By: Deborah Speer l
Headliners Metallica, Nine Inch Nails and KORN will be joined by artists including Judas Priest, Snoop Dogg, Jane’s Addiction, Staind, Rise Against, Mudvayne, Anthrax and more when Louder Than Life takes over Highland Festival Grounds at KY Expo Center in Louisville, Ky., Sept. 23-26, Danny Wimmer Presents announced today.
“Metallica isn’t just another headliner. When Metallica takes the stage, it’s an event. It’s an experience. That’s the same standard we’ve set for every DWP festival – from the first band to the last band, and everything that happens in between. I can’t wait to bring the biggest band in the world to the biggest rock festivals in America,” Danny Wimmer, founder of Danny Wimmer Presents, said in a statement at the time.. “Metallica paved this road that we travel. How many artists on the bill at these five festivals first picked up an instrument, or first started a band, because
Rolling Stone Menu Metallica, Nine Inch Nails, Korn to Headline Louder Than Life Festival
Jane’s Addiction, Judas Priest, Snoop Dogg, Gojira, and many others will also perform at the four-night event this fall
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Metallica will play two unique sets on different nights. The event will also feature performances from Judas Priest, Jane’s Addiction, Snoop Dogg, Cypress Hill, Gojira, and many others. It will take place at the Highland Festival Grounds at KY Expo Center, September 23rd to the 26th.
Single-day and weekend passes are on sale now. The event’s promoters say they will raise prices in the weeks to come. Some discounted tickets are available to military personnel. There are also camping packages that do not include admission into the festival.
Judas Priest, Mudvayne, Gojira, Beartooth, Ghostemane and more also set to play
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You might have to sit down for this one. The Louisville, Kentucky, festival Louder Than Life has unveiled its 2021 lineup and it s a fuckin doozy. Metallica, Nine Inch Nails and Korn are set to headline the four-night affair, while artists like Judas Priest, Mudvayne, Staind, Rise Against, Anthrax, Ghostemane, Beartooth and
many others will help round out the bill.
The sixth iteration of the metal- and punk-focused fest will go down the weekend of September 23rd through the 26th at the Kentucky Expo Center. Metallica will headline both Friday and Sunday night with two unique sets, while Korn kicks it off on Thursday and NIN holds down the Saturday slot.
Single-day and weekend passes for Louder Than Life are on sale now at LouderThanLifefestival.com.
Single Day Admission
General Admission
VIP
A VIP four-day pass is $649.50 and
includes a shaded hang area with dedicated bars and comfortable furniture. Live audio/video streams of the Main Stages; access to a front-of-stage viewing area of the Barrel Stage; dedicated merchandise stand for shorter shopping lines; premium, dedicated food offerings (for additional purchase.); air-conditioned, flushable restrooms; dedicated entrance lanes into the festival and a commemorative Louder Than Life laminate.
Top Shelf
A Top Shelf four-day pass is $1,329.00 and includes an air-conditioned tent with live audio and video streams of the Main Stages; front-of-stage viewing area of the Right-Hand Stage; a shaded viewing deck; all-inclusive premium drinks at dedicated bars within the hang area; complimentary hors d’oeuvres during lunch and dinner hours; dedicated air-conditioned, fl
The pandemic moved the 20th anniversary celebration of Papa Roach s
Infest to an online event last year, but the band isn t ready to let the anniversary pass without saluting the album in a live concert setting. As such, they ve announced that they ll revisit the album in full at the 2021 Blue Ridge Rock Fest this coming September.
Billed as first North American performance of their multi-platinum album
Infest in its entirety + greatest hits, Papa Roach are bringing Last Resort, Broken Home, Between Angels and Insects, Dead Cell and all the great songs from their 2000 breakout release to the Blue Ridge Rock Fest stage . and they re not the only ones planning an anniversary set.