Headbangers Balls are set for a series of charity metal shows this autumn, in support of The Teenage Cancer Trust, starting on 7th November 2014. Organiser Andy Pilkingon explains the background to the event which started last year:
“In 2013 REIGN OF FURY vocalist Bison Steed marked five years free of testicular cancer, that’s the Nation Cancer Institutes time frame to be declared officially ‘cancer-free’. They wanted to put on a little show to celebrate… one thing led to another and in the searing heat of mid summer 2013 Reign of Fury played host to the inaugural HEADBANGERS BALLS tour. Twelve UK dates, with 50 bands including special guests such as Hatebreed and Xentrix. All bands played for free. All bands played for their lives. Much fun was had.
The unbelievable part of the tour was that apart from Bison, through no contrived invitations or bias, we discovered that there were SIX other survivors of testicular cancer playing on the tour.”
Watch some the highlights from 2013:
Bands playing on this year’s tour include REIGN OF FURY, SAVAGE MESSIAH, ONSLAUGHT, BULL-RIFF STAMPEDE, SHRAPNEL, SCREAMER plus much more top quality metal! Check out the full list of bands on the poster below.
Check out the dates and Facebook event pages for this years’ shows:
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