Muse, Linkin Park Set To Headline Hellfest 2025
The 2025 lineup for France’s massive annual metal and alt-rock gathering Hellfest has been unveiled, featuring headliners Muse, Linkin Park, Korn and Scorpions among more than 180 acts in total.
The festival will take place from 19-22 June in Clisson, France, with four-day passes having already sold out prior to the line-up announcement. However, fans can look for passes via Viagogo. Visit the event’s official website for further information.
Korn will headline the Thursday (19 June) line-up, featuring Lindemann, Apocalyptica, Electric Callboy, The Hellacopters, Sunn O))), Turbonegro, and more.
Muse top the Friday bill (20 June), which also includes The HU, The Cult, Within Temptation, Sex Pistols Featuring Frank Carter, Spiritbox, Exodus, and others.
The Saturday (21 June) line-up is toplined by Scorpions, and rounded out by Judas Priest, Turnstile, Dream Theater, the newly formed SatchVai band, Russian Circles, and more.
Finally, Linkin Park will close out Hellfest on Sunday (22 June), topping a bill that includes Refused, Cypress Hill, Falling in Reverse, Knocked Loose, Eagles of Death Metal, Jerry Cantrell, Dethklok, and others.
Joining all those are the likes of Myles Kennedy, Heilung, A Day To Remember, Motionless In White, Lorna Shore, Poppy, Epica, Imminence, Kim Dracula, Orange Goblin, Jinjer, Spiritbox, Pentagram, Health, Whitechapel, Airbourne, Apocalyptica, Skindred and many, many more.
Muse’s appearance marks their first time headlining the festival. Linkin Park last headlined in 2017 during their final European run before the tragic death of Chester Bennington, while Korn and Scorpions have both played at Hellfest multiple times.
Elsewhere in Linkin Park news, the band recently made history by breaking a series of Billboard Chart records, not least for monopolizing the entire top 10 of Billboard’s Hot Hard Rock Songs chart dated 30 November with songs from their comeback album, From Zero.
The new set, released on 15 November, concurrently launched atop four rock-based Billboard album charts, with 97,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending 21 November, according to Luminate.