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The New York dance music community knows the scene is made up of Manhattan bottle service clubs, Brooklyn warehouse shows and the annual Electric Zoo festival to close out the warm season. It can get repetitive, but luckily, New York City-based Project 91 has added some unique events to the mix. One of their biggest yet, Spring Fest, went down at the LeFrak Center at Lakeside at Prospect Park in […]
Metallica, Foo Fighters, and the Strokes have been tapped to headline the return of the Boston Calling festival, taking place in Allston, Massachusetts, on Memorial Day weekend. Haim, Weezer, Run the Jewels, Black Pumas, Orville Peck, Cheap Trick, Avril Lavigne, Modest Mouse, and Japanese Breakfast will also perform at the fest, which returns after a two-year forced hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Also on the lineup are up-and-coming acts […]
Summerfest is back after canceling for the first time in its 53-year history in 2020.But it won't be exactly the same Summerfest experience.For starters, it's happening later than usual. A couple of stages won't look the same. And with COVID-19 cases surging in Wisconsin and across the country due to the more-contagious delta variant, new safety protocols are in place.Nevertheless, once you walk through the turnstiles at Maier Festival Park, it'll […]
Sacramento was the place to be this past weekend as the Aftershock Festival return for its ninth installment after skipping 2020 due to the national pandemic. This marked the first year that Aftershock moved to a four day event, and there was plenty of rock to go around for those in attendance.Metallica were the big draw of this year's event, playing a set heavy on their '80s material on Friday […]
The 2021 Ohana Festival in Dana Point, Calif., curated by Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, was momentarily evacuated on Friday (Sept. 24) due to inclement weather just hours into the event, causing thousands of concertgoers to scramble, according to the Orange County Register.It soon reopened, with Vedder ultimately performing a headlining solo set backed by a pickup group anchored by Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith that included guitarist-producer Andrew Watt, bassist Pino Palladino and Glen Hansard, plus ex-Chili Peppers […]
If you have been to a rock and metal festival in the U.S. over the last few years, there's a good chance you've walked into a tent, operated by The Music Experience, loaded with guitars and basses on the walls, all of which can be taken down, plugged in and played. Well, maybe not the acoustic instruments! Now, The Music Experience has struck a partnership with the American Musical Supply retailer and […]
Riot Fest may have just lost Nine Inch Nails as a headliner, but they've moved quickly to fill the void, with Slipknot stepping in to close out the music weekend in Chicago on Sunday, Sept. 19.It's one of a few new alterations for the 2021 edition of Riot Fest. Organizers have also announced that Morrissey will play a special Thursday (Sept. 16) bill that he's also curating with some special […]
Virginia's Blue Ridge Rock Festival has gone to great lengths to provide an entirely "fan-driven" artist lineup for its 4th annual event this September. In keeping with that aim, the fest has just added three more headliners to what was already believed to be the final lineup.As revealed on Wednesday (June 30), the fest made a point to get Falling in Reverse back on the bill after the Ronnie Radke-led rockers had to […]
Remember Scott Waldman, the music-loving artist manager and podcast host who also makes his own tunes as Lido Beach? Well, he's headed to Riot Fest 2021 this September, to be accompanied by fellow rocker (and client) Fred Mascherino of Terrible Things, The Color Fred and formerly Taking Back Sunday.Naturally, they're both super excited about the whole excursion. And seeing as how Waldman frequently contributes to Loudwire, often in the form of […]
