Virgin Steele so nov potrjen band za festival 70000 Tons Of Metal, ki se bo odvijal med 23. in 27. januarjem 2012 na ladji Majesty Of The Seas, ki bo plula na poti med Florido in Kajmanskimi otoki. Nastop so zaenkrat napovedali tudi Amorphis, Coroner, Dark Funeral, Eluveitie, God Dethroned, Grave Digger, Hammerfall, In Extremo, Moonsorrow, My Dying Bride, Nightwish, Pestilence, Samael, Stratovarius, Tankard, Therion in Tristania. /P.G./
