We've got a new great competition for all of you Graspop Metal Meeting fans out there! You can win 2 InterRail Global Passes and 2 Combi tickets to Graspop Metal Meeting! Read more about how to enter on our competition page!
The winner of the awesome InterRail Festival Competition has been announced! Thanks for all of your enthusiasm and massive participation! We received over 200 entries!
Now for the winner... drummrolls please!
The winner is Steve Fleming (UK)! Congrats! You'll visit Dour with InterRail!
Sziget have finally lifted the veil to show us part of their line-up for this summer! And there are some great bands present! Check out the confirmed acts: BAD RELIGION, BILLY TALENT, CHILDREN OF BODOM, DANKO JONES, ENTER SHIKARI, FAITHLESS, GENTLEMEN, GORILLAZ SOUND SYSTEM, GWAR, ILL NINO, INFECTED MUSHROOM, IRON MAIDEN, K.I.Z., KASABIAN, LYAPIS TRUBETSKOY, MONSTER MAGNET, MUSE, PARA ROACH, PARADISE LOST, SKA-P, SKINDRED, SUBSONICA, THE 69 EYES, THE CRIBS, THE HIVES, THE SPECIALS, THE TOY DOLLS!
More names will be announced within the next few months.
Pinkpop has announced that none other than MOTÖRHEAD | SLASH | THE OPPOSITES are joining the line-up for this summer! They also mentioned that with only 5 big acts left to complete the line-up, they'll try to let us know who these last names are as soon as possible!
Graspop Metal Meeting has added the following bands to their already impressive and rumbling line-up: AIRBOURNE, KATATONIA, FINNTROLL, RAVEN, THE DEVIL'S BLOOD, EVERGREY, DARK FUNERAL, SYLOSIS, 3 INCHES OF BLOOD, ELUVEITIE, HELL YEAH. Wow!
Over the past few days EXIThas expanded their line-up with some impressive acts. Does it offend you? will be performing at EXIT festival this year! Another big name added is Placebo! They've also confirmed the following bands: Hip-hop Queen, David Guetta, LCD Soundsystem, Pendulum, Behemoth, Legendary Suicidal Tendencies and The Exploited!
Roskilde festival will be hosting the performance of the Gorillaz this summer! And that's not all the news we have received. Three exotic acts will add some spice to the line-up; BASSEKOU KOUYATE & NGONI BA, MEXICAN INSTITUTE OF SOUND and ORCHESTRE POLY-RYTHMO DE CONTONOU are each excellent in their respective genres.
Graspop Metal Meeting let us know that ALL SHALL PERISH were unfortunately forced to cancel their performance. But to make up for that they've announced that ANATHEMA will once again go on stage!
They already 30 bands line-up of M'era Luna expands with 4 more! Newly confirmed are LAIBAH, ZERAPHINE, ROTERSAND and RABENSCHREY.
AREA4, taking place in august, has added QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, MONSTER MAGNET, GOGOL BORDELLO, BELA B Y LOS HELMSTEDT, ALL TIME LOW and THE SOUNDS to their lineup of this year.
Rock and meta fans attention! Newest mentions by NovaRock are: HATEBREED, THE USED, DANKO JONES, HELLYEAH, THE GET UP KIDS, NEGATIVE, BLEEDING THROUGH, CYNIC.
They have also let us know that DEVILDRIVER will unfortunately not be able to attend after all.
Rock Werchter announced that 8 acts have been added to the line-up that is now nearly complete! Who have been added you ask? STEREOPHONICS, CHANNELZERO, THE SPECIALS, PARAMORE, CORINNE BAILEY RAE, PORCUPINE TREE, MIDLAKE and THE BLACK KEYS.
Newest in the line-up for Roskilde are two British bands who are ready for great performances! KASABIAN and WILD BEASTS will play at Roskilde Festival this summer!
Newly added to the NovaRock line-up across several stages are: MAXIMO PARK DJ SET, BEWARE & FUNCTIONIST, KID Q, DJ MASI, FLORIAN KRAPP, DJ EL JOHNNY, ROKKO RAMIREZ, ELECTRO FERRIS, KISSY SELL OUT, JOYCE MUNIZ, POLA RIOT DJs, DJ SCOTT & BIG JOHN, DJ FLAMINGO, SCHEIBOSAN, HERBSTROCK.
Hurricane is pleased to announce: VAMPIRE WEEKEND AND DEFTONES & THE SPECIALS. Also confirmed are: BAND OF SKULLS, BONAPARTE, KASHMIR, SKINDRED, TIMID TIGER, TURBOSTAAT, WE ARE SCIENTISTS, CHARLIE WINSTOR and ZEBRAHEAD.
This just in! Following the release of their Grammy nominated albums 'Funeral' and 'Neon Bible', ARCADE FIRE have toured Europe extensively. And this summer ARCADE FIRE is coming to Rock Werchter!
New on the line-up for Roskilde are three US bands in the alternative rock and pop genre. BEACH HOUSE, DIRTY PROJECTORS and HEALTH are all performing at Roskilde Festival.
Frequency just announced a huge addition to their line-up: BAD RELIGION | BILLY TALENT | DAISY DARES YOU | DIE TOTEN HOSEN | FETTES BROT | GASLIGHT ANTHEM | GET WELL SOON | JAN DELAY | LA ROUX | MUMFORD & SONS | MUSE | NOFX | PORTUGAL THE MAN | SHOUT OUT LOUDS | SKUNK ANANSIE | THE ASTEROID GALAXY TOUR | THE SPECIALS | WIR SIND HELDEN | WHITE LIES | ZOOT WOMAN | CRAZY SONIC | DIPLO | JOHN DIGWEED | JOYCE MUNIZ | MAJOR LAZER | PAUL KALKBRENNER | POLA RIOT | SCHLACHTHOFBRONX | TIEFSCHWARZ | TURNTABLEROCKER | WRED.
Dour has finally released the first few names of the bands performing this year! Bands included are: CALVIN HARRIS, BURAKA SOM SISTEMA, SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO, GWAR, CHRIS CUNNINGHAM, ATARI TEENAGE RIOT, EMALKAY, BRODINSKI, THE VERY BEST, DE LA SOUL & RHYHM ROOTS ALL STARS, CARL CRAIG FT. MAD MIKE BANKS, THIRD WORLD, INNA DE YARD ALL STARS FT. EARL CHINNA SMITH, CEDRIC CONGO MYTON, KIDDUS I, MATTHEW MCANUFF, DERAJAH, GHINZU,BLACK SUN EMPIRE, DUB PISTOLS, WAX TAILOR, A-TRAK, CALIBAN, CHROMEO, THE SONICS, DJ MARKY & STAMINA MC, CROWN CITY ROCKERS, CLUES, PETER PAN SPEEDROCK, LES BLEROTS DE R.A.V.E.L.
American band ONEREPUBLIC, famous for that hit Apologize, are bringing their new album to stage on Pinkpop2010. Other newly confirmed names are the metalband EPICA, and the band C-MON & KYPSKI!
Newly added bands who will be performing on Rock Werchter are: EDITORS, THEM CROOKED VULTURES, 30 SECONDS TO MARS, THE TING TINGS, PHOENIX, SKUNK ANANSIE, ALICE IN CHAINS, THE BLACK BOX REVELATION, WOLFMOTHER, THE XX, LCD SOUNDSYSTEM, CROOKERS, BLOODY BEETROOTS DEATHCREW 77, BOOKA SHADE, EMPIRE OF THE SUN, RISE AGAINST, THE TEMPER TRAP, KYTEMAN’S HIPHOP ORCHESTRA, THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM and DELPHIC. Wow. This is the kind of news we love!
ALICE IN CHAINS will be visiting Roskilde Festival for the very first time this year, don't miss it! Other bands mentioned are hip hop talents BROTHER ALI, KASPER SPEZ, TECH N9NE! Finally TEMPER TRAP are coming to Roskilde Festival 2010.
Hurricane has brought us line-upnews! They have announced the appearances of BILLY TALENT, DANKO JONES, PARAMORE, TEGAN & SARA, COHEED & CAMBRIA, THE GET UP KIDS AND THE HOLD STEADY.
Wow! AEROSMITH is performing at Graspop Metal Meeting! Other confirmed names include MASTODON, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS and FEAR FACTORY.
Of the planned 39 acts, 29 have already confirmed their attendance at Pinkpop 2010!
The following bands are now in the line-up: RAMMSTEIN, GREEN DAY, THE PRODIGY, P!NK, EDITORS, JOHN MAYER, MIKA, KASABIAN, FLORENCE + THE MACHINE, GOSSIP, YEASAYER, THE TEMPER TRAP, BIFFY CLYRO, KITTY, DAISY & LEWIS and 2 MANY DJs. But there's more! Also coming to Pinkpop are: WOLFMOTHER, PIXIES, SKUNK ANANSIE, DANKO JONES, GOGOL BORDELLO, MANDO DIAO, PAOLO NUTINI, KATE NASH and TRIGGERFINGER. Confirmed attending Dutch bands are DESTINE, CARO EMERALD and MOKE including the entire METROPOLE ORCHESTRA and DEWOLFF. The opening act is on name of SUNGRAZER, as mentioned earlier this week.
Earlier this week NovaRock announced big names for their lineup, and now they have added a few more! Here we go:
DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, ALICE IN CHAINS, STONE SOUR, AS I LAY DYING, DEVILDRIVER, AIRBOURNE, AMON AMARTH, SKINDRED, UNEARTH, HEAVEN SHALL BURN, HOT WATER MUSIC, RUSSKAJA, FLYLEAF, 36 CRAZYFISTS, A DAY TO REMEMBER and
RED LIGHTS FLASH.
Quick newsflash for Roskilde Festival: KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, CIRCLE and JAPANDROIDS are added to the program!
We heard AREA4 has added the following artists to their lineup: BILLY TALENT, CALIBAN, DONOTS, PARKWAY DRIVE.
None other than THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS, whose exclusive live shows have never been anything less than staggering, have been confirmed as huge first act for the EXIT Festival. Other bands featured on EXIT Festival include: MIKA and Norwegian duo ROYKSOPP with their beautiful melodic electronica.
Fans of the dance genre will be happy to hear that the electro kings CROOKERS, BOYS NOIZE, SEBASTIAN, BUSY P, IDA ENGBERG and DJ MEHDI are confirmed. Techno musicists include RICARDO VILLALOBOS, MODERAT and JOSH WINK.
Last sunday night, Pinkpop director Jan Smeets announced that SUNGRAZER is opening the festival on friday the 28th of may!
Two more bands, one Scandinavian and one from the UK have been mentioned for Roskilde Festival. ROBYN and FLORENCE + THE MACHINE join this summer's music programme.
THE PRODIGY, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS, SKA P, DEFTONES and WOLFMOTHER are all joining the list of bands confirmed for Nova Rock this summer!!
THE PRODIGY, MASSIVE ATTACK and STONE TEMPLE PILOTS will be performing at Hurricane. But wait, that's not all! FAITHLESS, SKUNK ANANSIE, DENDEMANN, DONOTS and MONEYBROTHER are also preparing for appearances on stage!
What a list! Check it out, Graspop Metal Meeting has just named a few new bands who will attend: SLAYER, SAXON, PARADISE LOST, OBITUARY, ANATHEMA, STEEL PANTHER, UDO, DEICIDE, A DAY TO REMEMBER, ATREYU, UNEARTH, CANNIBAL CORPSE, 36 CRAZYFISTS, RISE TO REMAIN, BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME! Whew, try saying that on one breath.
THEM CROOKED VULTURES is an amazing band with members of the famous bands Foo Fighters, Led Zeppelin and Queens of the Stone Age, and guess what; they're ready to rock this summer's Roskilde festival!
Also coming to Roskilde are MOTÖRHEAD, GALLOWS and PORCUPINE TREE!
THE STROKES are coming to Hurricane this year! Check out the Hurricane page on our site for other additions in the line-up as well!
Combi Tickets for Graspop Metal Meeting are available now! They're 145 euros (excl. service fee), camping, parking and public transport are all included! Stay tuned for Day tickets as they're be available as the headliners are known!
Also note that Belgium's all-time best metal act, CHANNEL ZERO, returns to Graspop Metal Meeting after 15 years! They join the already impressive line-up among which previously announced are KISS, MOTÖRHEAD and BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE and KILLSWITCH ENGAGE.
Lot of names confirmed for Roskilde Festival in the past days! CASIOKIDS, EFTERKLANG, LINDSTRØM & CHRISTABELLE, THE TEMPER TRAP, ELECTROJUICE and FM BELFAST are in! Earlier it was announced that none other than JACK JOHNSON, FENGINN, BLACKTIE AND THE RODEO KINGS and THE RUMOUR SAID FIRE have been added to the festival poster!
Heads up! There are awesome additions to the line-up for Rock Werchter; Faithless, Jack Johnson, Gossip, La Roux, Florence + the Machine and Vitalic are confirmed!
Pinkpop announced that Wolfmother is performing on stage!
Finally, Sziget Festival has mentioned that Eslam, Blues Trappers and Kaido Kirikmäe are joining the list of bands!
Hurricane has released a huge list of confirmed artists that will be present this summer: Porcupine Tree, Phoenix, Florence and the machine, Hot water music, K's Choice, Boys Noize, Does it offend you, yeah?, Horse the band, LaBrassBanda, Frittenbude and The XX.
They also let us know that they are planning for two open-air stages and one roofed stage in a tent! Earlybird discount tickets are sold from the 31st of January!
Huge addition in the line-up for M'era Luna: Skinny Puppy, The 69 Eyes, Combichrist, Feindflug, Agonoize, Amduscia, Samsas Traum and Leandra have all confirmed their appearance! How cool is that?
The exotic bands Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar, Céu, Choc Quib Town and Dulsori are confirmed to add color and heat to this year’s music programme.
John Olav Nilsen & Gjengen, a new Norwegian shooting star, will also perform at Roskilde Festival!
And if that's not enough; the fierce and inventive hardcore band Converge is preparing to join the list!
Roskilde Festivals has announced additions to their line-up for 2010 festival! The excellent bands SERENA-MANEESH, SOLSTAFIR and VALIENT THORR are coming to Roskilde Festival!
Exit Festival has announced its first bands for the line-up of 2010. The two bands mentioned are the new wave bands Crystal Castles and Does it Offend You, Yeah? Very cool! We're looking forward to their next announcements!
Congratulations to our friends at Dour, Pinkpop and Rock Werchter who were awarded yesterday at the European Festival Awards during the ceremony at The Grand Theatre, Groningen in the Netherlands!
Read more about the awards here!Area 4 is the first festival to confirm that Blink 182 will join in! The Austrian festival will host the come back of this punkband. We hope to see the band on many other European festivals as well!
Beatsteaks, Mando Diao and White Lies are three of the first band announcements that the German Hurricane made. See their website for other bands.
Sziget tickets are on sale already: www.szigetfest.nl and www.szigetfest.co.uk So are most of the other festivals, which is the start of a very promising festival season!
We're happy to announce that Rock Werchter confirmed they would like to be a part of the Festival Eurotrip experience!!
The first line-up update about the festival season 2010:
- Pinkpop (NL): Pink, Rammstein, John Mayer, Kasabian
- Rock Werchter (BE): Green Day, Rammstein, Muse, Pink, Pearl Jam
- Nova Rock (AT): Rammstein, Beatsteaks, Slayer
- Graspop (BE): Kiss, Bullet for my Valentine, Immortal
- Roskilde (DK): Muse, NOFX, Pavement
