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Best Hippie Fight You'll See All Day [VIDEO]

Dalton Castle — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:31:23 +0000

The Hippie life style in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park is all about free love and equal guitar shots to the face for all. I have no clue why anyone would want to be a hippie. Sure I love being lazy every now and then. Just the other week I stayed in bed on [...]

How Did We Miss 'Analfest' in Buffalo Last Weekend?

Jeremy Taylor — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 13:00:58 +0000

Buffalo, New York is known for its chicken wings and hard-luck football team. It isn’t thought to be a particularly kinky place, although one does have to wonder what goes on when everybody is forced inside during the long, cold winters. A recent photo on The Buffalo News website is forcing us to reconsider the Western New [...]

Bonnaroo 2012 Schedule Announced

Drake Baer — Wed, 16 May 2012 09:00:50 +0000

What do Foster the People, the Roots, and Bon Iver have in common? They’re all playing just for Bonnaroo 2012 headliners (that’s Radiohead, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Phish, respectively). See the full 2012 schedule here, and check out our Diffuser.fm dream schedule below.

Rocklahoma 2012 Announces Line Up

WQBK — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:31:31 +0000

Another rock festival has announced its line up. Rocklahoma 2012 is a annual three-day festival that will take place over Memorial Day weekend in Pryor, Oklahoma. Rob Zombie, Chickenfoot, Creed, Megadeth, Slash, Queensryche, Chevelle, Theory of a Deadman, Puddle of Mudd, Cavo, Adelitas Way, Black Stone Cherry, P.O.D., Hellyeah, Jackyl and Trivium are just some of the bands who'll be performing on the festival's three stages.

Carolina Rebellion 2012 Lineup Features Korn, Shinedown, Staind, Evanescence + More

Mary Ouellette — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:11:27 +0000

So if you can’t make it to Rock on the Range this year, Carolina Rebellion offers up a perfect one-day alternative. Carolina Rebellion, now in its second year, takes as much rock as possible and combines it all into one crazy lineup. This year’s Rebellion is scheduled for May 5 at the Rockingham Speedway in Rockingham, N.C., centrally located less than two hours from Charlotte, Raleigh/Durham, Columbia and Greensboro.

2012 Coachella Line Up Includes Radiohead, The Black Keys and More

BJ Ragone — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:23:29 +0000

The 2012 Coachella Music Festival line up was released and as usual it has a pretty diverse group of performers like Radiohead, The Black Keys, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg. If you happen to be into music festivals than Coachella is one of those can’t miss events. It’s going to happen over the course of [...]

Pukkelpop Festival, with 30STM, Foo Fighters and Good Charlotte, Canceled Following Deadly Storm

Chris M. Junior — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 14:17:04 +0000

It has been an exceptionally bad summer for violent storms and stage-related mishaps at outdoor music festivals.

The latest such incident took place Thursday in Belgium during Pukkelpop, where at least five people died and an estimated 140 were injured after an intense thunderstorm hit the festival site and knocked down staging areas as well as tents and trees.

Scheduled performers during the three-day festival — an annual event since 1985 — included Good Charlotte, 30 Seconds to Mars and Foo Fighters.

Stage Collapses At Ottawa Blues Fest [VIDEO]

BJ Ragone — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:30:26 +0000

It was a scary moment in Ottawa, Canada yesterday. A sever thunderstorm did more than just drop a little rain on the annual Blues Festival, it dropped the entire stage!When Cheap Trick says they are gonna bring down the house, they mean it! During their set at this weekends Ottawa Blues Festival a huge Thunderstorm [...]

2011 Uproar Festival Dates Announced

WQBK — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:44:21 +0000

The Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival featuring headliners Avenged Sevenfold, Three Days Grace, Seether, Bullet For My Valentine, and Escape The Fate have announced tour dates for 2011. The festival will run August 26th-October 15th. See the dates: The dates of the Uproar Festival. 8/26/11 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center On Sale 6/24 8/27/11 Scranton, [...]

Rock In Rio Will Fine Guns and Roses If Axl Is Late

BJ Ragone — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 14:09:52 +0000

Finally someone has figured out a way to get Axl Rose to the stage on time. There is no other lead singer in the world that is as notorious for being late than Axl Rose. I remember a few years back in one of his incarnations of GnR they played what was then the Pepsi [...]

Guns N' Roses To Play Rock In Rio

BJ Ragone — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:00:10 +0000

Axl Rose and whoever he is playing with these days have been confirmed to play the massive rock festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is official, Guns N’ Roses will be joining the lineup for this years Rock In Rio. The band has played the rock fest before in 1991 and 2001. They will [...]