tour news: Genesis, The Jesus and Mary Chain, New Orleans Jazz Fest, Summerfest, more
Plus Danny Wimmer Presents festivals, Hangout Fest, The Tallest Man on Earth, Ultra Music Festival, and more tour, show, and festival updates.
Epicenter Festival
Epicenter 2020: Metallica, Deftones, Rancid, Skynyrd, Anthrax, Agnostic Front, more
Plus: Gojira, Cypress Hill, The Darkness, Code Orange, Sick Of It All, Anti-Flag, Power Trip, Brutus, and more.
Metallica headlining 5 US festivals in 2020, playing 2 nights at each
Metallica will headline two nights each of Louder Than Life, Aftershock, Welcome To Rockville, Epicenter, and Sonic Temple, with a different setlist at each of the ten sets.
Sonic Temple, Epicenter & Welcome To Rockville reveal 2020 dates
Welcome to Rockville also moves to a new location next year.
Sonic Temple & Epicenter Festival both sold $1 tickets
Epicenter's inaugural edition over the weekend didn't go so well; Saturday was evacuated and cancelled due to severe weather, while some attendees say they spent hours in traffic trying to enter and leave the festival on Friday.
Tool’s Epicenter Festival set cancelled due to severe weather
Epicenter Festival's Saturday evening, including scheduled sets from Tool, Judas Priest, The Cult, and more, was cancelled because of severe weather; heavy thunderstorms moved into the area, accompanied by wind gusts and a tornado warning.
tours announced: Black Lips, Hop Along, Samia, Eyehategod, Alien Weaponry, more
Plus: Hank Von Hell rescheduled US dates, The Interrupters, Blue Oyster Cult, Dead Leaf Echo, and more tour-related news.
Epicenter 2019 lineup (Tool, Judas Priest, Foo Fighters, Korn, Mastodon, more)
The new North Carolina festival replaces Carolina Rebellion and the lineup includes Tool, Judas Priest, Foo Fighters, Korn, Rob Zombie, Mark Lanegan, Mastodon, High On Fire, Vein, and more.
AEG files lawsuit against Danny Wimmer for “stealing” Rock on the Range & Carolina Rebellion
Danny Wimmer recently announced the Sonic Temple (which replaces Rock on the Range) and Epicenter (which replaces Carolina Rebellion) festivals. Rock on the Range and Carolina Rebellion were co-owned by Wimmer and AEG, who have filed a lawsuit against him for ”stealing” the festivals...