The Rock2Wgtn Festival was a two-day
music festival
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. It is the second major music festival to be held in
New Zealand
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, the first being the
Big Day Out
The Big Day Out (BDO) was an annual music festival that was held in five Australian cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Gold Coast, Adelaide, and Perth, as well as Auckland, New Zealand. The festival was held during summer, typically in January of eac ...
, but Rock2Wgtn is the first purely metal/rock festival. It is also the first two-day festival, as the Big Day Out is held over a single day. It was held at the
Westpac Stadium
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The stadium was built in 1999 by Fletcher Construction and is situa ...
, informally known as ''The Cake Tin'' due to the shape of the building.
Rock2Wgtn 2008
The Rock2Wgtn Festival was held Easter 2008. The headliners were
Kiss
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and
Ozzy Osbourne
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. The other bands to play were
Whitesnake
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,
Lordi
Lordi () is a Finnish hard rock/ heavy metal band, formed in 1992 by the band's lead singer, songwriter and costume maker, Mr Lordi (Tomi Petteri Putaansuu). In addition to their melodic metal music, Lordi are also known for wearing monster ma ...
,
Alice Cooper
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,
and
Poison
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.
New Zealand bands
The Valves
The Valves were a punk rock band from Edinburgh, Scotland. One of the early British punk bands, they were chronicled in Henrik Poulsen's book '' 77: The Year of Punk and New Wave'', and featured Dave Robertson as 'Dee Robot' on vocals, G. Dair ...
,
Sonic Altar
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, and
The Symphony of Screams
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played support over the 2 nights.
The special effects were supplied by
Weta Workshop who have previously supplied effects for movies such as
The Lord of The Rings
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.
Attendance over the 2 days was around 50,000.
Band Line Ups (as of show)
Future
The 2008 Rock2Wgtn was the last one of its kind in
Wellington
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, with it being announced that the next Rock2Wgtn will be in another city (with the name being changed to suit). On the promoters website, http://www.capitalc.co.nz/, an image is shown with the text "In 2009 we are bringing it on again! Not Wellington... not easter... new artists!", along with a new logo that says "Rock2????".
Wellington not longer host of Rock2Wgtn.
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However mid-2009 it got changed to Rock22010 with no word on delays. Still stating New Artist, New City, New Date. As of September 2011 the Rock2Wgtn website doesn't even exist.
References
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External links
Official Website
Review of the event
Heavy metal festivals in New Zealand
Rock festivals in New Zealand
Festivals in Wellington