Funeral For A Friend, Alter Bridge, Motionless In White, More Announced For Download Fesitval’s Third Wave

Pardon for the lateness.

The British rock festival Download unveiled their third wave of acts for 2020 back in late January, and it’s better than ever.

Joining previously announced acts like System Of A Down, Iron Maiden, Daughtry, Of Mice & Men, BABYMETAL, Dying Fetus, PUP, Tiny Moving Parts, and Killswitch Engage, are Funeral For A Friend, The Menzingers, Lacuna Coil, Wage War, Thy Art Is Murder, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, Alter Bridge, The Skints, Loathe, and Motionless In White. Check out the current lineup below.

Download Festival 2020 takes place Friday, June 12, to Sunday, June 14, at Donington Park in Castle Donington, UK. Tickets are available now on the festival’s website.

Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ice Nine Kills, Rancid, More To Play Epicenter 2020

Here we go.

After blowing everyones’ minds when they unveiled that Metallica would be headlining twice at next year’s festival, Epicenter Festival are back to give us the full lineup. Well, minus one mystery band.

Joining Metallica on the headlining slot on Friday, May 1, are Godsmack and Papa Roach, along with Royal Blood, Starset, Ice Nine Kills, The Darkness, and Killstation. Saturday, May 2, has Disturbed, Staind, and the final North Carolina performance of Lynyrd Skynyrd, with Anthrax, Jinjer, Of Mice & Men, Code Orange, and Selfish Things. Metallica return on Sunday, May 3, with Deftones and Volbeat as co-headliners, with additional shows by Rancid, Hollywood Undead, Sleeping With Sirens, The Amity Affliction, and Goodbye June.

Check out the full lineup below.

Epicenter Festival 2020 takes place Friday, May 1, to Sunday, May 3, at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C.. Passes are available now at epicenterfestival.com.

Epicenter Festival started in Southern California in 2009 and went on until 2013. The festival returned briefly in 2015 before disappearing again and being relocated to North Carolina in 2019. Bands who’ve played the festival in the past include Linkin Park, The Academy Is…, Five Finger Death Punch, Escape The Fate, Pennywise, Hopsin, and Dead Girls Academy.

The Pretty Reckless, BABYMETAL, Chelsea Grin, More Announced For Download Fesitval’s Second Wave

The second wave of artists for Download Festival 2020 has arrived. Hope you’re sitting down.

Joining alongside previously announced acts like KISS, Iron Maiden, The Offspring, Alestorm, and Daughtry, are bands such as Volbeat, BABYMETAL, Tiny Moving Parts, Dying Fetus, PUP, Chelsea Grin, Lit, Airbourne, Bush, and the return of The Pretty Reckless, who haven’t played a show in two years. Their show will mark the beginning of a new era for the rock band. They also started teasing their upcoming fourth album.

Check out the current lineup below.

Download Festival 2020 takes place Friday, June 12, to Sunday, June 14, at Donington Park in Castle Donington, UK. Tickets are available now on the festival’s website.

Staind, Guns N’ Roses, Breaking Benjamin, More To Play Louder Than Life 2019

Kentucky’s favorite rock festival is back!

After some rain killed last year’s festival, Louder Than Life is returning with a vengeance in 2019. This year’s lineup is currently stacked, featuring Slipknot, Guns N’ Roses, Disturbed, and Rob Zombie as headliners. Not only that, but the festival will have the first show by Staind since their hiatus in 2014.

Others set to play Louder Than Life include A Day To Remember, GWAR, The Crystal Method, New Years Day, Dropkick Murphys, Knocked Loose, Anti-Flag, Ded, Marilyn Manson, Sum 41, Ho99o9, Fire From The Gods, and many others. More acts are scheduled to come out in the future.

Check out the current lineup below.

Tickets for the festival are available now. Louder Than Life 2019 takes place Friday, September 27 through Sunday, September 29 at the Highland Festival Grounds at KY Expo Center in Louisville, Ky..

Artists who’ve played the festival in the past include KoЯn, Memphis May Fire, Volbeat, Chiodos, Shinedown, Black Stone Cherry, Hollywood Undead, Starset, Avenged Sevenfold, Cheap Trick, Ghost, Parkway Drive, Five Finger Death Punch, Prophets Of Rage, Thrice, and ’68. 2018’s festival would’ve featured Alice In Chains, Underoath, Hyro The Hero, Islander, Bush, Dance Gavin Dance, Cane Hill, Awake At Last, Nine Inch Nails, Action Bronson, Asking Alexandria, and Glassjaw.