festivals

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 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 […]

Alice In Chains will be replacing Avenged Sevenfold at the Louder Than Life Festival on Sept. 28. Read more: Avenged Sevenfold cancel summer tour The announcement follows the news that Avenged Sevenfold had to cancel the rest of their North American tour with Prophets Of Rage and Three Days Grace. It was revealed in a post by the band that […]

[Photo by: fyffest/Instagram] It looks like this will be the first year without an FYF Fest since 2004, as festival promoter Goldenvoice is canceling the event. Read more: Your official 2018 Vans Warped Tour app is here The festival was set to take place in LA's Exposition Park on July 21-22. Florence And The Machine, […]

A weather warning has been issued for campers headed to the second weekend of Coachella—thanks to severe winds. Read more: Marilyn Manson to make a special guest appearance at Coachella The festival explains that the National Weather Service has issued a severe high wind warning “beginning Thursday morning lasting through early morning Friday.” They've delayed 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 […]

[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: Papillons de Nuit/Facebook] French festival Papillons de Nuit is under fire for adding singer Bertrand Cantat, who killed his girlfriend, to its lineup. An online petition was created demanding the musician be banned from the festival, but it refused to do so. Read more: Another festival under fire for lack of women on lineup According to NME, Cantat […]

A number of music festivals and conferences are coming together in an effort to achieve gender-equal lineups, with a goal of having a 50/50 gender balance by 2022. But let's be real—this is a long time coming. Read more: Pub defends controversial ban on female-fronted bands The PRS Foundation launched the initiative, dubbed the International Keychange initiative, […]

[Photo by: Sharon/Pixabay] Ahhh chicken nuggets, one of our favorite foods. Don't get us wrong, pizza is still the key to our pop-punk hearts. But can you blame us for loving these crispy bite-size delicacies? Well, it looks like we're not the only ones totally obsessed. In a report by Metro, it looks like chicken nuggets will […]

[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 […]

Disturbed, Incubus, Godsmack, Rise Against and many more acts have been announced for this year's Rock Fest, the 25th anniversary edition of the Wisconsin rock festival scheduled for July 12-14. See the full lineup below. Read more: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson a big Disturbed fan Over 65 rockin' bands are tabbed to play the annual […]

Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, Halestorm, Godsmack and many other hard rock and metal acts have been announced for this summer's Rock USA festival in Wisconsin. Check out the full lineup and announcement video below. Read more: Rob Zombie 'Devil's Rejects' sequel on the way? Rock USA 2018 goes down July 12-14 at Ford Festival Park […]

[Photos by: Danny Clinch, David James Swanson, Andreas Neumann, John Crawford] Pearl Jam, Jack White, Queens Of The Stone Age, Nine Inch Nails and many more have been announced for this summer's Mad Cool Festival in Madrid, Spain, from July 12 to 14. Check out the complete lineup below. Read more: Fall Out Boy announce […]

[Photo by: Grizzlee Martin] Emo Nite presented Emo Night Day on Sunday, Dec. 3. The all-day event was a celebration of the party's three-year anniversary and had three stages with an amazing lineup that included performances and DJ sets from everyone from the Used to Machine Gun Kelly, as well as a surprise appearance by […]

[Photo by: Bandsintown]  Concert discovery app Bandsintown has now opened its platform to venues and festivals. Music venues and festivals will now be able to claim their own dedicated profiles to alert fans of new concert listings and show announcements in real time. Read more: Six services your band should’ve been using yesterday While the service has been […]

[Pictured: Chris Connelly of Revolting Cocks: Big Sexy Land; Photo by: Bobby Talamine]  It started out as a tribute to a friend. Jamie Duffy was a bona fide underground-rock fixture in the Chicago club scene, a highly regarded musician and talented sound engineer who always gave his best to make any band he was working […]