SiriusXM curator/host and founder of Headbang for Science, Jose “Metal Ambassador” Mangin has launched the annual $33,000 Headbang for Science Scholarship to support the next generation of heavy metal lovers pursuing an education in health care or the physical sciences. Three winners chosen annually each will receive an $11,000 award. “Finally diehard headbangers can achieve national recognition and monetary rewards for... Continue Reading →
The Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival will return July 14 to 16, 2023, with with a rock and metal lineup headlined by Slipknot, Pantera and Limp Bizkit, plus more than 65 tattoo artists and haunted attractions, all on the grounds of the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio. In addition to the headliners, the three-day... Continue Reading →
Festival producers Danny Wimmer Presents have announced additional onsite entertainment and food offerings for the Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival, which will return for its fourth year July 15, 16 and 17, 2022, on the grounds of the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio (made famous by the movie "The Shawshank Redemption"). Inkcarceration will feature a lineup with some of the biggest names and brightest new... Continue Reading →
Jose Mangin has signed a multiyear deal with Danny Wimmer Presents to serve as the official host and live correspondent of rock festivals Welcome to Rockville, Inkcarcration, Aftershock and Louder Than Life. "We are so thrilled to be having Jose Mangin at our rock festivals as our official host and backstage correspondent, bringing exclusive band interviews and... Continue Reading →
The Blue Ridge Rock Festival, set for Sept. 8 to 11 at the Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia, is releasing its 2022 lineup one act a time. One hundred sixteen of a reported 178 acts have been announced as of Friday, April 1. On social media, festival organizers have said there will be 12... Continue Reading →
Lamb of God will offer fans first-time-ever live performances of its new self-titled album and its 2004 album "Ashes of the Wake," both performed live in their entirety in the band's hometown of Richmond, Virginia. As standalone ticketed events, these performances will be Lamb of God's only chance to perform these songs for fans this year. The first stream, scheduled for Friday,... Continue Reading →
Earlier this summer, the music world was dealt a huge loss with the passing of drummer Vinnie Paul. In addition to his renowned work as a founding member of Pantera and Damageplan, Paul most recently was a part of the group Hellyeah, which was set to perform at Louder Than Life and Monster Energy Aftershock this fall. To celebrate the life and work of Vinnie Paul, Danny Wimmer Presents has... Continue Reading →
