Posted by Sean Matthews on February 24, 2022
Announced today, the West Coast’s biggest rock festival, Aftershock, will be taking place this upcoming October 6th-9th, 2022 at Discovery Park in Sacramento, California. Fans will be treated to four full days, with over 90 bands on 4 stages with headlining performances by Foo Fighters, My Chemical Romance, Slipknot and Kiss. Direct support from […]
Posted by Mark Zapata on January 19, 2022
The Las Vegas Festival Grounds in Las Vegas, NV will be ground zero for the massive ‘When We Were Young‘ festival. The Live Nation presented festival will go down on October 22nd featuring My Chemical Romance, Paramore, Glassjaw, Senses Fail along with a whole host of acts, crossing genres from all over the emo, […]
Posted by Sean Matthews on October 22, 2020
In what was looking to be an amazing year for festivals, 2020 came to a screeching halt when COVID-19 hit the masses. One after another, shows and festivals alike, first rebooked dates, and then finally threw in the towel all together on what was looking to be a dismal year for the industry and […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on October 30, 2018
Thursday have announced they will extend their reunion to celebrate their 20th Anniversary by embarking on a U.S tour in support of 2001’s Full Collapse and 2003’s War All the Time. The band announced it will be the end of their reunion, as they did not expect their return to last for over two […]
Posted by Alix Vallecillo on February 24, 2017
If you keep wondering how much your favorite bands make when they head out on the road, Billboard‘s Boxscore released their latest batch of earnings and attendance from many artists, and we’ve summarized them here for you. This week, the batch of artists reported contains various big acts you know by name but probably aren’t on your […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on August 16, 2016
Headed to Riot Fest in Chicago next month? Even if you’re not going to be at the fest, but would like a chance to see some of the bands playing, you might be in luck. Riot Fest just announced a series of after-shows taking place leading up to and during the Festival, which takes place […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on August 5, 2016
Yesterday, Philadelphia’s annual This Is Hardcore fest began. The four-day festival brings together the best in punk and hardcore from up and coming bands to legacy acts. This year, Sunday night’s headliner is Turning Point, the seminal Philly-area hardcore band that broke up in 1991 The band gained in popularity, with their catalog being re-released […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on May 18, 2016
Last week, Riot Fest left fans utterly shocked when they announced that the original Misfits lineup would perform at both the Chicago and Denver editions of the festivals. Now the festival has revealed the first wave of bands confirmed for its stacked lineup. The Chicago edition (taking place September 16 – 18) will host […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on March 22, 2016
There are so many festivals happening that to make one stand out, you really need to do something to differentiate it from the rest. The New York Times just wrote about that, stating they’re not going to Coachella or Bonnaroo any more because of the overall sameness of the the artists playing all those festivals and […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on September 24, 2015
Earlier this week, people looking for a face of heartless and uncaring big pharma companies found one when it was revealed that Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli bought the patent to Darapim, a drug used to treat HIV, and announced plans to raise the price from $13.50 a pill to $750. It got found a […]
