After drawing record-breaking crowds and hosting the largest rock event in Ohio history in 2025, Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival is coming back with an even louder roar in 2026. The festival is slated to return to the Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, from Thursday through Sunday, May 14-17, and will feature over 140 artists performing across five stages. In addition to the previously announced headliners—Shinedown (Friday) and Tool (Sunday)—the festival has confirmed that My Chemical Romance will top the bill on Thursday, May 14, with Bring Me The Horizon headlining Saturday, May 16. The weekend will also… Read more »
Columbus’ Sonic Temple Festival is gearing up for its 2025 event, which is taking place on May 8-11 at the Historic Crew Stadium. And this fest has a killer lineup, of course. Headliners for the four-day fest include Korn (Thursday), Metallica (Friday & Sunday), and Linkin Park (Saturday). And there are many reasons to celebrate rock and metal in 2025. Three Days Grace will perform with OG vocalist Adam Gontier, GWAR will officially turn 40 years old, Trivium will play a 20-year anniversary set of Ascendancy, and much more. In fact, Gontier shares, “I couldn’t be more excited to not only… Read more »
For metal and heavy rock fans of the Midwest, today is a big announcement day. Sonic Temple Festival 2024 officially shared their lineup for their upcoming event. Taking place May 16-19, festival-goers can see a major fest at Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus. Of course, the headliners are worth the travel and ticket price alone. Disturbed will headline on Thursday, The Original Misfits take the stage on Friday, Pantera will perform on Saturday, and Slipknot will close out the entire fest on Sunday night. Beyond the fabulous headliners, Sonic Temple is expanding by adding a fourth stage to accommodate 40… Read more »
New Found Glory has shared “Treat Yourself,” the second preview of their upcoming album LISTEN UP!, following the early fall release of “Laugh It Off.” “This is a fast more west coast punk style song,” guitarist Chad Gilbert shares. “It’s about how people are very hard on themselves when it comes to mistakes and failure and how a lot of that is put on by false expectations of the world and people around you.” LISTEN UP! marks New Found Glory’s first full-length album in six years and will be released on February 20, 2026, via Pure Noise Records. Gilbert adds,… Read more »
The Used had an unexpected crossover moment on Sunday, November 2, when they posed with a life-sized Elmo at Old National Centre, shortly after the venue hosted the daytime Elmo And Friends Say Hello show. The band posted the photo with the caption, “We’ve been an Elmo band for 25 years,” just hours before transforming the same room from a daytime kids’ show into a sea of emo fans, performing In Love And Death in full to a packed crowd. They’ll return to the Indianapolis venue tonight for the final show of their three-night run. The Used is currently on… Read more »
Is anyone else feeling personally attacked by yet another 20-year anniversary tour? Hawthorne Heights has announced a massive If Only You Were Lonely 20th anniversary tour, set to kick off next year with support from Letlive. and Creeper. “The best thing about looking back on the last 20 years is that you can do it without the fear of the past, but with the reverence that comes with the time that has actually passed,” shares frontman JT Woodruff. “While the fans never saw anything going on behind the scenes, If Only You Were Lonely is a true tale of triumph… Read more »
Fresh off the massive success of their recent North American tour run in 2025, Bring Me The Horizon have confirmed their return to the continent next year in 2026. Similar to this year, the stacked lineup once again features Motionless In White, The Plot In You, and rising star Amira Elfeky. The tour is slated to kick off in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in April, running through the East Coast and Midwest of North America before concluding in a festival performance at Sonic Temple in Columbus, OH. General on-sale tickets for the tour will be available beginning on Friday, October 10,… Read more »
After embarking on a wildly successful stadium tour this summer and concluding the run with a headline set at Shaky Knees Fest this weekend, My Chemical Romance has announced The Black Parade 2026 tour, celebrating 20 years of their milestone album. The band has hand-selected Franz Ferdinand, Pierce The Veil, Modest Mouse, Iggy Pop, Sleater-Kinney, The Breeders, Babymetal, Jimmy Eat World, and The Mars Volta as openers across the tour. Tickets for the tour will be available on Friday, September 26, at 12 PM local time. You can check out My Chem’s full touring schedule below. Tour Dates: Read more:… Read more »
After debuting their latest single at Reading and Leeds last month, Waterparks has officially unleashed “IF LYRICS WERE CONFIDENTIAL.” “A lot of the songs on the next Waterparks album play with big, abstract concepts, and IF LYRICS WERE CONFIDENTIAL was one of those,” frontman Awsten Knight shares. “The premise is exactly what it sounds like – things I’d get into if I didn’t think anyone would ever hear the song, which in my opinion is the best way to write. It’s how you get yourself to talk about the most personal and uncomfortable things. The lyrics brush through a lot… Read more »
Waterparks offered exciting sets at this past weekend’s Reading and Leeds in the UK, and they even debuted their new song, “If Lyrics Were Confidential.” And lead singer Awsten Knight kicked off the new track, preceded by their BMG debut “Red Guitar,” with punchy and blunt lyrics. “I hate 50% of our fans/And the other half understands/And to the ones who don’t/Go cry and choke on both of my middle finger ringed up hands,” he sings. Knight even shares a verse about his mom saying, “Don’t forget my mom wakes up and reads half the crazy bullshit on her feed/She’s… Read more »
