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Billie Eilish gets festival stage upgrade following debut’s success
Billie Eilish is getting an upgrade at a festival due to her huge popularity. The 17-year-old star is set to play Glastonbury, and her slot got upgraded to a larger stage that can accommodate more people. Read more: ‘Avengers: Endgame’ first reactions confirm we’re all going to cry Eilish was set to play on the […]
Bring Me The Horizon, Billie Eilish added to BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend lineup
Bring Me The Horizon, Billie Eilish and more acts have been added to BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2019 and we’re already having serious FOMO. The show, which takes place in Middlesbrough, is headlined by the 1975 and Miley Cyrus. Read more: twenty one pilots win big at iHeartRadio Music Awards 2019 The latest announcement […]
INKCARCERATION 2019 reveals featured tattoo artists, shops
Bolstering a scheduled shock of headliners including Shinedown, Godsmack and Five Finger Death Punch, the upcoming INKCARCERATION 2019 Music And Tattoo Festival will be a veritable playground for tattoo lovers: The event will host over 70 tattoo artists and shops at the Historic Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio, July 12-14. See the full list […]
Download Festival adds more bands to 2019 lineup
We already knew this year’s stacked Download Festival would be anchored with headlining sets from Slipknot, Tool and Def Leppard. But now, a whole slew of additional bands have been added to the upcoming rock event. Over 40, in fact! That’s right, Fever 333, Halestorm and Stone Temple Pilots have now been announced for the June 14-16 […]
Good Charlotte, the Offspring and more will rock this taco fest
Who doesn’t love eating tacos, drinking beer, and listening to the best rock and punk bands in the world—all at the same time? Now doesn’t that sound like pure bliss? Well, if you agree with that summation, you may be interested in attending the upcoming Sabroso Craft Beer, Taco & Music Festival. Because, in addition […]
blink-182, Goldfinger, the Used go Back To The Beach this spring
blink-182‘s Travis Barker and Goldfinger‘s John “Feldy” Feldmann are launching their 2nd annual Back To The Beach festival this spring. And the upcoming event features each musician’s main act as well as scheduled performances from the Used, Reel Big Fish, the Story So Far, Streetlight Manifesto and more. See the full lineup below. Read more: […]
Tom Morello to join Pauly Shore, more at Sonic Temple fest
Tom Morello and Pussy Riot member Nadya are the latest headliners announced for Sonic Temple Art + Music Festival‘s SiriusXM Comedy & Spoken Word Tent, where speakers such as Henry Rollins and comedians including Pauly Shore and Andrew Dice Clay are scheduled to entertain at the new festival. Rock On The Range’s co-creator Danny Wimmer Presents announced […]
twenty one pilots to headline Boston Calling 2019
twenty one pilots will headline the upcoming Boston Calling Musical Festival, the Trench-digging duo finding themselves among a packed lineup that also sports Turnstile, Snail Mail, Greta Van Fleet, Logic and many more. It all goes down May 24-26 at the Harvard Athletic Complex in Alston, Massachusetts. General admission and VIP tickets are already on […]
Kevin Lyman teases future Warped Tour plans
This year may have seen the the last full, cross-country Vans Warped Tour, but founder Kevin Lyman is already teasing cities and dates for some 2019 Warped Tour festival events. Are you ready for a revised Warped Tour run? If not, you better get ready, ’cause Lyman gives a brief overview of his Warped plans […]
Carolina Rebellion just got replaced with this festival
2018’s Carolina Rebellion was the the last under that name, it appears, as the producers of the hard rock and heavy metal festival in North Carolina put that event to rest and begin anew with a stacked lineup for the inaugural Epicenter Festival. And, my, how stacked it is! Foo Fighters, Tool and Korn lead […]
New Year's Eve Ozzfest to feature Ozzy, Rob Zombie, more
Ozzfest has announced a New Year’s Eve spectacular in Los Angeles! Ring in 2019 with Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, Korn frontman Jonathan Davis and Ice-T‘s Body Count at the special one-night-only concert. Read more: Which spooky tune matches your zodiac sign? In lieu of a multi-day ticket for this year’s fest, the annual […]
Ultra Music Festival gets evicted by the City of Miami
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 […]
10 unique music festivals you won't want to miss this fall
Though summer is prime festival-going season, that doesn’t mean it needs to end come August. There are a number of rad festivals that’ll be taking place this fall, and Lagunitas Brewing Company wants you to get out and enjoy some live music—but only if these festivals involve a few unique twists, of course! We rounded […]
10 unique music festivals to check out this fall
Though summer is prime festival-going season, that doesn’t mean it needs to end come August. There are a number of rad festivals that’ll be taking place this fall, and Lagunitas Brewing Company wants you to get out and enjoy some live music—but only if these festivals involve a few unique twists, of course! We rounded […]
EDM festivals facing possible ban in L.A. county
[Photo cred: OhDagYo] Following the reported overdose deaths of two teenagers at HARD Summer fest in Southern California last month, Los Angeles county officials are “still evaluating” a possible complete ban on EDM festivals on county-owned properties, “in the interest of public safety,” as per Digital Music News. An electronic dance music festival task force […]
Why do we love music festivals so much?
Why do we love music festivals so much? What is the motivator behind thousands upon thousands of people spending their weekends in the scorching heat, paying outrageous amounts of money for food and water, and still being able to say they had the time of their lives? An upcoming documentary, aptly titled Festival, seeks to […]
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