Wed 6 Jun – 2007 - Sweden Rock Festival
Now that the first half of the bands for Sweden Rock 2008 have been announced we thought we’d finish the year with a look back at Sweden Rock 2007 - one of the largest rock festivals in the World. Four days of rock and metal with over 70 bands playing to 25,000 people each day. And who can deny the grandeur of an event that sees Meat Loaf, Motorhead, Scorpions and metal-event-of-the-year Heaven and Hell play second fiddle to Aerosmith?
There were certainly some surprises in the line-up. Aerosmith, when they were confirmed, came as a big surprise. It was the first confirmed European date at the time. It’s not such a shock now as dates were later confirmed in Belgium, Holland, England, France and Germany, but still, it was a big deal nonetheless. Probably the biggest coup was Meat Loaf, who didn’t play any other European festival all summer. Other than the big man, the surprises, it has to be said, lay in who did not play, rather than who did. …
Now that the first half of the bands for Sweden Rock 2008 have been announced we thought we’d finish the year with a look back at Sweden Rock 2007 - one of the largest rock festivals in the World. Four days of rock and metal with over 70 bands playing to 25,000 people each day. And who can deny the grandeur of an event that sees Meat Loaf, Motorhead, Scorpions and metal-event-of-the-year Heaven and Hell play second fiddle to Aerosmith?
There were certainly some surprises in the line-up. Aerosmith, when they were confirmed, came as a big surprise. It was the first confirmed European date at the time. It’s not such a shock now as dates were later confirmed in Belgium, Holland, England, France and Germany, but still, it was a big deal nonetheless. Probably the biggest coup was Meat Loaf, who didn’t play any other European festival all summer. Other than the big man, the surprises, it has to be said, lay in who did not play, rather than who did. …
