Swedish rockers EUROPE have checked in with the following update:

"Those kind people at Bloodstock have given us a pair of weekend tickets!

If you would like to get your hands on them then please visit the official Europe forum between 00:01 Saturday, August 8th and 23:59 Sunday, August 9th (official Europe The Band website time, which is GMT + 1 hour) to register your interest in the following thread.

We will pick a random winner from the list of qualifying entries who can then spend the following weekend at a (hopefully) sundrenched Bloodstock soaking up the metal! Your prize is a pair of hot tickets to the Bloodstock Open Air Festival which can be collected at the gate."

As previously reported, Europe have been confirmed as the headliner for Bloodstock on August 16th. Acts confirmed for the festival include:

Main Stage: EUROPE, CARCASS, ARCH ENEMY, BLIND GUARDIAN, CRADLE OF FILTH, SATYRICON, APOCALYPTICA, AMON AMARTH, SAXON, KREATOR, SODOM, MOONSPELL, KATATONIA, ENLSAVED, TURISAS, MUNICIPAL WASTE, CANDLEMASS, ANATHEMA, DIE APOKALYTISCHEN REITER, ENTOMBED, EQUILIBRIUM, INSOMNIUM, THE HAUNTED, GIRLSCHOOL, WOLF, SABATON, BLITZKRIEG, BATTLELORE, MILLION DOLLAR RELOAD, BEHOLDER, UNCLE ROTTER .

Sophie Lancaster Stage: PYTHIA, CELESTY, EDENS CURSE, ARTHEMIS, THE ROTTED, TRIBE, GODSIZED, AGBOTT, ANTERIOR, XERATH, MALEFICE, DARKNESS DYNAMITE .

Bloodstock Unsigned Stage: VENTFLOW, BISON HAMMER, BLOODSHOT DAWN, LEFT TO BLEED, DIVINE CHAOS, SNAKEBITE, ALTERNATIVE CARPARK, BLUINDFOLD ASIDE, GODS OF HELLFIRE, GREEN RIVER PROJECT, VALLENBROSA, THEY WILL RISE, NEFARIOUS, SWITCHBLADE SCREAM, NIYAH SKY, INTERNAL CONFLICT, SANCTORUM, INNER EDEN, OMT, SOLSIKK, SEVERED HEAVEN, RANDOM CONFLICT, EIBON LA FURIES, AGONYST, ANNWN, TRIAXIS, PRIMITUVE GRAVEN IMAGE, SOWER, BIOMORTAL, NIGHTMARE WORLD, INTO THE WOODS, NYA, HUNTED .

Bloodstock Festival tickets can be found here."