Festival News and Rumors
Rolling Loud Miami Announces 2021 Lineup: ASAP Rocky, Travis Scott & Post Malone to Headline
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-20T03:18:46+00:00“>April 19, 2021 | 11:18pm ET Rolling Loud Miami has announced the lineup for its 2021 festival, and it’s a doozy. The three-day event will be headlined by ASAP Rocky, Travis Scott, and Post Malone, topping a lineup featuring well over 100 other rappers. Many of the names on the bill are similar to the fest’s ill-fated 2020 iteration, which was obviously cancelled due to the pandemic. However, there are plenty of noteworthy changes and additions that are worth straining your eyes for in the gigantic lineup poster. Beyond the headliners, just a handful of the major supporting acts are Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Baby, 21 Savage, Young Thug, Playboi Carti, DaBaby, ...
Mudvayne Reunite After 12-Year Hiatus, Book Multiple Festival Appearances
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-19T18:13:41+00:00“>April 19, 2021 | 2:13pm ET After a 12-year hiatus, heavy metal act Mudvayne have reunited. Following rumors of an impending reunion, the band made it official on Monday (April 19th) with an announcement that they will perform at four upcoming Danny Wimmer Presents festivals: Inkcarceration, Louder Than Life, Aftershock, and Welcome to Rockville. Mudvayne formed in 1996 and have sold more than six million records. The band features Chad Gray on vocals, Greg Tribbett on guitar, Matthew McDonough on drums, and Ryan Martinie on bass. Related Video The group went on an indefinite hiatus after releasing their self-titled fifth studio album in 2009. Gray and Tribbett ...
Fyre Festival Attendees Receive $2 Million Settlement in Class Action Lawsuit
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-15T19:30:22+00:00“>April 15, 2021 | 3:30pm ET Organizers of the infamous Fyre Festival and 277 attendees have reached a $2 million settlement, nearly four years after a $100 million class action lawsuit was first filed, according to Billboard. Each plaintiff will receive $7,220. As Billboard notes, however, that figure could be lower depending on the outcome of Fyre Fest’s bankruptcy case with various creditors. Although the lawyers representing the ticket holders and trustee in charge of Fyre’s assets have reached the settlement, it still needs a vote of approval taking place on May 13th. Celebrity lawyer Mark Geragos filed the lawsuit in May 2017. “The festival’s lac...
Sound Mind Announces Mental Health Music Festival with Fitz and the Tantrums, All Time Low, IAN SWEET
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-15T14:30:16+00:00“>April 15, 2021 | 10:30am ET Just when we need it most, Sound Mind’s annual Mental Health Music Festival is set to make its return. The third incarnation of the event is set to take place at California’s Ventura County Fairgrounds on May 20th, and will also livestream on the Consequence YouTube and Facebook channels. As part of the Ventura County Fairgrounds’ “Concerts in Your Car” series, the Mental Health fest will be a socially distanced drive-in experience. While you rock out in your ride, you’ll be able to catch performances from All Time Low, Fitz and The Tantrums, IAN SWEET, Delta Spirit’s Matthew Logan Vasquez, Lovelytheband, Charlotte Lawrence, and more...
Punk in the Park 2021 U.S. Festivals to Feature Pennywise, NOFX, The Vandals, Face to Face, and More
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-14T19:03:07+00:00“>April 14, 2021 | 3:03pm ET In another sign that things are opening up on the festival front, a pair of events dubbed Punk in the Park will take place this May and November in Arizona and California, respectively. Each will feature a lineup of notable punk bands. Originally, the two-day California edition, Punk in the Park – Orange County, was set to be the inaugural version of the new fest, but pandemic restrictions led organizers to move the original 2020 dates to April 2021 and then again to November 6th and 7th at Oak Canyon Park. That makes the one-day Punk in the Park – Arizona event, taking place May 29th at Big Surf Water Park in Tempe — the first stagin...
Las Vegas’ Electric Daisy Carnival to Take Place in May
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-09T03:21:01+00:00“>April 8, 2021 | 11:21pm ET Electric Daisy Carnival will be the first major US festival to take place since the beginning of the pandemic when it descends on Las Vegas, Nevada from May 21st and 23rd. “We are moving forward as planned & will be working closely with local & state officials to make the show as safe as possible,” said Pasquale Rotella, founder of EDC’s Insomniac Events, in a statement released Thursday. “You can expect the full EDC experience with no details spared, from the festival grounds to the music, stages, art, performers, artists & fireworks!” Tickets to the festival can be purchased here. Rotella did not provide any specific det...
Rob Zombie, Korn, Staind, and More Announced for July 2021 US Rock Festivals
Organizers of two major US rock festivals are counting on a relative return to normal this summer, officially announcing the lineups for Wisconsin’s Rock Fest and Michigan’s Upheaval Festival today (March 31st). Rob Zombie, Korn, Staind, and Chevelle are among the bands set to play both fests, while the bigger Rock Fest will also feature Limp Bizkit, Snoop Dogg, Danzig, and more — provided that the events are able to go off as scheduled. Rock Fest in Cadott, Wisconsin is a long-running annual event, while Upheaval in Grand Rapids, Michigan was supposed to stage its inaugural festival last year. Both were called off in 2020 due to the pandemic, so the 2021 lineups are fairly similar to the ones that were set for last year. The big difference is that Disturbed has dropped off both events and...
Outside Lands 2021 Moves to Halloween Weekend with Tame Impala, Lizzo & The Strokes
Tame Impala (photo by Ben Kaye), The Strokes (photo by Philip Cosores), and Lizzo Lizzo (photo by Amy Price) Outside Lands locked in its 2021 lineup on the same day it canceled its 2020 edition back in June. However, the lineup has now been tweaked a bit as the San Francisco music festival has shifted to Halloween weekend — October 29th-31st — adding some acts and removing others. Originally targeting August 6th-8th, Outside Lands’ previously billed performers The 1975, Beach House, Polo & Pan, Big Thief, Parcels, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, The Beths, and a handful of others won’t make the transition to the new dates. Filling in those gaps will be Glass Animals, Kaytranada, Lord Huron, Claud, Bartees Strange, Sofía Valdés, 24kGoldn, SG Lewis, Flo Milli, Cannons, JESSIA, Q, Brijea...
Las Vegas’ Life is Beautiful Announces 2021 Festival with Billie Eilish, Tame Impala & Green Day
St. Vincent (Amy Price), Tame Impala (Riikka Vaahtera), and Billie Eilish (Ben Kaye) to play Life is Beautiful in 2021 Las Vegas’ Life is Beautiful is set to become the first major music festival to hold — or, at least, attempt to hold — an event since the beginning of the pandemic. And organizers have put together a big lineup in hopes of drawing in wary festival-goers. Billie Eilish, Green Day, Tame Impala, ASAP Rocky, HAIM, and Modest Mouse top the newly unveiled bill. Other notable acts include St. Vincent, Young Thug, Ludacris, Brittany Howard, Death From Above 1979, Glass Animals, Jamila Woods, J.I.D, Purity Ring, White Reaper, Yaeji, and Earthgang, among others. Life is Beautiful is currently scheduled to take place September 17th-19th, 2021 in downtown Las Vegas. Tickets — inc...
Primavera Sound Festival 2021 Canceled Due to COVID-19
Next verse, same as the first: Primavera Sound Festival 2021 has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 edition of the Barcelona fest was first postponed, then scratched outright. But there was reason to think the 2021 iteration would be allowed to go on this June as scheduled. In January, Primavera organizers hosted a trial concert that showed no transmission of the novel coronavirus. Besides that, the global vaccine push has inspired optimism in all corners of the globe. But those sunny feelings are tempered by uncertainty surrounding three potentially alarming new virus variants first identified in the UK, South Africa, and Brazil. Besides that, America’s foremost infectious disease expert Dr. Fauci has been cautioning that live events won’t be able to safely return until ...
Coachella Postponed for Third Time Due to COVID-19
Encore? For the third time, the Coachella Music and Arts Festival has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Via Billboard, Coachella’s sister country festival Stagecoach Country has also been pushed back. Coachella takes place almost every year in Indio, California. Last year’s event, scheduled for April, was meant to be headlined by Rage Against the Machine, Frank Ocean, Travis Scott, and Lana Del Rey, before the novel coronavirus waylaid those plans. It was optimistically pushed to October, but that idea only lasted until June before the raging pandemic made it shutter once again. In the process, 2020 became the first year without a Coachella in twenty years. Festival organizers hoped to bring it back this year April 9th-11th and 16th-18th. But even that proved overly sanguine, as...
Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, Harry Styles Headline iHeartRadio’s Virtual Jingle Ball 2020 Lineup
Dua Lipa and Billie Eilish (photos by Ben Kaye); Harry Styles (photo by Tim Walker) The ongoing pandemic has forced music festivals to either take a furlough year or go virtual in 2020, and that includes iHeartRadio’s annual Jingle Ball. Presented by Capital One, this year’s concert will look unlike any of the multi-city touring concert’s past, but the newly announced lineup is no less packed. Topping the 2020 Jingle Ball bill are Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, and Harry Styles. Other expected performers include Sam Smith, Shawn Mendes, Doja Cat, Lewis Capaldi, and more. In addition to performing their own hits and holiday classics, the artists will be welcoming fans into their homes. Between sets, the event will see the acts giving “a special look at how they celebrate the holidays,” according ...
