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Horb am Neckar

The annual Rock festival "Mini-Rock-Festival" taking place in late August since 2005 organised voluntarily by adolescents


Bolków

Since 1994 the ruin is the site of the annual "Castle Party" Gothic rock festival.

Don't Suppose

Limahl came to know Moroder while performing his song "Only for Love" at a rock festival in Tokyo; Moroder suggested that Limahl sing the movie's title song.

Live at Watkins Glen

Live at Watkins Glen is a 1995 album by The Band, presented by Capitol Records (without the band's involvement) as a live album from the Summer Jam at Watkins Glen rock festival held outside Watkins Glen, New York on July 28, 1973 in front of 600,000 people.

Mucklewain

Mucklewain : Southern American Rock Festival -- A Celebration of Southern Music, Art, and Culture was a rock festival held in 2006 and 2007 in Tennessee, primarily featuring Southern rock music.

Music at the Meadowlands

Music at the Meadowlands was a rock festival held at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on 17 June 1979, which was headlined by Boston.

Summer Jam at Watkins Glen

The Summer Jam at Watkins Glen was a 1973 rock festival which once received the Guinness Book of World Records entry for "Largest audience at a pop festival." An estimated 600,000 rock fans came to the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Raceway outside of Watkins Glen, New York on July 28, 1973, to see the Allman Brothers Band, The Band, and the Grateful Dead perform.


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A Place to Bury Strangers

On July 5, 2010, APTBS went for the first time to Bogotá in Colombia and played in Rock al Parque, the largest free rock festival in South America.

Alberto Zamarbide

In 1996 he closed the concert Tribute to V8 during Metal Rock Festival, held in Estadio Obras of Buenos Aires, along with their former colleagues Osvaldo Civile (Horcas), Gustavo Rowek (Rata Blanca) and Miguel Roldán (who takes Iorio's place at the bass) plays the old hits of V8.

Audunbakkenfestivalen

Audunbakkenfestivalen is a small rock festival held in Norway, in Disenå in Sør-Odal municipality, about 18 miles from Kongsvinger and 44 miles from Oslo.

Beirut Rock Festival

The first Beirut Rock Festival took place in Forum de Beirut (Karantina) on the 11,13,14 of November 2009 with international bands such as Anathema, To/Die/For, Peter Murphy, Agua de Annique, Yann Tiersen and local bands such as Eileen Khatchadourian, Tristmoon and Weeping Willow.

The second Beirut Rock Festival took place in the Zouk Mikael Amphitheater (Zouk Mikael) on the 2nd and 3rd of September 2011 with many international bands and musicians, such as Serj Tankian, Katatonia and Moonspell as headliners.

Bilzen

From 1965 to 1981 Bilzen hosted Jazz Bilzen, a jazz and rock festival that lasted several days.

Catupecu Machu

During the following years, they played the “Nuevo Rock” (New Rock) festival of Córdoba (1997), where the press identified them as the next big thing, and also playing in the “Monsters of Rock” festival (1998), opening for Almafuerte, Sepultura, and Metallica at Buenos Aires' River Plate Stadium.

Caught in a Mosh: BBC Live in Concert

Caught in a Mosh: BBC Live in Concert is a live album released by American heavy metal band Anthrax on January 22, 2007 internationally and on November 10, 2009 in the U.S. It contains Anthrax's February 15, 1987 show at the Hammersmith Odeon in London (disc 1), as well as their performance at the Monsters of Rock festival at Castle Donington on August 22, 1987 (disc 2).

Frogcircus

That year, the band appeared at a special feature show on United States-Television channel HBO to premiere the record, and also headlined the Campus Rock Festival together with Spanish rockers Dover, as well as appearances with Nada Surf, The Godfathers and Mick Taylor.

International Community Radio Taipei

Previous winners of the competition have included High Tide (2008), who went on to perform at the Fuji Rock festival; I.O. (2009), later nominated for "Best Band" and "Best Newcomer" at the Golden Melody Awards; and most recently Trash (2012).

Last Autumn's Dream

The band performed at the United Forces of Rock festival in Ludwigsburg, Germany on September 30, 2007 alongside Joe Lynn Turner, Stan Bush, White Wolf, Soul Doctor, Human Zoo and Danger Danger.

Magrudergrind

During 2010, Magrudergrind appeared at the Scion Rock Festival in Ohio in March, the Maryland Deathfest, Memorial Day weekend and Hellfest in Clisson, France in June 2010.

Midwest Rock Festival

The Midwest Rock Festival was a music festival held at the State Fair Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on the 25th-July 27, 1969.

N.E.P.

In 2012 and 2013 it took part in the biggest Russian open-air rock festival Nashestvie run by the nation-wide pop rock Nashe Radio.

Not Called Jinx

In 2010 they played on the Java Rockin'land Festival in Jakarta, Indonesia, which is the largest rock festival in South-East Asia.

Novembar

The band promoted the material with the appearances at the Urban Rock festival, held in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, with the bands from Croatia, Albania, Slovenia and Greece, the No Man's Land festival in Niš, performing with the bands Suns (from Skopje), Blind (from Netherlands), KBO! (from Kragujevac), Obojeni Program (from Novi Sad) and Džukele (from Subotica), and the performance at the Belgrade club Prostor, on September 1994.

During 1996, the band performed at the ZGAGA rock festival at Hotič pri Litji near Ljubljana in Slovenia, with the bands KUD Idijoti, Majke and Goblini.

Ramme Gaard

This includes the annual Rock Festival which has featured performances by CC Cowboys, Deadaheads and Neil Young.

Ripe Banana Skins

RBS also participated in the popular Paraguayan rock festival "Quilmes Rock", playing in front of more than 40,000 people.

Seasalter

In 1976, a free rock festival was held in Seasalter after a forced move away from the chosen site in Tangmere.

Sziget

Sziget Festival, an international annual pop/rock festival organised on Hajógyári-sziget (Shipyard Island), Óbuda, Budapest

Trepanga

Known for its usage of texts by Western romantic poets, like Heinrich Heine, Emily Dickinson, Emile Verhaeren or Robert Burns, Trepanga is a regular guest of Nashestvie, the largest Russian open-air rock festival.

Vilar de Mouros

Located on the banks of the Coura, 7 km from the municipal seat, it became famous as the location of the oldest rock festival in Portugal - the Vilar de Mouros Festival.

Vinjerock

Vinjerock is a rock festival 1060 meters above sea level, at Eidsbugarden in the Jotunheimen area in southern Norway.

Watkins Glen

Summer Jam at Watkins Glen, an outdoor rock festival held "Woodstock-style" outside Watkins Glen, New York in 1973

Weoley

Weeley Festival, a British rock festival that took place in 1971 near the village of Weeley