Bowl in Milton Keynes, England, for a one-off event headlined by Deep Purple and with Alice Cooper as a special guest. In 2012 Harlan Hendrickson & Monsters of Rock Worldwide partnered with Larry Morand and Mike London to launch the inaugural Monsters Of Rock Cruise. Line-ups (Note: Line-ups in this section are for the events held in the United Kingdom. They are listed with the headlining band first, followed by the reverse order of appearance by the other bands.) 1980 16 August 1980 Rainbow Judas Priest Scorpions April Wine Saxon (released as the semi-official live album . "I still meet people," noted Biff Byford, "that come up and tell me about their own little twist on the day: 'Just as you started 747 (Strangers In The Night), a plane came over.' Of course, we wrote a song about [the event]: And the Bands Played On.") Riot Touch 1981 22 August 1981 AC/DC Whitesnake Blue Öyster Cult Slade Blackfoot More Tommy Vance (DJ) 1982 21 August 1982 Status Quo Gillan Saxon (the first band to appear twice) Hawkwind Uriah Heep Anvil Tommy Vance (DJ) 1983 20 August 1983 Whitesnake Meat Loaf ZZ Top Twisted Sister Dio Diamond Head Tommy Vance (DJ) 1984 18 August 1984 AC/DC (first band to headline twice) Van Halen (David Lee Roth's final appearance with Van Halen in the UK) Ozzy Osbourne Gary Moore Y&T (not at Karlsruhe) Accept DIO Mötley Crüe Tommy Vance (DJ) 1985 17 August 1985 ZZ Top Marillion Bon Jovi Metallica Ratt Magnum Tommy Vance (DJ) 1986 16 August 1986 Ozzy Osbourne Scorpions Def Leppard (drummer Rick Allen's first major concert appearance after his 1984 car accident which resulted in the loss of his arm). Mötorhead Bad News Warlock (first time a female performed at the festival) 1987 22 August 1987 Bon Jovi Dio Metallica Anthrax W.A.S.P. Cinderella The Bailey Brothers (DJs) 1988 20 August 1988 Iron Maiden (the show released as part of Eddie's Archive) KISS ("It wasn't Kiss at its very best," recalled Paul Stanley. "We were on during the day, and we didn't even have our standard show at that point when we were out of makeup. But, in some ways, Donington is a great type of boot camp, because you can't depend upon anything other than guts and glory to make something work.") David Lee Roth Megadeth Guns N' Roses Helloween 1990 18 August 1990 The entire 1990 festival