Graspop Confirms Maiden Show
The Graspop Metal Meeting Festival has confirmed the date Maidenfans.com already reported: Eddie will Rip Up Belgium on next year's festival. The festival is set to take place between 25-26 June next year, with more bands and details to follow.Iron Maiden already headlined the festival in 1996, 2000 and 2003.
Update: Iron Maiden's official site has confirmed the concert, and notes that tickets will go on sale through well-known presale addresses on February 1st 2005.
Sources: Graspop Metal Meeting, Iron Maiden.com
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That's gonna be a great weekend !!! First the show in PARIS, then up to DESSEL the next day!!!! I'm also going to the gig in WEERT and at least 1 show in the U.K, hopefully at Donnington......and maybe we travel to ITALY as well.
Cheers 
I my friends, will be there. That's as sure as I was born.
SWEEEEEEEEEET !!!
will be there... 26th of June here I come...
Press release from Graspop:
Twenty-five years in the business and Iron Maiden still prove they are one of the best metal bands of all time. Their incredible success is partly due to hard work, a lot of attention to artwork and merchandising, etc. The key factor, however, is their unwavering loyalty to their fans. Throughout the years they have remained true to themselves and have never compromised.
In 2005 they will return to a more classic repertoire and the stage set-up will also hark back to the past. Already the upcoming tour is one of sold-out venues and major festivals. Just to illustrate: the start to the announced tour has been phenomenal. The Gothenburg show sold out in a record 2.5 hours. The 51,000 available tickets literally flew out the door, making Iron Maiden the fastest selling rock band ever.
Long-time manager Rod Smallwood is already anticipating Maiden's biggest ever tour in terms of attendance figures.
Graspop is very proud to have them and they will undoubtedly do us proud when they headline the festival on Sunday 26 June 2005.
The 10th edition of the Graspop Metal Meeting is scheduled for Friday 24, Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 June 2005.
The concept remains the same: a three-day metal fest with a main stage and two giant marquees that offers a platform to a wide cross-section of what's hot in the metal world.
Advance sales as of 1 February 2005.
Cheers
Here's the sunday bill:
Iron Maiden
Dream Theater
Dio
Suicidal Tendencies
Accept
In Flames
Lacuna Coil
Nice, heh ?
Cheers