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Unsilent Night festival to make its return after six-year hiatus

For the first time in six years, Unsilent Night will return to Dallas. Unsilent Night 2021 will see the festival return December 19 with a stacked lineup including Sleeping With Sirens, KennyHoopla, Meet Me @ The Altar and more. The one-day festival will include three different stages as well as five rooms of entertainment with things […]

RATM, BMTH, Halsey and more to headline Reading and Leeds 2022

Reading & Leeds have announced part of the lineup for their 2022 tour, including all six headliners set to make appearances. The three-day festival will utilize two main stages, a change the organizers have made to the event in recent years. Read more: 20 songs that transformed punk, from “Raw Power” to “Rebel Girl” Today’s […]

Måneskin cover Billie Eilish's "bury a friend" during live set—watch

Italian rock band Måneskin have covered Billie Eilish’s hit song “bury a friend“ and turned it into their signature brand of rock ‘n’ roll. During their set last weekend at Ronquières Festival in Belgium, the group performed the cover for an enthusiastic crowd of festival-goers. Read more: Turnstile connects with friends Will Yip and Atiba […]

Foo Fighters, Phoebe Bridgers and Lizzo among 2021 Bonnaroo lineup

Bonnaroo is officially preparing for its 2021 return Sept. 2–5 in Manchester, Tennessee. The festival, which kicks off with the Grand Ole Opry Thursday, includes a slew of talented artists such as Foo Fighters, Megan Thee Stallion, Lizzo, Phoebe Bridgers, Lana Del Rey and Tyler, The Creator. Similar to other festivals and concerts around the […]

UK organizers detail how COVID-19 may change 2021 festival lineups

Organizers overseas are currently gearing up for the return of music festivals this summer. As COVID-19 cases in the U.K. slowly decline and more vaccinations are administered, many are optimistic that this year’s festival season will bring back some normalcy in what’s truly been an unprecedented past year. Despite some festivals going ahead as planned, […]

This is how Israel held a massive music festival by calling it a protest

Israel just held what may be the first large live music gathering since the coronavirus pandemic shut down the industry. And, they used a loophole to do it. On May 21, some 3,000 people gather at Charles Clore Park in Tel Aviv for what they were calling a protest.  The event, called “Behind the Scenes: […]

Reading & Leeds Festival won’t be continuing this year as originally hoped

Back in March, Reading & Leeds Festival announced that the U.K. festival was still scheduled to go on as planned despite coronavirus concerns. With headliners including Stormzy, Liam Gallagher, Rage Against The Machine, and more, the highly-anticipated festival was scheduled to happen August 28-30. Now, it has been announced that the summer festival will not […]

You’re going to have to wait another year for Mayhem Festival’s return

Unfortunately, Mayhem Festival was grounded before it was even able to take flight this year. 2020 was set to mark the return of the metal-themed festival for the first time since 2015. However, due to the state of the world with the coronavirus pandemic, Mayhem Festival has announced that this summer’s upcoming tour is off, […]

Inkcarceration Festival is officially canceling its 2020 event

Inkcarceration Festival is officially canceling its 2020 event due to the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The festival was set to run July 10-12 at the Historic Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio, but they’re revealing dates for next year’s event right now. Read more: Hear the first song from Machine Gun Kelly’s pop-punk album The festival’s lineup included […]

Bunbury Festival 2020 canceled amid coronavirus pandemic

Bunbury Festival is making the announcement today that they will be cancelling the 2020 edition of their event over the COVID-19 coronavirus. Organizers are cancelling this year’s festival due to the fluidity of the situation across the world. Ticket holders will be getting full refunds within 30 to 45 days. Read More: Rocklahoma postpones 2020 festival due […]

Rocklahoma postpones 2020 festival due to coronavirus

Rocklahoma is postponing their 2020 festival for a full year over the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The festival was taking place from May 22 to 24 but will be pushed off for a full year after coordinating with state, local and federal health authorities. Read More: Here’s the video J.K. Rowling said helped relieve coronavirus symptoms Described as […]

Sonic Temple, Epicenter, Welcome To Rockville 2020 festivals canceled

The series of Danny Wimmer Presents festivals, including  Epicenter, Welcome To Rockville, Sonic Temple Art + Music Festival, Louder Than Life and Aftershock, are facing some major changes today. All spring festivals are being canceled while fall festivals including Louder Than Life are continuing to happen. Read More: ‘The Walking Dead’ fans notice the show predicted toilet paper hoarding Epicenter, Welcome To […]

Hayley Willams bringing back Sanctuary of Self-Love for Bonnaroo 2020

Hayley Williams of Paramore is bringing back the Sanctuary of Self Love to the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival next summer. This is the second year the iconic Williams will be curating the plaza, and it was a mega-hit last year. Read More: ‘The Grudge’ teaser comes face-to-face with new curse in first look The Sanctuary […]

Evanescence drummer calls Knotfest riot “weak and stupid” after kit fire

Evanescence drummer Will Hunt responded to the rioters at Knotfest who destroyed his drum kit, calling them “amateur, weak and stupid.” Slipknot were set to headline Knotfest in Mexico City but were forced to cancel along with Evanescence after the barricade was broken during Behemoth’s set. Read more: Ice Nine Kills, I Prevail, Papa Roach to join FFDP on 2020 […]

Fyre Festival co-founder Ja Rule dismissed from $100 million lawsuit

Fyre Festival co-founder and rapper Ja Rule avoided a $100 million lawsuit. A group of festival attendees filed the suit against the CEO and founder, Billy McFarland as well as others involved with the festival. According to a file obtained by Billboard Ja Rule (aka Jeffrey Atkins) and the Fyre Fest Chief Marketing Officer Grant […]

Rolling Loud Festival drops five artists from lineup after NYPD request

Rolling Loud is set to take place this weekend in New York, but it appears that five rappers will no longer be making an appearance at the two-day festival. According to reports, the New York Police Department requested the removal of five artists from the lineup due to “public safety concerns.” Read more: Is ‘The Nightmare […]

Download Fest unveils KISS, Korn, BVB, more for 2020 lineup

Download Fest is starting your Monday off right by unveiling its headliners for the 2020 event. Along with this exciting and incredible news, we’ve also been given a sneak peek at some of the bands slated to play the festival including Black Veil Brides, Of Mice & Men and more! Check it out below! Read […]

Fyre Festival lawsuit seeks blink-182 agency, more return artists’ fees

It seems like news, memes, updates and parodies of Fyre Festival are determined to live on forever. The failed festival is continuing to make headlines, this time due to the festival’s trustee filing lawsuits seeking the return of funds paid to blink-182, Kendall Jenner and more. You can view the details of some of the […]

Reading & Leeds Festival crowd control barriers spark attendee backlash

Reading & Leeds, festivals that have featured headliners such as Nirvana, My Chemical Romance and Black Sabbath might be upsetting fans a bit this year. The world’s oldest popular music festival has unveiled its new crowd control barriers and not everyone is happy. Read More: Matty Healy says the 1975 are punk because he’d “go to […]

Foo Fighters seek fan input for Reading & Leeds setlist

We’re just a few short weeks away from the 2019 Reading and Leeds Festival, set to take place at the end of this month. Foo Fighters are preparing to headline the event, seeking fan input on what their setlist should entail. Check it out below! Read more: Cobra Starship revisit ‘Hot Mess’ 10 years later with […]
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