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richardh 
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 Posted: April 29 2010 at 01:47 |
The Sunday line-up is great.I'm going with a friend who mainly wants to see ELP as he has never seen them before but also 3 of his favourite bands are also on (Wishbone Ash and Uriah Heep on the prog stage plus UFO on the classic rock stage). Talk about spoiled for choice. 
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Kojak
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Posted: May 02 2010 at 03:53 |
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Sorry, I haven't read all the thread, but do you know if there's any chance this might be televised like they do with Glastonbury, Reading, and many of the other festivals, etc..??
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Posted: May 02 2010 at 06:32 |
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I've not seen anything about it being televised. Probably not mainstream enough, we are talking about some prog bands here.
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Kojak
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Posted: May 02 2010 at 10:15 |
I know, progheads are treated like some secret sect, you find out they are there in the upper echelons, like James May, Bill Bailey, et al, yet it's all very hush hush, cloak and dagger stuff... 
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chopper
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Posted: May 04 2010 at 12:17 |
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Not a massive surprise, but Heaven and Hell have cancelled due to Ronnie James Dio's illness.
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Posted: May 04 2010 at 14:05 |
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^ yes, not a big surprise, I had tickets for his Dio show in Sheffield which was cancelled. hoping the man gets well asap
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The Runaway
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Posted: May 05 2010 at 08:18 |
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... THEY MUST RETURN!
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richardh
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Posted: May 18 2010 at 01:25 |
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Sadly Ronnie James Dio has now passed away.I hope and expect there will be some tribute at the festival.
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chopper
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Posted: May 18 2010 at 07:32 |
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Let's hope so.
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Jim Garten
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Posted: May 19 2010 at 03:07 |
For those of you going, I sincerely hope the rumours of ELP cancelling are untrue 
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JemJem714
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Posted: May 19 2010 at 03:30 |
Yeah, ELP are the main reason I'm going. If they cancel, will not be too happy. Refund?
Apparently there will be an announcement at 10am today with the headline act, which I'm assuming is to replace Heaven and Hell.
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Jim Garten
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Posted: May 20 2010 at 11:11 |
'fraid not - it's Joe Elliot playing a second set, but with Ian Hunter; which means he plays one set doing cover versions of Hunter/Mott songs, followed by another set with Ian Hunter... presumably doing Hunter/Mott songs
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JemJem714
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Posted: May 20 2010 at 12:19 |
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YAWN!
And this was promising to be such a good event...
Have you seen the drinks price list???
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richardh
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Posted: May 20 2010 at 16:44 |
 Jim Garten wrote:
For those of you going, I sincerely hope the rumours of ELP cancelling are untrue |
I can't find anything about this. Exactly where have you heard or read this?
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Jim Garten
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Posted: May 21 2010 at 02:13 |
As I say, it's rumours - check out their Facebook page (where there's an interesting  debate going on about the drinks prices too)
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The Runaway
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Posted: May 21 2010 at 04:41 |
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It's just a rumor, it's not true. The latest line-up (posted a few minutes ago) had ELP in it.
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Jim Garten
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Posted: May 21 2010 at 05:59 |
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Let's face it - this late in the day, there'd be a riot if ELP (or ZZ Top for that matter) cancelled.
Also prog fans please note - Opeth have been moved from the Prog Stage on Sunday to the Metal Hammer stage on the Saturday (replacing Venom, who cancelled).
If you bought Sunday tickets to see Opeth, apparently exchanges are available - check the High Voltage website.
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Posted: May 21 2010 at 06:46 |
You've got your days muddled up Jim. Opeth were on Saturday and have moved to Sunday.
Now I just have to get Transatlantic moved as well...
Edited by chopper - May 21 2010 at 06:47
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Jim Garten
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Posted: May 24 2010 at 10:07 |
Doh! 
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JemJem714
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Posted: May 24 2010 at 18:05 |
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Next announcement to be made this Wednesday at 10am apparently... As far as I gather, they're announcing the act to replace Opeth on the Saturday, still awaiting confirmation for who's going to replace H&H.
For such a high profile event, pretty shoddy.
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