SLIPKNOT's U.K. SONISPHERE Performance To Be Webcast

July 7, 2011

SLIPKNOT has announced a special real-time webcast of the band's Knebworth, United Kingdom performance via the group's website, Slipknot1.com, to take place during SLIPKNOT's headline set at 9 p.m. GMT on Sunday, July 10.

The webcasting of SLIPKNOT's historic Sunday night headline set live across the world from Knebworth will go out live on Slipknot1.com as well as SonisphereFestivals.com. Set to be an epic and emotional occasion, this highly anticipated show will mark the bands first appearance in the U.K. in over two years and their first British performance without founding member Paul Gray, who tragically passed away last year.

The band said of the upcoming performance: "England has always been a special place for this band from the very beginning. We can't think of a better way to culminate our celebration of Paul's life than to share it with the 'maggots; at Knebworth and the millions more watching around the world. This is not to be missed."

Added festival producer Stuart Galbraith: "This is the first time Sonisphere festival has been transmitted live across the web and represents yet another major stride in its commitment to harnessing the power of the internet to engage with the rock audience at large across the planet. Given that this is going to be such an important event for SLIPKNOT fans the world over, we felt it only right to allow them all to share in what is set to be a historic experience, wherever they are."

The Sonisphere show on July 10 will be the last on this current tour for SLIPKNOT, which is performing for the first time without Gray. The band's future beyond this run of shows is unclear.

Gray passed away in May 2010 from an accidental overdose of drugs, leaving behind his wife Brenna and daughter October, who was born the following August.

SLIPKNOT percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan told The Pulse Of Radio that the support of the group's fans has been crucial to helping with the grief. "I definitely want to spend just a moment thanking all of our kids out there because, I mean, when you have kids all around the world Japanese, people in Great Britain, all of Europe, and then everybody in America when you've got all these people coming together to let you know how much he was loved, and how much he's gonna be missed, and just how important he was to what we are doing, it's really made a difference."

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