IRON MAIDEN To Play U.K.'s Donington Park In June?

December 20, 2006

According to Last.fm, IRON MAIDEN has booked the U.K.'s Donington Park for June 6, 2007 — two days before the Download festival kicks off. This would, of course, fit with the rumors lately about MAIDEN going on a festival tour next summer, and the fact that MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson has been announcing from the stage at recent European gigs that the band will embark on a 2007 summer tour.

Donington Park has a great pedigree of holding rock concerts and festivals, having played host to the Monsters of Rock concerts from the early '80s to mid-'90s, when groups such as AC/DC, METALLICA and IRON MAIDEN — who have each headlined three times — performed there. More recently, it has played host to STEREOPHONICS' A Day At The Races event in 2001, Ozzfest in 2002 and Download festival in 2003, headlined by IRON MAIDEN and AUDIOSLAVE, who were late replacements for LIMP BIZKIT, who pulled out of the festival. Download was held again in 2004, when METALLICA returned to Donington, accompanied by a star-studded lineup including SLIPKNOT, KORN, LINKIN PARK, SLAYER and a number of other high-profile rock bands.

The 2005 Download festival was held in June, featuring BLACK SABBATH as well as SYSTEM OF A DOWN, FEEDER and VELVET REVOLVER. In 2006, TOOL, METALLICA and GUNS N' ROSES headlined the event.

For more information on Donington Park, visit www.donington-park.co.uk.

(Thanks: MaidenNorway.com)

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