Sonisphere Festival have confirmed that their 2015 event will not go ahead in the UK as planned.
In a statement posted on their official website, organisers revealed difficulties in confirming a satisfactory line-up.
“Team Sonisphere reluctantly confirm that Sonisphere will not take place in the UK in 2015,” they posted. “We’ve been working hard to get a line-up that we felt was good enough but also on a weekend which would avoid other events that we know rock fans would want to support. Unfortunately our last irons in the fire have just been extinguished and it’s clear that we won’t be in a position to run the event this year. We’ve said in the past that Sonisphere will only go ahead if we feel it is going to be good enough and that hasn’t changed.”
“We hope all rock fans have a great summer with all the festivals and concerts already in the calendar and we plan to see you all in 2016.”
Sonisphere Festival has been hosted at Knebworth since 2010, taking a break in 2012 and 2013 following limited ticket sales. It returned in 2014 for one year.
The festival has seen the likes of Iron Maiden, Matallica and Biffy Clyro headline in the UK.