Stone Free Festival 2018 - brand new acts announced

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STONE FREE FESTIVAL 2018

SATURDAY 16TH & SUNDAY 17TH JUNE

BRAND NEW ACTS ANNOUNCED
BUCKCHERRY / ANATHEMA  
ORANGE GOBLIN / RICHIE KOTZEN  
STONE BROKEN / TYKETTO / GINGER WILDHEART
& many, many more

JOINING HEADLINERS & SPECIAL GUESTS
SCORPIONS / YES FEATURING ARW
MEGADETH / ROGER HODGSON (SUPERTRAMP)
JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR

FULL COMEDY BILL ANNOUNCED
IN THE SPEAKEASY LOUNGE
PLUS
Vinyl Record Fair / Fringe Stages / Beer Garden

Monday 29th January 2018
Kilimanjaro Live and The O2 are proud to announce a brand new selection of artists and spoken word entertainers who will be appearing at the third annual STONE FREE FESTIVAL, which will be happening on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th June 2018 at The O2, London.

Joining legendary German rockers Scorpions and thrash titans Megadeth in the main arena on Saturday will be sleazy Californian good-time rockers Buckcherry, while headlining indigo at The O2 will be British stoner rock icons Orange Goblin.

Also in indigo on Saturday will be fast-rising British rock band Stone Broken, Belgian blues-rockers Triggerfinger and German heavy-rock biker-duo The Picturebooks. 

Elsewhere, the Big Entrance Stage will be there to welcome all STONE FREE FESTIVALgoers with a bang as they arrive into the venue, with sets from British hard-rock bandsDaxx & Roxanne, Dirty Thrills, Anchor Lane and Aaron Buchanan & The Cult Classics featuring the ex-Heaven’s Basement frontman.

On the Sunday, joining prog-rock royalty YES featuring ARW, celebrating their 50thAnniversary, and former Supertramp frontman Roger Hodgson in the main arena will be the hugely acclaimed band Anathema, who won the prestigious Album Of The Year awards at the 2017 Progressive Music Awards for their magnificent eleventh album The Optimist. Completing the main arena bill on Sunday is Joanne Shaw Taylor.

In indigo on Sunday, former Poison and The Winery Dogs guitar hero Richie Kotzen will be closing the stage, performing tracks from his prolific catalogue. Also appearing will be NYC 80’s hard-rockers Tyketto and The Wildhearts frontman Ginger Wildheart.  
Meanwhile The Big Entrance Stage will be featuring thunderous Black Country natives The Bad Flowers and the dynamic soulful Scots The Rising Souls.

As well as performances from world-class bands, The Speakeasy Lounge at All Bar One returns to STONE FREE FESTIVAL over the course of the weekend, with its comedians, literary brainiacs, maniacs and much more, hosted by MC Garrett Millerick across both days. Featuring stand-up comic indulgence from the likes of Abigoliah Schamaun andFin Taylor on Saturday and Glenn Wool, Chris Betts and Bec Hill on Sunday, it is guaranteed to make you shed tears of laughter.

All the festival extras will also be back this year including the acoustic beer garden, featuring performances from some of the best upcoming acoustic and rock talent in the country, all curated by Richer Unsigned, the Vinyl Fair, a fabulous Saturday Night After Show Party and Rock Royalty VIP packages.

The Beer Garden
With no chance of rain stopping play, there will still be the chance to bask outside in London’s summer sun. Outside the entrance to The O2 will be The Beer Garden with street food stalls and a busking stage where anyone with a bit of talent can get up and play.

Vinyl Record Fair
Free to the general public, VIP Record Fairs will be returning to Stone Free for the weekend. VIP Record Fairs produce more Vinyl Record Fairs than any other company in the world and at the Stone Free Festival they will present specially selected vinyl dealers from around the UK. You can browse through and buy vinyl from Prog Rock, Punk Rock and Hard Rock to Glam Rock, Classic Rock and 60s Rock!

VIP PACKAGES AVAILABLE

Rock Royalty VIP Packages
ROCK ROYALTY PACKAGE
This upgrade includes:
•    Access to the Rock Royalty VIP Lounge & Bar
•    Premium arena ticket
•    Priority access to official Stone Free events and stages
•    Exclusive Stone Free VIP gift
•    Access wristbands, VIP laminate & lanyard
•    Access to the VIP Hospitality Lounge

Available to book as an individual day or full weekend package.

ROCK ROYALTY – GAUCHO DINNER
The package includes:
•    Access to the Rock Royalty VIP Lounge & Bar
•    Priority access to official Stone Free events and stages
•    Premium arena ticket
•    Exclusive Stone Free VIP gift
•    Official Stone Free programme
•    3 Course, set menu Gaucho meal including welcome glass of Chandon, ½ bottle of wine per person and water for the table and 2 choices per course
•    Access wristbands, VIP laminate & lanyard
•    Access to the VIP Hospitality Lounge

You can see all details of VIP packages and find more information at the official Stone Free Festival website.





Buy tickets and find out more here - http://stonefreefestival.com/ Kilimanjaro Live and The O2 are proud to announce the return of the STONE FREE FESTIVAL, which will be happening on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th June 2018 at The O2, London. Now in its third year, STONE FREE FESTIVAL has become a firm fixture on the live calendar and next year’s exciting event is set to be the biggest and best yet. Headlining the arena on the Saturday night in a UK live exclusive for 2018 are legendary German rockers Scorpions, who have to date sold more than 100 million records worldwide over the course of their 50-year career and have not played in London since 2007. Joining them will be thrash titans Megadeth, led by Dave Mustaine, who will also be playing their only UK show of 2018 as part of STONE FREE FESTIVAL. Headlining the Sunday night will be prog-rock royalty YES featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman. This definitive YES line up first reunited for a tour in 2016 to rave reviews and has since performed sold-out shows across North America, the UK and Europe, Japan and Israel. This will also be a UK live exclusive performance for 2018. The fourth legend to join the bill is former Supertramp frontman Roger Hodgson, composer and singer of many of the band’s biggest hits including ‘Dreamer’, ‘It’s Raining Again’, ‘Breakfast In America’ and ‘The Logical Song’, among many others. Also playing on Sunday will be UK’s number one star of the blues rock world, Joanne Shaw Taylor who has released critically acclaimed albums and gained a global fan base. These five artists are just the first names to be announced, with a whole host of further musical greats and upcoming artists to be revealed over the coming months. As well as performances from world class bands, all of your favourite extras will be returning to STONE FREE FESTIVAL including the Speak Easy Lounge, Vinyl Fair, multiple stages taking over The O2 a fabulous Saturday Night After Show Party and Rock Royalty VIP packages. Also returning this year will be the acoustic beer garden, featuring performances from some of the best upcoming acoustic and rock talent in the country, all curated by Richer Unsigned.

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