02 - Overkill + Cripper/Suicidal Angels/Savage Messiah, O2 Academeny Islington, London
25/02 - Big Elf + Priestess, The Underworld, London
08/03 - Finntroll + Eluveitie/Arkona/Dornenreich/Varg, TBC, London
11/03 - Katatonia, Relentless Garage, London
11/03 - Obituary, O2 Academy Islington, London
11-13/03 - HammerFest, Prestatyn, Wales
13/03 - Edguy, JB's, Dudley
15/03 - Edguy, The Cathouse, Glasgow
16/03 - Edguy, Rio's, Leeds
19/03 - Edguy, Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
19/03 - Steel Panther, O2 Academy Brixton, London
20/03 - Edguy, O2 Academy Islington, London
21/03 - Delain, Relentless Garage, London
28/03 - Kamelot + Leaves' Eyes/Adagio, Koko, London
01/05 - HammerFall, Academy 2, Manchester
01/05 - Bolt Thrower + Rotting Christ/Benediction/The Rotted, ULU, London
02/05 - HammerFall, The Cathouse, Glasgow
03/05 - HammerFall, Corporation, Sheffield
04/05 - HammerFall, Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
05/05 - HammerFall, Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton
06/05 - HammerFall, Electric Ballroom, London
25-27/06 - Graspop Metal Meeting, Dessel, Belgium
05-11/07 - Metalcamp, Tolmin, Slovenia
11/07 - Magic Circle Festival @ Metalcamp, Tolmin, Slovenia
30/07-01/08 - Sonisphere UK, Knebworth
05-07/08 - Wacken Open Air, Germany
13-15/08 - Bloodstock Open Air, Catton Hall, Derby
26/09 - Blind Guardian + Steelwing, Shepherd's Bush Empire, London

 

[Symphony]

Nothing lined up so far as I think all time is going to be taken up with writing!

 

[MetalCodd]

Planning to attend the following:

10/01/2010 - Stratovarius + Mystic Prophecy @ Relentless Garage, London (not sure if I can make this due to snow)
18/01/2010 - Faster Pussycat + Enuff Z'Nuff @ Camden Underworld
24/01/2010 - Stryper @ O2 Academy Islington
30/01/2010 - T-Rextasy @ The Standard, Walthamstow
15/02/2010 - Nazareth @ Relentless Garage
20/01/2010 - Blaze Bayley @ Camden Underworld
25/02/2010 - Overkill @ O2 Academy Islington
19/03/2010 - Steel Panther @ O2 Academy Brixton
20/03/2010 - Edguy @ O2 Academy Islington
28/03/2010 - Kamelot + Leaves Eyes + Adagio @ Koko, Camden
06/05/2010 - Hammerfall @ Electric Ballroom, Camden
12/05/2010 - Kiss @ Wembley Arena
13/05/2010 - Kiss @ Wembley Arena
08/07/2010 - Ratt @ O2 Academy Islington
26/09/2010 - Blind Guardian + Steelwing @ Shepherd's Bush Empire

 

[Andiferum]

I'll add your shows to the list

 

[Cello]

So far there's only a few shows I know for sure that I'll be attending:

22/02/2010 - Fear Factory @ De Melkweg, Amsterdam
27/03/2010 - Kamelot + Adagio @ Paradiso, Amsterdam
Somewhere in April/May - Heidevolk CD release party @ 013, Tilburg
03/04/2010 - Andromeda + Ulysses @ Poppodium de Boerderij, Zoetermeer
(not sure) 10/04/2010 - Powerprog & Metal festival (with Scorpions, DGM, Pagan's Mind, Adagio, Dreamscape & many more) @ Mons, Belgium
24/09/2010 - Blind Guardian + Steelwing @ 013, Tilburg

And ofcourse, the one absolute certainty in my year: Progpower Europe, 01-03 October @ Baarlo, The Netherlands

 

[Kingface]

My gig calendar for this year so far is:

02/02 - Bonecrusher Fest, Obscura + Others, Leeds (Maybe)

06/02 - Decapitated + Kataklysm/Man Must Die, Leeds (Maybe)

12/02 - Lamb of God + Between the Buried and Me + Others, Manchester Academy (Maybe)

12/03 - Obituary, Sheffield 02 Academy

19/03 - Edguy, Nottingham Rescue Rooms (Very Hopefully!)

03/05 - Hammerfall, Sheffield Corporation

04/05 - Bolt Thrower, Leeds Rios (Maybe)

26/09 - Blind Guardian & Steelwing, London Shepherds Bush Empire

If Slayer's show at Nottingham Rock City gets rescheduled for this year there's that as well. Also considering several festivals, particularly BOA and Sonisphere.

Anybody any idea when tickets for Blind Guardian go on sale, if they haven't already?

 

[Heidi Mannström]

I'm at least attenting to this:

Machine Head 26.2 Manchester - Manchester Apollo


But also really temped by that Katatonia gig too, that Andiferun mentioned, noticed they have gig in Manchester too 9.3..

 

[Power_Metal_Dom]

My gig list is empty Until I can afford to travel and afford to take time off I'll only be seeing very local shows (Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow)

 

[Symphony]

Still nothing planned for me....