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Bloodstock Festival reveal another three bands

Three more bands for next year’s Bloodstock Festival has been announced!

Coming to Bloodstock with an exclusive UK show for 2020, Devin Townsend is set to headline Friday on the festival’s Ronnie James Dio Stage! The show will be a very special set for fans, with more detail on the nature of the set to be revealed in due course. Speaking about headlining next year’s festival, Devin says, “okay, folks…wow. So where should I begin? Ever since I was a kid, being able to headline a festival as fantastic and forward thinking as Bloodstock has been a dream of mine. As some of you may know, I’ve been working on several live ‘bands’ lately, from acoustic, to prog and orchestral, with some really artistic and improvisational aspects. However for Bloodstock, my intention is to do something quite different, and consequently kick ass in every possible way. I am putting together a VERY SPECIAL one-off show for Bloodstock, with a heavy band, playing the very best material for an outdoor festival from my entire catalogue, from SYL up to Empath.

I have always felt that if I was given one shot to knock it out of the park, I wouldn’t hesitate. And my friends, this is the shot! I have listened to what people have been asking for from my catalogue, and with a show like this, a production like we are planning, and the players who have agreed to be involved, this will surely be one of the pinnacle moments in my career. My intention over the past few years has been to find ways to use different aspects of my work (that fall on opposite ends of the creative spectrum), to ultimately make something really beautiful. Something unified. This show is meant to bring it all together after 25 years of doing this. Thanks Bloodstock for choosing to rock with me. I can’t wait to see you all there!”

Also confirmed alongside the festival’s first headliner are JINJER, who will make their festival debut, and power metallers GLORYHAMMER. Both bands will perform on the Ronnie James Dio Stage.

Bloodstock Festival 2020 will take place at Catton Park, Derbyshire from 6th-9th August 2020. Early bird tickets are available now and can be purchased here.

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James Weaver

Editor-in-Chief and Founder of Distorted Sound Magazine; established in 2015. Reporting on riffs since 2012.