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Gojira- Sonisphere 2011

            Gojira is a progressive metal band formed in 1996 in Bayonne, France. The band was known as Godzilla until 2001. Gojira is composed of Joe Duplantier on vocals and rhythm guitar, his brother Mario Duplantier on drums, Christian Andreu on lead guitar and Jean-Michel Labadie on bass. Since its first studio album, Gojira has had no changes in lineup, and has released four studio albums, one live album, one single, and one DVD. Their new EP will be released in 2011.

The Sonisphere Festival is a touring music festival which takes place across Europe between June and August. The festival is owned and promoted by Kilimanjaro Live with financial backing from AEG. It has hosted heavy metal bands such as Iron Maiden, Metallica, Mötley Crüe, and Slayer.

The idea for Sonisphere was first conceived when Stuart Galbraith was working for Live Nation, the organisers of Download Festival. The plan was to hold a series of events that would "translate into other territories". The event did not begin to materialize, however, until Galbraith left Live Nation for the events company Kilimanjaro Live.

Galbraith gained the support of the metal band Metallica, who were claimed to have helped curate the festival for later years; however, rumours were denied of Metallica signing a multi-million pound deal promising the band to headlining the festival for three years. The first run of festivals ran throughout the summer of 2009 at six venues, returning in 2010 with 11 venues.

Galbraith's plans for future festivals consist of increasing the number of festivals, making the event global rather than local to Europe, expanding the UK event into a 3-day festival, and increasing the UK capacity from 40,000 to 60,000 attendees

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Stevenage / Bragbury End (show map)

Taken on: July 12, 2011

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The idea for Sonisphere was first conceived when Stuart Galbraith was working for Live Nation

the organisers of Download Festival. The plan was to hold a series of events that would translate into other territories. The event did not begin to materialize

however

until Galbraith left Live Nation for the events company Kilimanjaro Live.

Galbraith's plans for future festivals consist of increasing the number of festivals

making the event global rather than local to Europe

expanding the UK event into a 3-day festival

and increasing the UK capacity from 40

000 to 60

000 attendees

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