Due to the restrictions on the size of gatherings to slow the spread of COVID-19, promoter Danny Wimmer Presents has officially canceled the Epicenter, Welcome to Rockville and Sonic Temple festivals, all of which were to take place in May. The festivals will not be rescheduled this year but will return in 2021, according to... Continue Reading →
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 →
For the first time, two-day passes are available for Epicenter, May 1, 2 and 3, at Rock City Campgrounds at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C. Fans can pick between Friday and Saturday, Saturday and Sunday, or Friday and Sunday. As previously announced, Metallica will headline Friday, May 1, and Sunday, May 3, performing two different headlining sets. Disturbed—celebrating the 20th year since the release of its multiplatinum debut "The Sickness"—will headline Saturday, May... Continue Reading →
The music lineup has been announced for Epicenter 2020, May 1, 2 and 3 at Rock City Campgrounds at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. As previously announced, rock icons Metallica will headline Friday, May 1, and Sunday, May 3, performing two different headlining sets. Multi-platinum band Disturbed will headline Saturday, May 2. The... Continue Reading →
Metallica will exclusively headline all five of the premier independent producer’s hard rock festivals in 2020 in a unique collaboration unprecedented for any American festival promoter or band. Recently named the world’s biggest all-time touring act by Pollstar, Metallica will—for the first time ever—perform two separate headlining sets the following events in 2020: Epicenter (May 1-3) at its new location at the Charlotte... Continue Reading →
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 →
Photos by Lizzy Davis
Photos by Lizzy Davis
Review and photos by Lizzy Davis-----After a traffic-filled day one and a storm-filled day two, Epicenter Festival needed something relieving to happen on the final day. The weather wasn’t looking promising, though, and right as Demob Happy was about to kick off day three on the Pine Stage, the bottom fell out again. People groaned... Continue Reading →
Review and photos by Lizzy Davis-----Following the massive traffic issues on day one, the organizers of Epicenter announced that were working with the North Carolina Department of Transportation and the county’s highway patrol to arrange having a second lane open for inbound traffic. Whether it was thanks to that or because people arrived earlier in... Continue Reading →
