So... Epicenter is moving back to Charlotte
Good, right? But then they go and announce the headliners for Friday and Sunday (May 1st and 3rd). It's Metallica. And Metallica. Because Metallica made a pact with the concert promoter to headline 10 shows at all 5 of their festivals next year:
METALLICA will headline all five of Danny Wimmer Presents' festivals next year: Epicenter, Welcome To Rockville, Sonic Temple Art + Music Festival , Louder Than Life and Aftershock. The band will play two separate headlining sets at each stop, marking METALLICA's only U.S. festival appearances of 2020. In addition to two appearances at each festival, METALLICA will also deliver a unique setlist for each performance, resulting in 10 different shows over the course of the year.
Says METALLICA: "You know we love a challenge, so when Danny Wimmer Presents invited us to headline all five of their spring/fall U.S. rock festivals, that sounded like great fun. But play two separate sets on two nights in the same weekend? Definitely count us in! In another METALLICA first, we'll be playing at all five of the Wimmer rock festivals in 2020 with two separate sets, one on Friday night, one on Sunday night."
"METALLICA isn't just another headliner," says Danny Wimmer, founder of Danny Wimmer Presents, the largest independent festival producer in the U.S. "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. 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 of METALLICA?"
The five festivals are:
* May 1-3 - Epicenter at its new location at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Charlotte, NC
* May 8-10 - Welcome To Rockville at its new location at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL
* May 15-17 - Sonic Temple Art + Music Festival at MAPFRE Stadium in Columbus, OH
* September 18-20 - Louder Than Life at Highland Festival Grounds at KY Expo Center in Louisville, KY
* October 9-11 - Aftershock at Discovery Park in Sacramento, CA
Tickets for all of the events will go on sale today (October 10) at 3 p.m. ET / 12 p.m. PT for fan club members and past purchasers of tickets for Danny Wimmer Presents events. The general public on sale starts Monday, October 14 at 12 noon ET / 9 a.m. PT.
Source: https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/metallica-to-headline-five-u-s-festivals-in-2020-performing-two-sets-at-each-stop/
I mean, good for them. Good for their fans. Metallica is great. Metallica is deserving. Hopefully Hetfield will be out of rehab by then.
But this still fucking PISSED ME OFF.
Like, I was livid all day.
Full lineup is supposed to be announced on 11/19. If Tool is not headlining Saturday, I am so done.
Just DONE.
Seriously, though? After what happened in May... Ok, they listen to the fans and move it back to Charlotte. I'm shocked. Excellent job. But then two out of the three headline slots go to Metallica? That band headlining Saturday is disrespectfully sandwiched between them. Even if they DID invite Tool back, with that offer, I wouldn't be surprised if Tool said no.
We'll see on 11/19. But I'm not holding my breath. And at this point, I'm actually hoping they're done with this festival too. Wimmer can fuck off.
METALLICA will headline all five of Danny Wimmer Presents' festivals next year: Epicenter, Welcome To Rockville, Sonic Temple Art + Music Festival , Louder Than Life and Aftershock. The band will play two separate headlining sets at each stop, marking METALLICA's only U.S. festival appearances of 2020. In addition to two appearances at each festival, METALLICA will also deliver a unique setlist for each performance, resulting in 10 different shows over the course of the year.
Says METALLICA: "You know we love a challenge, so when Danny Wimmer Presents invited us to headline all five of their spring/fall U.S. rock festivals, that sounded like great fun. But play two separate sets on two nights in the same weekend? Definitely count us in! In another METALLICA first, we'll be playing at all five of the Wimmer rock festivals in 2020 with two separate sets, one on Friday night, one on Sunday night."
"METALLICA isn't just another headliner," says Danny Wimmer, founder of Danny Wimmer Presents, the largest independent festival producer in the U.S. "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. 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 of METALLICA?"
The five festivals are:
* May 1-3 - Epicenter at its new location at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Charlotte, NC
* May 8-10 - Welcome To Rockville at its new location at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL
* May 15-17 - Sonic Temple Art + Music Festival at MAPFRE Stadium in Columbus, OH
* September 18-20 - Louder Than Life at Highland Festival Grounds at KY Expo Center in Louisville, KY
* October 9-11 - Aftershock at Discovery Park in Sacramento, CA
Tickets for all of the events will go on sale today (October 10) at 3 p.m. ET / 12 p.m. PT for fan club members and past purchasers of tickets for Danny Wimmer Presents events. The general public on sale starts Monday, October 14 at 12 noon ET / 9 a.m. PT.
Source: https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/metallica-to-headline-five-u-s-festivals-in-2020-performing-two-sets-at-each-stop/
I mean, good for them. Good for their fans. Metallica is great. Metallica is deserving. Hopefully Hetfield will be out of rehab by then.
But this still fucking PISSED ME OFF.
Like, I was livid all day.
Full lineup is supposed to be announced on 11/19. If Tool is not headlining Saturday, I am so done.
Just DONE.
Seriously, though? After what happened in May... Ok, they listen to the fans and move it back to Charlotte. I'm shocked. Excellent job. But then two out of the three headline slots go to Metallica? That band headlining Saturday is disrespectfully sandwiched between them. Even if they DID invite Tool back, with that offer, I wouldn't be surprised if Tool said no.
We'll see on 11/19. But I'm not holding my breath. And at this point, I'm actually hoping they're done with this festival too. Wimmer can fuck off.