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Mayhem Festival announces 2010 band lineup

Filed under: Festivals — Tags: , , — ldt @ 11:09 am January 20, 2010

2010 Mayhem Festival

Rock veterans Korn and Rob Zombie, along with Lamb of God and Five Finger Death Punch, will headline the 2010 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, a 24-date tour scheduled for July and August in the US and Canada.

The annual multi-stage event will also feature metal bands Hatebreed, Chimaira, Shadows Fall, Winds of Plague, Atreyu, Norma Jean, In This Moment and 3 inches of Blood, as well as other variety acts.

Presale tickets go on sale on April 2 and tickets go on sale to the general public on April 16.

Muse, Faith No More, Them Crooked Vultures, Coheed & Cambria at Coachella 2010

Filed under: Festivals — Tags: , , , — ldt @ 11:38 am January 19, 2010

coachella 2010

The 11th Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival will feature more than 180 acts.  Set for Friday, April 16, Saturday, April 17 and Sunday, April 18 at the beautiful Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA — the same grounds where Coachella debuted in 1999.

This year’s Coachella will feature a variety of options to make the concert experience an enjoyable one. In addition to expanded camping options–including car, RV and traditional tent camping– Coachella will allow, for the first time, in-and-out privileges for all attendees. Festival goers will once again have the ability to purchase 3-day festival tickets and various onsite camping options via an easy layaway payment plan.

For those looking to streamline the weekend’s experience, Coachella has teamed with Valley Music Travel to provide exclusive travel packages, local hotel shuttle transportation and private home rentals with VIP Coachella access.

Tickets for Coachella go on sale Friday, January 22 at 10:00 AM at all Ticketmaster locations and www.coachella.com. Three-day weekend passes are $269.00, plus surcharges.

Groezrock 2010 Announces Initial Lineup

Filed under: Festivals — ldt @ 11:45 am November 18, 2009

Groezrock Festival

Groezrock, Belgium’s premier punk and hardcore festival makes its first 2010 lineup announcement!

Bands on the bill thus far is: AFI, Pennywise, Agnostic Front, The Bouncing Souls, Good Clean Fun, Strike Anywhere, Mustard Plug, The Real McKenzies, Zebrahead, Asking Alexandria, In Fear & Faith, Thick as Blood and Dance Gavin Dance with many, many more to be announced.

Official Groezrock Festival website

Download Festival returns in 2010

Filed under: Festivals — Tags: , — ldt @ 10:35 am November 17, 2009

Download Festival

Download Festival 2010 will officially take place on June 11th – 13th, 2010 at Donington Park, Leicestershire, England.

A limited-time ‘Early Bird’ special was announced – a chance to purchase tickets for next year’s festival at 2009 prices!

Tickets are going on sale right here at downloadfestival.co.uk from 9am on Thursday (November 19th), and you’ll be able to pick up Weekend Arena tickets for £135 ($225) and Standard & Family Camping tickets for £25 ($40) for Friday, Saturday, & Sunday, however if you do wish to arrive early on the Wednesday or Thursday there will be an additional charge of £10 ($16). Full details will be available at purchase.

These prices will only be available until midnight on Christmas Eve, so there’s a limited amount of time to get your hands on them.