This new two-day rock festival for 60,000 held at Hertfordshire's Knebworth House on 1 and 2 August was promoted by Monsters of Rock founder Stuart Galbraith's new company Kilimanjaro. With four stages, headliners Metallica, Linkin Park, Avenged Sevenfold, Limp Bizkit and Nine Inch Nails topped an expansive bill of rock acts.
Mojo Barriers director Jim Gaffney worked closely with site manager Steve Hill in creating a barrier layout that was safe for the audience, artists and security teams, installing 600m of Mojo Barrier protection around all four stages, mixing desks and delay towers. The main stage barrier system was configured with primary and secondary barriers joined by a finger to give security maximum access to audience.
Steve Hill, Sonisphere's site manager commented: "We started from scratch to create a completely new site as Knebworth has never been used for a multi-day camping festival with multiple stages. The layout worked really well and we anticipate needing to make just minor tweaks and expanding it a little for next year.
"The main barrier had to be safe while allowing enough movement between the stages, so we worked with the security suppliers and Mojo to arrive at this configuration which I expect we'll stick with for next year."
(Jim Evans)
