Festival Pre-Season 2006

[Herr Matzat]

for quiet some time now the firt festivals started anouncing who they signed, the Hurricane is the one i care for most so i´ll be doing updates for that one, feel free to put in your local festival info and lineups~!

Hurricane/Soutside 2006

confirmed 14. february

Arctic Monkeys * The Cardigans * Element of Crime * Fettes Brot * Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals * Lagwagon * Live * Mando Diao * Maximo Park * Panteon Rococo * Seeed * Shout Out Louds * Tomte * Wir Sind Helden

confirmed 17. february

Apocalyptica * Manu Chao * Donavon Frankenreiter * Adam Green * Hard-Fi * The Hives * Sigur Rós

the Foo Fighters are rumored to headline.

the two big german festivals anounced some stuff aswell

Rock am Ring - Rock im Park

02. – 04. Juni 2006

Metallica, Depeche Mode, Placebo, Tool, Franz Ferdinand, Korn, Morrissey, Bela B., Reamonn, Nelly Furtado, Deftones, Sportfreunde Stiller, Pharrell, Turbonegro, Tomte, Kaiser Chiefs, Dir en grey, Paul Weller, Goldfrapp, Dresden Dolls, She Wants Revenge

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

The Cardigans and Sigur Ros in one and Goldfrapp in the other?!

For some reason I really like the sound of that!

Over here we'll get the usual stuff, none of which tends to excite me TOO mcuh...

[tristy]

Bonnaroo 2006 (Manchester, Tennessee):

Radiohead, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Phil Lesh and Friends, Beck, Elvis Costello & The Imposters, Bonnie Raitt, Death Cab for Cutie, moe., Bright Eyes, The Neville Brothers, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, Buddy Guy, Damian Marley, Ben Folds, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Dr. John, Matisyahu, G. Love and Special Sauce, My Morning Jacket, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, Steel Pulse, Mike Gordon and Ramble Dove, Cat Power, Medeski Martin and Wood, Nickel Creek, Gomez, Atmosphere, Steve Earle, Blues Traveler, Amadou & Mariam, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, Dresden Dolls, Son Volt, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Jerry Douglas, Soulive, Rusted Root, Devendra Banhart Band, Donavon Frankenreiter, Mike Doughty, Sasha, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, The Magic Numbers, Bill Frisell, Seu Jorge, Bettye LaVette, Dungen, Shooter Jennings, Rebirth Brass Band, Robinella, Andrew Bird, Steel Train, Jackie Greene, Devotchka, Wood Brothers, dios (malos), Toubab Krewe, The Motet, Marah, I-Nine, Balkan Beat Box, and Cat Empire

I'll be going to it if I can find a job before the concert takes place.

[Colly]

Bonnaroo 2006 (Manchester, Tennessee):

Radiohead, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Phil Lesh and Friends, Beck, Elvis Costello & The Imposters, Bonnie Raitt, Death Cab for Cutie, moe., Bright Eyes, The Neville Brothers, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, Buddy Guy, Damian Marley, Ben Folds, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Dr. John, Matisyahu, G. Love and Special Sauce, My Morning Jacket, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, Steel Pulse, Mike Gordon and Ramble Dove, Cat Power, Medeski Martin and Wood, Nickel Creek, Gomez, Atmosphere, Steve Earle, Blues Traveler, Amadou & Mariam, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, Dresden Dolls, Son Volt, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Jerry Douglas, Soulive, Rusted Root, Devendra Banhart Band, Donavon Frankenreiter, Mike Doughty, Sasha, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, The Magic Numbers, Bill Frisell, Seu Jorge, Bettye LaVette, Dungen, Shooter Jennings, Rebirth Brass Band, Robinella, Andrew Bird, Steel Train, Jackie Greene, Devotchka, Wood Brothers, dios (malos), Toubab Krewe, The Motet, Marah, I-Nine, Balkan Beat Box, and Cat Empire

I'll be going to it if I can find a job before the concert takes place.

[Herr Matzat]

i just saw the first (no idea if it IS the first) GnR aperenc officialy anounced, novarock in austria (mid june or juli, i forgot) - so unless they split up again they might be on some more festivals in europ this season.

Edited February 20, 2006 by Michael Matzat

[Turbo Yannis]

Rock am Ring - Rock im Park

02. – 04. Juni 2006

Metallica, Depeche Mode, Placebo, Tool, Franz Ferdinand, Korn, Morrissey, Bela B., Reamonn, Nelly Furtado, Deftones, Sportfreunde Stiller, Pharrell, Turbonegro, Tomte, Kaiser Chiefs, Dir en grey, Paul Weller, Goldfrapp, Dresden Dolls, She Wants Revenge

Edited February 21, 2006 by Turbonegro

[MalaCloudy Black]

Bonnaroo looks fucking stellar this year, if they release it on DVD I'm so getting it.

[Bushmeister]

Once again, Wacken Open Air is looking to be one of the greatest metal festivals of the year. I bolded the bands that I would personally cream my pants over:

Aborted, Amon Amarth, Die Apocalyptischen Reiter, Atheist, Battlelore, Bloodthorn, Born From Pain, Celtic Frost, Children Of Bodom, D'espairs Ray, The Dogma, Ektomorf, Emperor, End Of Green, Finntroll, Gamma Ray, In Extremo, Korpiklaani, Legion Of The Damned, Metal Inquisitor, Ministry, Nevermore, Orphaned Land, Primal Fear, Scorpions, Six Feet Under, Soilwork, Subway To Sally, WE, Wintersun

Ah, screw that, just looked over the lineup for the Maryland Deathfest:

Dismember (Sweden), Vital Remains (Rhode Island), Haemorrhage (Spain), Pungent Stench (Austria), Necrophagist (Germany), Demilich (Finland), Unholy Grave (Japan), Machetazo (Spain), Disfear (Sweden), Butcher ABC (Japan), Severe Torture (Netherlands), Anata (Sweden), Sanitys Dawn (Germany), Rompeprop (Netherlands), Skinless (New York), Sayyadina (Sweden), Gorgasm (Illinois), Cliteater (Netherlands), Embalmer (Ohio), Yacoepsae (Germany), Engorged (Oregon), Burnt By the Sun (New Jersey), Municipal Waste (Virginia), Cenotaph (Turkey), Mucupurulent (Germany), Total Fucking Destruction (Pennsylvania), Mesrine (Canada), Beneath the Massacre (Canada), Catheter (Colorado), Electro Quarterstaff (Canada), Quills (Maryland), Embryonic Cryptopathia (Massachusetts)

Too bad that the Deathfest is way out of possibilities for me to attend. Oh well, I'll just go and rock my goatee off to Emperor at Wacken then.

[ravenjuice]

Guns and Roses confirmed for Donnington. Sex.

[tristy]

Tool confirmed for Download.

[ravenjuice]

Tool confirmed for Download.

[tristy]

http://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/line...php?FestID=1060

It's basically confirmed, though.

[Summers]

Download's looking awesome. Guns and Roses confirming is great. I'm not entirely sure where they'll feature though.

Mmm.. Tooool.

Edited February 21, 2006 by Sumzy

[ravenjuice]

Download has made me come in excitement twice in as many weeks...what with Metallica and Guns...my two favourite bands...I dont care if guns is basically Axl and friends, still their songs, and still their vocalist. I could care less if slash and his hat were playing with him.

[Liam]

I thought Burnt By The Sun were disbanded? (aimed at Bushmeister)

Tool would be sweet wherever, but I've always thought they'd be a better band to see in an arena, for some reason.

[Guest FlyboyGJ]

Guns and Metallica co-headlining.. awesome.. makes me feel like I'm back in 1992.

GNR and Metallica are also co-headlining at Nova Rock in Germany, and GNR is playing Rock In Rio.

[tristy]

Tool is better suited in a closed space. Tool post-Ænema tour isn't that energetic. Maynard sung the songs on the Lateralus tour standing with his back to the fans most of the time. Plus the visuals on the screens don't have the same effect on a festival setting, you know?

[Summers]

I'd love Tool to play on the second stage, cuz it's covered.

But at the same time, they'd be playing against someone cool on the main stage, so I'll hope to see them play in the daytimeish on the main stage.

Edited February 22, 2006 by Sumzy

[Liam]

Tool is better suited in a closed space. Tool post-Ænema tour isn't that energetic. Maynard sung the songs on the Lateralus tour standing with his back to the fans most of the time. Plus the visuals on the screens don't have the same effect on a festival setting, you know?

Yeah, thats what I was thinking about. Even when I saw APC, he sings with his back to the audience, with the guitarists and drummer ahead of him. The stageshow wouldn't adhere itself to the open either, as you pointed out.

I'm hoping an arena tour of the UK happens around these festival dates, hopefully.

[tristy]

Tool is going to Europe for a press junket thing for the new album, coming back to the US for Coachella, going back overseas for festivals, then coming back around August for a US tour. The UK will probably get a tour in 2007.