Slipknot Men To Debut New Bands At Sonisphere Festival

Slipknot's Corey Taylor and Shawn Crahan are to both play solo sets at this year's Sonisphere festival.

Crahan's sideproject Dirty Little Rabbits will make their UK debut at the festival, which takes place at Knebworth on August 1-2.

"I know all too well about how accepting and exciting UK audiences can be, so it makes sense that we’re bringing the art to them first," Crahan said of the gig. "I look forward to bringing Dirty Little Rabbits to the world. The invasion begins…."

Meanwhile, Crahan's Slipknot bandmate Corey Taylor will play a solo acoustic set at Sonisphere.

"I'm very excited to be a part of this festival," he explained. "It'll be the first show of its kind I've ever done in the UK, and I think there are many fans who've waited long enough to see it. It's one of the greatest joys in the world to me [playing acoustic] and I cannot wait to get over there and share that with the fans."

Linkin Park, Metallica and Killing Joke are also confirmed to play the festival. Other newly-announced acts on the bill include The Chapman Family, Cancer Bats and Rolo Tomassi.

Thanks for the report to Nme.com.

Comments

[AEnima18]

No idea what DLR are like, but apparently Corey's solo stuff is gonna be like Foo Fighters...

[rongold360]

sounds ok... i honestly think they should just focus on slipknot, unless there at a dead end...

[ironmaidenfan17]

ok im a huge slipknot fan but they r always goin to be better with slipknot

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rongold360 wrote:

sounds ok... i honestly think they should just focus on slipknot, unless there at a dead end...

+1

[thezohan]

cool, but slipknot should just focus on themselves, and go back to their old stuff, which was so much better(slipknot and iowa)