promoter founded 2008 headquarters london area served united kingdom website www.kililive.com kilimanjaro live is a live event promotions company specialising in music concerts based in the united kingdom . they are one of the largest event promoters in the uk . they own or operate sonisphere festival wakestock festival and warped tour europe only . 1 2 3 the company was founded by music promoter stuart galbraith in 2008 as a joint venture with aeg live . 4 in 2012 the organisation was restructured leaving galbraith as sole owner of kilimanjaro live . 5 previously galbraith worked as managing director of live nation 6 and was responsible for the creation of download festival wireless festival hyde park calling and the live8 concert . 7 8 9 contents 1 sonisphere festival 2 wakestock festival 3 vans warped tour uk 4 notable kilimanjaro live concerts tours 5 external links 6 references sonisphere festival edit see sonisphere festival sonisphere is a rock metal touring festival taking place across europe between june and august . the festival was created in 2009 by kilimanjaro live and john jackson . 10 it is jointly promoted by kilimanjaro live and k2 . the festival has hosted heavy metal bands such as iron maiden metallica m tley cr e slayer alice cooper and megadeth . on 29 march 2012 the uk leg of the festival was cancelled . sonisphere continues to run in italy france and spain yearly . 11 wakestock festival edit see wakestock festival wakestock is europe s largest wakeboard music festival combining the cultures of music and wakeboarding . 12 it is held on the ll n peninsula in north wales in between pwllheli and llanbedrog . founded by mark durston the festival began in abersoch north wales back in 2000 . 13 in 2008 the festival was bought by kilimanjaro live . 14 the festival is split over three sites the main festival site at penrhos pwllheli marina hosts the main wakeboard competition and abersoch bay hosts the big air classic competition . the festival prides itself as being at the foot of the snowdonia mountains and looks out over cardigan bay . previous headline music acts have included ellie goulding calvin harris dizzee rascal ed sheeran bastille the 1975 example and james . 15 vans warped tour uk edit see warped tour warped tour was created in 1994 by kevin lyman and became sponsored by vans skateboards in 1995 . the music sports festival toured the usa for many years before kilimanjaro live licensed the european operations of warped tour in 2012 . 16 in the united kingdom warped tour is hosted at alexandra palace in north london . 17 in 2012 the headliners were lostprophets and bring me the horizon in 2013 the currently scheduled headliners are enter shikari rise against parkway drive and billy talent . 18 notable kilimanjaro live concerts tours edit the rolling stones performed two shows at the o2 arena london in november 2012 . barry gibb uk tour 2013 19 wet wet wet uk tour 2013 peter gabriel uk tour 2013 stereophonics uk tour 2013 texas uk tour 2013 josh groban uk tour 2013 ed sheeran uk tour 2012 2013 20 the rolling stones the o2 arena november 2012 21 robbie williams the o2 arena november 2012 mick hucknall uk tour 2012 marilyn manson london july 2012 andrea bocelli uk tour 2012 2013 22 rob zombie marilyn manson uk tour 2012 katy perry uk tour 2011 red hot chili peppers uk tour 2011 2012 23 house of pain london july 2011 k d lang uk tour 2011 weezer london july 2011 limp bizkit london may 2011 metallica uk tour 2009 24 external links edit kilimanjaro live website sonisphere website wakestock festival website vans warped tour website references edit aif kilimanjaro live adds wakestock vans warped tour and sonisphere association of independent festivals chris cooke kilimanjaro live joins aif the complete music update friday 22 march 2013 james dickson stuart galbraith joins aif board event industry news thursday 21 march 2013 music week stuart galbraith to return with aeg linked venture music week jan 14th 2008 music week galbraith buys aeg out of kili music week 23 march 2012 caroline briggs golden age for live music scene bbc news monday 16 april 2007 music tank speaker biographies stuart galbraith ceo kilimanjaro live music tank city showcase workshop panellist stuart galbraith city showcase website georgie rogers live nation ex boss rues merger bbc news friday 31 july 2009 festival planet sonisphere 2012 festival planet sean michaels sonisphere 2012 festival is cancelled guardian news and media limited thursday 29 march 2012 ross robinson alexis balladon interview boardsport source glass butter beach glass butter beach story sensation live & vme production bloomberg businessweek company overview of wakestock limited bloomberg bbc wales music wakestock details bbc news 11 july 2011 licklibrary vans warped tour to return to the uk for the first time since 1999 licklibrary fri 30 march 2012 alexandra palace vans warped tour returns to the palace with headliners including rise against and enter shikari . alexandra palace david harrison enter shikari and parkway drive confirmed tons more vans warped tour uk june 17th 2013 paul williams the big interview barry gibb music week 28 june 2013 contactmusic.com ed sheeran has announced a string of live shows for early 2012 contact music 2011 record of the day kilimanjaro live update record of the day 03 june 2013 martin williams bocelli confirms hydro date delayed by building issues herald & times group saturday 1 june 2013 full fat agency kilimanjaro live present two uk 2012 exclusive dates from red hot chili peppers full fat agency tour dates 2009 metallica tour dates official metallica website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kilimanjaro live & oldid 669809290 categories event management companies navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured 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