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Louder Than Life is officially canceling their 2020 festival

After calling off all of their spring music festivals, Danny Wimmer Presents is making the unfortunate announcement that Louder Than Life, Hometown Rising and Bourbon & Beyond are all canceling their 2020 editions. The organizer made the announcement today (April 24) and are offering full refunds for all ticket holders. Read More: Here’s how Vans is […]

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 […]

Sonic Temple among May festivals “assessing” situation before decision

In the wake of mass cancellations and event bans, the three Danny Wimmer Presents festivals set to take place in May — Epicenter, Welcome To Rockville and Sonic Temple Art + Music Festival—are still on. The statement posted on March 16 says they are “assessing the situation very carefully.”  Due to coronavirus, a majority of festivals have […]

Metallica cancel upcoming festival sets in support of James Hetfield

Metallica have announced that they will not be appearing at this year’s Sonic Temple (May 15 and 17 in Columbus, Ohio) and Louder Than Life (September 18 and 20 in Louisville, Kentucky). The cancelation of the dates is to support frontman/guitarist James Hetfield in his recovery process. The band stress they will be appearing at […]

Sonic Temple single-day passes launch with 2020 daily lineup reveal

We already know which bands are playing the second annual Sonic Temple Art + Music Festival in Columbus, Ohio early next summer. Now we know which bands are playing which day, in case you could only swing of the days in May. As previously announced, Metallica will exclusively headline all five of Danny Wimmer Presents’ hard rock festivals in 2020. Epicenter will be the […]

Sonic Temple 2020 lineup has Slipknot, BMTH, more joining Metallica

The second annual Sonic Temple Art + Music Festival will return to Columbus, Ohio early next summer. The three-day music festival features an enormous array of top rock groups performing on three different stages. As previously announced, Metallica will exclusively headline all five of Danny Wimmer Presents’ hard rock festivals in 2020. Epicenter will be the […]

Metallica to headline five Danny Wimmer 2020 festivals with two-night set

Metallica were recently named the world’s biggest all-time touring act by Pollstar and they’re not done yet. The legendary rock icons will exclusively headline all five of the Danny Wimmer Presents hard rock festivals in 2020. These five festivals are Epicenter, Welcome To Rockville, Sonic Temple Art + Music Festival, Louder Than Life and Aftershock. Metallica will […]

Lzzy Hale gives young fan her guitar onstage in empowering moment

We’re always happy to see bands giving opportunities to young fans, and Lzzy Hale of Halestorm has just warmed our hearts. During the band’s performance at Sonic Temple Art + Music Festival this weekend, Hale brought a young fan on stage for a special treat. Read More: Stephen King novel ‘The Eyes Of A Dragon’ to be adapted […]

Festivals reveal the Prodigy replacements following frontman’s death

Following the untimely death of the Prodigy frontman, Keith Flint, the band have decided to pull from their scheduled festival appearances. The band have decided to exit four festival appearances put on by Danny Wimmer Presents. The scheduled festivals include Jacksonville’s Welcome To Rockville on May 3, Rockingham’s Epicenter on May 10, Columbus’ Sonic Temple […]

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 […]

Rock On The Range ending, will be replaced by new festival

Rock On The Range’s co-creator Danny Wimmer Presents announced the debut of a new spring music destination, Sonic Temple Art + Music Festival. The festival will be replacing the iconic Rock On The Range and take place at MAPFRE Stadium in Columbus, OH. Read more: Blink-182 cancel Riot Fest performance, mini tour, more Sonic Temple […]