Rock Music Festivals

ROB ZOMBIE, SHINEDOWN, MARILYN MANSON, GODSMACK Confirmed For ROCK VEGAS Festival

Posted on July 24, 2012

Rock Vegas powered by Rockstar Energy Drink — Sin City’s Loudest Two-Day Rock Music Festival — is set for two sin-filled days, Friday, September 28 and Saturday, September 29 at Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas. The two-day rockextravaganza will…

Tagged with: Godsmack, Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, Shinedown
Posted in Festivals

Attendance At METALLICA’s ‘Orion Music + More’ Festival Reached 24,000

Posted on July 21, 2012

According to Press Of Atlantic City, METALLICA‘s Orion Music + More festival sold 23,571 tickets for shows June 22 and 23 at the popular Atlantic City, New Jersey concert venue Bader Feld. METALLICA headlined both nights of Orion Music +…

Tagged with: Metallica
Posted in Festivals

VENOM, CARCASS, RIGHTEOUS PIGS Confirmed For MARYLAND DEATHFEST

Posted on July 20, 2012

RIGHTEOUS PIGS, the long-defunct punk/death metal band featuring current NAPALM DEATH guitarist Mitch Harris, will reform for an exclusive U.S. appearance at next year’s Maryland Deathfest, set to take place May 23-26, 2013 in Baltimore. Also in the works are…

Tagged with: Carcass, Venom
Posted in Festivals

IRON MAIDEN Show Forces Stage Expansion At Wisconsin’s ROCK FEST

Posted on July 19, 2012

According to Leader-Telegram, the organizers of the Rock Fest festival in Cadott, Wisconsin have revealed that the stage at this year’s event will be expanded to accommodate Saturday night’s performance by British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN. “We actually are…

Tagged with: Iron Maiden
Posted in Festivals

STONE TEMPLE PILOTS, DEFTONES, BUSH, SCARS ON BROADWAY Confirmed For EPICENTER Festival

Posted on July 12, 2012

Epicenter, Southern California’s rock festival, will return to Irvine, California’s Verizon Wireless Amphitheater on Saturday, September 22. Alt rock icons STONE TEMPLE PILOTS are slated to headline the fourth annual event with their only area performance of the year. Joining…

Tagged with: Bush, Deftones, Stone Temple Pilots
Posted in Festivals

GORGUTS, SEPTICFLESH, KRISIUN Confirmed For TROIS-RIVIÈRES METALFEST

Posted on July 10, 2012

GORGUTS, SEPTICFLESH and KRISIUN are among the confirmed bands for the 12th edition of the Trois-Rivières Metalfest, set to take place October 12-13 at the Batisse Industrielle in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: GORGUTS…

Tagged with: Gorguts, Krisiun
Posted in Festivals

‘Orion Music + More’ Special To Air On SiriusXM’s Liquid Metal This Weekend

Posted on July 6, 2012

Liquid Metal (channel 40) recently invaded Atlantic City on the Jersey shore to bring SiriusXM listeners METALLICA‘s first-ever curated event, Orion Music + More, which featured a broadcast of live performances and interviews with bands and fans. Just in case…

Tagged with: Metallica
Posted in Festivals

‘Shockwave 2012′ Tour Officially Canceled

Posted on July 4, 2012

Due to reasons beyond the band’s control, Los Angeles cyber metallers FEAR FACTORY will not take part in the inaugural “Shockwave 2012″ tour, which was scheduled to kick off on July 6 in Seattle, Washington. Commented the band in a…

Tagged with: Fear Factory
Posted in Festivals

THERAPY? Drummer To Sit Out Festival Shows

Posted on July 2, 2012

Due to “family commitments,” drummer Neil Cooper of Irish rockers THERAPY? will sit out the band’s festival shows in July and early August. Alan Lynn from LA FARO will fill in for the July shows and Adam Sinclair (engineer, mixer,…

Tagged with: Therapy?
Posted in Festivals

‘Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival’ Kicks Off With Record-Breaking Attendance

Posted on July 1, 2012

Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, the world’s largest touring heavy music festival, kicked off its fifth year yesterday (Saturday, June 30) at San Manuel Amphitheater in San Bernardino, California with a record-breaking attendance of 26,105 — 4,000 more than the…

Posted in Festivals