RAINBOW Monsters Of Rock (Rare original 1980 UK 24-page programme for the 1990 'Monsters Of Rock' festival on 16th August. Promoter Paul Loasby planned a day-long summer festival dedicated specifically to bands from within the heavy rock and metal genre. As he had been promoting the recent Rainbow UK tour, he asked them to headline the event. The venue chosen for the event was the Donington Park motor racing circuit at Castle Donington in Leicestershire, England where it condition tobe held for 17 years [until 1996]. This was the very first festival with a line-up consisted of a mix of British and international hard rockers and heavy metal bands including Judas Priest, Scorpions, April Wine, Saxon, Riot, Touch and Running Wild, with 35,000 people attending. The programme features pages dedicated to each act including some great black & white and colour photographs, apart from some light storage wear on the cover this is otherwise in a superb condition with the inner pages in excellent condition)