The legendary Monsters Of Rock festival, last staged in the UK back in 1996, will return this June with Deep Purple and Alice Cooper among the acts set to appear. Staged by Clear Channel spin off Live Nation, organisers hope to restore the former glory of the Heavy Metal bash that hosted sets from the likes of AC/DC, Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Guns N' Roses, Iron Maiden, Kiss, Metallica, Motorhead, Ozzy Osbourne, Rainbow, Status Quo, Van Halen, Whitesnake and ZZ Top between 1980 and 1996.
Commenting on their involvement, Deep Purple's Ian Gillan told CMU: "For Deep Purple to headline the return of the mighty Monsters Of Rock Festival in 2006 is somewhat appropriate, as this brings two venerable giants of hard rock together for the first time. I have great memories of playing the Monsters Of Rock as a solo artist back in 1982, and am very much looking forward to Deep Purple's debut appearance."
More info at http://www.monstersofrock.co.uk - press info from WorkHard PR.