IRON MAIDEN and LINKIN PARK have been confirmed as the headliners of the Italian edition of the Sonisphere festival, set to take place June 25-26 at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola (near Bologna)

The festival billing is shaping up as follows (with 11 more acts to be announced soon):

Saturday, June 25

IRON MAIDEN
SLIPKNOT
MOTÖRHEAD
ROB ZOMBIE
APOCALYPTICA
MASTODON
PARKWAY DRIVE
ESCAPE THE FATE
LABYRINTH

Sunday, June 26:

LINKIN PARK
ALTER BRIDGE
THE CULT
GUANO APES
THE DAMNED THINGS

Tickets go on sale on February 3.

* Single day ticket: 75,00 euros + box office commissions
* Two days ticket : 130,00 euros + box office commissions