Louder Than Life will return Sept. 21 to 24, 2023, to Highland Festival Grounds at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky, with a lineup including Foo Fighters, Green Day, Tool, Avenged Sevenfold, Godsmack, Pantera, Queens of the Stone Age, Weezer, Limp Bizkit, Megadeth, Turnstile, Rancid, Falling in Reverse, 311, Pierce the Veil, Run the Jewels, Corey Taylor,... Continue Reading →
Sonic Temple to return in 2023 with Foo Fighters, Tool, Avenged Sevenfold, KISS and more
After a three-year hiatus, Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival will return to its home at Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, on Memorial Day weekend--May 25 to 28, 2023--with a lineup headlined by Foo Fighters, Tool, Avenged Sevenfold and KISS. The four-day festival also will feature Godsmack, Rob Zombie, Queens of the Stone Age, Deftones,... Continue Reading →
Sonic Temple festival to return in May 2023
After a three-year hiatus, the Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival will return to Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, over Memorial Day weekend, May 25 to 28, 2023. “Columbus, Ohio, is such a special place to Danny Wimmer Presents,” DWP Founder Danny Wimmer said. “It is where the company produced some of the biggest and most acclaimed rock... Continue Reading →
Welcome to Rockville draws 161,000
Welcome to Rockville’s milestone 10th edition brought in the festival’s biggest crowd yet, with 161,000 people coming to Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, for the four-day music event, held Nov. 11 to 14, 2021. The record attendance officially makes Welcome to Rockville America’s biggest rock festival. In addition, a worldwide at-home audience of 1.2 million unique viewers enjoyed the livestream with... Continue Reading →
Slipknot, Disturbed added as festival headliners
Danny Wimmer Presents has announced lineup additions to two of its fall festivals. For Louder Than Life, Disturbed, Volbeat and Atreyu now will appear at the festival, scheduled for Sept. 23 to 26, 2021, in Louisville, Kentucky. Welcome to Rockville now will feature Slipknot, A Day to Remember and Gojira at the four-day event set for Nov. 11 to 14, 2021, in Daytona Beach, Florida. The lineup changes are... Continue Reading →
DWPresents Twitch channel brings in almost 400,000 fans in first week
Since launching a new partnership with Twitch on June 3, 2021, independent festival promoter and producer Danny Wimmer Presents garnered an audience of nearly 400,000 fans worldwide in the first week of DWPresents’ original programming. The DWPresents channel debuted with a live kickoff event on June 3, featuring several hours of entertainment, including performances from Widow 7 and Speed of Light, the two finalists in the “Road to LA”... Continue Reading →
Metallica, Nine Inch Nails, Korn to headline Louder Than Life festival
Metallica, Nine Inch Nails and Korn will headline the sixth Louder Than Life festival, Sept. 23 to 26, 2021, at Highland Festival Grounds at KY Expo Center in Louisville, Kentucky. Metallica will perform on two nights, playing two unique set lists. The lineup also features Judas Priest, Snoop Dogg, Jane's Addiction, Staind, Rise Against, Mudvayne, Cypress Hill,... Continue Reading →
Metallica pulls out of Sonic Temple, Louder Than Life festivals
With vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield citing scheduling issues due to "critical recovery events," Metallica will no longer perform at this year's Sonic Temple and Louder Than Life festivals. The band is keeping its commitment to perform two sets each at the Epicenter, Welcome to Rockville and Aftershock festivals, as well as all other previously announced 2020... Continue Reading →
Welcome to Rockville moving to Daytona Beach in 2020, dates set for Epicenter, Sonic Temple
The 10th year of the Welcome to Rockville festival will move from Jacksonville to Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, on May 8 to 10, 2020, festival producer Danny Wimmer Presents has announced. DWP also has set May 1 to 3, 2020, as the dates for Epicenter, which debuted this year in Rockingham, North... Continue Reading →
Korn, Rob Zombie, Tool to headline 2019 Welcome to Rockville
The ninth annual edition of Welcome to Rockville will take place Friday, May 3, Saturday, May 4, and Sunday, May 5, at Metropolitan Park in Jacksonville, Florida, and will feature must-see headlining sets from Tool, Korn, Rob Zombie, Incubus, The Prodigy, Shinedown and Judas Priest. General admission and VIP tickets, as well as hotel and camping packages, for Welcome To Rockville go on sale at noon ET Friday, Dec. 7, at... Continue Reading →