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    BLOODSTOCK | Reveal Bands Changes, Club Nights, Including Plans With Sophie Lancaster Foundation & Derbyshire LGBT+ (UK)

    BLOODSTOCK UK’s best heavy metal weekender this summer and as every day passes, there are more exciting things to reveal.  Read on for the latest news on who’s been added to the bill, some riotous club nights to get you warmed up, the start of the Metal 2 The Masses final heats, plans afoot with the Sophie Lancaster Foundation and Derbyshire LGBT+, plus while you’re getting set for the long Easter weekend, stop by BLOODSTOCK’s social media later this week for some special Easter competition fun.

    Following the unfortunate news that STATIC-X are cancelling all their European shows in 2022, BLOODSTOCK is excited to announce their replacement for the Sunday night headline slot on the Sophie Lancaster stage will be none other than Swedish melodeath pioneers DARK TRANQUILITY. The band are currently touring across Europe, covering more than 27,000km over 52 cities in 24 countries, in just 57 days, almost immediately after wrapping a US tour too.

    Regretfully, TALLAH have also had to cancel, but their spot will be filled by modern metal crew DEFECTS, fresh off tour with In Flames.  Get to know them via their latest single, End Of Days.

    BLOODSTOCK is committed to inclusivity and is pleased to announce that Derbyshire LGBT+ and The Sophie Lancaster Foundation will both have stalls at this years festival, where all are welcome to stop by and learn more about the work they do.  You can find them in the arena to the left of the main stage, alongside Derbyshire Blood Bikes.

    2022 marks the 15th year since Sophie Lancaster’s tragic death.  Adam Lancaster, Sophie’s brother and team member at the Foundation, will also give a talk each day  at the Rock Society tent found at the back of the main arena.  His powerful, intimate account details the true horrors of hate crime and the work the Foundation does to combat prejudice and intolerance in Sophie‘s name.

    Derbyshire LGBT+ add, “For 39 years Derbyshire LGBT+ has operated as the only charity in Derbyshire committed to the LGBT+ community of Derbyshire; offering support, advocacy, advice and empowerment. We are very proud to announce our attendance at BLOODSTOCK this year, so that we can extend our reach even further and offer these services at an event that promotes inclusivity and acceptance. Our amazing staff and volunteers will be standing by and we encourage people to visit us, find out more and to see what we have to offer. Let’s put the ‘Unity’ in ‘Community’ together!” 

    BLOODSTOCK’s Metal 2 The Masses, the initiative that supports all genres of grass roots metal and offers a chance to play BOA’s New Blood stage, kicks off their final heats across 25 regions from 1st May. Get on down to your local event and help shape the festival’s line-up. Look out for the winners to be announced in due course, together with some additional bands chosen from CD applications and some of the very best runners-up.

    BLOODSTOCK is also thrilled to restart Bloodstock-themed club nights across the UK.  Local rock pubs and clubs are a key part of what BLOODSTOCK does with the ‘Metal 2 The Masses‘ scheme, so we’re stoked to support them further by announcing the first wave of club nights for 2022.  Get along to your local event, hear a ton of tunes from BOA bands past and present and be in with a chance of winning a pair of standard weekend tickets, a goodie bag or various other giveaways.  Dates & times are subject to change, so check locally for latest information.  More cities will be announced in Phase 2 which runs through June & July.

    Friday 15th April – Exeter, Cavern – Altern8

    Saturday 16th April – Southampton, The Hobbit

    Friday 22nd April – Reading, Face Bar 

    Saturday 23rd April – Camberley, Agincourt

    Friday 29th April – High Wycombe, Crash Rock Club (Bucks SU)

    Saturday 30th April – Stoke on Trent, The Sugarmill – Devil’s Night

    Saturday 30th April – Brighton Above,

    Friday 6th May – Plymouth, The Junction

    Friday 6th May – Woking, Schism

    Friday 13th May – Bristol, The Lanes – PHUCT

    Friday 13th May – Exeter, Cavern – Altern8

    Friday 13th May – Winchester, The Railway Inn

    Saturday 14th May – Manchester, The Bread Shed

    Saturday 14th May – Newcastle, Grindhouse

    Friday 27th May – London, Elektrowerkz

    Saturday 28th May – Stoke on Trent, The Sugarmill 

    All VIP packages, Early Bird tickets, and campervan passes have now sold out.  You can still snap up standard weekend camping tickets (just £145 +fees for 4 days of heavy metal fun) plus day & child tix are available now at the ticket store. Mini moshers under age 4 go for free.

    BLOODSTOCK’s 2022 Ronnie James Dio main stage headliners are BEHEMOTH, LAMB OF GOD, and MERCYFUL FATE. Also appearing across the weekend are KILLING JOKE, DIMMU BORGIR, TESTAMENT, EXODUS, AVATAR, ALL HAIL THE YETI, BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, GWAR (in a UK festival exclusive), BURY TOMORROW, SACRED REICH, LIFE OF AGONY, SPIRITWORLD, BELPHEGOR, BUTCHER BABIES, VIO-LENCE, BLOODYWOOD, JINJER, LORNA SHORE, DOYLE, LOST SOCIETY, SLEEP TOKEN, DARK FUNERAL, EYEHATEGOD, DISCHARGE, THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA, ENFORCED, PARTY CANNON, SOEN, HERIOT, BLOOD YOUTH, BLACK TONGUE, HEART OF A COWARD, FEROCIOUS DOG, HEATHEN, NEKROGOBLIKON, CATTLE DECAPITATION, ORBIT CULTURE, SAMAEL, CYHRA, NOCTEM, NANOWAR OF STEEL, THROWN INTO EXILE, PUPIL SLICER, CAGE FIGHT, VENDED, ILL NINO, SKARLETT RIOT, DESERT STORM, SORCERER, RED METHOD, BAEST, MOTHER VULTURE, BASEMENT TORTURE KILLINGS, CREPITATION, INHUMAN NATURE, MASTIFF, and PELUGION as well as many more yet to come. Additional 2022 announcements in due course.

    BLOODSTOCK will take place at Catton Park, Derbyshire on 11th-14th August 2022.

    For more info, click to www.bloodstock.uk.com

     

     

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