The initial lineup has been revealed for the 2018 Force Fest. The event will take place on October 6-7 in Teotihuacan, Mexico, and it will include: System Of A Down, Slayer, Alice In Chains, NOFX, Carcass, The Used, Scars On Broadway, Dee Snider, Steel Panther, Sacred Reich, DevilDriver, Dokken, Pop Evil, Comeback Kid, Dark Funeral, Pestilence, Armored Saint, Asesino, Hypno5e, Black Dog Prowl, Akasha, and more.
The lineup has been revealed for the 2018 Louder Than Life festival. The event will take place on September 28-30 at Champions Park in Louisville, KY and it will include the following:
September 28: Avenged Sevenfold, Limp Bizkit, Breaking Benjamin, Slash featuring Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators, Seether, Black Stone Cherry, Skillet, Underoath, Suicidal Tendencies, Red Sun Rising, Tremonti, Bad Wolves, Turnstile, Jelly Roll, Hyro The Hero, Badflower, Islander, and True Villains.
September 29: Godsmack, Five Finger Death Punch, Shinedown, Bush, Bullet For My Valentine, HELLYEAH, Body Count, Pop Evil, Sevendust, GWAR, Dance Gavin Dance, From Ashes To New, Sick Puppies, Cane Hill, Bad Omens, Blacktop Mojo, Awake At Last, Stone Broken, and The Jacks.
September 30: Nine Inch Nails, Deftones, Ice Cube, Primus, Billy Idol, Action Bronson, Clutch, Asking Alexandria, Yelawolf, The Sword, Glassjaw, The Fever 333, Monster Magnet, Spirit Animal, The Dose, and The Breton Sound.
Pop Evil have premiered a new video for their song “A Crime To Remember.” This track is from the band’s self-titled album, which was released in February.
Leigh Kakaty commented:
“[Director] Columbia [Tatone] has delivered what we feel is the most powerful video to date for Pop Evil. The concept keeps an open book storyline on how human beings view the world at the moment. Our hope is to raise awareness that it’s time for all of us to come together and be united.”
The clip was released in memory of the group’s late producer Kato Khandwala. Kakaty added the following about that:
“It’s been a long few weeks for us. We are still grieving the loss of Kato who was an incredible talent and an amazing human being. His daughter Paris is in need of help since his passing, donations can be made to her here.”
A number of artists played special acoustic sets as part of the “Zippo Sessions” at this weekend’s Carolina Rebellion in Concord, North Carolina. You can see footage from some of those performances below:
Stone Sour:
Butcher Babies:
Asking Alexandria:
Underoath:
Pop Evil:
New Years Day:
Joyous Wolf:
Ghost have dropped off the 2018 Las Rageous festival. The band commented:
“Due to unforeseen production delays, Ghost regretfully will not be able to appear at the Las Rageous festival next month in Las Vegas, NV. We apologize for any inconvenience and look forward to seeing our friends in Las Vegas very soon.”
With them gone, A Day To Remember will now be taking their place at the festival. The event will be held at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center on April 20-21, and the updated daily lineups can be seen below:
April 20: A Perfect Circle, A Day To Remember, Clutch, Underoath, Beartooth, Pop Evil, New Years Day, Vyces, and Otherwise.
April 21: Five Finger Death Punch, Judas Priest, In This Moment, Saxon, Hollywood Undead, Black Star Riders, Adelitas Way, Joyous Wolf, Ded, and Bad Wolves.
Poison have announced a 2018 North American tour with Cheap Trick and Pop Evil. You can see the dates for that run below.
Tour Dates:
05/18 Irvine, CA – Five Points Amphitheatre
05/19 Las Vegas, NV – The Joint (no Pop Evil)
05/20 Reno, NV – Grand Sierra Resort (no Pop Evil)
05/22 Salt Lake City, UT – USANA Amphitheatre
05/23 Denver, CO – Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
05/25 Kansas City, KS – Sprint Center
05/26 St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre (no Pop Evil)
05/31 Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheatre
06/02 Dallas, TX – Toyota Pavilion at Irving Music Factory (no Pop Evil)
06/03 Houston, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion (no Pop Evil)
06/05 Atlanta, GA – Verizon Amphitheatre (no Pop Evil)
06/07 Indianapolis, IN – Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center
06/08 Detroit, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre (no Pop Evil)
06/09 Chicago, IL – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre (no Pop Evil)
06/10 Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center (no Pop Evil)
06/12 Cleveland, OH – Blossom Music Center (no Pop Evil)
06/13 Syracuse, NY – Lakeview Amphitheatre
06/14 Hartford, CT – The Xfinity Theatre
06/15 Gilford, NH – Bank of NH Pavilion
06/17 Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live (no Pop Evil)
06/19 Toronto, ON – The Budweiser Stage
06/21 Wantagh, NY – Northwell Health at Jones Beach (no Pop Evil)
06/22 Bethel, NY – Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
06/23 Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center (no Pop Evil)
06/24 Allentown, PA – PPL Center
Otherwise and New Years Day have been added to the 2018 Las Rageous festival. The event will take place at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center on April 20-21, and the updated daily lineups can be seen below:
April 20: A Perfect Circle, Ghost, Clutch, Underoath, Beartooth, Pop Evil, New Years Day, Vyces, and Otherwise.
April 21: Five Finger Death Punch, Judas Priest, In This Moment, Saxon, Hollywood Undead, Black Star Riders, Adelitas Way, Joyous Wolf, Ded, and Bad Wolves.
