DEEP PURPLE, CELTIC FROST, W.A.S.P. and STRYPER are among the first confirmed bands for next year's installment of the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 8-10, 2006 in in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows:
DEEP PURPLE (UK) - Headliner
JOURNEY (US)
CELTIC FROST (CH)
W.A.S.P. (US)
KROKUS (CH)
JEFF HEALEY BAND (US)
STRYPER (US)
CACTUS (US)
GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS (US)
CATHEDRAL (UK)
DORO (D)
THE SWEET (UK)
EASY ACTION (S)
NEVERMORE (US)
METAL CHURCH (US)
LORD BELIAL (S)
EVERGREY (S)
FIREWIND (GR/S)
JADED HEART (D)
RAISE HELL (S)
THE STORYTELLER (S)
This lineup looks like it was made for me. Having Deep Purple, Celtic Frost, Journey, Cathedral, Nevermore, etc., all on the same bill? Man, I would KILL if my band could be on this bill, just so I could attend it! Throw Candlemass, Katatonia, Moonspell, and Iommi/Hughes on there, and I will faint.
DEEP PURPLE (UK) - Headliner
JOURNEY (US)
CELTIC FROST (CH)
W.A.S.P. (US)
KROKUS (CH)
JEFF HEALEY BAND (US)
STRYPER (US)
CACTUS (US)
GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS (US)
CATHEDRAL (UK)
DORO (D)
THE SWEET (UK)
EASY ACTION (S)
NEVERMORE (US)
METAL CHURCH (US)
LORD BELIAL (S)
EVERGREY (S)
FIREWIND (GR/S)
JADED HEART (D)
RAISE HELL (S)
THE STORYTELLER (S)
This lineup looks like it was made for me. Having Deep Purple, Celtic Frost, Journey, Cathedral, Nevermore, etc., all on the same bill? Man, I would KILL if my band could be on this bill, just so I could attend it! Throw Candlemass, Katatonia, Moonspell, and Iommi/Hughes on there, and I will faint.
