Already in July it was announced that the biggest German rap and hip-hop festival was “sold out” for the ninth time in a row! After calls from the fans for the “biggest splash! of all time “got louder and louder, organisers announced an additional splash! Festival with A$AP FERG, A$AP ROCKY, MIGOS, RIN and YUNG…

The SUPERBLOOM Festival will celebrate its premiere in Munich in 2021 and is eagerly anticipating the first part of its line-up with fan magnets like Post Malone, AnnenMayKantereit, David Guetta, DJ Snake, Rita Ora & Lewis Capaldi. Advance ticket sales start now! The SUPERBLOOM Festival will transform Munich’s Olympic Park and Olympic Stadium in the…

After the cancellation of the anniversary editions of Rock am Ring and Rock im Park this year and the end of the exchange phase, over 130,000 fans have already transferred their tickets to the 2021 edition of the twin festivals. A large part of the festival tickets are already sold out. Tickets for Rock am…

There are nine more reasons to look forward to Wacken Open Air 2021! Some of you have joined organisers for our announcement stream on Full Metal Gaming yesterday, but of course they want to share these good news with all of you. So, please welcome: SLIPKNOT, IN EXTREMO, SICK OF IT ALL, U.D.O., NEW MODEL ARMY, FEVER 333, DEATH ANGEL, AT THE GATES and BLACK STAR…

As you know, traditionally on Saturday of the first weekend in August the first bands for the following year are announced – and even if Wacken Open Air 2020 had to be cancelled, organisers don’t want to break with this tradition. The first wave of the band is colourful in the truest, best and most…

The first top acts have now been announced for Wireless Germany, featuring the US rap superstars A$AP ROCKY, YOUNG THUG and DABABY and the national high flyer CAPITAL BRA. The Urban Music & Lifestyle Festival had to be postponed this year due to the restrictions on major events and will now take place in Frankfurt’s…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

The 26th edition of Full Force will finally take place in Ferropolis from the 25th – 27th June 2021! Not only have organisers confirmed their 2020 headliners for 2021 – HEAVEN SHALL BURN, AMON AMARTH and THE GHOST INSIDE – there are a few more bands waiting to celebrate the most blatant demolition Ferropolis has ever…

CULT OF LUNA brings their trademark dark, atmospheric doom riffs to the line-up, striking quite the contrast with the nagging, aggressive sound of RAISED FIST, a guaranteed ticket to your outermost limits. They are joined by other new line-up additions including deathcore brutes FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY, a band whose hard verses and hymnic choruses…

THE STRUTS were founded in Derby, England in 2012 and immediately attracted a large fan base with their exceptional live shows. In just a few years, THE STRUTS were massively supported by some of the greatest icons in rock and roll history. They played as the opening act for the Foo Fighters, The Rolling Stones,…

The lineup of the largest German festival for hip-hop and rap continues to grow! In addition to the previously confirmed German rappers APACHE 207, RIN, YUNG HURN, SIDO and RAF CAMORA, the US rap group A$AP FERG and PLAYBOI CARTI the 2020 line up is growing with MIGOS and RAE SREMMURD – two top-class players…

Confirmed to headline, in what will be her only German festival set this summer, is the trailblazing FKA TWIGS. The British artist is widely regarded as one of the most original representatives of alternative pop in the last decade, and has been wowing audiences with her captivating theatrical live performance around her latest release, ‘Magdalene’….

A new German festival will be taking place in Munich on the 5th & 6th September at Olympiapark & Olympiastadion! Festival organisers have announced their first acts that include MILEY CYRUS, who is playing a show in Munich for the first time, joining her is the EDM hit machines DAVID GUETTA and DJ SNAKE and…

Concluding festival season for the 6th time, Lollapalooza Berlin promises a top-class line-up with shows by RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, MILEY CYRUS, ANNENMAYKANTEREIT, DEICHKIND, DIE ANTWOORD and many more. Held for the 6th time in a row, this year’s Lollapalooza at Olympiastadion and Olympiaparkin Berlin is shaping up to be yet another a great event…

You will not only find yourself at the exclusive Germany show by the one and only POST MALONE – Limestone Festival also offers you the best basis to dance two days in urban, pop & hip hop flow until more adrenaline than red blood cells your bloodstream flows. Let’s face it: Limestone Festival will be…

This year, Lollapalooza Berlin will celebrate its 6th edition, starting into the festival season by announcing the first headliner that will make all music lovers jump for joy: RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE. After a nine-year hiatus, the band will embark on a reunion tour, making a Germany exclusive stop over at Lollapalooza in Berlin on…

The international summer of music has another high point, because with the Limestone Festival on June 13th and 14th 2020 a special festival format celebrates its premiere at the gates of Munich. As the first headliner, superstar and music icon POST MALONE has announced that he will give his only Germany show against the idyllic…

After a celebrated premiere last year in its new location with over 70,000 fans over two days, Wireless Germany will present the highly anticipated third edition of the Urban Music & Lifestyle Festival in Frankfurt on July 10th and 11th. The extraordinary festival event transforms the Alten Rebstockpark into a unique open-air venue – in…

Joining the line-up are well-known acts like our friends from ANTI-FLAG and SUICIDE SILENCE, but also a whole raft of bands that will be coming to celebrate their Ferropolis and Full Force debuts in 2020. One of them is DEAFHEAVEN from San Francisco, who will be playing their only German festival show with us. We’re…

Love Family Park festival organiser Cosmopop has announced the first names for its 24th edition on July 18th, 2020. Among them, in addition to all-time headliner SVEN VÄTH, there are many other internationally successful artists from the spheres of electronic music scene. The traditional electronic festival on the Rüsselsheim foreland is already giving a bigger…

If there has been a band in the past few years that has been at the top of your wish lists, it’s AMON AMARTH. Year after year, no matter if they had just performed or not! And it’s well deserved, as we’d like to note; after all, the Swedes have had an incredibly steep career…

POST MALONE is a hot ticket currently. One indicator for this are the countless platinum awards, grammy awards and # 1 billboard hits, but his career also suggested that with Austin Richard Post, his worldly name, we are dealing with a real superstar. He was actually a guitarist, played in various metal and hardcore bands…

Yes! It’s about time that the SUMMER BREEZE finally gets hold again of some neat, down-to-earth Rock, without any mumbo-jumbo and shenanigans – but instead with raw energy. And that’s exactly the reason why we brought CLUTCH on board! Some will describe CLUTCH as Stoner Rock, and of course there’s something to that, but these…

While everyone is decorating their houses and trees, ROCKHARZ organisers are decorating their billing with three new bands! Just recently, the Finns released “Heart Like A Grave” and it happened again: We are completely immersed in the melancholic, heavy melodies they play on each of their Albums. With their thrilling atmosphere, they make sure that…

This man is definitely the most famous German DJ. For more than 30 years, SVEN VÄTH has been shaping the electronic music landscape like no other and repeatedly leaving style-defining fragrance brands behind. His DJ sets are legendary, as are his many mix compilations. What else can you say great about that? Just close your…

The jubilee editions of Rock am Ring and Rock im Park from 5.-7. June are heading for an early sell-out. Over 125,000 fans are already at the start. This sells most of the 160,000 weekend tickets available for the twin festivals at the Nürburgring and in Nuremberg. For the anniversary program, 30 other bands and…

A good time – in front of and behind the scenes – is predestined with the following confirmation. Ladies and gentlemen, DARK TRANQUILLITY are giving us the honors! And as the passionate fan knows from past performances, the Swedes will give a burning live performance at the SUMMER BREEZE – on stage, as well as…

Today we start with the band announcements for the next ROCK OF AGES edition set to take place from July 31st to August 2nd, 2020. We start right away with a supreme hard rock act from the United States responsible for the multi platinum sellers ‘Night Songs’, ‘Long Cold Winter’ and ‘Heartbreak Station’ plus hits…

People, time flies! In 2020, the next band will turn 30 years old! But there are no signs of ageing to be seen or heard from far and wide: AMORPHIS will come to Dinkelsbühl! In the beginning the band indulged in the mangy Finn Death (the older ones will remember, ahem…) before AMORPHIS became more…

Hardly any other metal band has had such a steep career in the recent years than this quintet. At their last guest performance in 2018 the release of their No.1 album “The Sacrament Of Sin” was imminent. What followed was an almost everywhere sold out triumphal procession through the biggest concert halls. At the end…

As organisers promised, the break was only a short one and now they have the next announcement for the first weekend of July 2020. Since all good things are (almost always) three, they have a new hat-trick of band confirmations for you! “Balls Out”, “Sexy Santa”, “Gloryhole” or “I Got What You Want” – to…

The fauna of Hurricane Festival is unique in this world! With a little luck, you’ll discover the following acts in the wild: FRIDAY:Seeed | Martin Garrix | THE KILLERS | SDP | DERMOT KENNEDY | THE LUMINEERS | Giant Rooks | LP | KILLSWITCH ENGAGE | OF MONSTERS AND MEN | While She Sleeps |…

It’s the time of contemplation again. After Samhain and before the long awaited Rauhnächten, the time has come to remember your favorite weekend in August. And since it’s better to do that while listening to music, organisers now present you with three headliners plus lots of other jewels of the M’era Luna Festival 2020 line-up…

„With a face like this I won’t break any hearts“ – that’s taken straight from „Screamager“ one of the first big hits from THERAPY?. Luckily it’s all about the music at W:O:A, still. And when it comes to that, these Irishmen are amongst the finest of their craft. THERAPY? will be celebrating 30 years of…

It was probably one of the most epic moments of Full Force history when, in 2012, during HEAVEN SHALL BURN’S show and the song “End Times”, the sky suddenly opened and floods of water broke over the fans. Where others might have searched for space and a shelter, Full Force followers were spurred on even…

Just in time for the Halloween witching hour we let the bat out of the bag: No one less than the American metal institution SLIPKNOT will perform for the first time at W:O:A 2020! The band, founded in 1995 in Iowa, is not only known for the iconic masks of its members, but also for…

Full speed ahead – ROCKHARZ 2020 may seem far away, but with every minute, their big family event is coming closer. In order for the anticipation to blow the current cold out of your bones, here are the next three bands for 2020: Brutal, technically adept and infinitely catchy, Canadian band KATAKLYSM have delivered one…

Now we let it crash with one of the largest and coolest rock bands in the country – the BEATSTEAKS from Berlin finally come back to Deichbrand Festival! After their brilliant demolition shows in 2012 and 2015, the gentlemen have come up with something new. At DEICHBRAND Festival in 2020 the BEATSTEAKS will play a…

A relaxed atmosphere, a dreamlike location right on the waterfront of the Störmthaler lake and a superb alternative line up: the HIGHFIELD FESTIVAL is the biggest Independent-Rock-Festival of East of Germany.The wonderful dreamscape, the beach, the lake and of course the spectacular artists like Foo Fighters, Thirthy Seconds To Mars, Seeed and The Kooks attracts…

Festival organisers are absolutely delighted to present another batch of great acts for the upcoming edition of Southside & Hurricane Festival 2020, taking place from June 19th to 21st 2020 in Neuhausen Ob Eck and Scheeßel. Fasten your seatbelts and get ready for: SOUTHSIDE FESTIVAL: Friday: Kings Of Leon | Headliner Coming Soon…Saturday: Seeed | Martin GarrixSunday: Deichkind | Twenty One…

The sun of Brazil, the beautiful landscapes of Finland and a trip to our neighbourhood – all this is waiting for you now in the new three-pack announcement for ROCKHARZ Open Air 2020. A name that jumps through Metal history and is always present. They are the undisputed groove masters and have some classics in…

It has been a month since organisers announced the only show for THE GHOST INSIDE in 2020 on mainland Europe. So now is the time to move on and announce the next bands. With a metallic potpourri of 20 bands, we now go into the second round and give you a mix of the hardest…

So let’s make this one quick. As organisers promised, the next wave of announcements is rolling and they don’t want to keep you on the rack any longer. So here are the next three bands for ROCKHARZ Open Air 2020! They are undoubtedly the vertical starters in Progressive Metalcore in the last few years. Coming…

New bands for ROCKHARZ Open Air 2020! Two Frankfurters and one Thuringian! What seems like an ambitious order at a sausage booth at first sight, is something completely different at the second! Three new bands for next year’s festival will be offered to you today, ushering in our 2020 release round. The only thing that…

Although there were just 5 new bands announced for Wacken Open Air 2020 last week as part of their Haab’ calendar, organisers still didn’t miss the tradition of presenting new bands during Hamburg Metal Dayz! The number of bands is smaller than usual due to the proximity in time, but instead they present to you…

Sixty years of festival history will be celebrated in 2020 – 35 years of Rock am Ring and 25 years of Rock im Park require anniversary parties to make a splash! This can best be achieved with a line-up that lives up to the highlights of the twin festivals. With SYSTEM OF A DOWN, GREEN…