It’s December, which means that the Summer tour schedules are starting to slip out. The latest to announce their lineup is annual festival Rock on the Range, which will be taking place on May 15th, 16th and 17th of next year. The active rock festival has some pretty solid actual metal bands playing alongside the bands that you hear constantly on your local terrestrial rock station. Linkin Park, Slipknot and Judas Priest are headlining the ninth iteration of the festival.
One of the more surprising additions to the festival are Babymetal, who have only played a handful of American shows so far. Ministry, who jsut recently announced they’d be touring next year, is another interesting get for the fest. Anthrax, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Beartooth, Saxon, Unlocking the Truth, In Flames, Upon a Burning Body and The Devil Wears Prada are among some of the other notable bands playing the fest. ROTR has sold out in advance the last two years, which at 40,000 people each day, is pretty impressive. Pre-sale tickets are on sale now, with a code available by going to the festival’s Facebook page. Tickets will be on sale to the general public on Friday, December 5, at the festival’s web site.
Here’s the full lineup, with more coming: Linkin Park, Slipknot, Judas Priest, Godsmack, Marilyn Manson, Breaking Benjamin, Rise Against, Volbeat, Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators, Papa Roach, Halestorm, Of Mice & Men, Ministry, Anthrax, Tech N9ne, In This Moment, Hollywood Undead, Live, Scott Weiland and the Wildabouts, Yelawolf, In Flames, Motionless In White, Saxon, Rival Sons, Falling In Reverse, Apocalyptica, Hatebreed, Periphery, Nonpoint, Baby Metal, The Devil Wears Prada, Dillinger Escape Plan, We Are Harlot, Starset, New Medicine, Beartooth, You Me At Six, Young Guns, Dorothy, Crobot, Shaman’s Harvest, Like A Storm, Unlocking The Truth, Islander, Marmozets, Sabatron, Upon A Burning Body, From Ashes To New, Red Son Rising, and Santa Cruz
