Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Killers, Mumford & Sons, Twenty One Pilots, Faith No More, Deftones, Pixies, Placebo & Royal Blood among the first confirmed artists of #MadCool2021 As promised, Mad Cool festival organisers have released the line-up for 2021! Today they have released 94 bands out of the 132 that will be part of…
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Bluesfest Byron Bay 2021 Releases a Historical First Artist Announcement
Byron Bay Bluesfest releases the largest FIRST Artist Announcement made in the history of the festival. This highly anticipated release includes many of the artists intended for this year’s event and features a total of 50 artists including the Bluesfest Busking Competition and the debut appearance of The Australian Americana Music Honours. New additions to…
A$AP Rocky to headline German Festival Splash! 2021
The 23rd edition of the splash! Festivals is getting top-class growth: Headliner A$AP ROCKY and HAFTBEFEHL are two of the splash! Visitors to the most requested acts from July 8th to 10th, 2021 in Ferropolis and join the lineup with A$AP FERG, BHZ, RIN, SIDO, YUNG HURN and many more with further confirmations. Above all,…
Martin Garrix and Michael Kiwanuka confirmed for Open’er festival 2021!
MARTIN GARRIX made his first spectacular success at the age of 17, when his single “Animals” appeared on the market. Within a few weeks, the recording made a Dutch DJ a global star, and the clip for the song has been watched over 1.3 billion times today. However, counted in hundreds of millions of streams…
A$AP Rocky joins the Open’er Festival 2021 line up!
A$AP ROCKY, one of the most important hip-hop representatives in the world, will co-headliner next summers festival on the 1st July! Rakim Mayers began his career as a teenager. In 2007, he joined the famous New York collective A$AP Mob, from which his stage name comes from. The debut mixtape “Live.Love. A$AP” was released in…
FKA Twigs confirmed as headliner for Melt Festival 2021
Festival organisers are over the moon to announce the marvellous FKA TWIGS as their first headliner for 2021. Drawing from R&B, electro, pop, trip-hop and avantgarde, FKA TWIGS distinctive style has inspired the trends of modern pop music in the past few years and could hardly fit better into our “New World”. Also known as…
Yungblud confirmed for Open’er Festival Poland 2021!
Dominic Richard Harrison, known as YUNGBLUD, broke into the music scene like a firecracker. Released in 2018, the debut “21st Century Liability” instantly gave him recognition on an international scale, and his distinctive, inspired by rock and hip-hop style gave him legions of admirers. It was the bond that formed between the artist and his…
First acts announced for Qstock Festival 2021
Symphonic metal group NIGHTWISH is the headlining act for Qstock festival Friday in the summer of 2021. The band released their ninth studio album in April this year and are scheduled to embark on a world tour in September. Other confirmed acts for Qstock 2021 so far include JVG, THE DARKNESS (UK), SANNI, BATTLE BEAST,…
Seven New Bands added to the Copenhell Festival 2021 poster
DEVIN TOWNSEND, BAD RELIGION, THE HU, THUNDER, BENEDICTION, BLOOD INCANTATION and DEADLY APPLES join next year’s powerful music program! Ticket sales for COPENHELL 2021 have just been opened via www.ticketmaster.dk. Organisers urge anyone who wants to secure a seat at next year’s festival to get on board the freight train to hell, which is heavily…
London Post Pop Trio White Lies confirmed for INmusic Festival 2021
WHITE LIES were formed in 2007 by Harry McVeigh, Charles Cave and Jack Lawrence-Brown. Their debut album To Lose My Life… was released in January of 2009 and immediately topped the UK Albums Chart bursting on to the scene with two major singles – ‘To Lose My Life’ and ‘Farewell to the Fairground’. By the…
Brockhampton confirmed for Super Bock Super Rock 2021
It may seem strange that in 2020, there’s still a group of young men interesting in making music, calling themselves a “boy band”. The term has fallen into disuse and today it may even be looked upon with some mistrust but when BROCKHAMPTON take over as such, their aim is precisely to challenge this concept…
Dour festival announces first acts for 2021
The Dour Festival will not be held in 2020, since the edition has been postponed for a year. The Dourstalgia knows no bounds, and this summer organisers will be totally distraught at not being able to shout DOUREUUUH while making their way from stage to stage or waking up at the campsite with their heads…
Ruisrock unveils the first artists for 2021 featuring Martin Garrix, Major Lazer and The Ark
Ruisrock will see producer sensation MARTIN GARRIX (NL) in the summer of 2021, who will drive the audience on the world’s largest festival stages. The award-winning and list-ranked artist is in his element with both uplifting dance songs and melodic pop songs. GARRIX’S production includes several top-rated releases with Dua Lipa, Khalid and Troye Sivan,…
Creamfields announces first wave of acts for 2021
Creamfields is back in 2021 and with excitement already building it promises to be THE festival of the summer, as some of the world’s biggest electronic acts have just been unleashed in the festivals first wave announcement, which includes: ABOVE & BEYOND, ADAM BEYER, ANNA, ANDY C, BEN NICKY, BORIS BREJCHA, CARL COX, DARREN STYLES,…
Deftones and Symphony X added to Tuska 2021 Line Up
Here we go – more of the big guns from the Tuska 2020 line up, the almighty DEFTONES and heavy hitting SYMPHONY X, have been confirmed for the 2021 festival as well. Based out of Sacramento California, alternative metal pioneer DEFTONES have been pursuing two paths throughout their career. On one hand, they deliver songs…
Deftones join the Provinssi festival 2021 line up in Finland
Operating somewhere between alternative metal and experimental rock, DEFTONES is known for their classic albums White Pony and Around The Fur. The Californian group is currently working on their new album, which is scheduled to be released in September. The genre-defining masterpiece White Pony will also be re-released in celebration of its 20th anniversary. Provinssi…
Billy Talent, Korn, Fall Out Boy, Deftones, The Offspring & more for Rock am Ring & Rock im Park 2021
After the cancellation of the anniversary editions of Rock am Ring and Rock im Park this year, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, GREEN DAY and VOLBEAT were recently confirmed as the headliners from 2020 for the 2021 editions of the twin festivals. The current band wave now presents fans with numerous other top acts that will…
Deftones return to Pinkpop Festival for the first time in 14 years
After 14 years Pinkpop welcomes DEFTONES back to Landgraaf in 2021! They were once one of the trendsetters of what was now called metal. However, if something characterises this band from the Californian capital Sacramento, it is that they stoically went their own way with their albums and many tours. Last week the band celebrated…
Richie Hawtin reconfirmed for Pohoda Festival 2021
Another reconfirmed name of 24th edition of Pohoda festival is legendary DJ, technology innovator, and techno producer RICHIE HAWTIN. The New York Times called him an intellectual driving force of electronic dance music. His music was part of the exhibitions at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, at the Grand Palais and Center Pompidou in…
Finland’s Tuska Festival announces first bands for 2021!
Summer of 2021 will bring the following acts to Tuska: KORN, DEVIN TOWNSEND, BODOM AFTER MIDNIGHT, INSOMNIUM, MOKOMA, BEAST IN BLACK, ELUVEITIE, JINJER, LOST SOCIETY and many others. Tuska 2021 taking place in Suvilahti, Helsinki, Finland will kick off next summer by announcing the first batch of Artists. 3-day tickets are now also available. One…
Deftones confirmed for INmusic festival #15 in June 2021!
One of the most innovative American rock bands has confirmed their appearance on the postponed edition of INmusic festival #15! Since DEFTONES’ inception, the multi-platinum, Grammy-Winning alternative rock band from Sacramento, CA have quietly been pursuing two paths, delivering songs defined by churning, double-fisted aggression while also testing the boundaries of music by incorporating elements…
Nu-Metal legends Korn confirmed for Provinssi Festival 2021
Festival organisers are thrilled to announce that the legendary nu-metal giant KORN (US) will be joining the 2021 edition of Provinssi festival! With 25 years under their belt, KORN bends the boundaries of alternative music with their uncompromising mixture of rock and metal. The two-time Grammy winner has recently released their 13th studio album ”The…
Green Day, Fall Out Boy, The 1975 & more confirmed for Rock The People Festival 2021
Festival organisers are happy to announce that Rock for People 2021 festival will take place from 10th to 12th June 2021 in Hradec Králové Festival Park and they are confirming the first 20 bands! You can look forward to GREEN DAY, FALL OUT BOY, THE 1975, WEEZER, SKILLET, BLACKVEIL BRIDES, DOPE D.O.D, NECK DEEP, NORTHLANE,…
The Chemical Brothers reschedule 2020 Italian festival shows to 2021
For over twenty years THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS have redefined the concept of live electronic music. To date, the show’s proposal has evolved to become a real auditory and visual experience, so much so that THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS have become the most requested headliners in all the festivals in the world. Rock in Roma has rescheduled…
A$AP Ferg, Sido & Yung Hurn confirmed for Splash! Festival 2021!
Get ready for the Splash! Festival 2021, because the Trap Lord himself A$AP FERG, LALALA, BBNO$, SIDO and Falco Süßgott aka YUNG HURN will be traveling to Ferropolis at 180 km / h on the highway from July 8th – 10th, 2021. But that’s not all: Over half of you already have your ticket on…
Paul Weller confirmed for Rock in Roma 2021
ROCK IN ROMA have announced the new date of PAUL WELLER, who will perform on May 5th, 2021 at the Auditorium Parco della Musica (Sala Santa Cecilia). The “Modfather” was expected to play in Rome, this summer on the 24th July but has been rescheduled for next year due to the continuing global problems and…
NOS Primavera Sound Porto looks towards 2021 with the best lineup in its history
Definitely, 2021 keeps getting more and more promising. Only a few days ago the Primavera Sound Barcelona 2021 lineup was revealed (and the almost immediately sold out), today it is the Portuguese edition that announces its complete lineup. NOS Primavera Sound Porto 2021 will be held from June 10th to 12th of next year in…
Twenty One Pilots to play Colors of Ostrava 2021!
Festival organsiers are happy that a month and a half since this year’s move to July 2021, they have managed to fulfill what they promised – to reaffirm all the main stars! Of course, dozens of other bands and musicians will be added to the program, whether they were announced for this year or even…
Amelie Lens, Black Coffee, Nina Kraviz, Paul Kalkbrenner & more for EXIT Festival 2020
After the Serbian Prime Minister asked the EXIT festival not to cancel but move to August, the organizers are working round the clock to create a special and meaningful event for the 20th birthday edition. With the dates set for EXIT to take place from 13 to 16 August, the first wave of more than…
Roskilde Festival Announces 32 Names for 2021
Roskilde Festival, Northern Europe’s largest festival, today unveils the first acts confirmed for the music programme at the festival’s 50th edition, which will now take place next year, from 26th June – 3rd July 2021. Festival-goers at the 50th edition of the Danish non-profit festival can look forward to experiencing the ever-experimental multi-talent TYLER, THE CREATOR on the…
AnnenMayKantereit, Deichkind, Placebo & more for Open Air St Gallen 2021
Normally, we would meet at Sittertobel next week and celebrate together, but this year everything is different and it will take over a year until the next edition of OpenAir St.Gallen. Organisers are super excited to announce a large part of the program for 2021 – A total of 26 acts from the planned program…
Ubbi Dubbi Gets Freaky Deaky 2020 Announces Phase 1 Of Festival Lineup
Earlier this month, Disco Donnie Presents announced the collaboration of their two notorious festivals Freaky Deaky and Ubbi Dubbi, bringing electronic music fans the largest and most incredible dance music festival in Texas this Halloween weekend – Ubbi Dubbi Gets Freaky Deaky. You don’t want to miss this chance to escape earthly inhibitions with the most ghoulish in…
Tomorrowland Around The World, the digital festival 25th – 26th July 2020
On Saturday July 25 and Sunday July 26, Tomorrowland is organising Tomorrowland Around the World, the digital festival: a spectacular entertainment experience open to people of all ages and places, unfazed by borders or boundaries – a world premiere and a major step in the future of digital music festivals. Bringing together more than 60…
The Lumineers confirmed for Colors of Ostrava 2021
Here it is! Even THE LUMINEERS, folk rockers from Denver who know what they want to say and still have plenty of ideas on how to say it, reaffirmed at Colors of Ostrava 2021! Blessed to write songs with infectious melodies and strong lyrics, they are reminiscent of what songwriting has always been about: credible…
The Isle of Wight Festival announces a huge 2021 line up!
There’s a host of 2020 names joining next year’s bill as well new additions THE SCRIPT, JESS GLYNNE, CARLY RAE JEPSEN, MAVIS STAPLES, THE SNUTS and THE ALARM! Tickets go on-sale at 9am Monday 15th June. 2020 names joining the 2021 festival are Friday headliners LIONEL RICHIE and LEWIS CAPALDI; Saturday headliners SNOW PATROL and PETE…
Massive Attack, Jamie xx, Fontaines D.C. and more for Best Kept Secret 2021
As you all know, Best Kept Secret would have started today… but we have something in store for you to ease the pain! In addition to THE STROKES and THE NATIONAL, today organisers announce almost 70 other names for Best Kept Secret 2021 including: All tickets still available for 2021 and a selection of pre-pitched…
The Lumineers set to join the postponed INmusic festival #15 line up!
The platinum folk rockers re-confirmed for the postponed anniversary edition of INmusic festival in June 2021! THE LUMINEERS gained worldwide attention with their breakthrough single “Ho Hey”, seemingly appearing out of nowhere and on the heels of the Americana and folk revival of the early 2010’s. In reality, Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites, the duo…
The Killers confirmed at Colors of Ostrava 2021!
Festival organisers are very happy to confirm American rock superstars THE KILLERS again for next year! Next year in July, a band will come to Ostrava that has sold over 28 million albums in its career, won countless music nominations or awards (including the Q Awards, Brit Awards and Grammy) and their thrilling concerts sell…
Emperor, Opeth, Death To All, Turbonegro & More Bands Ready For Copenhell 2021
COPENHELL is launching its 2021 music festival with 19 new bands on the festival poster! Festival organisers are extremely happy to announce that EMPEROR has been reaffirmed for COPENHELL 2021! It will be a historic experience for all metal fans when the extremely in demand Norwegian black metal fighters play on Danish soil for the…
Celine Dion reschedules her 2020 Lucca Summer Festival date to 17th July 2021
Canadian singer, CELINE DION has reconfirmed her concert at the Walls of Lucca which will be the only Italian date within her “Courage World Tour” which will start again in 2021. One of the most anticipated concerts of the 2020 edition of Lucca Summer Festival that was canceled for the Covid19 pandemic will be rescheduled…
Green Day & Weezer reschedule Firenze Rocks and Milan Summer Festival dates!
Live Nation announces the postponement to 2021 of the GREEN DAY tour in Italy, due to the epidemiological emergency resulting from the COVID-19 virus. The world tour included, in fact, two stages in Italy, originally scheduled for June 10th 2020 in Milan – SNAI Hippodrome (San Siro) and 11th at Firenze Rocks. The dates in…
System Of A Down, Green Day and Volbeat play Rock am Ring & Rock im Park 2021
After the anniversary editions of Rock am Ring and Rock im Park had to be canceled this year, the organisers can now confirm the headliners from 2020 for the 2021 edition of the twin festivals. Taking place from the 11th to 13th June 2021, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, GREEN DAY and VOLBEAT, three of the…
System Of A Down & Korn will play I-Days Festival on 10th June 2021
As previously announced, I-DAYS Milano will be back on summer 2021! Live Nation Italy is working hard to organise the new edition of one of the most important Italian and European music festivals. I-DAYS Milano will be back next year from 10th to 13th June 2021. Now it’s time for two further big acts to…
Beck confirmed to headline the INmusic festival #15!
Seven-time Grammy winner, multi-talented artist and uncompromising music genre explorer, BECK confirmed to headline INmusic festival #15 in June 2021! BECK’s impressive career is the end result of an uncompromising playfulness when it comes to music genre limits and an unmistakably unique sound as the end result. His brilliant and idiosyncratic body of work has…
Aerosmith reconfirmed as headliners for Graspop Metal Meeting in 2021!
With legendary rockers AEROSMITH Graspop Metal Meeting is announcing the first headliner for its XL 25th edition. Fronted by the illustrious Steven Tyler/Joe Perry tandem, the American band celebrated their 50th anniversary last year. Unfortunately the Covid-19 pandemic thwarted their plans for a world tour but never fear! On Sunday 20 June 2021 AEROSMITH will…
The National join Best Kept Secret Festival 2021
THE NATIONAL will join Best Kept Secret Festival 2021 as well, just like THE STROKES on Saturday, the Friday headliner will be there next year. Organisers are very happy that Matt Berninger, the Dessner brothers, and the Devendorf brothers will close out on Friday June 11th 2021, with an undoubtedly beautiful headline show. Next week…
Aerosmith will perform at I-DAYS Milan on 11th June 2021
I-DAYS Milano will be back on Summer 2021! Live Music makes its comeback next year and it will be stronger than ever! Live Nation Italy is working hard to organise the new edition of one of the most important Italian and European music festival, that will take place next year from the 10th to 13th…
Kali Uchis confirmed for Super Bock Super Rock 2021
When listening to KALI UCHIS we have a renewed certainty that pop music can still surprise and thrill us. Singer, songwriter, producer and director of her own video-clips Kali shows nothing stands in the way of her artistic spirit. She grew up in Virginia, US, and began to feed her musical talent early on as…
Gogol Bordello’s gypsy punk caravan confirmed for INMusic Festival 2021
The beloved international punk world music sensation, GOGOL BORDELLO is set to return to Croatia in June 2021 as part of the postponed anniversary edition of INmusic festival #15! Fronted by the charismatic Eugene Hütz, GOGOL BORDELLO brings together a diverse group of musicians and performers from all corners of the world whose cultural backgrounds…
Twenty One Pilots confirmed for Pinkpop Festival 2021
When TWENTY ONE PILOTS first appeared at Pinkpop in 2014, the duo from Columbus, Ohio, was still relatively unknown. The breakthrough of Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun with their stubborn mix of just about all relevant pop music of today came a year later, with third album Blurryface – and they really hit it off….
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