BEERMAGEDDON FESTIVAL

IDES OF MARCH, fronted by PAUL DI’ANNO and including four former IRON MAIDEN members, will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the release of IRON MAIDEN’s debut album in a headline BEERMAGEDDON FESTIVAL performance in Bromsgrove, England on Sunday 30th August 2020.

IDES OF MARCH has been specially formed for this totally unique occasion and this will be a one-off and never-to-be-repeated performance. The band line-up is:

Paul Di’Anno – Vocals (ex-Iron Maiden)
Terry Wapram – Guitar (ex-Iron Maiden)
Terry Rance – Guitar (ex-Iron Maiden)
Doug Sampson – Drums (ex-Iron Maiden)
Speed Harris – Bass (Hi-On Maiden)

This will be vocalist PAUL DI’ANNO’s final ever live performance. After experiencing serious health difficulties in recent months, Paul has now taken the advice of his doctors and will retire from the live stage in 2020 after the IDES OF MARCH performance at BEERMAGEDDON. It is going to take one mighty effort for Paul to pull off this performance but he is determined to go out in style and give his fans one memorable final thank you and goodbye.

Paul said: “It’s been a tough four years waiting to play again. I hope to be standing for this show and I’m really looking forward to it. Standing up would be great – if not, Hell on wheels coming to ya!”

The IDES OF MARCH setlist for BEERMAGEDDON will include plenty of surprises with some songs being played live for the first time in literally decades. Stand by for further announcements during the run-up to August.

BEERMAGEDDON tickets are available at http://www.beermageddon.co.uk. A weekend ticket includes free camping, free parking and hot showers with no fees whatsoever. BEERMAGEDDON has sold out for the last eight years so make sure you don’t miss out.

Guitarist Terry Wapram said: “Really looking forward to working with these guys. Our paths have crossed many times but we never played together. Should be a killer line-up and a very special night.”

A forthcoming biographical documentary movie on Paul’s life is currently in the making and the producers will be filming the BEERMAGEDDON performance on 30th August. The movie is being created and directed by Wes Orshoski, the creator of ‘Lemmy – The Movie’ and more details about the movie will be released during 2020.

Jim Beerman, festival organiser added: “BEERMAGEDDON has always been about creating magical moments, and as an old school Metalhead I can think of nothing better than closing this years festival with IDES OF MARCH, musicians who have played such a pivotal role in the history of Metal, playing songs from arguably one of the greatest debut albums ever released, plus so much more. It doesn’t get any more magical than that.”

BEERMAGEDDON is back for yet another weekend of metal madness in 2015. After a sold out sweaty, loud and fun filled BEERMAGEDDON this year, the festival is putting together a massive line up of bands for next year’s festival that is already looking like it’s going to be a face ripper. The 3 day event takes place on the 28th, 29th and 30th August 2015 at Stoke Prior, Bromsgrove.

Acts will be added over the coming months but so far BEERMAGEDDON organisators have announced the following:

SUNDAY NIGHT HEADLINERS

M:PIRE OF EVIL

We always strive to bring old school legends to each festival playing alongside the legends of tomorrow and no-one could ever question the pedigree, or history that is part of the package M:PIRE OF EVIL bring to stages around the world, a full on face ripping set that places them high on any must see list for metal heads and now they bring their neck breaking show to the hallowed grounds of BEERMAGEDDON. Bromsgrove will be left battered and bruised, reeling from the metal invasion that will be closed by pioneers of metal…. M:PIRE OF EVIL

FRIDAY NIGHT HEADLINERS

RANNOCH

Each year at BEERMAGEDDON we bring back a band who stood out at the previous festival to take our coveted Friday night headline slot, there was a band who were on everyone’s lips following our 2014 event, and after an exceptional set they rightly deserve to return. So it is with pleasure we welcome back…. RANNOCH

Other confirmed bands are:
TYSONDOG – The New Wave Of British Heavy Metal has been a staple for most metal fans since the 80’s and in the heyday we produced some of the greatest bands in the genre, and their legacy lives on!!! BEERMAGEDDON welcomes that legacy and welcomes NWOBHM stalwarts….

RE-ARMED – BEERMAGEDDON prides itself on not only supporting the grass roots of British talent but also bringing the cream of the metal crop from Europe, and around the world to British soil. It is hugely important to us we continue the tradition of recent years and so we welcome our first overseas booking and welcome a modern feel of death and thrash metal from Finland in the guise of RE-ARMED.

– SANCTORUM – A band who united in metal at a young age, they gained a wealth of experience together and with well over a decade of playing as a unit, living, breathing and bleeding metal together BEERMAGEDDON is proud to welcome SANCTORUM

–NORTHERN OAK – From the frostbitten northern wasteland of England a band praised for their energetic, powerful and theatrical nature, BEERMAGEDDON is proud to present the flute heavy progressive folk metal of NORTHERN OAK

–LINE OF FIRE – Pure unadulterated heavy fucking metal, that is what we can expect from this Midlands quartet who supply the old school metal with no bells or whistles, just music to bang your head to, BEERMAGEDDON is all about metal and so are LINE OF FIRE

EARLY BIRD TICKETS ARE £35 FOR THE WEEKEND AND ARE AVAILABLE NOW FROM WWW.BEERMAGEDDON.CO.UK

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