Slipknot Frontman Going Solo

05/06/09 4:02pm

by Kate Harper (CHARTattack)

Slipknot's Corey Taylor will play a solo acoustic set when the Sonisphere festival stops at Knebworth, England on Aug. 1 and 2.

Slipknot percussionist Shawn Crahan's Dirty Little Rabbits side project will also make their U.K. debut at the gig, which will also feature performances from Metallica, Nine Inch Nails, Alice In Chains, Avenged Sevenfold, the recently out-of-hiatus Fear Factory, Cancer Bats, Linkin Park, Machine Head, Lamb Of God and others. More information is available on the Sonisphere website.

"It'll be the first show of its kind I've ever done in the U.K., and I think there are many fans who've waited long enough to see it," Taylor told NME.com.

"[Playing acoustic is] one of the greatest joys in the world to me and I cannot wait to get over there and share that with the fans."

Slipknot are touring in support of last year's All Hope Is Gone. You can see them here:

May 6 St. Louis, MO @ Scottrade Center
May 8 Oklahoma City, OK @ Oklahoma City Zoo Amphitheatre
May 9 North Little Rock, AR @ North Shore River Walk Park East (Edge Fest 2009)
May 10 Park City, KS @ Hartman Arena
May 12 Sioux Falls, SD @ Canaries Stadium (KRRO Fest 2009)
May 13 Mankato, MN @ Alltel Center
May 14 Cedar Rapids, IA @ US Cellular Center
May 16 Columbus, OH @ Columbus Crew Stadium (Rock On The Range)
June 6 Nurburg, Germany @ Nurburgring (Rock Am Ring)
June 7 Nuremberg, Germany @ Frankenstadion (Rock Im Park)
June 9 Warsaw, Poland @ Torwar Hall
June 10 Ostrava, Czech Republic @ CEZ Arena
June 13 Donington, England @ Donington Park (Download Festival)
June 14 Interlaken, Switzerland @ Greenfield Festival
June 16 Zagreb, Croatia @ Dom Sportova 1
June 17 Belgrade, Serbia @ Belgrade Arena
June 19 Nickelsdorf, Austria @ NovaRock Festival
June 20 Nijmegen, Netherlands @ Goffertpark (Sonisphere)
June 24 Tromoy, Norway @ Hovefestivalen
June 26 Gothenburg, Sweden @ Metal Town Festival
June 27 Dessel, Belgium @ Festivalpark Boeretang (Graspop Metal Meeting)
June 28 Milan, Italy @ Brianeto Stadium (Gods Of Metal Festival)
June 30 Athens, Greece @ Terra Vibe Park (Rockwave Festival)
July 3 Turku, Finland @ Ruisrock Festival
July 4 Roskilde, Denmark @ Roskilde Festival
July 5 Belfort, France @ Les Eurockeennes De Belfort
July 9 Lisbon, Portugal @ Alive Festival
July 10 Madrid, Spain @ Terrazas De Madrid
July 11 Barcelona, Spain @ The Forum (Sonisphere)