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Fresh off the recent release of his latest LP The Carter V, Lil Wayne hit the stage at Atlanta’s A3C Festival & Conference Sunday night. The rapper’s set was cut short after panic erupted over the false belief shots had been fired in what the festival is calling an “altercation.” According to one Instagram user […]

It looks like the electro-leaning Ultra Music Festival will have to find new concert grounds for next year’s event, as the City Of Miami Commission has voted to evict the fest from its longtime location at Bayfront Park in Downtown Miami. Read more: twenty one pilots add new Bandito Tour dates According to the city […]

Following the cancellation of this month’s Louder Than Life festival due to unsafe conditions, scheduled act Asking Alexandria are plotting their own impromptu gig in place of the nixed event. And it’s only a dollar for admittance. Read more: Dashboard Confessional cancel shows this weekend Guitarist Ben Bruce shares the news via Twitter, the musician […]

The Offspring, Stone Sour, All Time Low, Dropkick Murphys and many other rockin’ acts have been announced for this year’s multi-date Good Things Festival in Australia. Check out the complete lineup of awesome bands down below. Read more: Watch Kristen Stewart in Interpol’s vivid new vid The festival will find veteran punkers the Offspring performing […]

The Reading & Leeds festival is almost here, and it appears that Panic! At The Disco‘s Brendon Urie can’t wait to co-headline it with Kendrick Lamar. Read more: Shawn Mendes reacting to Panic! At The Disco’s VMAs performance is all of us In a new interview with Kerrang! the Panic! At The Disco frontman talked co-headlining this year’s […]

The pastor behind the long-running Creation Festival, often billed as the nation’s “largest Christian music festival,” has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to child molestation, as reported by the Courier-Post. Read more: 3 Doors Down bassist facing more prison time Harry Thomas, the 74-year-old co-founder of Creation Festival, received the […]

The much-maligned Fyre Fest debacle is finally paying out dividends to a couple of attendees of the would-be music festival in the Bahamas last year. A $5 million settlement has now been awarded to two Fyre festival-goers for their suffering. Read more: Smashing Pumpkins house gig shut down by cops As reported by Vice News, […]

This summer, pop-punk lifers New Found Glory offer food for thought—and eating. The band are currently on tour in support of Makes Me Sick Again, a re-release of their Hopeless album Makes Me Sick, which features three new songs augmented to the original release. Read more: New TV show aims to help bands get signed […]

Rock fans rejoice: the 2018 Louder Than Life lineup is here. It looks like Louisville, Kentucky will be louder than ever this September when Avenged Sevenfold, Underoath, Deftones, Limp Bizkit and more descend upon Champions Park for the Louder Than Life festival. See the lineup and details below. Read more: Riot Fest announces 2018 lineup […]

[Photo by: Nike, Inc] When it comes to music festivals, you know you have to decide shoe choice carefully. You want comfortable, breathable and of course, stylish. Well now, Nike’s turning it up a notch. Their classic slides are now coming with a ‘fanny pack’ pocket in each shoe. And it just may be the […]

Say Anything, Lower Than Atlantis and Homesafe are among the acts recently added to this spring's Slam Dunk Festival, joining previously announced artists such as Good Charlotte, Jimmy Eat World, PVRIS and more. Read more: Shinedown stare down the beast on new song The weekend-long Slam Dunk fest 2018 goes off Saturday, May 26, in […]

[Photo by: Pexels] Does a gig a day keep the doctor away? Regularly attending concerts can apparently increase your life span and boost wellbeing, according to a new study commissioned by British telecom company O2 and carried out by behavioral science expert Patrick Fagan. Read more: Study shows metal music is good for your brain […]

It's true: There are so many summer festivals that it can be hard to track when and where your favorite acts will be playing. Lucky for you, there's a new app that'll help you find festivals featuring your favorite acts, based on your Spotify listening habits. Read more: Spotify’s new tool lets listeners suggest edits to track details […]

[Photo by: Slipknot/Facebook] Is Slipknot's M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan playing a solo show at this year's Montebello Rockfest? That appears to be the case, as the musician's name is listed among the performers for the music festival in Canada this June. Read more: Slipknot's Clown rates scary clowns As seen in the festival lineup image […]

[Photo by: Mark Weiss] Despite Ozzy Osbourne's recent announcement that he'll hang up his traveling hat with the “No More Tours 2” tour, it looks like the annual Ozzfest will continue without the live presence of the festival's namesake performer. Read more: Ozzy Osbourne announces final tour As reported by Theprp.com, Sharon Osbourne confirmed the […]

[Photo by: Linkin Park/YouTube] Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda will perform a solo show at this August's Summer Sonic Festival, joining acts such as Nine Inch Nails, Nickelback, Queens Of The Stone Age and more at the annual rock music festival in Japan. Read more: 17 songs you didn't realize were a decade old Shinoda shared […]