Heavy Rockers Asked to Go Silent for Tragic Gray At Sonisphere

Tragic Slipknot star Paul Gray will be honoured at Britain's Sonisphere festival next month (Jul11) with a two-minute silence.

The rocker died from an accidental drug overdose in May 2010 and Slipknot's headlining Sonisphere appearance will be one of the band's first since the tragedy.

At 2pm on the final day of the event - before the band takes to the stage - all fans at the Knebworth Park festival will be asked to remember the bassist in silence.

Fans will also be able to leave personal tributes to the masked rocker in a book of remembrance on site.

The book will be passed to the members of Slipknot at the end of the festival.

The band's former bass player, Donnie Steele, has replaced Gray onstagefor Slipknot's current run of festival appearances.