Die KIT Macher haben folgende News zu Bestätigung ihres zweiten Festival Headliners für 2013 veröffentlicht, der niemand geringerer als die US Metal Legende Warlord sein wird.

Hallo Freunde,
es ist soweit, wir können endlich unseren großen Samstagsheadliner bekannt geben. Seit dem ersten KEEP IT TRUE haben wir es probiert und nun endlich wird es Realität. Die legendären WARLORD um William J Tsamis und Mark Zonder werden den Samstag des 16. KEEP IT TRUE Festivals headlinen und das Festival beschließen. Es wird erste Auftritt seit den zwei Gigs 2002 in Wacken und Itzehoe und zudem wird es 2013 dazu ein komplett neues Album geben. Hier dazu noch ein paar Worte von William J Tsamis:

"Warlord is very happy to be coming to the Keep It True festival this April 2013. As you may know, there was a lot of tension whether Warlord should play Keep It True or Headbangers Open Air. I have great respect for the promoters of HOA and I have great respect for Oliver Weinsheimer, the promoter of Keep It True. In the end, however, our decision was based on one simple factor - and that was "the fans." Apart from researching the venues and corroborating with our peers from other respected metal bands, it all came down to what the fans were saying. Our intelligence sources followed numerous discussions on the internet, and it was clear that the fans at Keep It True seemed to want Warlord more than the fans of Headbangers Open Air. Thus, "Warlord is coming like a thunderstorm to deliver "epic power metal" in a way that you cannot even imagine . . . and we are doing it for "the fans" because we love "the fans." In fact, to us, it's all about "the fans". So when the fans tell us by a 10 to 1 margin that we should play Keep It True, we listen to the fans because our radar is up and running and our satellites are watching the situation. We hope the energy and affection at Keep it True will be able to match the passion, power and shock that Warlord will bring, because what we have in store for you is something that you cannot even imagine!" Until then, all the best, William J Tsamis"

KEEP IT TRUE XVI 2013

WARLORD (USA)
LIEGE LORD (USA)
HEADLINER 2 (TBA)
POSSESSED (USA)
CO-HEADLINER 2(TBA)
MEDIEVAL STEEL (USA)
(first and exclusive European Show)
HOLOCAUST (UK)
(Special Old School Show)
JACK STARR’s BURNING STARR (USA)
(Special Old School Show)
STEEL PROPHET (USA)
QUARTZ (UK)
MORBID SAINT (USA)
(First German Show)
LEGEND (UK)
(First German show)
OCTOBER 31 (USA)
MIDNIGHT (USA)
(exclusive German Show)
HIGH SPIRITS (USA)
TORANAGA (UK)
RAZORWYRE (NZL)
AIR RAID (SWE)
BORROWED TIME (USA)
ELIMINATOR (UK)
ATTIC (GER)

Tauberfrankenhalle Lauda-Koenigshofen
19. und 20. April 2013
www.keep-it-true.de
www.facebook.com/keepittruefestival