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The Great Van Life Escape to BottleRock
COVID be damned, welcome to peak season for music festival rats. I’m one of them and have attended scores of festivals around the world. But I’ve never done “the camping thing,” and it was time for that to change. After all, like so many others during the pandemic, and inspired by the much hash-tagged romantic scenic pictures from others that filled our Instagram feeds, we bought a Mercedes Sprinter van (complete with a kitchenette, bathroom, full bed) to find some time to exit the bubble of our homes. So my wife, Luisa, and I scored some tickets to the BottleRock Festival in the heart of Napa, California, and wine country, packed up our van and drove up from San Diego for the 500-mile journey. No expensive flights or hotel rooms this time. Just anticipating the much-heralded van life that...
Metallica, P!nk, Twenty One Pilots and Luke Combs to Headline BottleRock Festival
California’s premiere food, wine and music festival has released the lineup for this year’s Memorial Day weekend festival, May 27-29. Napa’s BottleRock festival will be headlined this year by thrash legends Metallica, pop superstar P!nk, musical duo Twenty One Pilots and country star Luke Combs. The fest, which includes more than 75 musical acts, also includes The Black Crowes, Kygo, Pitbull, Greta Van Fleet and Mount Westmore, a new hip-hop supergroup featuring Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, E-40 and Too $hort. The Napa Valley festival presented by JaM Cellars will also showcase the region’s wine, craft brew and culinary legacy. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “We’re happy to be bringing the first taste of summer back to music fans here in the Nap...
Metallica, P!nk, Twenty One Pilots and Luke Combs to Headline BottleRock 2022
BottleRock 2022 is officially a go, and Metallica, P!nk, twenty one pilots and Luke Combs are set to headline. The festival plans to take place in Napa Valley on Memorial Day weekend (May 27-29) and will also include performances from The Black Crowes, Greta Van Fleet, CHVRCHES, Bleachers, Spoon, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Silversun Pickups and more. “We’re happy to be bringing the first taste of summer back to music fans here in the Napa Valley,” Dave Graham of BottleRock Napa Valley said in a statement. “As fans have come to expect, our 2022 lineup has something for everyone, featuring a wide variety of genres that offer legendary performers with some of the most exciting new and emerging artists in the world.” One thing to remember if you’re planning on heading to Napa: BottleRock ...
BottleRock Pulls The Plug On Guns N’ Roses’ Set With Dave Grohl on Stage
BottleRock Napa Valley doesn’t mess around with its 10pm curfew. Guns N’ Roses closed out Saturday night’s festivities with an epic two-and-a-half-hour performance that ended with Dave Grohl joining them onstage to help with guitars and backup vocals on “Paradise City.” All was going well until the clock struck 10 and promoters promptly cut the sound, halfway through the song. But that didn’t stop the band from finishing out the hit in full force, with the crowd screaming the lyrics, rendering the attempt to quiet things down completely useless. A festival goer caught the whole thing on tape, which you can see below. Watch out for the sound cut at the 3:10 mark. [embedded content] As Blabbermouth points out, BottleRock takes its 1opm cutoff so seriously because the festival grounds are in ...
