Theres multiple reasons why Manowar arent really viable i would say... For a start they said theyd never play in the UK again... That and they probably think theyre too big for a festival of this size... Manowar made some cool as hell music but are an epic group of twats...
Tis true that Joey DeMaio did say theyd never play here again... Ive said this here before im sure... They said we werent true enough... ANyway, id rather see bodom and the ray than manowar any day...
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I've heard the anecdote is something along the lines of Manowar having a gig just down the road (so to speak) and on the same day as Donnington (when it was good, obviously) and then were surprised when next to no-one turned up, ever since then they've had a strop on.
That might not be true, people are always handing me the stick with the wrong end, so corrections if wrong people