Slipknot, Alice Cooper And More Confirmed For Welcome To Rockville 2023
North America’s Welcome to Rockville Festival has revealed its 2023 line-up, and it features Slipknot, Pantera and Tool plus many other big names from the hard rock and metal world.
Running from 18-21 May at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, the 2023 edition of Welcome to Rockville will also include performances from Deftones, Queens of the Stone Age, Godsmack, Rob Zombie, Evanescence, Alice Cooper, Incubus, The Mars Volta, and more. Four-day passes for the event and further information are available via the official festival site.
Slipknot will headline on Thursday (18 May), and will be joined by Rob Zombie, QOTSA, Puscifer, Trivium, Bullet for My Valentine, Black Veil Brides, Suicidal Tendencies, Avatar, Converge, Band-Maid, Bloodywood, and more.
Avenged Sevenfold are all set to headline the bill on Friday, 19 May, that includes Evanescence, Hardy, I Prevail, Motionless In White, Asking Alexandria, Sleeping with Sirens, Badflower, Ayron Jones, Memphis May Fire, and others.
Pantera will then headline on Saturday 20 May, a day which also includes Godsmack, Alice Cooper, Chevelle, Alter Bridge, Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening, Knocked Loose, Rival Sons, Suicide Silence, Sepultura, The Bronx, Ho99o9, and more.
Tool will close out the festival on Sunday, 21 May, topping off a day that also features Deftones, Incubus, The Mars Volta, Coheed and Cambria, Pennywise, Ghostemane, Grandson, Sueco, Filter, Deafheaven, Anti-Flag, Senses Fail, Nova Twins, and others.
“We are so excited to be bringing this fantastic lineup to Welcome To Rockville,” stated Danny Wimmer, founder of promoter Danny Wimmer Presents. “Our fans have been wanting Pantera and along with one of Avenged Sevenfold’s first live shows in five years, crowd favorite Slipknot, AND one of the greatest rock bands of all time, Tool, we are delivering a jam-packed weekend to the ‘The World Center of Rock.’ Can’t wait to see everyone in May!”