Slipknot, Five Finger Death Punch and several other acts have joined the lineup of musicians that will perform at the Blue Ridge Rock Festival this year.
The largest Rock & Camping Festival in America is scheduled to take place September 7 -10 at Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia.
Staind, Danzing, I Prevail, Flo Rida, Lorna Shore, Knocked Loose, Polyphia, Insane Clown Passe, Vanilla Ice and Project Pat are among several other artists named by the organizers of the festival.
The festival also hosts a one-of-a-kind Club Experience Thursday through Sunday from 11:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m., after the main festival with performances from some of the biggest and best '90s/2000s hip hop/rap legends.
Blue Ridge Rock Festival is the home of the Fan Driven Experience, with fans voting on the lineup and festival experiences through surveys across social media. The festival started in 2017 as a one-day event, and expanded to a four-day festival in 2022.
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Blink-182 covered Taylor Swift's classic hit "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" during one of their recent shows.
The American pop-punk icons, playing as their original lineup of Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker, are currently on their highly anticipated world tour.
At their show in Detroit, Michigan, on May 9, the band unexpectedly covered Swift's 2012 hit.
As the band played their final song, "Dammit," Hoppus segued into the chorus of Swift's 2012 smash hit.
This isn't the first time Hoppus has revealed his love for Swift, previously taking to Twitter to recommend her song "Look What You Made Me Do" in 2021.
Blink-182 are set to continue their North American reunion tour through July. Afterwards, they are set to embark on an EU and U.K. tour followed by shows in Australia, New Zealand, Mexico and South America.
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Mark Hoppus cantando 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together'
Dee Snider has been dropped from San Francisco Pride after he expressed support for KISS's Paul Stanley's recent transphobic statement.
The Twisted Sister frontman was scheduled to perform the band's song "We're not gonna take it" as the unofficial rallying cry of this year's SF Pride Parade & Celebration on its center stage. The Pride Parade will be held on June 25.
SF Pride said in a statement that when they were notified about a tweet in which Snider expressed support for Stanley's transphobic statement, they were heartbroken and angry.
"The message perpetuated by that tweet casts doubt on young trans people's ability to self-identify their gender," the statement added.
In a Twitter post last weekend, the KISS singer-guitarist called gender reassignment for children a "sad and dangerous fad."
Snider, who has been a vocal supporter of LGBTQ rights, sent a tweet defending Stanley's statement, saying, &q
Bush recently released a new song, "All Things Must Change," from the upcoming deluxe edition of their 2022 album, The Art of Survival.
"This is nature," remarked frontman Gavin Rossdale of the track's lyrical content. "All things are changing. All the time."
Rossdale and the band debuted the song on April 26th and played it on May 2nd, the first date of the band's tour with Breaking Benjamin.
The The Art of Survival deluxe edition will be out on June 9th. The edition includes the bonus tracks "All Things Must Change" and "Miracle," as well as a version of "1000 Years" featuring Amy Lee of Evanescence and two previously unreleased live recordings of "Heavy Is the Ocean" and "More Than Machines."
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Foo Fighters have announced a new show in Brazil with Garbage and Wet Leg.
The Dave Grohl-fronted band will headline Estádio Couto Pereira in Curitiba on September 7. Tickets are on sale now.
The Brazil show is part of Foo Fighters' live comeback following the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins in March 2022. The group's first show back is scheduled for May 24 in Gilford, New Hampshire.
Foo Fighters recently dropped "Rescued," their first single since Hawkins' death. The band also announced their 11th studio album But Here We Are, which is due to be released on June 2.
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