Good Charlotte on stage at Knebworth Sonisphere

SONISPHERE’S third and final day of musical mayhem at Knebworth House has begun.

The Fab Beatles – a tribute act to John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr – have just finished on the second Saturn stage in the random solo filled by Bjorn Again last year.

The imitation Fab Four opened with I Saw Her Standing There and rattled through a Beatles sing song featuring classics such as A Hard Day’s Night, Help, Twist and Shout, Hey Jude and Can’t Buy Me Love.

They also finished with a brief cover of Iron Maiden’s Run to the Hills!

CKY and Madina Lake have already been on today (Sunday) and acts on the main two stages to come include Skindred, Slayer, Alice in Chains, The Cult, Iggy and the Stooges, Pendulum and festival headliners Iron Maiden.

Yesterday (Saturday) afternoon saw Italian metallers Lacuna Coil first on the Apollo main stage and lead singers Andrea Ferro and Cristina Scabbia probably won a few new fans with an impressive show.

Thrash metal gods Anthrax returned to Knebworth for a second year running, with Joey Belladonna back on lead vocals, and they dedicated their set to Black Sabbath and Heaven & Hell legend Ronnie Dio James, who died earlier this year.

Having played with thrash’s Big Four in the Eastern European dates of Sonisphere, guitarist Scott Ian missed the likes of Metallica, Slayer and Megadeth being with them at Knebworth and hinted at the possibility of more concerts with them next year.

Good Charlotte got the crowd jumping around in late afternoon sun with their catchy Californian pop punk songs, including The Anthem, Girls & Boys, Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous and a cover of The Police’s So Lonely.

Singer Joel Madden paid tribute during the band’s 45-minute set to Avenged Sevenfold drummer Jimmy ‘The Rev’ Sullivan, who died not long after playing Knebworth Sonisphere last year.

With most bands wearing all black, British alt-rockers Placebo walked on stage in pristine white attire and immediately launched into Nancy Boy.

Brian Molko and co played a set including The Bitter End, Every You Every Me, Taste in Men and a cover of Nirvana’s All Apologies.

Motley Crue’s opening fireworks, however, were well and truly eclipsed by Germans Rammstein, who left metal fans wanting more after 90 minutes of explosive mayhem to close the night.