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Norwegian DJ Kygo to headline Bayside Festival 2020 in Sweden

The first Bayside Festival in 2019 became a success and contained everything. Over 18,000 visitors over two days (9500 on Saturday July 13 and 8500 on Friday July 12), brilliant conditions and world-class artist performances. Visitors tried on the wake board, beach volley and bathed with flamingos during the festival’s Day Party. At Art Valley,…

Lionel Richie to play Nocturne Live 2020 in the UK

A living legend, LIONEL RICHIE’S timeless hits include “Endless Love,” “Lady,” “Truly,” “All Night Long,” “Penny Lover,” “Stuck on You,” “Hello,” “Say You, Say Me,” and “Dancing on the Ceiling,”. His catalogue also includes his early work with The Commodores, where he penned smashes such as “Three Times a Lady,” “Still,” and “Easy.” Say Hello…

Deep Purple and Opeth confirmed for the 25th Anniversary of Rockwave Festival 2020 in Greece

DEEP PURPLE is without a doubt a legendary band. It is DEEP PURPLE with which the dreams and the desires of a restless and resilient generation have dressed, a generation that still maintains its vitality and stubbornness even today. The ancestors of hard rock / heavy metal music are returning to Greece and adding the…

Iron Maiden & Judas Priest headline the 25th Anniversary of Graspop Metal Meeting in 2020

Break out the booze and light those candles! The 25th edition of Graspop Metal Meeting takes place in Dessel during the third weekend of June 2020. Organisers are pulling out all the stops for this anniversary edition and just like in 2018 they have got an XL programme for you with 4 full festival days!…

My Chemical Romance to headline Download Festival Australia 2020

We have just heard the news that MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE are reforming after a break of six years and now the New Jersey band will headline Download Festival Australia 2020 in Sydney and Melbourne! Other bands playing exclusively at Download include CLUTCH, Scottish metal outfit ALESTORM and Italy’s goth rockers LACUNA COIL. Watch the official…

Red Hot Chili Peppers to play exclusive Italian show at Firenze Rocks 2020

Firenze Rocks is preparing to return in 2020! After the announcement of GREEN DAY and WEEZER, the Florentine festival – produced and organised by Live Nation Italia in collaboration with Le Nozze di Figaro – hosts another iconic band: the RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS will indeed be the headliners of the day of June 13th…

Iron Maiden to headline Tons of Rock Festival 2020 in Norway

Tons of Rock Festival Norway announces their first bands for 2020! IRON MAIDEN headline Tons Of Rock on the 25th June when they come to Norway on the last leg of their Legacy Of The Beast Tour. So far, the band has played too close to two million fans in 39 countries around the world…

Ultra Australia announces phase 1 artists for 2020

Back for a 2nd edition Ultra Australia will take place at Parramatta Park, Sydney on the 7th March and Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne on the 8th March 2020. Leading the list of names confirmed in this first wave announcement are AFROJACK, ERIC PRYDZ, DJ SNAKE, LUCIANO, CIREZ D, DASH BERLIN and ZEDD. Check out the 1st…

Download Festival Japan returns in 2020 with headliners My Chemical Romance!

Download Japan, which was a huge success in 2019 with 20,000 in attendance is coming back to Japan on the 29th March 2020. After last years huge line up featuring Judas Priest and Slayer, Download Japan 2020 will be headlined by the reformed New Jersey band MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE who will be joined by THE…

Iron Maiden & The Legacy of The Beast to play Bologna Sonic Park 2020

IRON MAIDEN will return to Europe for a series of shows in 2020 on the final leg of their Legacy Of The Beast Tour, including a date at Bologna Sonic Park, Parco Nord, Bologna on July 20th following 2018’s shows in Florence, Milan and Trieste. The band has visited 39 countries around the globe since…

German a cappella metal band Van Canto join the Sabaton Open Air 2020 line up

A fresh breeze in the metal swamp at Sabaton Open Air – this is what German band VAN CANTO stands for. If you have seen them before, perhaps at Sabaton Open Air, which they have visited twice before, you know what is going on. This is a metal band with just one instrument (drums), the…

Iron Maiden to headline Copenhell Festival 2020 in Denmark

The legendary British metal band will visit the festival on their Legacy of the Beast tour. IRON MAIDEN will once again headline at Copenhell on June 20th as they return to Denmark on the final leg of their Legacy Of The Beast tour. So far, the band has played to close to two million fans…

Swedish singing star Robyn confirmed for NorthSide 2020 in Denmark

The Swedish world star and pop queen are joined by SPLEEN UNITED, FRANC MOODY and JUNG. Organisers started the countdown to NorthSide 2020 with, among other things, GREEN DAY, WEEZER and Danish star seeds in the form of MEKDES AND MAGS. Now they are ready with even more names for the music poster. 2014 saw…

Bon Iver to headline Norway’s Oya Festival 2020

Following its landmark 20th anniversary last year, Norway’s Øya Festival will be returning to Oslo once again from 11th – 15th August 2020. Known for its uncompromisingly credible 50/50 M/F line up and regularly voted the world’s greenest event, Øya paves the way for forward-thinking next-generation festivals. Today, Øya announces its first headliner for 2020:…

Opeth, TesseracT and more announced for ArcTanGent Festival UK 2020!

Check it out, ArcTanGent Festival just announced 28 stunning bands for 2020 including Main stage headliners OPETH, Yohkai headliners THIS WILL DESTROY YOU & IHSAHN, plus the earth shattering AMENRA & TESSERACT along with 23 more amazing bands. Check out the poster below for all the bands announced today!

Bon Iver to headline Sweden’s Way Out West Festival 2020

One of the most remarkable and gratifying success stories the past decade. Last fall he played at a packed Ericsson Globe in Stockholm and this summer drew a massive crowd at Mölleplatsen in Malmö, and this is why it only makes sense that when BON IVER in August returns to Way Out West, he does…

Junction 2 Festival returns to London on the 5th & 6th June!

Following the success of Junction 2 in 2019, the festival will return to Boston Manor Park in 2020 for another extended showcase of the best in underground dance music. Once again, Junction 2 will be a celebration of diverse, cutting-edge electronic music on a site that merges London’s urban reality with the natural beauty of…

Snowbombing Festival 2020 reveals phase 2 artists!

Snowbombing Festival organisers are delighted to announce that House superstars CLAPTONE, SONNY FODERA and SOLARDO are jumping on the party bus bound for Mayrhofen! Joining them are ALAN FITZPATRICK, ELI BROWN and pure Garage royalty in the shape of DJ LUCK & MC NEAT, HEARTLESS CREW, SHOLA AMA and SWEET FEMALE ATTITUDE! They have also sounded…

Indie rockers Wolf Parade join the NOS Alive 2020 line up

WOLF PARADE, the Canadian indie rock band, is the latest confirmation from NOS Alive’20. The group takes the Sagres Stage on July 11, joining the same day as the already announced Da Weasel and Two Door Cinema Club. Formed in 2003 and known for the first album “Apologies to the Queen Mary” of 2005, before…

Two Door Cinema Club confirmed for NOS Alive 2020

The Irish group, TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB are the new confirmation for NOS Alive’20. The trio takes NOS Stage on July 11, the same day as the great reunion of Da Weasel. The band will debut in Portuguese lands the latest album “False Alarm”, released last June. This album marks the group’s return to the…

The BPM Festival Costa Rica announces final 2020 lineup

Starting the new decade amongst the backdrop of Costa Rica’s beautiful Gold Coast, The BPM Festival has revealed its final artist and showcase lineup for its debut edition in Costa Rica with more than 100 new DJs and live acts newly confirmed. Welcoming some of the most iconic names and rising stars in dance music,…

Heaven Shall Burn Confirmed for Full Force 2020!

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…

Black Star Riders to headline Stonedead Festival 2020 in the UK

Stonedead 2020 is an outdoor one day, one stage, monster of a festival where rock music reigns eternal. Stonedead is now firmly placed on the rock festival map and places the rock fan experience at its core. Come and see it for yourself! BLACK STAR RIDERS are currently one of the greatest rock bands around….

Slipknot to play their first ever Wacken show in 2020!

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…

Volbeat and Nightwish to headline Greenfield Festival 2020

It starts again – Greenfield Festival announces the first bands. That means, next June it will be loud again in the Bernese Oberland, because VOLBEAT come to Interlaken! No other band combines Metal and Rock’n’Roll in a similarly rousing way as the Danes have done over the years. A concept that gave VOLBEAT a unique…

Caribou confirmed for NOS Alive 2020 in Portugal

Dan Snaith, better known as CARIBOU, is back on track and is the latest confirmation to join NOS Alive’20 line-up and will perform on July 10th on the Sagres Stage. The Canadian musician, composer and producer of electronic music, shares his new work “Home”, after five years since the release of “Our Love”, the sixth…

Kataklysm, Deserted Fear And Twilight Force join the Rockharz 2020 line up

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…

Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Pixies, Twenty One Pilots, Alt-J and Tove Lo first acts confirmed for Mad Cool 2020

The countdown to Mad Cool Festival 2020 has begun. TAYLOR SWIFT, BILLIE EILISH, PIXIES, TWENTY ONE PILOTS, ALT-J AND TOVE LO are the first six names of the poster of the 5th Anniversary of the Madrid Festival, a cross-sectional and inimitable Line Up that bets on talent in all its expressions and quality musical on…

First Wave of Artists Announced for Beat The Streets Festival UK 2020

The first wave of acts has been unveiled for the annual Beat The Streets charity music festival. Over 30+ local and national music artists have been confirmed to play at the Nottingham city centre event on Sunday 26th January 2020. Hosted across five stages at venues that include; Rock City, Rescue Rooms, The Bodega…

Judas Priest and Behemoth Confirmed as Headliners for Bloodstock 2020

If you tuned into Planet Rock Radio this morning, you’ll have been amongst the first to hear BLOODSTOCK’s hotly anticipated news, revealing the final two Ronnie James Dio main stage headliners for 2020’s event. DEVIN TOWNSEND was announced as Friday night’s headliner last month. Without further ado… Metal legends JUDAS PRIEST will headline Sunday night….

First wave of artists announced for Love International 2020 in Croatia

The defining Adriatic odyssey is celebrating its 5th anniversary following on from last year’s sold out edition, and returns once more to a beatific slice of paradise nestled on the Dalmatian coastline, an intimate pine-shaded hideaway like no other. Taking in wild boat parties, lazy sun-kissed days, beautiful dawns breaking over Barbarella’s, slow-simmering Sunrise Sessions…

Damian “Jr. Gong’ Marley, Ice Cube, Chronixx & more announced for California Roots Music and Arts Festival

The California Roots Music and Arts Festival has had much to celebrate in 2019 with a successful ten year event, launching their own radio show “Cali Roots Radio” on SiriusXM’s “The Joint,” and through a new strategic partnership with Reggae Rise Up. Cali Roots is thrilled to announce its first round of artists for their…

Post Malone, Lukas Graham and Lenny Kravitz announced for Tinderbox Festival 2020

The first major names for the music poster for # TB20 are clear, and they are strongly joined by ZARA LARSSON, THE PEOPLE’S CLUB, JONAH BLACKSMITH and the Magicbox names OLIVER HELDENS, NONSENS and TOBY GREEN. After a fantastic party for Tinderbox 2019, where world-class music, formidable atmosphere and happy guests joined a higher unit,…

System of a Down & Korn confirmed for iDays Festival 2020 in Milan

It’s time for new big announcements for I-DAYS Milano 2020, the music festival that will bring the great international artists on stage next summer. After the announcement of BILLIE EILISH (for the first time headliner of an Italian festival on July 17th), it is now the turn of SYSTEM OF A DOWN and KORN, on…

Belgian DJ Duo Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike to headline Dreambeach Festival 2020

After several months of silence and work in the shade after the success this past summer, Dreambeach Festival is back to announce the first name for its 8th edition, which will be held from August 5th to 9th, 2020 at its usual location in Villaricos-Palomares, on the coast of Almeria. The news has been known…

Beatsteaks to headline Deichbrand Festival 2020

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…

First bands announced for Highfield Festival 2020 in Germany

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…

Four new bands join the Bloodstock UK 2020 line up!

As Halloween approaches and Autumn rolls in, BLOODSTOCK is delighted to reveal four more amazing bands joining the heavy metal shenanigans in Catton Park next August as well as details of this year’s Rock Society memberships. PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS will be bringing their much lauded ‘A Vulgar Display of Pantera’ set to…

Damian “JR Gong” Marley and Rebelution to headline, Arizona Roots Music & Arts Festival

After an amazing first year splash, Arizona Roots Music & Arts Festival returns to the Riverwalk at Rawhide Western Town & Event Center on February 22 and 23, 2020. The festival produced by the same team behind California Roots Music & Arts Festival in Monterey, CA, the premier gathering for the progressive U.S. reggae and…

Swedish metal band Tungsten confirmed for Sabaton Open Air 2020

The metallic element Tungsten has the highest melting point of all metals and has an extremely high density. Translated into musical terms, you can easily say that TUNGSTEN, who visit Sabaton Open Air in the summer of 2020, is a metal band where it surely boils on stage and that they are a heavily tight…

Judas Priest, Korn, Emperor, Benediction & many more for Copenhell 2020

COPENHELL presents a wall of hard and heavy bands and a new stage. Ticket sales will start at 10:00 on Tuesday, October 22. Welcome to a new year with COPENHELL! The completely sold-out festival celebrated its 10-year birthday here in 2019 with lots of flames, beer and great music. We are immensely proud to present…

Twin German Festivals Hurricane & Southside announce first bands for 2020

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…

Children of Bodom, Insomnium, Jinjer & more to play Tuska 2020

Finland’s world renowned metal exports, CHILDREN OF BODOM will be playing their classic 2003 ”Hate Crew Deathroll” album in its entirety at Tuska 2020. This is the first time COB will be playing an album special show and Tuska appearance is the exclusive Finnish show next summer. Other new additions to the 2020 festival roster…

Patti Smith tops new confirmations at Azkena Rock Festival 2020

A symbol of feminism and the intellectuality of New York punk rock, the iconic PATTI SMITH tops the new names that are added to the rock and roll festival poster par excellence, the Azkena Rock Festival, which will celebrate its 19th edition on the 19th and 20th of June 2020 in Mendizabala, Vitoria-Gasteiz. American singer,…

Lenny Kravitz, Jimmie Vaughan, The Waterboys & Many More Added To The Bluesfest 2020 Line up

The wait is over! Following Bluesfest’s best first announcement ever including Dave Matthews Band, Crowded House, Patti Smith and Her Band and so many more, organisers are exhilarated to now reveal more incredible artists to join the line up for the 31st chapter of Bluesfest Byron Bay this Easter. Vibration underscores music, motion, and movement….

Them Yorke confirms an Italian show at Milan Summer Festival 2020

After the extraordinary success of the 2019 tour, which ended in Italy with the highly acclaimed concert at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, THOM YORKE, the historic frontman of Radiohead, announces new dates in Europe and the United Kingdom between June and July 2020 for his Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes, the live project that…

Thom Yorke Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes at Pohoda 2020

After a fantastic concert with Atoms for Peace, THOM YORKE will return to Pohoda in 2020, this time with the THOM YORKE Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes project. Performing works spanning his solo career THOM YORKE will be joined by legendary producer Nigel Godrich, and visual artist Tarik Barri. This is the earliest confirmed big name in…

Guns N’ Roses, The Strokes and The Chemical Brothers head the 2020 Estéreo Picnic Festival

Heads of the ordinary world, this is a call for freedom. Believers and fans of the Festival have believed for more than 10 years. Today is the revelation for everyone. GUNS N ‘ROSES, THE STROKES and THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS will be the headliners on April 3, 4 and 5, 2020 at the Briceño 18 Golf…

Line Ups announced for Lollapalooza Chile, Lollapalooza Argentina & Lollapalooza Brasil 2020

Lollapalooza Chile, Lollapalooza Argentina and Lollapalooza Brasil have unveiled the lineups for the 2020 editions, revealing an incredible bill featuring headliners GUNS N’ ROSES, TRAVIS SCOTT, THE STROKES, LANA DEL REY, MARTIN GARRIX and GWEN STEFANI. The lineup also includes ARMIN VAN BUUREN, VAMPIRE WEEKEND, CAGE THE ELEPHANT, JAMES BLAKE, BROCKHAMPTON, ALAN WALKER, ILLENIUM, THE…

Sepultura, Moonsorrow & Evil Invaders join the Rock Harz Open Air 2020 line up!

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…