Festival Announcements

Download Festival organisers are proud to announce that the legendary Aerosmith will be closing the festival in 2014, when they headline on Sunday 15th June.  Joining them on the main stage as main support will be hard rockers, Alter Bridge. Aerosmith are one rock’s most infamous and revered bands. Fronted …

Download Festival are thrilled to announce that Saturday night at this year’s festival will be headlined by the Grammy Award winning Linkin Park, who will be playing their multi-platinum debut album ‘HYBRID THEORY’ in its entirety as part of their set. Released in 2000, Linkin Park’s debut album ‘Hybrid Theory’ …

Avenged Sevenfold, one of the mightiest forces in modern rock, have today been announced as the first headliner for Download Festival 2014.  Friday 13th June 2014 will mark a momentous occasion in the history of Avenged Sevenfold as they continue their tradition of spectacular Download performances, by becoming headliners for …

Les-Fest, Scotland’s award winning Rock and Metal Festival make their second announcement for the third annual event in 2014. With tickets already selling fast, Festival Organiser Dave Ritchie has this to say “Continuing our growth and development as well as our commitment to the rock and metal scene in Scotland, …

The 25th Wacken takes place on the 31st July to the 2nd August 2014. Wacken – We can confirm that Wacken Open Air is SOLD OUT for the ninth time in a row!!! And regarding the pre-sale time we have overcome the previous year by many times. We never had …

BLOODSTOCK, the biggest metal party weekender of the year is just three weeks away, and the event has announced another handful of bands for the Sophie Lancaster Stage at Catton Park. Manchester’s ABSOLVA bring their inspired & modern take on classic British metal to the festival on Friday.  Formed last …

Running from March 20-232014 the second edition of the Prog weekender will continue to embrace both the classic and new artists of the prog scene. Our first wave of acts features ex-Marillion frontman and all-round prog legend Fish, Dutch progressive rock overlords Focus, Prog magazine favourites The Pineapple Thief, the …

Rumour has it that a lot of metal fans don’t like salad.  Here’s some supporting evidence, shot at this year’s Download… However, this particular metalhead, LAMB OF GOD’s D.Randall Blythe, really loves salad.  Check out why below, as he enlists some help from a furry friend in persuading you to …

BLOODSTOCK is only four weeks away, and the event have announced another handful of bands for the Jagermeister Stage at Catton Park. MOTORHEAD guitarist, PHIL CAMPBELL is set to bring new project., the PHIL CAMPBELL ALL STAR BAND to top out the party on Sunday night.  Phil comments: “I am …

ESCAPE THE FATE AND FIVE FURTHER BANDS ADDED DAY SPLITS REVEALED – SINGLE DAY TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE Held at London’s historic Alexandra Palace on November 16th and 17th, the 2013 UK leg of the VANS WARPED TOUR has now been boosted with the news that ENTER SHIKARI and PARKWAY DRIVE …

Hevy-er than ever!  Hevy Fest and AEG Live are excited to announce the move to 02 Academy Brixton for 2013.  Featuring a line up of EPIC proportions, be sure to get your tickets quickly for one of THE live events of the summer! The ferocious line-up features exclusive appearances from metalcore …

BLOODSTOCK FESTIVAL are excited to announce a whole batch of new additions for all three stages.  There’s only seven weeks left to the most metal weekend of the year!!  Have you got your tickets yet?! Opening Friday’s main stage, and fresh off the back of the release of ‘IV’, their …

Download Festival 2014 will take place 13-15 June, and as a thank you to fans for a limited time Download is offering £10 off the current 2013 prices for 5-day camping tickets, 3-day camping and weekend arena tickets. All tickets go on sale at 9am on 21 June with the …

Download Festival – THE biggest weekend in the rock calendar – took place this weekend as 90,000 people rocked out in Donington Park to headliners Slipknot, Iron Maiden and Rammstein plus a host of other bands across the weekend. Crowds of rock fans packed out Donington Park as the opening …

Scarfest have announced that the event which is due to be held on 24-26 August in Stoke on Trent, has changed venues.  It will now be held at the Underground, 2 Morley St, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 4LS. Held over three days on the Bank Holiday weekend, times for the event are …

Radkey, Rat Attack and The First have announced they will play a special show at the Barfly in London on the 19th of June. If you are bummed out because Download is over or didn’t get to go this year get down to Camden on the Wednesday after the festival …

Much to our regret both W.A.S.P. and Overkill have been forced to cancel their Graspop show for Saturday 29 June. W.A.S.P. frontman Blackie Lawless has suffered a broken leg in a car crash. As a result, W.A.S.P. have been forced to cancel their 2013 European summer festival dates, including their …

This morning the Graspop Metal Meeting issued the following statement “Much to our regret both W.A.S.P. and Overkill have been forced to cancel their Graspop show for Saturday 29 June. W.A.S.P. frontman Blackie Lawless has suffered a broken leg in a car crash. As a result, W.A.S.P. have been forced …

On Friday 25 May eight young bands from all over the country gained a once in a lifetime chance to play live at Download festival this June with the Red Bull Studios live at Download opportunity.  Six bands with the highest online votes from the public were picked, whilst two …

Voting is now live for one week only (May 17th – 25th) for the 15 bands who have made it through to the semi finals of the Red Bull Studios live at Download 2013 opportunity.   A huge 700 bands entered in total.  The public then voted and 100 of …