Imagine Music Festival Announces Official Lineup For 2021 Event

After a challenging 2020 that derailed festivals globally, the world is finally ready to dance again. Imagine Festival organizers are excited for the festival’s comeback September 17 – 19, 2021, and today are releasing the official 2021 lineup. Tickets go on sale March 23rd at 1.00 pm EST. Earlier this year, the festival also revealed…

Texas rockers ZZ Top join the Sturgis Buffalo Chip 2021 line up!

Calling all Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers! That Little Ol’ Band from Texas is returning to The Best Party Anywhere! They’re Bad, and they’re coming to rock the Sturgis Buffalo Chip for its 40th anniversary party in 2021. Classic rock megastars ZZ TOP bring their legendary raunchy blues rock boogie to the Chip’s Wolfman Jack Stage…

Purity Ring re-confirm their Pohoda Festival show for 2021

Another re-confirmed name for Pohoda 2021 is the Canadian electro-pop duo PURITY RING. At the Trenčín airport they will come with their third album Womb. Pitchfork wrote about the album: WOMB is some of Purity Ring’s strongest work, a confident and singular statement from a band often imitated over the past decade. Singer Megan James…

Kendrick Lamar tops the bill at Roskilde Festival 2021

The 33-year-old rapper straight out of Compton takes his place among the headliners in the lineup for Roskilde Festival number 50 in 2021. Roskilde Festival gives its participants one more thing to look forward to in the new year. Rapper, songwriter, producer, Pulitzer Prize winner KENDRICK LAMAR returns to the festival in 2021. KENDRICK LAMAR…

Slipknot to play Smukfest 2021 in Denmark

“With their latest studio album, SLIPKNOT has released one of the strongest albums of their career,” wrote Consequence of Sound about “We Are Not Your Kind,” the sixth studio album from SLIPKNOT. It is with great pride that after the cancellation of Smukfest 2020 again this year organisers can present one of rock music’s biggest…

Amon Amarth to headline Wacken Open Air 2021

The poster for the upcoming festival is growing and there is also an addition to the first row of the poster: organisers happy to announce that AMON AMARTH will be part of the festival in 2021! The band was, like so many others, already planned for this year’s festival. So the headline is complete and again on…

Resurrection Fest announces 2021 day splits

Finally Resurrection Fest organisers can show you the lineup split by days for next summers festival. After the announcement last summer of SYSTEM OF A DOWN, KORN and DEFTONES, this is the distribution per day. Inevitably there have been changes due to the artists schedules but many bands are returning. In addition to the headliners already announced, organisers…

Idles confirmed for Eden Sessions 2021

Festival organisers are excited to announce that top British band IDLES will headline an Eden Session in the summer of next year. They’ve recently seen their third studio record, Ultra Mono, go straight to number one on the UK Albums Chart. The album is sonically constructed to capture the feeling of a hip-hop record, with…

Headliners announced for Bergenfest 2021 in Norway

The Christmas holidays are approaching, but before organsiers head off for the holidays, they would like to tell you that headliners for all the festival days in 2021 are in place! Wednesday ends with ROBYN, BIFFY CLYRO rocks Thursday, ZARA LARSSON tops the Friday party and LARS VAULAR and MICHAEL KIWANUKA will be the biggest…

Dour Festival adds 31 new acts for 2021

Can you feel that heartfelt cry coming for the thing we love and miss so much? DOOOOUUUR! It’s never been so strong, and with it the flood of memories, encounters, musical discoveries and emotions shared during 5 days of love and madness. The team is doing everything possible to prepare an edition that lives up…

Limp Bizkit confirmed for Pol’and’Rock Festival 2021

The 27th edition of Pol’and’Rock Festival, which used to be known as Woodstock Festival Poland is billed to take place in Kostrzyn nad Odrą in western Poland on 29-31.07.2021. LIMP BIZKIT were formed in 1994 in Jacksonville, in Florida. Fred Durst, who is the lead vocalist of the band, and the establishing member of the…

Grave Digger and Saltatio Mortis join the Wacken Open Air 2021 line up

Today’s wave of bands is led by two German bands with plenty of infield experience: GRAVE DIGGER and SALTATIO MORTIS are both Wacken veterans who have already played many intense concerts on the holy ground. The remaining part of the wave is dedicated to Wasted Wednesday, the now traditional demolition program on the Wasteland Stage.  Joining the line up…

Metal day at Rock in Rio 2021 bands confirmed!

The much loved Metal Day is already confirmed at Rock in Rio 2021! And what awaits us on that first opening day? That unparalleled feeling of seeing the biggest metal bands on the planet on the stages of the biggest music and entertainment festival in the world, Rock in Rio. From the opening of the…

Liam Gallagher, Yungblud and more to play Ilosaarirock 2021

A true britpop legend LIAM GALLAGHER (UK) will perform at Ilosaarirock 2021! First part of the line-up also includes global rockstar YUNGBLUD (UK), Finnish pop connoisseur ANTTI TUISKU, the comeback-making TEHOSEKOITIN and many more! We are really excited to have Liam Gallagher finally get to Ilosaarirock! You can almost hear how sweet Liam’s solo production and Oasis’ classics are playing on the Singing Stage,…

Slipknot and Amon Amarth to headline Hills of Rock Festival 2021

After going through 2020, a year, full of obstacles and unknowns, festival organisers are very happy to share with you the first pieces of information about Hills of Rock 2021. Three days, three stages and thousands of fans, the organisers dream will again become true on July 22nd, 23rd and 24th 2021 at Plovdiv’s Rowing…

End of The Road Festival announces 2021 line up

To spread some cheer before the end of a very difficult year, End of The Road organisers we are thrilled to reveal who will be joining PIXIES, KING KRULE, BIG THIEF, BRIGHT EYES, LITTLE SIMZ and ALDOUS HARDING in 2021. Feast your eyes on over 100 artists on the bill, some familiar from 2020, some not so much… Like…

Robyn added to the Bergenfest 2021 line up in Norway

Bergenfest organisers take great pleasure to announce that Scandinavia’s largest pop icon will join them at Bergenfest 2021. So do most of the other artists from the 2020 poster! Today organisers confirm that ROBYN will join them for next year’s festival where she will headline on Wednesday 16th June. With her, she has a live concept…

Bryan Adams to headline the UK’s Cornbury Music Festival

I think we can all agree that we’re looking forward to closing the doors on 2020, and starting 2021 with a spring in our step… So, with that in mind, Cornbury festival organisers are thrilled to let you know that not only are they planning to stage their little festival once more in July 2021…

Eden Sessions UK confirms Bryan Adams on the 5th July 2021

Legendary rocker BRYAN ADAMS will make a triumphant return to the Eden Sessions on Monday 5th July 2021. His career as a multi-million selling recording artist has seen him score huge hits, including Run to You, Summer of ’69 and (Everything I Do) I Do It for You. His performance electrified Eden in the summer…

Lewis Capaldi joins the MEO Sudoeste 2021 line up

LEWIS CAPALDI has been winning fans around the world as one of the music wonders of recent years. The artist from Glasgow caused a stir in the music market back in 2017, when he released his hit single “Bruises”. This song, exploring the end of a relationship, has a taciturn yet poignant tone and Capaldi…

Gorillaz to headline We Love Green Festival 2021

Festival organisers remain determined and optimistic at WE LOVE GREEN. The whole team is already busy working away on the 2021 festival, which will also be their 10th anniversary. Since this summer, organisers have been chatting to around 40 or so of the acts who were scheduled to play in 2020, and they’ve already confirmed…

Wacken announces the first bands for this years Advent Calendar

Today, on St. Nicholas Day 2020, Wacken presents the first bands of this year’s Advent calendar! There are many versatile musicians in Metal, but in the end there can be a maximum of three artists on the podium. And one of the three finalists is without any doubt DEVIN TOWNSEND. He has also postponed his tour…

3 International names join Smukfest 2021

For 41 years, the music poster for Smukfest has been completely versatile, and organisers stick to it – Three very different international top names for you today! The still highly active jazz legend HERBIE HANCOCK, the German electro-pioneers KRAFTWERK in 3D as well as American metal / hip hop fusion band LIMP BIZKIT. Organisers are…

Roskilde adds 29 new acts to their 2021 line up!

29 music acts and 12 artists from the art and activism programme have been added to the poster for Roskilde Festival in 2021. If you look ahead, like Roskilde does, you will see see light. Somewhere down the road. Roskilde Festival organisers are cautiously optimistic about conducting a festival this summer. That’s why they think…

Duran Duran to headline BST Hyde Park 2021

Calling all wild boys and girls on film…British icons DURAN DURAN are back, excited to play their hugely anticipated show. Joining them are music legends NILE RODGERS & CHIC and GRACE JONES – both long-time collaborators and great friends of the band. DURAN DURAN are one of the most successful and ground-breaking bands to come out…

First round of acts announced for Longitude Festival 2021

Longitude Festival returns to Marlay Park next summer from Friday July 2nd to Sunday July 4th 2021. The first round of acts are as follows. KENDRICK LAMAR will headline the Friday night of Longitude (2nd July). Indisputably the most acclaimed artist of his generation, Kendrick Lamar is one of those rare MC’s who has achieved critical…

Kid Rock named as first act for Sturgis Buffalo Chip 2021

The 40th anniversary of the Best Party Anywhere is on at the Sturgis Buffalo Chip! Confident that open air festivals can be held responsibly and hot off the heels of a successful 2020 event, organisers have blown the gate wide open for the 81st Anniversary of the Sturgis Rally with the largest live entertainment announcement since the…

KORN, Gogol Bordello, Baroness & Lionheart play Greenfield Festival 2021

Just in time for the run-up to Christmas, Greenfield festival are giving you four more bands for next summers festival line up!  They have announced KORN as the third, brutal headliner, in addition to GOGOL BORDELLO, BARONESS and LIONHEART. KORN changed the world with the release of their debut album of the same name. It…

Gojira join the Tuska 2021 line up in Finland

French metal giant GOJIRA will be performing at Tuska 2021 as one the headliners. These progressive metal trailblazers were due to shake things up in Finland already in 2020. Organisers are extremely happy to announce that the stars are finally aligned and GOJIRA’S visit to Finland in summer 2021 is now confirmed. Confirmed acts so far for…

83 bands confirmed for Sweden Rock Festival 2021

If the situation allows for it, we promise to be more than ready to realise next year’s festival. Many of you have kept your 2020 tickets, and with that in mind we’re happy to present all of the so-far confirmed acts for Sweden Rock Festival 2021! As you will see, many of them can be…

Wacken introduces 11 new bands to their 2021 line up!

With Wacken’s motto for next year being ‘Horror’, they obviously want to hand out some tasty treats for Halloween – and they do so by announcing eleven band additions for W:O:A 2021! Those of you who celebrated Halloween with them and their friends in Hämatom already know them, but here they are for all of…

Poland’s Mystic Festival releases a raft of new bands!

As promised, organisers have revealed nearly fifty new bands that join the line-up of Mystic Festival 2021 – ranging from rock’n’roll to black metal. Mystic Festival 2021 will take place on the first days of June next year in Gdańsk, in the post-industrial area of the shipyard. It will not be cancelled even if the…

Armin Van Buuren to headline South Stage at Creamfields 2021

Creamfields HQ are not holding back when they return for their 2021 edition, with an already stacked line up the dance music behemoths have just dropped another big name artist to the bill, which will see one of Hollands biggest musical exports return – ARMIN VAN BUUREN. The Dutch DJ/Producer has become a firm favourite…

Download Festival UK announces 17 new bands for 2021

Download 2021 just got bigger – with 17 new bands added to the line up, just in time for Halloween! MEGADETH, DESCENDENTS, BOSTON MANOR, NORTHLANE, VENOM PRISON and loads more will be playing in Donington next year. PLUS, organisers are excited to announce that day tickets are on sale NOW! So, if you can’t make the full weekend, don’t worry…

Graspop adds 12 new bands to their 25th edition!

The organisers of Graspop Metal Meeting are toiling like mad to complete the line-up for the 25th XL edition. Today organisers had the pleasure of adding 12 new bands to the roster: A DAY TO REMEMBER, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE and MEGADETH are just a few of the bands that will rock your socks off…

Cardi B to headline Les Ardentes Festival 2021

The most requested female artist in the world, CARDI B, does the honour of choosing LES ARDENTES for the Belgian date of her 2021 summer tour. After the announcement of DAMSO as the first headliner, CARDI B becomes the next headliner added to the already insane program planned from July 8 to 11 in Liège,…

Bluesfest Australia announces fourth round of artists for 2021

The Bluesfest 2021 Fourth Artist Announcement adds an eclectic, diverse list of names to what is already a legendary line up of Australian artists confirmed to perform next Easter on April 1st – 5th at the beautiful green Byron Events Farm located in Tyagarah 10 minutes north of Byron Bay. The line-up is programmed with…

Rapper DaBaby joins the Ruisrock 2021 line up

The rising name of the voluntary rap, DABABY (US), will be seen in Ruisrock next summer.  DABABY, who initially released hip-hop mixes, rose to the attention of the general public with his hit songs Suge and Goin Baby and the critically acclaimed debut album Baby on Baby received several well-known visitors from Offset to Rich Homie Quan. The hard-working artist’s second studio…

A Brand New UK Festival Launches in 2021: Creation Day

A celebration of the legendary Creation Records label and the legacy of its visionary founder: Alan McGee, Creation Day will bring two days of exceptional live music to Wolverhampton West Park next year (29-30 May 2021). Presented in a joint collaboration between The City of Wolverhampton Council, Creation Management and Toura Toura Festivals, the first…

Electric Zoo 2021 Supernaturals Reveals Phase One Line up

Made Event, the powerhouse producers behind internationally renowned Electric Zoo Festival, are thrilled to announce the stellar phase one lineup for Electric Zoo 2021: Supernaturals taking place over Labor Day Weekend, September 3, 4 and 5 on Randall’s Island in New York City. After an unfortunate postponement in 2020, Electric Zoo is announcing its return…

The Struts join Aerosmith at I-DAYS festival 2021

I-DAYS Milan will be back next summer. Live Nation Italy is working to organise the new edition of one of the most important festivals in Italy and Europe: I-DAYS Milan, from the 10th to 13th JUNE 2021. THE STRUTS are added to the cast that will make up the day of Friday 11th June 2021…

First Alter Stage acts announced for Open’er festival 2021!

Masters of alternative, the hope of British indie and one of the most interesting new rap girls – BADBADNOTGOOD, DESTROYER, PORRIDGE RADIO and FLOHIO have joined the Open’er Festival 2021 line up in Poland. The Canadian band BADBADNOTGOOD got attention as early as April 2011, when they posted instrumental jazz-hip-hop interpretations of songs by the “Odd…