For the 9th consecutive year, Sweden Rock Festival makes an attendance record. Last year's festival turned out to be the biggest in Swedish history with 33,200 visitors. With two weeks left until the festival of 2009, running from June 3rd - 6th in Sölvesborg, it is now definitive that this year's event will be even bigger.

According to a press release, "Sweden Rock Festival started out under the name Summer Festival in Olofström, Blekinge as early as 1992, moved to Karlshamn in 1993 and then assumed the name Karlshamn Rock Festival. When the festival outgrew its residence in Folkets Park (People's Park), Karlshamn we moved it further to the small village of Norje in the county of S lvesborg, and renamed it Sweden Rock Festival. Since 2001 the festival has broke its own attendance record every year, and our amazing and devoted audience has thus proven once again that hard rock, in all its shapes and forms, is bigger than ever.

There are still some 3-day-tickets left, and a limited number of 1-day-tickets for the 5th of June, but after that all tickets are out."

For more info visit www.swedenrock.com.

Acts due to play the festival include URIAH HEEP, SEVENDUST, BLAZE BAYLEY, AMON AMARTH, THE CHAIR, HYSTERICA, ZZ TOP, TWISTED SISTER, HAMMERFALL, FLOGGING MOLLY, THE TUBES, BULLET, THE OUTLAWS, VOLBEAT, PAIN, GRAND MAGUS, H.E.A.T., IN FLAMES, FOREIGNER, MOTÖRHEAD, UFO, ELECTRIC BOYS, JOHNNY WINTER, MARILLION, LITA FORD, ERIC SARDINAS, JON OLIVA'S PAIN, THOR, CRUCIFIED BARBARA, UNLEASHED, IN FLAMES, FOREIGNER, MOTÖRHEAD, JOHNNY WINTER, MARILLION, LITA FORD, ERIC SARDINAS, JON OLIVA'S PAIN, HEAVEN & HELL, JOURNEY, DREAM THEATER, BLACKFOOT, RIOT, FORBIDDEN, KAMELOT, EUROPE, IMMORTAL, SOILWORK, HELSTAR, KEBNEKAJSE, CANDLEMASS, TIM "RIPPER" OWENS, OVER THE RAINBOW, DESTRÖYER 666, ABRAMIS BRAMA, NEAL MORSE and DAN BAIRD & HOMEMADE SIN.