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Rock am Ring
Rock im Park
Zeppelinfeld, Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
Years active1985–2019, 2022–present
WebsiteRock am Ring: rock-am-ring.com/en
Rock im Park: rock-im-park.com/en

The Rock am Ring (

Zeppelinfeld in Nuremberg
.

Sharing nearly identical lineups, the two festivals are usually regarded as one event. All artists perform one day at the Nürburgring 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]

History

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Festival site Rock am Ring 2017
Festival site Rock am Ring 2017
Festival site Rock am Ring 2017

Rock am Ring was originally planned as a one-time festival on the

2006 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.[3]

After 29 editions of Rock am Ring, the new owner of the Nürburgring decided that the contract would not be extended. The festival continued at another location in 2015 and 2016 (Mendig Air Base/Vulkaneifel),[4][5] returning to the Nürburgring in 2017.[6]

Venues

Venue History
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

Past dates and headliners

Date Bands[7] attendance (RaR) attendance (RiP)
25–26 May
1985
U2, Joe Cocker, Foreigner, Marius Müller-Westernhagen, Marillion, Chris de Burgh, Rick Springfield, Gianna Nannini, the Alarm, Lone Justice, Immaculate Fools, REO Speedwagon, Saga, Mink DeVille, Russ Ballard, Night Ranger, Huey Lewis and the News, Shakatak 75,000 -
14–15 June
1986
, and the Waterboys. 50,000 -
6–7 June
1987
David Bowie, Eurythmics, Udo Lindenberg, UB40 60,000 -
11–12 June
1988
Marius Müller-Westernhagen, Fleetwood Mac, Chris Rea, Imperiet 30,000 -
28–30 June
1991
INXS, Toto, Sting, the Sisters of Mercy, the Jeremy Days 51,000 -
5–7 June
1992
Marillion, Saga, Bryan Adams, Elton John, Pearl Jam, the Cult, Tori Amos, Héroes del Silencio 42,000 -
29–30 May
1993
INXS, Faith No More, Brian May, Robert Plant, Héroes del Silencio, Melissa Etheridge, Def Leppard, Danzig, the Black Crowes, Leonard Cohen, Hothouse Flowers, the Jayhawks, World Party, Ugly Kid Joe 50,000 -
21–23 May
1994
Aerosmith, Peter Gabriel, Clawfinger, Nina Hagen, Radiohead, Therapy?, Rage Against the Machine, the Smashing Pumpkins 70,000 -
3–4 June
1995
Pretenders
70,000 -
24–26 May
1996
Mike + The Mechanics, Sepultura, Rancid, Paradise Lost
75,000 -
16–18 May
1997
Soraya, Kiss, Aerosmith, Die Ärzte, Supertramp, Texas, Neneh Cherry, Faith No More 70,000 40,000
29–31 May
1998
Bob Dylan, Genesis, Ozzy Osbourne, Rammstein, BAP, the Prodigy, Bad Religion, Therapy?, the Prodigy, Soulflower 58,000 not specified
21–23 May
1999
Metallica, Bryan Adams, Alanis Morissette, Xavier Naidoo, Kid Rock, Robbie Williams, Faithless, Skunk Anansie, Placebo, Travis, Garbage. 63,000 30,000
9–11 June
2000
Oasis, Pearl Jam, Slipknot, Die Toten Hosen, Sting, Eurythmics, Korn, Rage Against the Machine 75,000 40,000
1–3 June
2001
65,000 50,000
17–19 May
2002
Lenny Kravitz, Carlos Santana, Faithless, Neil Young, Jamiroquai, Wyclef Jean, P.O.D., Drowning Pool, Ozzy Osbourne, Alien Ant Farm, System of a Down, Natalie Merchant, Bad Religion, Muse, Fettes Brot 50,000 40,000
6–8 June
2003
, Creutzfeld & Jakob, Rolf Stahlhofen 75,000 40,000
4–6 June
2004
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Muse, Nickelback, Evanescence, Die Toten Hosen, Faithless, Bad Religion, Moloko, Avril Lavigne, Wir sind Helden, Judas Priest (Rock im Park only), Linkin Park (Rock am Ring only), Lostprophets, Motörhead, Sportfreunde Stiller, the Rasmus, Seeed, Korn, 3 Doors Down, Lagwagon, H-Blockx, Dover, Machine Head 65,000 40,000
3–5 June
2005
headliners Iron Maiden, R.E.M., HIM, Wir sind Helden, Mudvayne, Melody Club, Green Day, Incubus, the Hives, Slayer, Marilyn Manson, 3 Doors Down, Helmet, Billy Idol, Velvet Revolver, Feeder, the Prodigy, the Chemical Brothers, Slipknot, Mötley Crüe, Fettes Brot, Mando Diao, Subway to Sally, Apocalyptica, Die Toten Hosen, Wednesday 13, Dir En Grey, Avenged Sevenfold, Kagerou, Maroon 5, Papa Roach, Within Temptation, Weezer, Black Raven, Garbage. 70,000 45,000
2–4 June
2006
headliners 80,000 49,000
1–3 June
2007
headliners , the Last Exit to Anywhere 82,000
for the first time sold out in advance sale
60,000
6–8 June
2008
headliners Die Toten Hosen, Rage Against the Machine, Metallica; also HIM, the Prodigy, Incubus, Sportfreunde Stiller, the Verve, the Offspring, Motörhead, Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal, Fettes Brot, Culcha Candela, the Fratellis, Serj Tankian, Bullet for My Valentine, Babyshambles, Nightwish, Lostprophets, In Flames, Kate Nash, Kid Rock, Alter Bridge, Simple Plan, Madsen, Dimmu Borgir, Bad Religion, Justice, Disturbed, 36 Crazyfists, Rooney, Stereophonics, Manic Street Preachers, Airbourne, Saxon, Pendulum, Danko Jones more than
85,000
sold out in advance sale
75,000
5–7 June
2009
headliners 80,000
sold out in advance sale
60,000
3–6 June
2010
headliners 86,500
sold out in advance sale
60,500
3–5 June
2011
headliners System of a Down, Coldplay, Kings of Leon; also In Flames, Mando Diao, Avenged Sevenfold, Bring Me the Horizon; Beatsteaks, the Gaslight Anthem, Volbeat, Hurts, the BossHoss, Jazzkantine 84,000 55,200
1–3 June
2012
headliners Linkin Park, Metallica, Die Toten Hosen; also Evanescence, Soundgarden, Tenacious D, Billy Talent, Machine Head, Marilyn Manson, Trivium, the Offspring, Kasabian, Skrillex, Gossip, Gojira, Killswitch Engage 86,500
sold out in advance sale
76,000
7–9 June
2013
headliners 87,000
sold out in advance sale
72,000
5–8 June
2014
headliners Linkin Park, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Kings of Leon; also the Offspring, Nine Inch Nails, Queens of the Stone Age, Avenged Sevenfold, Die Fantastischen Vier, Fall Out Boy, Slayer, Rob Zombie, Anthrax, Trivium, Gogol Bordello more than 80,000 70,000
5–7 June
2015
headliners Foo Fighters, Die Toten Hosen, Slipknot, the Prodigy; also A 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, Zebrahead more than 90,000 75,000
3–5 June
2016
headliners Red Hot Chili Peppers, Black Sabbath, Volbeat; also Amon Amarth, Architects, Billy Talent, Breaking Benjamin, Bullet for My Valentine, Deftones, Disturbed, Heaven Shall Burn, Killswitch Engage, Panic! at the Disco, Major Lazer, Of Mice & Men, Shinedown, Tenacious D 92,500
sold out in advance sale and attendance record
70,000
2–4 June
2017
headliners 87,000
sold out in advance sale
88,500
1–3 June
2018
headliners 70.000
7–9 June
2019
headliners 85,000 70,000
5–7 June
2020
headliners the 2020 festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic the 2020 festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
11–13 June
2021
headliners the 2021 festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic the 2021 festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
3–5 June
2022
headliners 90,000 70.000

2008 festival

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: [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

.

Glory of Joann's MySpace profile lists them as performing at Rock am Ring, and ringrocker lists them as officially confirmed.

2009 festival

The headline acts for 2009 were:

Rock am Ring tickets were sold out by March 26.[17]

2011 festival

The headliners for the 2011 festival were System of a Down and Coldplay. Other bands included Disturbed, 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 and the Gaslight Anthem.

Center Stage (Rock am Ring)
Friday, 3 Saturday, 4 Sunday, 5

Kings of Leon
Mando Diao
Social Distortion
The Gaslight Anthem
Plain White T's
We Are Scientists
Thees Uhlmann & Band

Coldplay
Söhne Mannheims
The Kooks
Hurts
Ash
The Naked and Famous
Morning Parade

System of a Down
Beatsteaks
Volbeat
Avenged Sevenfold
Hollywood Undead
Millencolin
Mastodon

2012 festival

Acts for the 2012 edition included

Center Stage (Rock am Ring)
Friday, 1 Saturday, 2 Sunday, 3

Linkin Park
Soundgarden
Gossip
Kasabian
Cypress Hill
The Subways
Tribes

Metallica
Billy Talent
Tenacious D
Refused
Enter Shikari
Shinedown
Gojira

Die Toten Hosen
The Offspring
Dropkick Murphys

Dick Brave & The Backbeats

Donots
King Charles

2013 festival

2013's edition was sold out since the beginning of January, and included acts like

Center Stage (Rock am Ring)
Friday, 7 Saturday, 8 Sunday, 9

Thirty Seconds to Mars
Fettes Brot

Cro

Paramore
Fun.

Imagine Dragons
The Strypes

The Prodigy
Volbeat
Stone Sour

The Bosshoss

Airbourne
Papa Roach
Hacktivist

Green Day
Sportfreunde Stiller
Kraftklub
Simple Plan
Bad Religion
Royal Republic
All Time Low

2014 festival

The 2014 edition of Rock am Ring was spread over 4 days. Headliners:

Center Stage (Rock am Ring)
Thursday, 5 Friday, 6 Saturday, 7 Sunday, 8

Iron Maiden
The Offspring
Pennywise
Falling in Reverse
Klangkarussell
Rudimental

Cro

Kings Of Leon

Mando Diao
Kasabian
Rea Garvey
Jake Bugg
John Newman
Rival Sons

Linkin Park
Die Fantastischen Vier
Fall Out Boy
Alligatoah
Kaiser Chiefs
The Pretty Reckless

257ers

Metallica
Avenged Sevenfold
Alter Bridge
In Extremo
Trivium
Black Stone Cherry

2015 festival

In 2015 the festival moved to a new location, Mendig Air Base Headliners: Foo Fighters, Die Toten Hosen, Slipknot, Motionless in White.[23] Other bands included A 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 and Zebrahead.[23]

Volcano Stage (Rock am Ring)
Friday, 5 Saturday, 6 Sunday, 7

Die Toten Hosen
Rise Against

Broilers

A Day to Remember
Bad Religion
Yellowcard
Donots

The Prodigy
Kraftklub
Slash Feat. Myles Kennedy
Interpol
Royal Republic
Zebrahead

Foo Fighters
Beatsteaks
Bastille
Frank Turner
Eagles of Death Metal
Ruen Brothers

Crater Stage (Rock am Ring)
Friday, 5 Saturday, 6 Sunday, 7

Fritz Kalkbrenner
Marilyn Manson
Clueso
Tocotronic
Mighty Oaks
Jamie T

Ms Mr

Tüsn

Marsimoto

Deichkind
K.I.Z
Prinz Pi
Trailerpark

Bilderbuch
Feine Sahne Fischfilet
Antilopen Gang
Zugezogen Maskulin
Sondaschule

Slipknot
Motörhead
In Flames
Parkway Drive
Lamb of God
Papa Roach
Godsmack

2016 festival

The festival was cancelled during the second day due to severe thunderstorms.[24]

2017 festival

In 2017 the festival returned to the Nürburgring. Headliners: Rammstein, Die Toten Hosen and System of a Down.[25]

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 the

Salafist 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.[27][28]

2018 festival

The 2018 festival took place again in Nürburgring. Headliners: Thirty Seconds to Mars, Muse, Foo Fighters, Avenged Sevenfold, Marilyn Manson, and Gorillaz.[29]

2019 festival

The 2019 festival took place once again in Nürburgring. Headliners:

Slayer.[30] 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.[31]

2020 festival

On 16 April 2020, the 2020 festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[32]

2021 festival

On 10 March 2021, the 2021 festival was once more cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[33]

2022 festival

The festival resumed after being cancelled 2 years in a row due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The festival took place from 3 June through to 5 June 2022. The festivals headliners were Green Day, Muse, Deftones, Volbeat, Billy Talent, Korn, Weezer, The Offspring, Mastodon, and The Distillers.[34]

Gallery

  • Rock am Ring 2006 stage, Dir en grey shown
    Rock am Ring 2006 stage, Dir en grey shown
  • Rock am Ring 2007 main stage, 30 Seconds to Mars
    Rock am Ring 2007 main stage, 30 Seconds to Mars
  • Panorama from the Alternative Stage in Rock Im Park 2008 festival.
    Panorama from the Alternative Stage in Rock Im Park 2008 festival.
  • Panorama from the Zeppelin Field Main Stage during the Rock Im Park 2008 event.
    Panorama from the Zeppelin Field Main Stage during the Rock Im Park 2008 event.
  • Rock am Ring 2013
    Rock am Ring 2013
  • Rock am Ring 2015
    Rock am Ring 2015
  • Rock am Ring 2016
    Rock am Ring 2016
  • Rock am Ring 2017
    Rock am Ring 2017
  • Rock am Ring 2017
    Rock am Ring 2017
  • Rock am Ring 2018
    Rock am Ring 2018
  • Rock am Ring 2019
    Rock am Ring 2019
  • Rock am Ring 2022
    Rock am Ring 2022

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