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Australian electropop band Parcels confirmed for Pohoda Festival

Disco is not dead.” Well, at least according to Paste magazine that used these words to praise the latest addition to Pohoda 2020 line-up – the Australian funk-pop band PARCELS. Les Inrocks magazine described them as humanized Daft Punk who decided to jam along with Steely Dan and Frank Ocean. PARCELS bring a unique blend of contemporary electronics and…

Post Malone debuts at Rock in Rio Lisboa on June 28th!

The American rapper and singer is a true phenomenon worldwide and will go on the World Stage on June 28th. POST MALONE is the most listened artist on Spotify and author of the most popular album of the year 2019, “Hollywood’s Bleeding”, will bring to Rock City hits such as “Sunflower”, “Psycho” or “Rockstar” on…

Dot To Dot Festival Announces First Wave of Artists for its 15th Year Celebrations

Dot To Dot Festival have announced the first wave of artists for its 2020 event, marking a 15 year milestone for the award-winning festival. Headliners EASY LIFE, along with STEAM DOWN, SKINNY LIVING, ALEXANDRA SAVIOR and many more will descend upon Manchester, Bristol and Nottingham over the May bank holiday weekend on 22nd – 24th…

Shaggy, Youssou N’Dour & more for Couleur Cafe 2020

As far as Couleur Cafe festival organisers are concerned, 2020 is going to be a colorful, musical and stunningly beautiful year, starting with 2 legends – One for the first time at Couleur Café, the other as the first artist ever to visit us for the seventh time! With over 25 years of career and…

UK Rapper Stormzy confirmed for Øya Festival in Norway!

STORMZY’s Øya Open concert in February sold out quickly before Christmas, which says a lot about the interest in this album-relevant artist. Now you have a new opportunity, as festival organisers are pleased to announce that he will return to Oslo and Øya festival on Saturday 15th August. STORMZY made his big break with his…

Halsey Announces Date at Summerfest on July 3rd

GRAMMY® award-nominated, multi-platinum artist HALSEY will launch the North American leg of her world tour on June 2nd at White River Amphitheatre in Seattle, WA and will headline the American Family Insurance Amphitheater on July 3rd, 2020 during Summerfest. Since 2015, HALSEY has amassed over 25 billion streams worldwide and sold more than 11 million…

Duran Duran to headline Jelling Festival in Denmark

The festival can today reveal British band DURAN DURAN as the festival’s international main name, their show at Jelling festival will be the band’s only Danish performance in 2020. The last weekend in May, vocalist Simon Le Bon, bassist John Taylor, keyboardist Nick Rhodes and drummer Roger Taylor will play on the festival’s big stage…

Carrie Underwood to headline inaugural Barefoot Country Music Fest in New Jersey

Give your friends a holler and get ready for some fun in the sun ’cause country music’s biggest stars are coming to the beautiful Wildwood, NJ beach! The inaugural Barefoot Country Music Fest (BCMF) will be held Friday, June 19 through Sunday, June 21 on the beach at Lincoln Avenue. The three-day event will host…

Loudness added to Sabaton Open Air line up

The next band joining the Sabaton Open Air 2020 line up comes from the very far East, the kingdom of the sun, and ancient times (1980’ies…)! Japanese band LOUDNESS have been entertaining the masses with their mix of various metal styles during all these years so you can almost count on hearing a range of…

Slowthai confirmed for Pohoda Festival

At Pohoda 2020, you will also be able to see another British rap star – SLOWTHAI. As mentioned by Hypebeast, “he is a turbulent punk rocker born in the era of grime.” In May 2019, he released a debut album called Nothing Great About Britain, on which he collaborated with artists such as Mura Masa,…

Bonnaroo Festival reveals 2020 line up!

Bonnaroo festival has revealed the initial lineup for the 19th annual edition of the internationally acclaimed four-day multi-stage camping festival set to take place June 11th – 14th at Great Stage Park, the spectacular 700-acre farm and event space located just 60 miles southeast of Nashville in Manchester, TN. The 2020 Bonnaroo Music & Arts…

Dropkick Murphys first band named for Pol’and’Rock Festival

The first act to be announced at the 2020 edition of the biggest non-commercial festival in Europe is the Boston born and bred DROPKICK MURPHYS. The band is currently working on its new album, to be released in the autumn of 2020. They will release the first single from the album on 31st January. Established…

Swedish rockers The Hives confirmed for Weekend Beach Festival 2020!

The powerful Swedish garage rock band, THE HIVES will present their new songs in Torre del Mar in July in what will be their only date in Andalusia. 2020 could not start better for one of the great music festivals in Spain, Weekend Beach Festival Torre del Mar wants to welcome the new year with…

DGTL Amsterdam releases full 2020 line up!

On the 11th & 12th of April 2020 DGTL Amsterdam returns to its iconic NDSM Docklands for the 8th edition. This year’s edition is a particularly special one, as organisers close the cycle on the road to being circular. In true DGTL Spirit, their sustainable technology will play a pivotal role, in addition to culturally…

One of Portugal’s biggest Dance Music Festivals RFM Somnii adds more acts!

In a prominent position on DJ MAG’s Top – the world’s largest magazine dedicated to electronic music, the Belgian EDM duo DIMITRI VEGAS & LIKE MIKE continued their rise and secured the 1st place in the ranking once again! Of the most notable hit singles of this Belgian duo, stand out: “Higher place” featuring Ne-Yo,…

Symphonic metal bands Twilight Force & Beyond The Black confirmed for Sabaton Open Air

Does your life lack some magic, enchantments or dragons? In that case festival organisers might be able to help you. At least if you make your way to Sabaton Open Air in August when the knights of TWILIGHT FORCE enter the stage as the last band to perform on Wednesday 5th August 2020! In terms…

Amelie Lens, Maceo Plex and Boris Brejcha join the Dreambeach 2020 line up!

AMELIE LENS, MACEO PLEX and BORIS BREJCHA join the already confirmed RICHIE HAWTIN and LUCIANO in an edition in which underground programming will have more prominence than ever: “It’s already a mass genre,” says Gonçalo. The macrofestival ties 15 stars of the most demanded styles: Vini Vici and Brian Cross (Mainstream), Dr. Peacock and Brennan…

German festival Love Family Park announces first 2020 names!

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…

The Killers confirmed to headline INmusic Festival 2020

One of the biggest bands of the 21st century, THE KILLERS, will make their Croatian debut appearance at INmusic festival #15! THE KILLERS are an American rock band that requires no introduction. With five multi-platinum studio albums under their belt, dozens on global number one hits and songs that have marked the past fifteen years,…

Stormzy confirmed for Pohoda Festival 2020

STORMZY is only 26-year-old London MC who has managed to win twice the Brit Awards, has twice been GQ magazine’s artist of the year, has won the BBC Music Awards, the Ivor Novello Awards, the Q Awards, the MTV Europe Music Awards, the BET Awards, the UK Music Video Awards, and many MOBO Awards. It…

Suede confirmed for Tomavistas festival 2020 in Madrid

SUEDE published their eighth studio album entitled “The Blue Hour” at the end of 2018. Produced and mixed by Alan Moulder at Assault & Battery Studios, “The Blue Hour” is the follow-up of the acclaimed LP of the 2016’s top 10, “Night Thoughts”, and we could say that it is the final part of the…

Gavin DeGraw, Annika Aakjær & Kesi join the Smukfest line up

It’s not long until Smukfest 2020 and festival organisers have announced three more names for this year’s program! From the US comes singer, songwriter and pianist GAVIN DEGRAW (“Not Over You”, “I Don´t” t Want To Be “,” Chariot “), and he is joined by ANNIKA AAKJÆR (she may be primarily known as a songwriter,…

Rage Against The Machine, Travis Scott & Frank Ocean headline Coachella 2020

Coachella returns this 2020 to the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA for two weekends set for April 10th – 12th and April 17th – 19th, with weekend one sold out following the advance sale earlier this year. RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, TRAVIS SCOTT and FRANK OCEAN will headline both weekends. Check out the line…

American Christian rock band Skillet confirmed for Rock in Roma 2020

After the recent live at the Fabrique in Milan, SKILLET – multi-platinum band with two Grammy nominations – will return to Italy next summer and will perform in Rome, guests of the ROCK IN ROMA, Wednesday 24th June at the Capannelle Racecourse Strengthened by the success of “Unleashed” (fourth album of the band to be…

Armin van Buuren, Timmy Trumpet and Marshmello first names for Barcelona Beach Fest 2020

It is no accident that ARMIN VAN BUUREN is in the world top 5 every year and that this artist, a great ambassador for #BBF, has produced the most listened to radio show on the planet for more than 10 years. You have asked for it again and again! And here we have it! Pure…

Nigerian singer songwriter Burna Boy confirmed for Way Out West 2020 in Sweden!

Let’s end the year with a bang. BURNA BOY is confirmed for Way Out West, Saturday August 15th – the same day as SLOWTHAI, KHALID and KOFFEE. African Giant. That’s the title of BURNA BOY’S much acclaimed latest album, but he’s also justifiably used the words to describe himself – he’s a superstar, not in…

Amon Amarth, Within Temptation & more for Summer Breeze 2020

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…

Major Lazer to play the main stage at MEO Sudoeste on the 6th August 2020

MAJOR LAZER are one of the giants of electronic music worldwide. It all started in 2008, when producers DIPLO and SWITCH started working together. The two met for having worked on the first album of singer M.I.A. and then also with Santigold. Their first album came out in 2009. “Guns Don’t Kill People… Lazers Do”…

Sum 41 and Machine Gun Kelly join the Rock For People 2020 line up

In the late summer of 2018, SUM 41 frontman, Deryck Whibley, stepped off the tour bus after three solid years of worldwide touring, turned on the console in his home studio, picked up a guitar, and started pouring out song after song. Feeling incredibly inspired from 2016’s critically-acclaimed Europe Impala Gold certified, #9 Billboard Top…

Seven new bands added to Rock Fest Barcelona 2020

With a spectacular bill full of legends and unique occasions such as KISS farewell show in Spain, the return and goodbye of LYNYRD SKYNYRD, the momentous 50th anniversary by JUDAS PRIEST, the only Spanish show by ACCEPT and the impressive concerts by AMON AMARTH and NIGHTWISH, Rock Fest Barcelona is now adding seven new bands….

Backwoods Festival USA returns to Mulberry Mountain in 2020

Phase 1 of the much anticipated 2020 Backwoods at Mulberry Mountain is finally out! More artists and bands still to come in Phase 2. Artists announced so far include:

Jazz in the Gardens Fest Invites Mary J. Blige to Miami

For the 15th year in a row, Florida’s Jazz in the Gardens festival will keep the Miami Gardens area entertained with some of the best jazz and R&B entertainers to do it. Scheduled for March 14-15th 2020, the event will bring thousands of people to Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens. Jazz in the Gardens…

Lynyrd Skynyrd play an exclusive UK show at Ramblin Man Fair 2020

With over 50 years in the music business, they have been through tragedy and all that rock n’ roll could throw at them and have always come out on top… This is part of their farewell tour and it just maybe YOUR last chance to catch them live… Ramblers, we are very proud to announce…

Top DJ Alan Walker makes his Findings Festival Norway comeback!

In 2020, innings Festival will have a happy reunion with Norwegian-British 22-year-old ALAN WALKER at Bislett Stadium! To date, ALAN WALKER is one of the most streamed artists in the world, with over 9 billion streams across the platforms. In 2017, he was named the 17th best DJ in the world, in the prestigious DJ…

FKA Twigs and Bomba Estéreo lead the new confirmations for Bilbao BBK Live 2020

Bilbao BBK Live unveils the second wave of acts bound for the Biscayan capital in July 2020. Today’s new additions, including FKA TWIGS, BOMBA ESTÉREO and PERFUME GENIUS, will join acts including KENDRICK LAMAR, BAD BUNNY, PET SHOP BOYS, THE KILLERS and many more from 9th to 11th July in Bilbao. Avant-pop genius FKA TWIGS…

Post Malone plays exclusive German show at new Limestone Festival!

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…

Superstar Martin Garrix To Headline 2020 Indy 500 Snake Pit

Superstar DJ and producer MARTIN GARRIX will headline a stellar lineup of global electronic music artists at the Indy 500 Snake Pit presented by Coors Light on Sunday, May 24 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the biggest and best party of Race Weekend. GALANTIS, REZZ, STEVE AOKI and YELLOW CLAW also will perform at the…

Mastodon join Poland’s Mystic Festival 2020

The incarnate American metal joins the festival line-up – MASTODON! MASTODON will perform in Krakow on June 11, during the second day of MYSTIC FESTIVAL 2020. This year, the group celebrated the tenth anniversary of the cult “Crack The Skye” (2009), and their latest production is the album “Emperor Of Sand” from 2017. For “Sultan’s…

Astrid S confirmed for Findings Festival 2020 in Norway!

ASTRID S has been one of the most requested artists for Findings for several years in a row, and organisers are delighted to finally be able to welcome the pop star from Berkåk to Bislett Stadium! In 2015 she visited Findings festival with Matoma and performed the monster hit “Running out”. In 2020 she will…

Nile Rodgers & Chic and Emeli Sandé Announced as first headliners for Belladrum 2020

Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival announces today that legendary multi- Grammy Award winning composer, producer, arranger and guitarist NILE RODGERS & CHIC and Scottish Artist with one of the most recognisable voices in pop, soul and R&B, EMELI SANDÉ will headline the 17th outing of the festival. As the co-founder of CHIC and the newly elected…

Symphonic Black Metal Band Tiamat play Sabaton Open Air 2020

Time to present a band that brings a little more darkness to Falun in August 2020. Since the beginning back in 1989, TIAMAT from Stockholm has changed genres from symphonic black metal via death to more gothic rock/metal. Regardless of genre, these gentlemen guarantee quality to the backbone when it comes to portraying the darker…

The Lumineers confirmed for Colors of Ostrava 2020!

Ho Hey! This irresistible song and many other great songs will be played live next year at Colours of Ostrava! Folk-rock band THE LUMINEERS from Denver are another star confirmed for Colors of Ostrava 2020! Blessed to write songs with contagious melodies and powerful lyrics, they recall what songwriting has always been about: trustworthy storytelling….

Beck confirmed to headline INmusic festival #15!

Seven-time Grammy winner, multi-talented artist and uncompromising music genre explorer, BECK confirmed to headline INmusic festival #15! 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 earned BECK with the title…

John Fogerty, Brian Wilson and Suzi Quatro and Incubus headline Azkena Rock Festival

Today 16 names have been added to the Azkena Rock Festival poster. This year will be the 19th edition and will be held on the 19th and 20th of June 2020 in Mendizabal (Vitoria-Gasteiz). It would be hard to think of JOHN FOGERTY and not think of ‘Proud Mary’, ‘Born on the Bayou’ or ‘Who…

Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals confirmed for Lucca Summer Festival

Tracing their roots back to 1993, the INNOCENT CRIMINALS (percussionist Leon Mobley, bassist Juan Nelson, drummer Oliver Charles and guitarist Jason Mozersky) have been involved in most of BEN HARPER’S projects. The band toured the globe nonstop, earning legions of fans thanks to explosive live performances and a succession of acclaimed studio albums including Fight…

Lil Tecca, Jelassi and Timbuktu join the Bayside Festival Sweden line up

American hip hop star LIL TECCA is confirmed for Bayside Festival 2020 in Helsingborg 10th – 11th July. No one can have missed the mega hit “Ransom” with LIL TECCA who has close to half a billion streams on Spotify. The New York rapper’s debut album “We Love You Tecca” has a total of nearly…

Musical Genius Beck to Headline Metronome Festival Prague

Seven-time Grammy Award winner, master of musical pop-art collages, hitmaker, and experimenter extraordinaire BECK will headline June’s Metronome Prague 2020. This will be an exceptional event since the last time BECK performed in Prague was in the 1990s when he began his meteoric rise to fame with the hit single Loser. We’ve been trying to…

Kaleidoscope Festival Returns To Ally Pally on the 25th July 2020

After a year’s hiatus, the festival of music and arts will return to the grounds of London’s iconic Alexandra Park & Palace. In 2018, thousands ascended to Alexandra Palace’s beautiful grounds to celebrate Kaleidoscope Festival’s unforgettable debut, which featured a spectrum of talent across music, theatre, comedy and spoken word. Highlights included blistering poetry from…

Of Monsters And Men Added To Positivus Festival Line-Up

From the talk of Iceland to the top of the global conversation. OF MONSTERS AND MEN is added to Positivus festival line-up alongside already announced A$AP ROCKY. OF MONSTERS AND MEN are an Icelandic indie folk pop band. They went from the talk of Iceland to the top of the global conversation on their 2011…

Anthrax, RATT & Gloryhammer play Alcatraz festival in Belgium

Hard to believe but it’s been four years since ANTHRAX honoured the Alcatraz festival prison grounds with a visit. Metallica is unattainable for a festival of Alcatraz’ size and now that Slayer has called it quits only Megadeth and ANTHRAX remain to fly the flag for the Big Four. So far organisers haven’t had the…