Gods of Metal
- Heavy metal
- extreme metal
Gods of Metal was the biggest Italian metal festival, held annually from 1997 to 2016. It took place in early summer, usually on the first or second weekend of June. It was most often held at venues in or near Milan, but took place in Bologna three times and one time in Turin. It was acquired by Live Nation in 2010.[1]
Lineups
1997
Held on June 7 at Palavobis in Milan.
Saturday 7 June |
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Manowar |
1998
Held on June 6 at Forum Open Air Arena in Milan.
Saturday 6 June |
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Black Sabbath |
1999
Held on June 5 and June 6 at Forum Open Air Arena in Assago-Milan.
Saturday 5 June | Sunday 6 June |
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Metallica | Manowar |
2000
Held on June 10 and June 11 at Stadio Brianteo in Monza.
Saturday 10 June | Sunday 11 June |
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Iron Maiden | Slayer |
2001
Held on June 9 at Palavobis in Milan.
Saturday 9 June |
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Judas Priest |
2002
Held on June 8 and June 9 at Stadio Brianteo in Monza.
Saturday 8 June | Sunday 9 June |
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Slayer | Manowar |
2003
Held on June 8 at Palavobis in Milan.
Sunday 8 June |
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Whitesnake |
2004
Held on June 5 and June 6 at Arena Parco Nord in Bologna.
Saturday 5 June | Sunday 6 June |
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Judas Priest | Alice Cooper |
Due to heavy rain, the UFO concert was cancelled and Stratovarius played the next day, between the Quireboys and W.A.S.P.
2005
Held on June 11 and June 12 at Arena Parco Nord in Bologna.
Saturday 11 June | Sunday 12 June |
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Iron Maiden | Mötley Crüe |
2006
Held on June 1-June 4 at Idroscalo in Milan.
Thursday 1 June | Friday 2 June | Saturday 3 June | Sunday 4 June |
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Venom | Strana Officina | Whitesnake | Guns N' Roses |
2007
Held on June 2, June 3 and June 30 at Idroscalo in Milan.
Saturday 2 June | Sunday 3 June | Saturday 30 June |
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Mötley Crüe | Heaven & Hell | Ozzy Osbourne |
2008
Held on June 27, June 28 and June 29 at Arena Parco Nord in Bologna
Friday 27 June | Saturday 28 June | Sunday 29 June |
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Iron Maiden | Slayer | Judas Priest |
2009
Held on June 27 and June 28 at Stadio Brianteo in Monza
Saturday 27 June | Sunday 28 June | ||
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L Stage | R Stage (Crüe Fest Stage) | L Stage | R Stage |
Heaven and Hell | Mötley Crüe | Dream Theater | Slipknot |
2010
Held on June 25, June 26 and June 27 at Parco della Certosa Reale in Collegno
Stage 1
25 June | 26 June | 27 June |
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Killswitch Engage | Lordi | Motörhead |
Stage 2
25 June | 26 June | 27 June |
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Amphitrium | Nashwuah |
2011
Held on 22 June at Arena Fiera, Rho
Judas Priest |
2012
Held on 21, 22, 23 and 24 June at Arena Fiera, Rho
21 June | 22 June | 23 June | 24 June |
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Manowar | Guns N' Roses | Mötley Crüe | Ozzy and Friends |
2016
Held on 2 June at Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Monza
2 June |
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Rammstein |
References
- ^ What You Didn't Know About Live Nation's Growth in 2010
External links
- Official website
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- Live Nation
- Ticketmaster
- Academy Music Group (51%)
- BigChampagne
- C3 Presents (majority stake)
- DF Concerts (part owner)
- Festival Republic (majority owner)
- Gods of Metal
- Hard Events
- MAMA & Company (joint venture)
- Ones to Watch
- Boomtown (18%)
- Bospop
- Budweiser Made in America
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- Camp Bestival
- Copenhell
- Creamfields
- Download
- The Great Escape
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- I Love Techno
- Isle of Wight Festival
- Jamboree in the Hills
- Latitude
- Lollapalooza
- Loud Park
- Lowlands
- Lytham Festival
- Main Square Festival (75%)
- MixTape
- Music Midtown
- North Sea Jazz
- Paradiso (partnership)
- Parklife
- The Peach Music Festival
- Pinkpop Festival
- Pukkelpop
- Rock Werchter
- Sasquatch! (partnership)
- Squamish (50%)
- Summer Sonic
- TRNSMT
- Voodoo
- Watershed
- Way Out West
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