| Rock am Ring Rock im Park | |
|---|---|
The Prodigy performing at Rock am Ring 2009 | |
| Genre | Heavy metal,punk rock,rock[1] |
| Dates | Usually first weekend in June |
| Locations | Rock am Ring:Nürburgring,Nürburg,Rhineland-Palatinate,Germany Rock im Park:Zeppelinfeld,Nuremberg,Bavaria,Germany |
| Years active | 1985–2019, 2022–present |
| Founders | Marek Lieberberg |
| Website | Rock am Ring:rock-am-ring Rock im Park:rock-im-park |
TheRock am Ring (German for "Rock at [the] Ring") andRock im Park ("Rock in [the] Park") festivals are two simultaneousrock music festivals held annually in Germany. WhileRock am Ring takes place at theNürburgring race track inNürburg,Rock im Park takes place at theZeppelinfeld inNuremberg. Rock am Ring festival was founded byMarek Lieberberg in 1985.
The two festivals are usually regarded as one event sharing nearly identical lineups. All artists perform one day at theNürburgring and another day in Nuremberg during the three-day event. There have been minor exceptions in the past years where an artist would be announced for one of the festivals only. Combined, Rock im Park and Rock am Ring are the largest music festivals held in Germany and one of the largest in the world with a combined attendance of over 150,000 people in 2007, selling out both events in advance for the first time.[2]




In 1980, Germanconcert promoterMarek Lieberberg initiated a festival project on theNordschleife [de] part of theNürburgring, but it failed due to protests from locals and a lack of parking spaces.[3]
In 1985,Lieberberg was inspired to bring to the German region of thePalatinate (Pfalz) the atmosphere that reigned in the town ofBethel during the firstWoodstock festival.[4] The first managing director of the new Nürburgring complex,Rainer Mertel, placed his trust inLieberberg.[5] Thus, in 1985,Lieberberg founded the Rock am Ring festival.[4][6][7]
Rock am Ring was originally planned as a one-time festival on the Nürburgring motorsports complex, celebrating the inauguration of a newer, shorter version of the race track in 1985, but due to its commercial success (with 75,000 audience members), it was decided to make the concert an annual event. However, after a dip in attendance for the 1988 event, the festival was put on hiatus for two years. In 1991, the festival returned with a new concept: as well as featuring well-known artists, event organizers present lesser known up-and-coming bands to the public. In 1993, Rock im Park took place for the first time inVienna. For the 1994 event, Rock im Park moved to the disusedMunich-Riem airport, and the following year to Munich'sOlympiastadion, where it found a home for the 1995 and 1996 event. In 1997 Rock im Park moved to Nuremberg'sFrankenstadion where it was held until the venue was unavailable in 2004 because the stadium was being renovated for the2006 Football World Cup. Since 2004 the venue moved again to the current Zeppellinfeld, where Rock im Park was since held with the exception of the 2006 festival, which was moved to the Luitpoldhain.
The 2007 festival was used in a science experiment to test the effects of large bodies of people simultaneously jumping. The experiment data was used to calculate the result if the entire Chinese population were to jump in unison. The experiment concluded no significant results would come from the theoretical event.[8]
After 29 editions of Rock am Ring, the new owner of theNürburgring decided that the contract would not be extended. The festival continued at another location in 2015 and 2016 (Mendig Air Base/Vulkaneifel),[9][10] returning to theNürburgring in 2017.[11]
| Year | Rock am Ring | Rock im Park |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Nürburgring,Nürburg | – |
| 1986 | – | |
| 1987 | – | |
| 1988 | – | |
| 1989 | – | – |
| 1990 | – | – |
| 1991 | Nürburgring, Nürburg | – |
| 1992 | – | |
| 1993 | Rock in Wien Ernst-Happel-Stadion,Vienna | |
| 1994 | Rock im Riem Flughafen München Riem,Munich | |
| 1995 | Rock im Riem Olympic Stadium, Munich | |
| 1996 | ||
| 1997 | Frankenstadion,Nuremberg | |
| 1998 | ||
| 1999 | ||
| 2000 | ||
| 2001 | ||
| 2002 | ||
| 2003 | ||
| 2004 | Zeppelinfeld, Nuremberg | |
| 2005 | ||
| 2006 | Luitpoldarena, Nuremberg | |
| 2007 | Zeppelinfeld, Nuremberg | |
| 2008 | ||
| 2009 | ||
| 2010 | ||
| 2011 | ||
| 2012 | ||
| 2013 | ||
| 2014 | ||
| 2015 | Mendig Air Base,Mendig | |
| 2016 | ||
| 2017 | Nürburgring, Nürburg | |
| 2018 | ||
| 2019 | ||
| 2020 | – | – |
| 2021 | – | – |
| 2022 | Nürburgring, Nürburg | Zeppelinfeld, Nuremberg |
| 2023 | ||
| 2024 | ||
| 2025 |
The 2008 festival took place on 6–8 June 2008. 91 acts have been officially confirmed. Both festivals were sold out on 1 May.
Confirmed acts:[13][14][15][16][17][18][19]
3 Doors Down (replacingChris Cornell, who backed out to record an album[19]),36 Crazyfists,Against Me!,Airbourne,Alpha Galates,Alter Bridge,Animal Alpha,Babyshambles,Bad Religion,Bedouin Soundclash,the Black Dahlia Murder,Black Stone Cherry,Black Tide,Bloodlights,Booka Shade,Bullet for My Valentine,CSS,Cavalera Conspiracy,Chiodos,Coheed and Cambria,Culcha Candela,Danko Jones,Die Toten Hosen,Dimmu Borgir,Disco Ensemble,Disturbed,Eagles of Death Metal, EL*KE,Fair to Midland,Fettes Brot,Fiction Plane,Filter,Finger Eleven,[20][21]From First to Last,Gavin DeGraw,Gavin Rossdale,High on Fire,HIM,Hot Chip,In Case of Fire,In Flames,Incubus,Infadels,Jimmy Eat World,Joe Lean & the Jing Jang Jong,Johnossi,Jonathan Davis,Justice,Kate Nash,Kid Rock,Kill Hannah,Lostprophets,Madsen,Manic Street Preachers,Masters of Reality,Metallica,Motörhead,Nightwish,Oomph!,Opeth,Paramore,Pete Murray,Queens of the Stone Age, Rafael Weber,Rage Against the Machine,Rival Schools,Róisín Murphy,Rooney,Rose Tattoo,Saul Williams,Saxon,Seether,Serj Tankian,Silverstein,Simple Plan,Söhne Mannheims,Sonic Syndicate,Sportfreunde Stiller,Stereophonics,Steriogram,Takida,the Fall of Troy,the Fratellis,the Futureheads,the Hellacopters,the Offspring,the Prodigy,the Streets,the Verve,Tokyo Police Club,Turisas andZOX.
Glory of Joann'sMySpace profile lists them as performing at Rock am Ring, andringrocker lists them as officially confirmed.
The headline acts for 2009 were:Limp Bizkit,Slipknot,the Prodigy,Korn,Marilyn Manson,the Killers,Placebo andBilly Talent. Other bands included2raumwohnung,Alexisonfire,All That Remains,...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead,Basement Jaxx,Biffy Clyro,Black Stone Cherry,Bloc Party,Bring Me the Horizon,Chester French,Chris Cornell,Dir En Grey,DragonForce,Dredg,Enter Shikari,Esser,Expatriate,Five Finger Death Punch,Flogging Molly, Forbidden Theory,Gallows,Guano Apes,Hollywood Undead, Ich Bin Bunt,Jan Delay & Disko No. 1,Juliette Lewis,Kettcar,Kilians,Killswitch Engage,Kitty, Daisy & Lewis,Little Man Tate,Machine Head,Madina Lake,Madness,Mando Diao,M.I.A.,Middle Class Rut,New Found Glory,Pain,Papa Roach,Peter Bjorn and John,Peter Fox, Phoenix,Polarkreis 18,Razorlight,Reamonn,Scouting for Girls,Selig,Sevendust,Shinedown,Staind,Steadlür,Sugarplum Fairy,the All-American Rejects,the Crave,the Gaslight Anthem,the Kooks,the Rifles,the Script,the Soundtrack of Our Lives (OEOC),the Subways,Tomte,Trivium,Volbeat,White LiesRock am Ring tickets were sold out by March 26.[22]
The headliners for the 2011 festival wereSystem of a Down andColdplay. Other bands includedDisturbed,Alter Bridge,Rob Zombie,Interpol,Avenged Sevenfold,Social Distortion,Volbeat,Beatsteaks,August Burns Red,the BossHoss,Hurts,Korn,Madsen,Mando Diao,the Kooks,Sevendust,In Flames,3 Doors Down,Lifehouse,the Devil Wears Prada,Ash andthe Gaslight Anthem.
Acts for the 2012 edition includedAs I Lay Dying,Anthrax,Awolnation,Billy Talent,Crystal Castles,Deichkind,DevilDriver,Dick Brave and the Backbeats,Die Toten Hosen,Donots,Enter Shikari,Evanescence,Example,Gossip,Gojira,Guano Apes,Kasabian,Keane,Korn,The Koletzkis,Killswitch Engage,Lamb of God,Lexy & K-Paul,Linkin Park,Machine Head,Marilyn Manson,Metallica,MIA.,Motörhead,The Offspring,Opeth,Periphery,Shinedown,Skrillex,Soundgarden,Tenacious D,The Subways, andTrivium.[23][24]
| Friday, 1 | Saturday, 2 | Sunday, 3 |
|---|---|---|
Linkin Park | Metallica | Die Toten Hosen |
2013's edition was sold out since the beginning of January, and included acts likeThirty Seconds to Mars,Green Day,The Prodigy,Fettes Brot,Volbeat,Stone Sour,Sportfreunde Stiller,Simple Plan,The Killers,Paramore,All Time Low,Fun.,Imagine Dragons,Papa Roach,Korn,Limp Bizkit,Bullet for My Valentine,Amon Amarth,A Day to Remember,Bring Me the Horizon,Asking Alexandria,The Bosshoss,Airbourne,Bush,Hacktivist,The Bloody Beetroots,Hurts,Phoenix,Tocotronic,Biffy Clyro,Stereophonics,Kate Nash,Selig,Bosse,Kraftklub,Bad Religion,Royal Republic,Seeed, Casper,The Wombats,ASAP Rocky,Five Finger Death Punch,Coheed And Cambria,Coal Chamber,Escape the Fate,Newsted andPierce the Veil
The 2014 edition of Rock am Ring was spread over 4 days.Headliners:Iron Maiden,Kings of Leon,Linkin Park,Metallica .[25] Other bands includedAlligatoah,Alter Bridge,Avenged Sevenfold,Babyshambles,Booka Shade,Die Fantastischen Vier,Fall Out Boy,Ghost,Gogol Bordello,Heaven Shall Burn,In Extremo,Jake Bugg,Jan Delay & Disko No. 1,John Newman,Karnivool,Klangkarussell Live,Kvelertak,Left Boy,Mando Diao,Marteria,Mastodon,Maxïmo Park,Milky Chance,Nine Inch Nails,Of Mice & Men,Opeth,Portugal. The Man,Powerman 5000,Queens of the Stone Age,Rob Zombie,Rudimental,SDP,Sierra Kidd,Slayer,Suicide Silence,Teesy,Triggerfinger,The Offspring.[26][27]
In 2015 the festival moved to a new location,Mendig Air Base Headliners:Foo Fighters,Die Toten Hosen,Slipknot,Motionless in White.[28] Other bands includedA Day to Remember,Asking Alexandria,Bad Religion,Bastille,Body Count Feat.Ice-T,Eagles of Death Metal,Enter Shikari,Godsmack,Hollywood Undead,In Flames,Interpol,Lamb of God,Marilyn Manson,Motörhead,Papa Roach,Parkway Drive,Pop Evil,Rise Against,Royal Republic,Skindred,Slash,Three Days Grace,Yellowcard andZebrahead.[28]
| Friday, 5 | Saturday, 6 | Sunday, 7 |
|---|---|---|
Fritz Kalkbrenner | Marsimoto | Slipknot |
The festival was cancelled during the second day due to severe thunderstorms.[29]
In 2017 the festival returned to theNürburgring.Headliners:Rammstein,Die Toten Hosen andSystem of a Down.[30]
On the evening of 2 June 2017, the first day of the festival, the sold-out event with about 85,000 visitors was interrupted at 9:00 pm during a performance by theDüsseldorf bandBroilers and the festival grounds cleared. The reason given was a terrorist situation. Other scheduled performances for Friday evening, including those of the headlinerRammstein and the rapperMarteria, were cancelled.[31] Three men were arrested and checked inHesse that same evening. Two of the men assigned to theSalafist scene in Hesse had access rights in the form of bracelets, which gave them direct access to many festival areas. One of the men was also suspected of having links to the terrorist scene. However, on the morning of 3 June, after a search of the grounds and a raid of the suspect's homes, the police announced that the suspicion of a threatening attack had not been substantiated, so that the festival could continue on Saturday noon. The access rights to the festival site had been received by the two main suspects due to a short-term staffing request from an external security service provider.[32][33]
The 2018 festival took place again in Nürburgring. Headliners:Thirty Seconds to Mars,Muse,Foo Fighters,Avenged Sevenfold,Marilyn Manson, andGorillaz.[34]
The 2019 festival took place once again in Nürburgring. Headliners:Tool,Slipknot,Die Ärzte, andSlayer.[35] Out of the 77 artists in the lineup, 36 percent were rock bands, equally representing alternative rock, hard rock, and indie rock, and 29 percent were metal bands.[36]
| Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| Tool (US) The Smashing Pumpkins (US) Slash feat. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators (US) Alice in Chains (US) Halestorm (US) Deadland Ritual (US) Badflower (US) | Die Ärzte (DE) Bring Me the Horizon (UK) Dropkick Murphys (US) Feine Sahne Fischfilet (DE) Seiler und Speer (AT) Underoath (US) | Slipknot (US) Tenacious D (US) The BossHoss (DE) Amon Amarth (SE) Godsmack (US) Atreyu (US) |
| Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| Bonez MC & RAF Camora (DE) The 1975 (UK) SDP (DE) Foals (UK) Cage the Elephant (US) Welshly Arms (US) Against the Current (US) Drangsal (DE) iDKHow (US) Palisades (US) | Die Antwoord (ZA) Slayer (US) Sabaton (SE) Architects (UK) Three Days Grace (CA) Trivium (US) Starset (US) I Prevail (US) The Fever 333 (US) The Hu (MN) | Marteria & Casper (DE) Bastille (UK) Alligatoah (DE) Kontra K (DE) KC Rebell (DE) BHZ (DE) BRKN (DE) DVTCH NORRIS (DE) |
| Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| Arch Enemy (SE) Behemoth (PL) Beartooth (US) Kvelertak (NO) While She Sleeps (UK) Beyond the Black (DE) Bad Wolves (US) Power Trip (US) Fiend (US) | Alle Farben (DE) Left Boy (DE) Kovacs (NL) Alice Glass (CA) Nothing, Nowhere. (US) Juke Ross (US) Ryan Sheridan (IE) Jadu (DE) | Hot Water Music (US) Eagles of Death Metal (US) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (US) Graveyard (SE) Kadavar (DE) The Struts (UK) Like a Storm (NZ) Adam Angst (DE) Coldrain (JP) Blackout Problems (DE) |
On 16 April 2020, the 2020 festival was cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[37]
On 10 March 2021, the 2021 festival was once more cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[38]
The festival resumed after being cancelled 2 years in a row due to theCOVID-19 pandemic. The festival took place from 3 June through to 5 June 2022. The festivals headliners wereGreen Day,Muse,Deftones,Volbeat,Billy Talent,Korn,Weezer,The Offspring,Mastodon, andThe Distillers.[39]
| Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| Green Day (US) The Offspring (US) Broilers (DE) Maneskin (IT) Weezer (US) You Me At Six (UK) Donots (DE) | Muse (UK) Placebo (UK) Alligatoah (DE) RIN (DE) Sportfreunde Stiller (DE) Gang of Youths (AU) Kodaline (IE) | Volbeat (DK) Korn (US) Bullet For My Valentine (UK) Shinedown (US) Airbourne (AU) Black Veil Brides (US) |
| Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| Scooter (DE) Marteria (DE) Jan Delay & Disko No. 1 (DE) BHZ (DE) Masked Wolf (AU) SSIO (DE) Serious Klein (DE) 102 Boyz (DE) | Casper (DE) Deftones (US) Fever 333 (US) Ice Nine Kills (US) Mastodon (US) Baroness (US) Ego Kill Talent (BR) | Billy Talent (CA) Beatsteaks (DE) A Day To Remember (US) Royal Republic (SE) Bush (UK) Tremonti (US) Myles Kennedy (US) Daughtry (US) |
| Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| Danko Jones (CA) Stick To Your Guns (US) Caliban (DE) The Murder Capital (IE) Spiritbox (CA) Fire From The Gods (US) Unprocessed (DE) Akuma Six (DE) | Sondaschule (DE) Die Kassierer (DE) Don Broco (UK) Toxpack (DE) Schmutzki (DE) The Linda Lindas (US) Boston Manor (UK) Kafvka (DE) Schimmerling (DE) | Boys Noize (DE) Digitalism (DE) Drangsal (DE) 100 gecs (US) Grandson (CA) Skynd (AU) The Faim (AU) Tempt (DE) RedHook (DE) |
June 2–4.Headliners:Foo Fighters (US),Limp Bizkit (US),Rise Against (US),Kings of Leon (US),K.I.Z (DE),Tenacious D (US),Die Toten Hosen (DE),5FDP (US),Bring Me the Horizon,Machine Gun Kelly
June 7–9.
Headliners:Die Ärzte (DE),Avenged Sevenfold (US),QOTSA (US),Green Day (US), Broilers,Billy Talent,Måneskin (IT),Parkway Drive,Kraftklub (DE)
The festival was the celebrating 40 years anniversary.
The weather was mostly cloudy and there were several heavy showers and strong winds.
Headliners: Korn (US), Slipknot (US), Bring Me The Horizon, Sleep Token (UK), The Prodigy (UK), Kontra K (DE), Rise Against (US), SDP (DE), Spiritbox (CA), Beatsteaks (DE) and Biffy Clyro (UK)
Special Guests: Electric Callboy (DE), Roy Bianco & Die Abbrunzati Boys (DE), Knocked Loose (US)
| Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| Bring Me the Horizon (UK) Biffy Clyro (UK) A Day to Remember (US) Weezer (US) Knocked Loose (US) Roy Bianco & Die Abbrunzati Boys (DE) Electric Callboy (DE) | Slipknot (US) Kontra K (DE) Bullet for My Valentine (UK) Spiritbox (CA) Skillet (US) NOTHING MORE | Korn (US) Falling in Reverse (US) Beatsteaks (DE) IDLES (UK) The Warning (MX) Dead Poet Society (US) |
| Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| K.I.Z (DE) Feine Sahne Fischfilet (DE) Frank Turner (UK) Poppy (US) Myles Kennedy (US) Frog Leap (NO) House of Protection (US) | SDP (DE) Rise Against (US) In Flames (SE) Heaven Shall Burn (Cancelled) (DE) Airbourne (AU) Kraftklub (performing in the crowd area) (DE) Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (US) Imminence (SE) Kittie (CA) | Sleep Token (UK) Powerwolf (DE) Lorna Shore (US) The Ghost Inside (US) Jinjer (UA) Jerry Cantrell (US) Polaris (AU) Fit for an Autopsy (US) |
| Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| Electric Bassboy Tocotronic (DE) Olli Schulz (DE) The Prodigy (UK) Adam Angst (DE) Destroy Boys (US) Drangsal (DE) SOFT PLAY (UK) Mia Morgan (DE) Die Nerven (DE) Christin Nichols (DE) | Millencolin (SE) Smash Into Pieces (SE) Seven Hours After Violet (US) Northlane (AU) Future Palace (DE) Evil Jared x Krogi (US-DE) Holy Wars Defects Still Talk | Brutalismus 3000 (DE) Stray From the Path (US) Terror (US) thrown Whitechapel (US) Deafheaven (US) VOWWS (US) Amira Elfeky (US) I See Stars (US) Zetra |
| Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Manor (UK) Creeper (UK) Fleshwater (US) Nasty Static Dress (UK) FJØRT LØLØ (CA) Survive Said The Prophet (JP) Tulpe unpeople | Touché Amoré (US) Turbostaat (DE) Zebrahead (US) SiM (band) (JP) Superheaven (US) Trophy Eyes (AU) Grade 2 (UK) Spiritual Cramp (US) Teen Mortgage Kris Barras Band (UK) | Kasalla (DE) ZSK (DE) Deine Cousine (DE) Massendefekt (DE) AViVA Drug Church (US) Pain of Truth (US) Leftovers The Red Flags |
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