Festival organisers have announced five audience favorites and all firecrackers of their genre for the 2023 anniversary festival! With AMON AMARTH, IN FLAMES, BLIND GUARDIAN, FEUERSCHWANZ and MONO INC. not only do they account for a large number of public wishes, but these bands also represent some important milestones in the history of the festival!…
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System Of A Down, Korn, Deftones & Incubus to Christen Inaugural Sick New World Festival
The inaugural Sick New World Festival is set to deliver an enormous collection of multi-genre Hard Rock/Alt heavy-hitters, including headliners SYSTEM OF A DOWN, KORN, DEFTONES and INCUBUS, to the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on May 13th, 2023. The stacked lineup features over 50 artists including EVANESCENCE, TURNSTILE, CHEVELLE, MR. BUNGLE, PAPA ROACH, DEATH GRIPS,…
Imagine Dragons and Dave Matthews Band headline Innings Festival Florida
After a grand slam inaugural year, IMAGINE DRAGONS and DAVE MATTHEWS BAND will headline the second edition of Innings Festival this March 18th – 19th at Raymond James Stadium Grounds in Tampa, Florida during Grapefruit League’s spring training. The two-day festival will feature over fifteen artists, three stages with no overlapping sets from WEEZER, PITBULL, THE AVETT BROTHERS, MARCUS MUMFORD,…
Bastille headline Margate Summer Series on 1st July 2023
2023 marks the 10th Anniversary of BASTILLE’s chart-conquering, twice No.1 debut album, ‘Bad Blood’. In celebration of its release the band announces a series of very special ‘Bad Blood X’ one-off shows next summer including a huge open-air headline show next summer as part of the Margate Summer Series. Since forming in 2010, the South…
Amaranthe added to the Atlas Rock Festival 2023 line up!
Massive, modern, metal! These are the keywords for the band AMARANTHE. Signed by the Finnish label Spinefarm Records, they released their self-titled debut album in April 2011, which took the world by storm. The album received high rankings in both Sweden and Finland and became the 84th most played album within all genres on Spotify….
Bring Me The Horizon, Slipknot and Metallica headline Download Festival 2023!
The wait is over! Your first line up announcement for the Download 20th Anniversary is right here – and organisers have announced OVER 60 acts for you, including your headliners! BRING ME THE HORIZON, SLIPKNOT and METALLICA will headline in 2023, with the latter playing TWO completely unique sets on Thursday and Saturday! Plus ARCHITECTS,…
Black Stone Cherry confirmed for Lakes Jam festival 2023
Southern rock international touring act BLACK STONE CHERRY will be opening the stage at Lakes Jam in 2023 for Thursday’s headliner SKILLET. BLACK STONE CHERRY is known for their “burly riffs and stirring hooks” that create their Southern rock plus heavy metal sound. Digital fans have streamed their songs hundreds of millions of times. Jammers…
Lionel Richie confirmed for the UK’s Eden Sessions
LIONEL RICHIE will make a highly anticipated return to Eden in 2023 following his two sell-out shows in July 2016. The concerts were hailed as among the greatest in the history of the Sessions. Hailing from Tuskegee, Alabama, LIONEL RICHIE is a true music icon famous worldwide for mega-hits such as Endless Love, Lady, Truly,…
Roskilde Festival announces first 16 names for 2023!
Festival organisers have unveiled the first 16 names for next year’s Roskilde Festival, including afrobeats-star BURNA BOY, pop hero CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS presents Redcar, and Japanese-British queer-pop artist RINA SAWAYAMA. It’s at Roskilde Festival you can experience music that you would not normally find at large festivals, side by side with the world’s biggest…
Flogging Molly, Gogol Bordello, The Hunna & more for Slam Dunk Festival 2023
Celtic punk legends, FLOGGING MOLLY will be storming their way to make their Slam Dunk Festival debut later next year. With 25 successful years and 7 studio albums under their belts, the seven-piece, punk/rock outfit promise to bring along a back catalogue of crowd pleasing favourites such as ‘Drunken Lullabies’, ‘Devil’s Dance Floor’ and ‘If…
Die Toten Hosen to headline Rock am Ring & Rock im Park 2023!
The first names have been released for next summer twin German festivals Rock am Ring and Rock im Park with German punk rock band from Düsseldorf, DIE TOTEN HOSEN being named as the first headliner! Buy Rock am Ring 2023 tickets here >>>Buy Rock im Park 2023 tickets here >>> Check out the poster below…
Pulp, George Ezra, The Chemical Brothers & Robbie Williams headline Isle of Wight Festival 2023
Widely regarded as one of the most influential British bands of all time, Britpop legends PULP will play the festival for the first time in 12 years. After sending fans into a frenzy with a cryptic Instagram post in July, Jarvis subsequently confirmed live shows were on the horizon. The band will headline the festival’s…
First Wave of acts announced for Neighbourhood Weekender 2023
PULP, PAUL HEATON & JACQUI ABBOTT and THE KOOKS have been confirmed to perform at Neighbourhood Weekender 2023. Further names have also been announced, including THE WOMBATS, SELF ESTEEM, ANNIE-MARIE and many more. PULP will headline Neighbourhood Weekender as part of their ‘What we do for an encore’ live dates. Three months ago, we asked,…
Fred again confirmed for Rock Werchter 2023!
You say Werchter, we say party! Hit producer and songwriter FRED AGAIN.. will perform at the Festivalpark on Saturday 1st July 2023! The Londoner mixes surprising samples, upbeat house and jungle beats into hypnotic electronic pop. His Boiler Room session is among the best (and most watched) in the series. His album, “Actual Life 3…
Big Gigantic To Headline Par-Tee Tour Golf Festival November 12, 2022
BIG GIGANTIC, the live instrument electronic, hip hop, and jazz duo, will bring a special DJ set to the Par-Tee Tour Golf Festival November 12th as part of the post-tournament concert. Transforming the driving ranch at Dobson Ranch Golf Course in beautiful Mesa, Arizona, with projection mapping, BIG GIGANTIC will be joined by opener Jayceeoh,…
Pulp, Sam Fender and The 1975 headline TRNSMT Festival 2023
It’s Finally Here – Your first artists for TRNSMT 2023! PULP, SAM FENDER and THE 1975 will headline next summers festival and will be joined by GEORGE EZRA, KASABIAN, ROYAL BLOOD and many more! TRNSMT 2023 takes place from Friday 7th July to Sunday 9th July. Tickets are on sale now from our friends at Ticketmaster UK here >>>
OneRepublic confirmed for Lucca Summer Festival 2023
ONEREPUBLIC, the record breaking band that has collected over 38 billion streams and 20 platinum records in Italy, are the first artists to be announced within the billboard of the 24th edition of Lucca Summer Festival. In the next few days, other announcements will follow that will compose a line up that already promises to…
Two Door Cinema Club will be Live In The Wyldes for 2023!
The legendary indie trio will be bringing their thumping tunes to The Wyldes for what’s set to be a cracker of a summer show. Fresh off the back of their triumphant return, with latest album Keep On Smiling released on September 2nd, they’ll be bringing new material as well as the classics they’re known for…
Arctic Monkeys confirmed for Open’er Festival 2023
ARCTIC MONKEYS – One of the most important bands of the XXI century will headline Open’er 2023! A pop-cultural phenomenon, whose music resonates with every new generation. After 20 years of playing they are at the peak of their popularity, selling out the biggest venues in their career. The band play Open’er shortly after the release…
Pulp, Paolo Nutini and George Ezra headline Latitude Festival 2023
Organisers are super excited to reveal the first wave of artists for this year’s festival, which includes PULP, PAOLO NUTINI and GEORGE EZRA who will headliner Latitude Festival 2023! They will be joined by THE KOOKS, METRONOMY, PAUL HEATON, JACQUI ABBOTT, BLACK MIDI, LIGHTNING SEEDS, THE PROCLAIMERS, SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTER, YOUNG FATHERS, THE BETHS, THE BIG…
Parkway Drive, Rancid, The Ghost Inside, Meshuggah & more for Jera On Air 2023
Jera On Air 2023 may only be on the agenda in 34 weeks: there is reason enough to eagerly look forward to the 29th edition of the alternative festival in Ysselsteyn – PARKWAY DRIVE, RANCID, MESHUGGAH and THE GHOST INSIDE are just a few of the more than thirty bands that are already known to…
In Flames and Helloween to headline MetalDays Slovenia 2023
Today organisers present two headliners and a package of excellent bands. Welcome to the MetalDays 2023 lineup; IN FLAMES, HELLOWEEN, I AM MORBID, BELPHEGOR, THE AGONIST, VENUS 5 and SECRET SPHERE. After 3 new fantastic singles, with which they undoubtedly announce a return to the true roots of their sound, IN FLAMES are returning to…
Take That to headline BST Hyde Park 2023
Your next BST Hyde Park headliners are one of the UK’s biggest and most beloved pop groups, TAKE THAT! Gary, Howard and Mark will be lighting up the skies on Saturday 1st July 2023 as a UK Exclusive, joined by THE SCRIPT and SUGABABES with more to be announced. We’re so excited to be back together…
Arctic Monkeys – first artist confirmed for Bilbao BBK Live 2023
Bilbao BBK Live will be held on the 6th, 7th and 8th of July 2023 in Kobetamendi with the Sheffield band headlining the line-up with their newly released album The Car! Bilbao BBK Live begins its particular roadtrip with the line-up that will make up the sixteenth edition of the festival; first stop is ARCTIC…
Slipknot assembles a huge line up for historic Knotfest Australia
The epic line-up includes a diverse roister of international heavy sensations, championed Aussies and headlining spectacle. Heavy culture pillars SLIPKNOT announced their long-awaited return to Australia under the expansion of their Knotfest festival banner earlier this week – confirming a trek to the land Down Under with Knotfest Australia set for March of 2023. With…
Lytham Festival announces more acts for 2023
JAMIROQUAI, GEORGE EZRA, STING, LIONEL RICHIE, DEF LEPPARD and MÖTLEY CRÜE will all headline Lytham Festival 2023. The line-up of international rock, pop and funk legends and multi-award-winning musicians is announced as Lancashire’s biggest live music festival prepares to return for what is set to be five unforgettable nights. Along with the headliners, US rock…
Green Day And Eddie Vedder to headline Fifth Annual Innings Festival
GREEN DAY and EDDIE VEDDER will headline the fifth annual Innings Festival, returning to Arizona’s Tempe Beach and Tempe Arts Park, February 25th and 26th 2023. The two-day event will feature 18 bands on 2 stages, including performances from WEEZER, MARCUS MUMFORD, THE BLACK CROWES, THE REVIVALISTS, THE OFFSPRING, MT. JOY, THE PRETTY RECKLESS, THE…
Queens of the Stone Age join the Rock Werchter 2023 line-up
Rock Werchter has unveiled yet another big name that will appear at its 2023 event. QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE will treat Rock Werchter to the very best rock ’n’ roll. On Sunday 2nd July, Josh Homme & co will bring thundering drums, smoking guitar solos and the sexiest riffs to the Main Stage. QUEENS…
Robbie Williams named as 2nd headliner for Pinkpop 2023
ROBBIE WILLIAMS adds Landgraaf to his tour schedule for 2023 and Pinkpop Festival has their headliner for Saturday night! Also confirmed are EDITORS and GOLDBAND who will enter the Megaland site during the weekend of Friday 16th, Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th June. The British hit machine ROBBIE WILLIAMS will fill a spot in the…
Beat The Streets Festival UK 2023 line-up revealed
DHP Family has today revealed the first wave of artists for charity fundraiser festival Beat The Streets, renowned locally for the vital funds it has raised in support of Framework Housing Association and awareness it has brought to the rising homelessness crisis in Nottingham. The festival will return to city centre venues on Sunday 29th…
Håkan Hellström to headline Øya Festival on Friday 11th August 2023
On Friday 11th August, the Nordic region’s absolute biggest live artist will come to Tøyenparken and Øya Festival to end the evening. This will be HÅKAN HELLSTRÖM’S first concert in Norway since 2017 and the only one he will play for the whole of 2023. After a fantastic 2022 festival, organisers are delighted to start…
Tuska Festival announces Ghost, Motionless In White, Clutch and more!
Tuska festival, celebrated at Suvilahti, Helsinki over the weekend of 30.6.–2.7. has come forth with a new batch of acts for the 2023 edition. The new announcement is being spearheaded by none other than one of the hottest bands in the world right now, the mighty GHOST. The band’s latest work of art and magnificent…
Ghost, Jinjer, Antti Tuisku & more for Finland’s Provinssi Festival 2023
The first artist announcement for Provinssi Festival in Finland that takes place from the 29th June – 1st July features GHOST and ANTTI TUISKU and is complemented by a diverse coverage of domestic and international names from VV to YONA and from ARCHITECTS to JINJER. The Swedish band GHOST, known for its spectacular theatrical live…
Liverpool Sound City Announces First Wave Acts for 2023
Sound City Festival reveals its first huge headline act for 2023, along with a host of other incredible breakthrough artists heading to Liverpool next April. Homegrown pop superstar and songwriting sensation MAISIE PETERS will headline Sound City – the must-attend celebration of music discovery, and undisputedly the UK’s independent festival for new music. Kicking off…
13 additional Bands Announced for Copenhell 2023!
The total number of announced bands for COPENHELL 2023 today reaches 25 with 13 extra hard and heavy bands added to next year’s festival poster. SICK OF IT ALL, CABAL, NAPALM DEATH, HARM’S WAY, MOTH, EMPLOYED TO SERVE, GREEN LUNG, UNDERGANG, HERIOT, DEFACING GOD, ANGELUS APATRIDA, SPEED and HALIPHRON have been added to the poster.
First five artists are ready for Bergenfest 2023!
It is with great pleasure that organisers can finally present the first five names for Bergenfest 2023! Britpop legends SUEDE, musical phenomenon TASH SULTANA, folk rockers THE LUMINEERS, Swedish newcomers GIRL SCOUT and Bergen’s new rock hope KRISTI BRUD make up the first release for next year’s Bergenfest. It was with a bang that SUEDE…
Chase & Status Live, Wu-Tang Clan & Little Simz headline NASS Festival UK 2023
After a sizzling celebration of music, street art, skate and BMX last July, NASS festival today announces the first drop of artists for 2023. NASS will be back at the Bath and West Showground, nr. Bristol, from 6 – 9 July 2023 with an epic line up bringing together some of the world’s most exciting…
BlackPink to headline BST Hyde Park on 2nd July 2023
The unstoppable BLACKPINK are your next headliners for American Express presents BST Hyde Park! With their countless record-breaking hits, BLACKPINK have taken the world by storm. Their pre-released single “Pink Venom” from their latest album BORN PINK recently made history as the biggest release this decade by a female group or solo artist. Don’t miss…
Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe headline Friday at Finland’s biggest rock festival!
Rockfest will be organised bigger than ever at Hyvinkää Airport from Thursday to Saturday 8th – 10th June 2023. The festival arrangements for the coming summer are in full swing. Finland’s biggest rock festival has fixed Friday’s headliners the British hard rock legends and one of the best-selling bands worldwide, DEF LEPPARD and MÖTLEY CRÜE…
Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard Headline Trondheim Rocks 2023!
MÖTLEY CRÜE and DEF LEPPARD are 2 of the world’s biggest bands and it is only fitting that they are the ones who bring Trondheim Rocks to life! The fact that this global tour makes its Norwegian visit to Trondheim is great! says Martin Nielsen in Live Nation. The festival is resurrected and takes…
Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard head to the Lancashire coast for Lytham Festival 2023
The world’s most iconic and celebrated rock legends are the first headliners to be revealed as Lancashire’s biggest live music festival prepares to return for five unforgettable nights from Wednesday 28th June to Sunday 2nd July. Hot off the heels of the biggest North American stadium tour of 2022 MÖTLEY CRÜE and DEF LEPPARD will…
Muse to headline Rock Werchter 1st July 2023
The rumor mill has been running at full speed for a while… Now it’s 100% official: MUSE will headline Rock Werchter on Saturday 1st July! Being one of the best live bands in the world, MUSE always produce exhilarating and intense live shows. Their upcoming show in Werchter will be no exception. Are you ready?…
Def Leppard & Mötley Crüe headline Graspop 2023!
Rock ‘n’ roll will never die and DEF LEPPARD is one of those bands that embodies that creed. They formed in 1976 as part of the NWBHM movement. The quintet forced a breakthrough in the 80s with ‘High ‘n’ Dry’ and the subsequent albums ‘Pyromania’ (1983), ‘Hysteria’ (1987) and ‘Adrenalize’ (1992) catapulted them into absolute…
Mötley Crüe, Def Leppard, Iron Maiden & Ghost announced for Sweden Rock Festival 2023
This summer Sweden Rock Festival is celebrating our 30th festival by hosting the biggest and baddest rock party in Swedish history! And today organisers are presenting the first four acts in the 2023 line-up. As part of the celebration, the opening night is becoming a full festival day, making for four full days of festivities…
Mötley Crüe & Def Leppard play Milan Summer Festival 20th June 2023
After the great success of the North American stadium concerts in the summer of 2022, with over 1.3 million tickets sold, two of the two most iconic and celebrated legends of world rock – MÖTLEY CRÜE and DEF LEPPARD announce the new 2023 world tour. After finally returning to the scene this year with the…
Arctic Monkeys are headlining Rock Werchter on Sunday 2nd July!
ARCTIC MONKEYS are coming to Rock Werchter! They will be headlining the Main Stage on Sunday 2nd July! It tTurns out there is a Belgian date on their European Tour after all! ARCTIC MONKEYS’ new album, The Car, will be released this week. Last week, on radio stations Studio Brussel and NPO 3FM, they treated…
Lakes Jam 2023 announces Skillet as headliner for 22nd June
One of the most requested rock bands of Lakes Jam past, is back for the 10th Anniversary! SKILLET is arguably the heaviest touring band in the country with the most exciting show you’ll ever experience! They will be taking the Bud Light Main Stage for Thursday June 22nd SKILLET is one of this generation’s most…
Parkway Drive, Architects and more for Copenhell 2023!
After the most successful festival to date earlier this year, festival organisers have announced COPENHELL 2023, which will take place in familiar surrounds in the middle of Copenhagen on June 14th – 17th 2023. The first bands named for 2023 are PARKWAY DRIVE, ARCHITECTS, MESHUGGAH, CLUTCH, KELLERMENSCH, FEVER 333, FISHBONE, ANGUS MCSIX, MALEVOLENCE and NERVOSA…
Zac Brown Band to headline Summerfest 2023
Summerfest presented by American Family Insurance has announced today that ZAC BROWN BAND, the multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning group, will headline the American Family Insurance Amphitheater during Summerfest on Friday 23rd June 2023. This is the first concert announcement for Summerfest which will be celebrating it’s 55th anniversary next year. The 2023 edition of Summerfest will…
Florence + The Machine is the second announced headliner of I-Days 2023!
After the announcement of the first headliner for I-Days Festival 2023 in Italy, PAOLO NUTINI, another big name is added to the bill: FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE is the second headliner of the Milanese review, with the only Italian date scheduled at the SNAI Hippodrome in Milan Thursday 22nd June 2023. FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE…
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