Emo nostalgia festival When We Were Young is back, and it’s bringing all your favorite bands from the 2000s along for the ride. Going down on October 22nd, 2022 at Las Vegas Festival Grounds, its absolutely stacked lineup is led by My Chemical Romance, Paramore, and Avril Lavigne. There are almost too many other notable acts to name, but we’ll give it a shot. Making appearances are Jimmy Eat World, Bright Eyes, A Day to Remember, Bring Me the Horizon, and Car Seat Headrest, as well as AFI, The Used, Taking Back Sunday, Dashboard Confessional, Alkaline Trio, Manchester Orchestra, Pierce the Veil, and The Story So Far. Other bands in the lineup include Thursday, Hawthorne Heights, The All American Rejects, Boys Like Girls, 3OH!3, Senses Fail, Acceptance, The Starting Line, State Champs, Four...
If you’ve ever wanted to get married while rocking out in front of your favorite early 2000s hard-rock acts, now’s your chance. The inaugural Honeymoon Rock Fest in Oklahoma City will feature headliners Puddle of Mudd, Scott Stapp, and Sugar Ray, among other bands of the era. Sounds weird, right? But we’re not making this up. According to the festival press release, “Between musical sets, couples who purchase a wedding package can tie the knot in front of thousands of cheering fans, where so many of the musicians are excited to officiate.” Somehow, having embattled Puddle of Mudd frontman Wes Scantlin officiate a wedding sounds highly entertaining and downright ridiculous at the same time, but we can’t wait for the YouTube clips. Advertisement Related Video As for the festival itself, it t...
After a two-year absence, Coachella will make its long-anticipated return over two consecutive weekends — April 15th-17th and 22nd-24th — at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. Kanye West (aka Ye), Billie Eilish, and Harry Styles will each close out a night of the festival, topping a 2022 lineup that also includes Phoebe Bridgers, Megan Thee Stallion, Flume, Danny Elfman, Doja Cat, Jamie xx, and Run the Jewels. Other notable acts include Swxedish House Mafia, Lil Baby, Big Sean, Carly Rae Jepsen, Karol G, Disclosure, Spiritualized, Fatboy Slim, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, The Avalanches, Vince Staples, Denzel Curry, Maggie Rogers, Japanese Breakfast, Freddie Gibbs and Madlib, Caroline Polachek, Arlo Parks, Turnstile, IDLES, BROCKHAMPTON, 21 Savage, Baby Keem, BadBadNotGood...
BeachLife Festival has announced its 2022 lineup, which is headlined by Weezer, Smashing Pumpkins, and the Steve Miller Band. The concerts on the coast go down May 13th through 15th in Redondo Beach, California. BeachLife launched in 2019, took a COVID-19 break in 2020, and returned in 2021, though the pandemic pushed it out of its usual spring slot to September. Now returning to May, the fest will also see performances by Sheryl Crow, Black Pumas, 311, Lord Huron, the current version of Stone Temple Pilots, Michael Franti & Spearhead, The Allman Betts Band, Capital Cities, Cold War Kids, Vance Joy, and more. Check out the full lineup below. Tickets start at $159 for single-day general admission and $419 for three-day GA. There are also plenty of VIP packages with nautical names such a...
Goldenvoice has rescheduled Cruel World, its celebration of new wave, post-punk, goth, and 80’s alt-rock. The festival, which will be headlined by Morrissey, Bauhaus, Blondie, and DEVO, will now take place on May 14th, 2022 at Brookside at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. Update: Due to overwhelming demand, a second date has been added for May 15th. Cruel World was originally supposed to take place in May 2020, but was postponed indefinitely due to the pandemic. Fortunately, many of the acts originally booked to play the festival will appear at the rescheduled date. Other notable acts include Echo & The Bunnymen, The Psychedelic Furs, Violent Femmes, The English Beat, Public Image LTD., The Damned, Cold Cave, The Church, TR/ST, Soft Kill, and Drab Majesty, among others. Rela...
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-01T17:10:02+00:00“>June 1, 2021 | 1:10pm ET Coachella has announced its 2022 dates, marking the festival’s long-awaited return after its two previous editions were postponed due to the pandemic. The Indio, California music festival will take place over two weekends — April 15th-17th and April 22nd-24th — at the Empire Polo Grounds. Advanced tickets go on sale beginning Friday, June 4th at 10:00 a.m. PT, with pre-registration now ongoing. General admission passes start at $449, while VIP passes are priced between $929 and $1049. A variety of other ticket packages and camping options are also available. Related Video Coachella’s 2020 festival was among the first events im...
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-25T13:05:39+00:00“>May 25, 2021 | 9:05am ET Barcelona’s Primavera Sound has rolled out its 2022 lineup. Having been forced to postpone its two previous editions due to the pandemic, organizers have gone all out by expanding the festival as a two-weekend event taking place in June 2022. Massive Attack, Gorillaz, The Strokes, Tame Impala, and Tyler the Creator will perform at both weekends of the festival. Weekend one will also include Pavement, Beck, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and The National, while weekend two will feature the return of Lorde (!), plus Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Dua Lipa, and Megan Thee Stallion. Other acts scheduled to play one or both weekends of Primavera Sound inclu...