NIGHTWISH, HANOI ROCKS, TURISAS, CONVERGE Confirmed For Finland's ILOSAARIROCK Festival

February 13, 2008

NIGHTWISH, TURISAS, HANOI ROCKS, CONVERGE and CULT OF LUNA are among the confirmed bands for the Ilosaarirock festival, set to take place July 11-13 in Joensuu, the capital of Eastern Finland. The festival billing is shaping up as follows:

22-PISTEPIRKKO (FIN)
51KOODIA (FIN)
ANAL THUNDER (FIN)
ASA JA JÄTKÄJÄTKÄT (FIN)
ASTRO CAN CARAVAN (FIN)
COMEBACK KID (CAN)
CONVERGE (USA)
CULT OF LUNA (SWE)
DIABLO (FIN)
DISCARD (FIN)
DISKELMÄ (FIN)
ELÄKELÄISET (FIN)
FANFARE CIOCÂRLIA (ROM)
HANOI ROCKS (FIN)
HEAVEN SHALL BURN (GER)
HEPTONES (JAM)
ISMO ALANKO TEHOLLA (FIN)
JOE BATAAN (USA)
KARI PEITSAMO (FIN)
KASHMIR (DEN)
KLAUS THUNDER & UKKOSMAINE (FIN)
KOHU-63 (FIN)
KOTITEOLLISUUS (FIN)
LAURI TÄHKÄ & ELONKERJUU (FIN)
M.A. NUMMINEN (FIN)
MEDEIA (FIN)
METSATÖLL (EST)
MOGWAI (UK)
MOKOMA (FIN)
NIGHTWISH (FIN)
OCEANSIZE (UK)
OZRIC TENTACLES (UK)
PELLE MILJOONA UNABOMBER (FIN)
PYHIMYS (FIN)
RAAPPANA (FIN)
REJECTED (FIN)
RHYTHM FUNK MASTERS (FIN)
RISTO (FIN)
ROTTEN SOUND (FIN)
SAMETTIVALLANKUMOUS (FIN)
SCANDINAVIAN MUSIC GROUP (FIN)
ST. HOOD (FIN)
STAM1NA (FIN)
STELLA (FIN)
TURISAS (FIN)
VENETIAN SNARES (CAN)
VON HERTZEN BROTHERS (FIN)
YUP (FIN)

Commented Panu Hattunen, who is in charge of selecting the foreign bands for Ilosaarirock: "We are happy to publish such an exceptionally large number of first confirmations for this summer's festival. It's always fantastic to have NIGHTWISH play on their home stage. On top of that there is quite a number of foreign names, all top acts in their genres. I'm all smiles."

For more information, visit www.ilosaarirock.fi.

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