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Travis Scott, Rae Sremmurd, Brockhampton & more for WOO HAH! 2019

WOO HAH! returns! from Friday July 12th to Sunday July 15th at the festival grounds located at Beekse Bergen Hilvarenbeek. After the sold out edition in 2018 we’re going to celebrate 6 years of WOO HAH! together with you! First confirmed acts:Travis Scott – Brockhampton – Rae Sremmurd – Skepta – $uicideboy$ – Gunna – Sheck Wes…

Macklemore to headline new Swedish Festival Bayside

American world popular hip hop star MACKLEMORE will headline Sweden’s new summer festival Bayside Festival 2019 in Helsingborg on the 12th – 13th July MACKLEMORE is one of the world’s most popular and streaming hip-hop artists. The “These Days”, “Glorius” and “Good Old Days” tracks have been streamed over a billion times. The singles “Can’t…

Scorpions to headline Festival Musilac on the 14th July 2019

SCORPIONS will be performing for the first time in Musilac as part of the Crazy World Tour! Their songs “Still Loving You” and “Wind of Change” propelled them to the top of the charts for several weeks. They will remain timeless hits, just like Send me an Angel, Still Loving You, Holiday, Rock You Like…

Czech Festival Rock For People adds more bands!

The quartet from Brno, ACUTE DOSE, masterfully juggles different kinds of music and sends a message of eclectic pell-mell. Their concerts are known for high energy, spontaneous gestures and fast bpm. On their last album “II”, they spat out original sound, unrivalled on the Czech scene. They took part in BuSH showcase in Hungary and…

Deichbrand Festival Germany adds more acts for 2019

Above all, this volume unites three things: Social Criticism – Tanzwut – Playfulness! The Italian group TALCO was created in the style of Manu Chao’s Patchanka band Manu Negra. The world music sound tears one off accordingly as it combines punk rock and folk music, with latin and ska elements. The mix of hymn-like brass,…

Wacken Day 7 – Thrash, Hardcore and Country Rock

With Battle Beast we already had a former Metal Battle winner yesterday – with CRISIX we have a second one today! The Spanish Thrash monsters will turn the field to the left next year at our Wasted Wednesday. Spanish Thrash metal champions CRISIX released their last album Against the odds this April via Listenable records…

Macklemore, Tame Impala, Steve Aoki for Hurricane & Southside Festivals

We prefer New Year’s Eve. And Christmas. And a little bit of Easter and your birthday. You know what? Why do not you just imagine the Easter Bunny throwing exploding eggs at the Christmas tree while your mum tries to put out the burning curtains with a birthday cake? Now you have an idea of…

Thom Yorke added to the NOS Alive’19 line up

THOM YORKE, one of the names most coveted by the Portuguese public, has just confirmed its presence in the 13th edition of NOS Alive. Together with producer and long-time collaborator Nigel Godrich and visual artist Tarik Barri, the British singer will climb onto the Sagres stage on July 13th with a show that covers his…

Indie icons Foals confirmed for INmusic Festival 2019

One of UK’s best live acts, indie heroes FOALS, is set to return to the main stage of Croatia’s biggest open air festival in June 2019! FOALS will be joining rock icons THE CURE at INmusic festival #14 which will take place at Zagreb’s lake Jarun from June 24th to June 26th, 2019! Ever since…

Three Wacken veterans behind the eighth door

Two of today’s bands were founded in 1990 just like Wacken Open Air festival, while the third one has been active since 1985. Today belongs to the veterans accordingly. And here they are: SKYCLAD are an integral part of the history of both Folk Metal and W:O:A and we look forward to the band’s return. Recently…

Lykke Li is the first artist confirmed for Pohoda Festival 2019

Her songs are a frequent choice of film and series creators, and her albums regularly feature producers of the worldʼs biggest stars. “I follow rivers” indeed is a big hit, but as Consequence of Sound sees it, especially the latest album so sad so sexy brings “Lykke Liʼs superb reinvention” as an artist rehabilitating pop in its…

Scorpions to headline Download Festival Madrid 2019

SCORPIONS, the iconic rock band and third headliner this new edition of Download Festival Madrid will stop at the Magic Box with their ‘CRAZY WORLD TOUR’, a tour with which is sweeping around the world and will bring the band back the capital after several years of absence. SCORPIONS are indisputably one of the most…

Øya Festival adds more music to the 2019 line up

We are about eight months away from the next Øya Festival, but there is already a high pace on both artist confirmations and ticket sales. Today we can drop three women who have released amazing albums in recent months, and a band that is going to release an album it is worth looking forward to…

14 acts kick of Main Square Festival for 2019

As it’s almost the end of the year, it’s time for us to reveal the first names of the Main Square Festival 2019. All music lovers should find their paradise with these 14 names who will play in the Citadel of Arras on the 5th to 7th July! Ticket and accommodation packages for Main Square…

Thy Art is Murder, Ahab & Higher Power play Summer Breeze 2019

To all fans of proper deathcore, listen up! THY ART IS MURDER will be part of SUMMER BREEZE 2019! Their birthplace of New South Wales didn’t have much to offer to these kids in terms of leisure, so they decided to practice their instruments instead. Since their formation in 2006 the Australians have left a…

Initial Delfest Maryland line up announced

You probably heard the news already that THE STRING CHEESE INCIDENT will be back to Cumberland for the 2019 DelFest and you probably already guessed that the DEL MCCOURY BAND and the boys THE TRAVELIN’ MCCOURYS will be there as well. Delfest organizers are also pleased to announce that TRAMPLED BY TURTLES, RAILROAD EARTH, I’M…

Satyricon confirmed for Helliad Festival in Poland

SATYRICON is a Norwegian black metal band founded in 1991 in Oslo. The core members are Sigurd “Satyr” Wongraven – leader, main composer and songwriter – and drummer Kjetil-Vidar “Frost” Haraldstad. During concerts the band performs with session musicians. SATYRICON plays black metal combined with traditional heavy metal motifs, constantly testing the boundaries of the…

Scorpions to headline Spain’s Rock The Coast Festival

Rock The Coast Festival closes the line-up of its first edition with the incorporation of one of the greatest band of Rock ever, the German band SCORPIONS, who will headline on Friday, 14th June 2019. Other great bands are announced, EUROPE, TWELVE FOOT NINJA, SEVENTH WONDER, TRIBULATION, ABORTED, VON HERTZEN BROTHERS and JINJER, among many…

U.D.O, Anvil & Hardline join the Rock Harz 2019 line up

Ho, ho, ho! Santa Claus is here and has brought you something: Not one, not two, but three fat gifts that barely fit into the boot. Their discographies could fill books, their names are legendary and in 2019 they will honour us at the ROCKHARZ Open Air – partly for the very first time: In…

Rock in Rio metal day just got heavier!

Rock in Rio has prepared a historic Metal Day! In addition to the incredible line-up of the World Stage, with legends like IRON MAIDEN, SCORPIONS, MEGADETH and SEPULTURA, on October 4th the metal will take over the entire City of Rock. On Sunset Stage, SLAYER brings their fast and insane thrash metal on his farewell…

Our Last night confirmed for Rock The People 2019

There is no need to introduce these stylish fellows from America to the Rock for People visitors. OUR LAST NIGHT got together in 2004 and besides their own music, they also got recognition thanks to their covers of current world hits. No one can deny that their remake of Humble from Kendrick Lamar into pop-core…

Legion of the Damned, Oceans of Slumber & Turbobier added to Summer Breeze 2019

Day 7 of the annual Summer Breeze Open Air advent band releases, what is in store for us today? Our next confirmation will cause quite a stir at SUMMER BREEZE 2019: LEGION OF THE DAMNED! Formed in 2004, the band play a mix of fast thrash and death metal. Their songs usually possess a dark…

Madsen confirmed for Deichbrand Festival 2019

MADSEN – not only in Wendland is the name a household name. The indie rock band is also celebrated at DEICHBRAND Festival each time violently. At their shows, you realise what energy they have packed into their live appearances – as well as listening to the amazingly rocky, new album “Light Years”. While softened songs…

Rob Zombie, Stone Temple Pilots & more join the Graspop line up

He’s come, he’s come, sweet St Nick has come! 23 new confirmations for the Graspop Metal Meeting 2019 line-up! The current line-up with KISS, SLIPKNOT and WITHIN TEMPTATION as headliners has been expanded with: ROB ZOMBIE, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS, ABORTED, EAGLES OF DEATH METAL, FEVER 333, INGLORIOUS, LIKE A STORM, LIVING COLOUR, MINISTRY, MYSTICUM, NASHVILLE…

Rag’n’Bone Man brings Human & Skin hits to Colours of Ostrava

Fascinating British singer RAG’N’BONE MAN, whom famously loved the hits Human and Skin, is another star of Colors of Ostrava 2019! The three-time Brit Awards winner will play for the first time in Ostrava. Everybody knows about the radio hit Human, but those who also experienced RAG’N’BONE MAN’s open-air concerts at Roskilde or Lollapalooza festivals…

Sum 41 join The Cure at Firenze Rock Festival in 2019

Firenze Rocks continues to surprise by unveiling the names of international superstars who will be on stage at the Visarno Arena in Florence in June – Canadian punk rockers SUM 41 will play before THE CURE on the last day of the festival, Sunday, June 16th. The band formed by Deryck Whibley, Dave Brownsound, Tom…

Delain, Battle Beast and Jinjer added to Wacken Open Air 2019

On today’s St. Nicholas Day we dare a tiny statement: We don’t care about your gender, we don’t care about your origin. If you like metal, then you are welcome in Wacken. In front of the stage and also on stage. Every year we try to put a colourful Hard & Heavy program on stage and…

Sharon Van Etten joins the NOS Alive’19 line up

American, SHARON VAN ETTEN, rises to the Sagres Stage of NOS Alive’19 on July 11th, and brings with her the new album “Remind Me Tomorrow”, with release scheduled for January 18th, 2019. The new album, “Remind Me Tomorrow,” was written during a special period for the artist throughout her pregnancy, while studying psychology and auditioning…

Australian Rockers Airbourne added to Summer Breeze line up

Kick ass! That’s the motto of our next confirmation: AIRBOURNE will be our guests at SUMMER BREEZE 2019! Is it really over ten years ago that AIRBOURNE hit the scene like a bomb with their full debut album? Looks like it! And the Australians have followed their chosen path ever since – up until the…

Skunk Anansie confirmed for Sonic Park Stupinigi 2019 in Italy

SKUNK ANANSIE is a British music group whose music has been called an amalgam of heavy metal and angry, “black” and feminist protest music, with politicised lyrics and hybrid influences like funk, blues, punk rock, reggae and hip hop. The group consists of singer Skin (Deborah Dyer) and Cass (Richard Lewis) on bass and second…

Heartland Festival Denmark adds more acts to the 2019 line up

It’s been 11 years since THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE QUEEN released their first album, but now they are back with new material that you can experience live for the first time in Denmark at Heartland 2019. THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE QUEEN is a decisive super band, composed of Gorillaz and Blur…

Nothing But Thieves first headliner announced for Dauwpop Festival

Festival organisers are proud to announce the first headliner for Dauwpop 2019: NOTHING BUT THIEVES! The English band has played all the big festivals such as Pinkpop and Lowlands and sold-out venues such as AFAS live and 013 Tilburg for the past two years. One of the most exciting rock bands of the moment. The…

Attick Demons added to the Sabaton Open Air 2019 line up

The New Wave of British Heavy Metal is coming to Falun in 2019 – but it’s coming via Portugal thanks to ATTICK DEMONS, the next confirmed act for Sabaton Open Air festival. ATTICK DEMONS have been flying the flag for traditional heavy metal ever since their formation in 1996, bringing speed, melodies and a power…

Equality, eclecticism and audacity in the revolutionary line up of Primavera Sound 2019

Is the Primavera Sound 2019 line up normal? No, but we want it to be. The New Normal, or the new normality, is the idea on which the universe of the nineteenth edition of the Barcelona festival is based. From May 30th to June 1st 2019, the Parc del Fòrum of Barcelona will be witness…

The Subways confirmed for Rock For People 2019

Punk rock, party, sweat, boiler, wild girls, jumps from the stage. These are the words Czechs use to describe THE SUBWAYS concerts! They already had many opportunities to see their show. Charlotte and Billy from THE SUBWAYS used to travel to the Czech Republic several times per year. It didn’t matter whether they swirled on…

The Prodigy – Back at Deichbrand Festival in 2019

In 2019 they are back at the DEICHBRAND Festival: THE PRODIGY! After shaking the open-air arena at the 10th festival edition in 2014, festival organisers want to repeat this experience with the electropunks for their 15th birthday. The headliners of Liam Howlett, Maxim and Keith Flint, will play tracks from their new album “No Tourists”…

Shaka Ponk join the Colours of Ostrava Festival line up

Egyptian, Five Frenchmen and Giant Virtual Monkey Mr. Goz returns. Welcome back to the crazy world of SHAKA PONK: musicians, animators and graphic artists who have come to this as it sounds in their foreheads and brought it to the world without warning. Even more crazy than ever before, it gives reason, and whoever has…

Skunk Anansie confirmed for Rock in Roma 2019

The long awaited and highly appreciated return to Italy of SKUNK ANANSIE is here – The band will return to Italy next year at Rock in Roma with an unmissable concert at the Auditorium Parco della Musica on Monday 8th July 2019 Tickets go on pre-sale at ticketone.it starting at 10.00 on Thursday 6th December…

Wacken Open Advent Air Door 5 – Epic Folk, Death and Gothic

EQUILIBRIUM calls their genre Epic Metal and the name says it all – the mixture of power, pagan, folk etc. is a wonderful success, even the use of orchestral elements seems to be no big challenge for the musicians. The last album from the band was released in 2016 and we hope to hear some…

Groezrock Festival adds a huge 33 new bands!

Did you already recover from our headliner announcements? We sure haven’t. Just think about it: a party with JAWBREAKER and DROPKICK MURPHYS … Sheesh! And there’s still so much more to be announced. Better keep reading, people! Even though organisers promised you 25 names, it’s actually 33. So let’s not waste too much time and…

Pip Blom confirmed for NOS Alive 2019

PIP BLOM is the latest confirmation for the NOS Alive’19 poster on July 12th on the Sagres Stage. The brothers Pip and Tender Blom along with Dareck Mercks and Gini Cameron make up the Dutch band that debuts in Portugal on the 13th edition of the festival. The quartet features the new EP “Paycheck”, which…

Seven New Confirmations for Download Festival Madrid 2019!

The already imposing poster of Download Madrid 2019 to be held on June 28th -30th at Caja Mágica in Madrid, seven new names are added: SUM 41 (only date in Spain), SABATON, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS, THE INTERRUPTERS, KONTRUST, BOSTON MANOR and BRUTUS. SUM 41, a Canadian punk rock group, whose origin goes back to 1996,…

First round of artists for Longitude Festival Ireland 2019

Longitude returns to Marlay Park this summer from Friday 5th July to Sunday 7th July 2019. Due to the VAT increase that comes into effect at the beginning of 2019, tickets will go on sale this Friday so fans will have the opportunity to purchase tickets at 2018 prices. Here is the 1st round of…

Bring Me The Horizon to headline All Points East 2019

Another day of acts have been revealed for All Points East Festival which takes place at Victoria Park, Hackney, London from Friday 24th to Sunday 2nd June. Formed in Sheffield in 2004, BRING ME THE HORIZON have long been widely regarded as one of the most forward thinking heavy bands in the UK. The band…

Ezra Furman, Anna Calvi & more for Deer Shed Festival UK 2019

One week later than their usual weekend, and well into the school hols, Deer Shed Festival returns for its 10th anniversary celebration of family friendly music, arts and science from 26th-29th July 2019. Festival organisers are delighted to announce the first batch of bands for Deer Shed 10! EZRA FURMAN, ANNA CALVI, AKALA, SUNFLOWER BEAN,…

The Wildhearts, Living Colour & more for Ramblin Man Fair 2019

Are you to ready to ‘Ramble On’ with the next round of announcements? Wondering who will be joining FOREIGNER, BETH HART, THE DARKNESS, ANATHEMA, CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD, RIVERSIDE and PAIN OF SALVATION? If so we have news for you! Joining THE DARKNESS and special guests for ‘Friday Fun At The Fair’ – Ginger played Ramblin’ Man in 2016 and this year…

The Chemical Brothers will play Deichbrand Festival 2019

For over twenty years, THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS have redefined the idea of electronic live music. During this time, their live performance has taken them from modest gigs in London nightclubs to one of the most sought after headlining acts in the world. One thing was always very important for the live act: The show was…

Day 4 at Wacken Open Air Advent – Modern meets Classic

What does modern Metal sound like in 2018? This is a tough question, but the sound of OF MICE & MEN definitely belongs to the hot candidates. The American band plays a mixture of Alternative Metal, Metalcore and co. and continues to work its way to the top of the genre. THE VINTAGE CARAVAN really…

Rudimental added to the Rock For People 2019 line up

Since their Mercury Prize nominated, No.1 debut album, Home, RUDIMENTAL have soared with success. With sold out tours and headlining major festivals, they have brought their unique sound to millions worldwide, establishing themselves as one of the most vibrant and exciting live shows around. Now established as one of the UK’s biggest acts with platinum…

Versengold, Aborted & Caspian added to Summer Breeze line up

VERSENGOLD will plunge SUMMER BREEZE into a gold rush once again! We’re bringing the Bremen six to Dinkelsbühl ‘In The People’s Name’ (‘Im Namen Des Folkes’). Because you have been asking for ‘Punch Instead Of Punch’ (‘Punsch Statt Punsch’)! By now, singer Malte and the other ‘Drunkards’ (‘Trunkenbolde’) have a lot of ‘Skeletons In The…