Rock on the ring

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Rock on the ring
Rock am Ring logo
Rock am Ring logo
General information
place Nürburgring (City of Adenau )
organizer Live Nation GmbH and Marek Lieberberg Konzertagentur GmbH & Co.KG.
Period since 1985
Website www.rock-am-ring.com
Visitor numbers
2015 90,000
2016 92,500
2017 87,000
2018 70,000
2019 85,000
2020 Failure due to COVID-19 pandemic
Previous venues
2015-2016 Mendig Airfield
Cro on Centerstage 2013
Festival site - Rock am Ring 2017
Festival site - Rock am Ring 2017
Festival site - Rock am Ring 2017

Rock am Ring is a music festival organized by Marek Lieberberg , which takes place from 1985 to 2014 and again since 2017 at the Nürburgring near the town of Adenau in the Eifel . It is considered the most traditional rock festival in Germany. In 2015 and 2016 the festival took place at the former Bundeswehr airfield in Mendig . It runs parallel to Rock im Park and has an almost identical line-up.

history

Before Rock am Ring

Rock am Ring logo until 2009

A festival at the Nürburgring racetrack was planned as early as 1980. This should take place on the “Schwalbenschwanz” section of the Nordschleife near Herresbach . Although bands had already been booked, flyers had been printed and tickets had been sold, the festival project failed due to the lack of parking. In addition, there were protests from residents who did not want to make their land available as parking facilities for festival visitors.

1985-2014

Tom Araya from Slayer at Rock am Ring 2014

Rock am Ring was first held in 1985 and was originally planned as a one-off event. Due to the great success with 75,000 spectators, however, it was decided to let this event take place every year. The fall in audience numbers in 1988 resulted in a two-year hiatus. In 1991 the biggest German rock festival started again with a revised concept. A new main focus was placed on introducing more newcomers to the audience. Among others, INXS and Alanis Morissette, who were rather unknown at the time, performed in front of a large audience at Rock am Ring.

In June 2012, it was announced in the Rhein-Zeitung that there were problems with the state of Rhineland-Palatinate with regard to hosting the festival in 2013. The reason is that the Ministry of Infrastructure has not confirmed the scheduled date and the first talks with the musicians for the next festival should start in the following weeks. However, in 2013 Rock am Ring took place as planned and set a new visitor record.

Departure from the Nürburgring

On May 30, 2014, the organizer announced that the festival would take place at the Nürburgring for the last time in 2014 because the operator of the racetrack had terminated the contract. According to a contribution in the Rhein-Zeitung, the operator of the racetrack has demanded an increase in the share by 25 percent, at the same time, according to the organizers, Rock am Ring costs two to three million euros more than the sister festival Rock im Park . For a continuation of the music festival, six new locations were available at the time, one of them in Rhineland-Palatinate . In the end, the JHQ Rheindahlen near Mönchengladbach and the former Mendig military airfield were shortlisted. After long negotiations with the Federal Agency for Real Estate Tasks (Bima) and the city of Mendig, the decision was made in favor of Mendig, although the municipality is smaller and the region is structurally weaker. In the justification, Lieberberg praised the great courtesy of the city of Mönchengladbach, but negotiations with Bima were extremely tough. Although the location is perfect, the June date cannot be kept due to the "lengthy negotiations" with Bima, which would result in the location being rejected.

Since 2015

After the discontinuation of “Rock am Ring”, the Nürburgring company Capricorn and the organizer DEAG Deutsche Entertainment planned a new festival for 2015 called “Green Hell Rock” for the Nürburgring. In spring 2015, however, the failure of this project became known after the two companies had fallen out in the cost dispute over “Green Hell Rock”. Instead, DEAG held its new festival in the Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen.

The first Rock-am-Ring Festival in Mendig was overshadowed by a severe thunderstorm in 2015. A lightning strike in the backstage area initially injured eight festival employees, further strikes on the campground injured 25 visitors.

In 2016, the start of the festival was also accompanied by severe storms. Heavy rain meant that the bands' performances had to be interrupted first. A lightning strike seriously injured 15 people on the evening of the festival Friday, and another 57 were slightly injured. Two people had to be resuscitated . Since the weather situation was deteriorating on the Saturday of the festival, the festival was temporarily interrupted and the festival area cleared on the instructions of the approval authority. After the program had been resumed for a few hours, the Mendig Association withdrew the organizer's permission to continue the festival on the third day of the festival, so the festival was canceled. Lieberberg criticized the decision of the Mendig community. It was not exactly a "great moment for the responsible authorities".

In December 2016, the organizer announced that Rock am Ring will take place again at the Nürburgring in 2017 for economic reasons.

On the evening of June 2, 2017, the first day of the festival, the event, which was sold out with around 85,000 visitors, was interrupted around 9 p.m. during a performance by the Düsseldorf band Broilers and the festival area was cleared. The reason given was a terrorist threat . Other appearances planned for Friday evening were canceled, including those of the headliner Rammstein and that of the rapper Marteria . That same evening three men were arrested and checked in Hessen . Two of the men who are assigned to the Salafist scene in Hesse had access authorizations in the form of armbands that gave them direct access to many festival areas. One of the men was also suspected of being related to the terrorist scene. On the morning of June 3, after a search of the event site and an examination of the suspects' homes, the police gave the all-clear, the suspicion of an impending attack had not been substantiated, so the festival could continue on Saturday afternoon. The two main suspects had received the access authorization to the festival area due to a short-term personnel request from an external security service provider.

On April 16, 2020, the organizer announced that the Rock-am-Ring-Festival and the Rock-im-Park-Festival 2020 will be canceled due to the ban on all major events issued due to the corona pandemic and valid until August 31, 2020 . Tickets already purchased could be exchanged free of charge for the respective festival of the following year. Alternatively, a full refund of the purchase price has been offered since July 15, 2020. There should be no changes to the planned headliners.

particularities

Rock im Park has been taking place in Nuremberg since 1997 , at the same time as Rock am Ring in the Eifel . Usually the same bands play at the twin festival, but there are e.g. Due to scheduling difficulties, for example, individual bands can only be seen at one of the two festivals.

Camping around the festival area is an important part of the festival, but its character has changed over time: In the first few years, mainly small tents and a few small vans were seen. In the meantime the picture is increasingly shaped by pavilions and mobile homes . In recent years, large vehicles such as trucks were increasingly found on campsites before they were banned. As old couches and sofas used to be left lying around, you are no longer allowed to bring them with you.

Name disputes

On June 12, 2014, the German Metal Hammer reported , citing a report from Focus Online , that the operators of the Nürburgring wanted to obtain an injunction on the continued use of the “Rock am Ring” brand. In the first instance it was decided that the name belonged to both Lieberberg and the ring operator. After a renewed examination of the judgment by Lieberberg's lawyers, an appeal was filed with the Higher Regional Court of Koblenz in July . In an injunction at the end of August 2014, the latter decided that the name of the “Rock am Ring” brand belonged to Lieberberg. The decision in the main proceedings is still pending and was announced for July 2016.

Dates and bands

date Artist Others Visitors Prices
25./26. May 1985 U2 , Foreigner , Saga , Joe Cocker , Marillion , Gianna Nannini , Chris de Burgh , Marius Müller-Westernhagen , The Alarm , Rick Springfield , REO Speedwagon , Huey Lewis , Shakatak , Mink DeVille , Lone Justice , Night Ranger , Immaculate Fools 17 bands
1 stage 		75,000 49 DM
14./15. June 1986 Simple Minds , The Cure , INXS , Simply Red , Talk Talk , Cock Robin , The Bangles , Bonfire , The Waterboys , Fritz Brause , Chris Rea , Feargal Sharkey , Flatsch , Herwig Mitteregger , James Taylor , Munich, Strangeways , Ten Ten , The Alarm , The Cult , The Damned 21 bands
1 stage 		50,000 55 DM
6./7. June 1987 David Bowie , Eurythmics , Udo Lindenberg , UB40 , Heinz Rudolf Kunze , Wolfgang Niedecken , Bob Geldof , Chris Isaak , Clowns & Helden , Ina Deter , Alan Woerner , China Crisis , Echo & The Bunnymen , Flatsch , Gerd Gerdes , Hob Goblin , Hurray ! , Silencer , Thompson Twins 19 bands
1 stage 		60,000 55 DM
6./7. June 1988 Marius Müller-Westernhagen , Fleetwood Mac , Chris Rea , The Christians , Wolf Maahn , Fischer-Z , The Nits , In Tua Nua , Rainbirds , Lloyd Cole , Martin Stephenson , Ry Cooder , Inker & Hamilton , It Bites , Imperiet , The Adventures , Aswad , Gina Livingston 18 bands
1 stage 		30,000 55 DM
28-30 June 1991 INXS , Toto , Sting , The Sisters of Mercy , Eros Ramazzotti , Fury in the Slaughterhouse , The Jeremy Days , Brings . 20 bands
1 stage 		51,000 60 DM
5th-7th June 1992 The Cult , Marillion , Saga , Bryan Adams , Elton John , Pearl Jam , Lisa Stansfield 23 bands
1 stage 		42,000 75 DM
29./30. May 1993 INXS , Faith No More , Def Leppard , Brian May , Robert Plant , The Black Crowes , The Silencers , Hothouse Flowers , Ugly Kid Joe , Héroes del Silencio , Leonard Cohen , Brings , Neo Deo , Axxis , Pink Cream 69 , Die Fantastischen Vier , Gdansk , Melissa Etheridge , The Screaming Jets . 25 bands
2 stages 		50,000 75 DM
21-23 May 1994 Aerosmith , Peter Gabriel , Clawfinger , Nina Hagen , Rage Against the Machine , Radiohead , Soul Asylum , Therapy? , Paradise Lost , The Breeders , The Hooters , Extreme , Nationalgalerie , Manic Street Preachers , Cry of Love , Jackyl , Galliano , The Smashing Pumpkins , Crowded House , Bonnie Raitt , The Cranberries , Richie Havens , Ian McNabb , Prong . 31 bands
2 stages 		70,000 88 DM
3rd / 4th June 1995 Van Halen , Bon Jovi , Megadeth , Otto Waalkes , The Pretenders , Bad Religion , Danzig , Weezer , Faith No More , Die Doofen , Dave Matthews Band , Ugly Kid Joe , Therapy? , Hootie and the Blowfish 28 bands
1 stage 		70,000 90 DM
24.-26. May 1996 Bryan Adams , Herbert Grönemeyer , Die Toten Hosen , Sting , Fugees , Alanis Morissette , Héroes del Silencio , Bush , Mike & the Mechanics , Sepultura , Rancid , Paradise Lost , Zucchero , Dave Matthews , The Presidents of the United States of America , Monster Magnet , K's Choice , Santana , Amanda Marshall , Placebo , Thumb , James Hall , Ash , Spacehog , Deftones , Rage Against the Machine , The Mustard Seeds . 43 bands
2 stages 		75,000 110 DM
16.-18. May 1997 Kiss , Aerosmith , Die Ärzte , Supertramp , Texas , Fun Lovin 'Criminals , Tool , Neneh Cherry , Fugees , Bush , Silverchair , Nada Surf , Sharon Stoned , Live , Zucchero , Caroline's Spine . 53 bands
2 stages 		70,000 110 DM
29.-31. May 1998 Bob Dylan , Genesis , Ozzy Osbourne , Rammstein , Van Halen , BAP , The Prodigy , Guano Apes , The Smashing Pumpkins , Moby , Fettes Brot , Clawfinger , Five Stars deluxe , Deftones , Fischmob , JBO , Insane Clown Posse , Pyogenesis . 66 bands
3 stages
(new: House of Comedy) 		58,000 130 DM
21-23 May 1999 Metallica , Bryan Adams , Alanis Morissette , Xavier Naidoo , Robbie Williams , Faithless , Skunk Anansie , Fear Factory , Monster Magnet , Biohazard , Cypress Hill , Anne Clark , Wolfsheim , Liquido , Garbage . 93 bands
4 stages
(new: Talentforum) 		63,000 139 DM
9-11 June 2000 Pearl Jam , Die Toten Hosen , Sting , Oasis , Travis , Eurythmics , Korn , Rage Against the Machine , Slipknot , Deftones , Santana , Methods of Mayhem , The Mighty Mighty Bosstones , Such a Surge , Weissglut instead of Cypress Hill , Snapcase , Good Riddance , Freundeskreis , Junkie XL , five star deluxe , Sportfreunde Stiller . 89 bands
4 stages 		75,000 139 DM
1st - 3rd June 2001 a-ha , Limp Bizkit , Radiohead , Alanis Morissette , Linkin Park , Kid Rock , 3 Doors Down , Papa Roach , OutKast , Samy Deluxe , Blumfeld , Emil Bulls , Disturbed , H-Blockx , Uncle Ho , Godsmack , Mudvayne , Queens of the Stone Age , Afrob , The Hives , Thumb , Seeed , OPM , Alien Ant Farm , Reamonn , HIM , Donots .

Guns n 'Roses were originally announced as headliners but canceled.

86 bands
4 stages 		65,000 150 DM
17th-19th May 2002 The Offspring , Bad Religion , Lenny Kravitz , Carlos Santana , Farin Urlaub , Faithless , Neil Young , Jamiroquai , Wyclef Jean , Ozzy Osbourne , Beatsteaks , H-Blockx , System of a Down , 4Lyn , Alien Ant Farm , Drowning Pool , POD , Muse . 94 bands
4 stages 		50,000 € 77
6-8 June 2003 Metallica , Iron Maiden , Placebo , Dave Gahan , Marilyn Manson , Moby , Queens of the Stone Age , Reamonn , Audioslave , Ministry , The Hellacopters , Silverchair , Deftones , Emil Bulls , Die Happy , Saïan Supa Crew , Molotov , Disturbed . 76 bands
3 stages
(no House of Comedy) 		75,000 99 €
4th-6th June 2004 Muse , Machine Head , Red Hot Chili Peppers , Die Toten Hosen ( Eat or Die Tour ), Faithless , Dick Brave & the Backbeats , Evanescence , Avril Lavigne , Wir sind Helden , Linkin Park , Motörhead , Donots , Sportfreunde Stiller , The Rasmus , Seeed , Korn , 3 Doors Down , Lagwagon , H-Blockx , Lostprophets , Nickelback , Beatsteaks . 83 bands
3 stages 		65,000 € 105
3rd to 5th June 2005 Iron Maiden , Green Day , REM , Mötley Crüe , Sonic Youth , Melody Club , Incubus , Weezer , The Hives , Slayer , Marilyn Manson , 3 Doors Down , Velvet Revolver , The Prodigy , Slipknot , Fettes Brot , Mando Diao , Subway to Sally , Papa Roach , Apocalyptica , Wir sind Helden (instead of Limp Bizkit ), Die Toten Hosen ( Eat or Die Tour ), Wednesday 13 , Dir En Gray , Kagerou , Within Temptation , HIM , Simple Plan , Kettcar , Tomte , Madsen , Lacuna Coil , In Flames , Avenged Sevenfold , Garbage . 92 bands
3 stages 		70,000 € 105
2-4 June 2006 Metallica , Guns n 'Roses , Tool , Depeche Mode , Placebo , Korn , Deftones , Alice in Chains , Stone Sour , Reamonn , The Darkness , Franz Ferdinand , Sportfreunde Stiller , Kaiser Chiefs , Keane , Turbonegro , Jamiroquai , Morrissey , Bloodhound Gang , In Flames , Lacuna Coil , Danko Jones , Soulfly , Nelly Furtado , David Gray , Paul Weller , Tomte , Bela B , Pharrell Williams , The Streets , Babyshambles , Dir En Gray , Kagerou , Avenged Sevenfold , Angels & Airwaves . 95 bands
4 stages
(new: Coke DJ Culture) 		just over 80,000; The capacity limit was 83,500 130 €; One-time Golden Circle tickets were available at a price of € 350, these corresponded to VIP tickets
1st - 3rd June 2007 Linkin Park , Die Ärzte , Muse , Billy Talent , The Hives , Evanescence , The White Stripes , Arctic Monkeys , My Chemical Romance , Jan Delay & Disko No. 1, Razorlight , Enter Shikari , Funeral for a Friend , The Smashing Pumpkins , Beatsteaks , Mando Diao , Kaiser Chiefs , Wolfmother , 30 Seconds to Mars , Slayer , Machine Head , Megadeth , Type O Negative , Killswitch Engage , Papa Roach , Sugarplum Fairy , Velvet Revolver , Korn , Good Charlotte , Gunslinger , Hinder , Sunrise Avenue , The Kooks , We Are Heroes , Scissor Sisters , Travis , MIA. , Maxïmo Park , Down Below , DragonForce , Chimaira , Lamb of God , DevilDriver , Bloodsimple , Bowling for Soup , Paramore , As I Lay Dying , Silverstein and The Used . 98 bands
2 open-air stages
1 large tent 		82,000 € 125
(€ 110 until March 2nd)
  • sold out in advance for the first time; Already 4 weeks after the start of advance sales, around 60,000 tickets were said to have been sold
6-8 June 2008 Metallica , Queens of the Stone Age , Rage Against the Machine , Die Toten Hosen , Incubus , Fair to Midland , Serj Tankian , Motörhead , Bullet for My Valentine , The Verve , The Offspring , Söhne Mannheims , Nightwish , Babyshambles , HIM , The Prodigy , Sportfreunde Stiller , Fettes Brot , Jimmy Eat World , Kid Rock , Simple Plan , Lostprophets , The Fratellis , In Flames , Oomph! , Manic Street Preachers , Disturbed , Stereophonics , Madsen , The Streets , Cavalera Conspiracy , Coheed and Cambria , Bad Religion , Opeth , Rooney , Culcha Candela , Samavayo , Bedouin Soundclash , Hot Chip , Gavin Rossdale , Dimmu Borgir , Silverstein , 36 Crazyfists , Fräulein Wunder , Everblame , Soma , Mr. Virgin and His Love Army. 98 bands
2 open-air stages
Large tent 		over 85,000, sold out in advance 135 €
(until December 31, 125 €)
5th-7th June 2009 2raumwohnung , A Day to Remember , Alexisonfire , All That Remains , … And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead , Basement Jaxx , Biffy Clyro , Billy Talent , Black Stone Cherry , Bloc Party , Bring Me the Horizon , Chester French , Chris Cornell , Dir En Gray , DragonForce , Dredg , Duff McKagan 's Loaded, Enter Shikari , Esser , Expatriate , Exposed to Noise, Five And The Red One, Flogging Molly , Gallows , Guano Apes , Hollywood Undead , Ich Bin Bunt, Jan Delay & Disco No. 1, Juliette Lewis and The New Romantiques, Kettcar , Kilians , Killswitch Engage , Kitty, Daisy & Lewis , Korn , Limp Bizkit , Little Man Tate , Machine Head , Madina Lake , Madness , Mando Diao , Marilyn Manson , MIA. , Middle Class Rut , Nervecell , New Found Glory , Pain , Papa Roach , Peter Fox , Peter Bjorn and John , Phoenix , Placebo , Polarkreis 18 , Razorlight , Reamonn , Scouting for Girls , Selig , Sevendust , Shinedown , Silvester , Slipknot , Staind , Steadlür , Sugarplum Fairy , The All-American Rejects , The Blackout , The Crave , The Gaslight Anthem , The Killers , The Kooks , The Prodigy , The Rifles , The Script , The Soundtrack of Our Lives , The Subways , Tomte , Trivium , Samavayo , Volbeat , VV Brown , White Lies , Wirtz , You Me at Six 92 bands
2 open-air stages
1 large tent 		80,000, sold out at the end of March ? €
(from 1st February 139 €)
3rd-6th June 2010 30 Seconds to Mars , A Day to Remember , Airbourne , Alice in Chains , Alkaline Trio , As I Lay Dying , Bad Religion , Broilers , Bullet for My Valentine , Cancer Bats , Carpark North , Crime In Stereo, Crystal Castles , Cypress Hill , Delphic , Die Sterne , Disco Ensemble , Dizzee Rascal , Dommin, Editors , Donots , Ellie Goulding , Eyes of Solace, Done, Go! , Five Finger Death Punch , Foals , Gentleman , Gogol Bordello , Gossip , H-Blockx , Halestorm , Hammerfall , Heaven Shall Burn , HIM , Jan Delay & Disko No. 1, Jay-Z , Kamelot , Kasabian , Katatonia , Kate Nash , Kiss , Lamb of God , Lazer, Lissie, Motörhead , Muse , OneRepublic , Pendulum , Rage Against the Machine , Rammstein , Rise Against , Rock Rotten's 9mm Assi Rock'n 'Roll, Roman Fischer, Slash , Slayer , Sportfreunde Stiller (unplugged), Stone Sour , Sweethead, Taking Dawn, The Cribs , The Damned Things , The Hives , The New Black , The Sounds , The Storm, Them Crooked Vultures , Tocotronic , Turbostaat , Volbeat , We Are the Fallen , Whitechapel , Year Long Disaster, YouMeAtSix , Zebrahead , Taylor Hawkins & The Coattail Riders, WhoMadeWho 85 bands
3 stages 		86,500, sold out at the end of March 150 €
  • Due to the 25th anniversary of Rock am Ring / Rock im Park, the festival lasted four days instead of the usual three days
  • For the first time, the ARD digital channel EinsPlus broadcast more than 30 hours live in full length
3rd to 5th June 2011 ... And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead , 3 Doors Down , All That Remains , Alter Bridge , Architects , Ash , Asking Alexandria , August Burns Red , Avenged Sevenfold , Beatsteaks , Black Spiders , Black Stone Cherry , Black Veil Brides , Bodi Bill , Bonaparte , Bring Me the Horizon , Caliban , Chapel Club , Coldplay , Danzig , Deadmau5 , Disturbed , Dredg , Duff McKagan 's Loaded, Escape the Fate , Framing Hanley , Frank Turner , Frankmusik , Funeral for a Friend , Hollywood Undead , Hurts , I Am Jerry , In Extremo , In Flames , Interpol , Jamaica , KIZ , Kellermensch , Kids in Glass Houses , Kings of Leon , Kolor , Korn , Kraftklub , Lifehouse , Lissie , Madsen , Mando Diao , Mastodon , Millencolin , Morning Parade , Oh, Napoleon , Ozark Henry , Pete Yorn , Pi! , Plain White T’s , Rob Zombie (Late Night Special), Robert Francis , Royal Republic , Selig , Sevendust , Silverstein , Simple Plan , Social Distortion , Stereo MCs , System of a Down , Söhne Mannheims , The BossHoss , The Devil Wears Prada , The Gaslight Anthem , The King Blues , The Kooks , The Naked and Famous , The Pretty Reckless , Thees Uhlmann & Band, Times of Grace , Tom Beck , Versaemerge , Volbeat , We Are Scientists , We Butter the Bread with Butter , White Lies , Wolfmother , Yellowire , Jona: S. 84 bands
3 stages 		84,000 170 €
1st - 3rd June 2012 Metallica , Die Toten Hosen with (surprise appearance) Greg Graffin , Linkin Park , Billy Talent , Enter Shikari , The Offspring , Skrillex , Tenacious D , The Subways , Deichkind , Gossip , MIA. , Guano Apes , Donots , Lexy & K-Paul , Motörhead , Marilyn Manson , Killswitch Engage , Trivium , As I Lay Dying , Opeth , Machine Head , Lamb of God , The Koletzkis , Kasabian , Dick Brave & the Backbeats , Soundgarden , ASAP Rocky , Anthrax , Azealia Banks , Beginner , Boyce Avenue , Caligola , Cancer Bats , Cro , Crystal Castles , DevilDriver , Dropkick Murphys , Evanescence , Example , Fiva & Das Phantom Orchester , FM Belfast , Ghost , Gojira , Graveyard , Halestorm , Hoffmaestro , Lower Than Atlantis , Mastodon , Maxïmo Park , Periphery , Refused , Rise to Remain , Steel Panther , The Hives , The Maccabees , The Rifles , The Ting Tings , Tinie Tempah , While She Sleeps , Awolnation , Chase & Status , Citizens! , Cypress Hill , Keane , Pete Doherty , Rival Sons , Shinedown , Tove Styrke , Tribes , Triggerfinger , Destination Anywhere 83 bands
3 stages 		85,000, sold out on January 17, 2012 140 €, 160 €
(from 16 January 175 €)
7th-9th June 2013 30 Seconds to Mars , Fettes Brot , Cro , Paramore , Fun. , Imagine Dragons , The Strypes , Boys Noize , Korn , Limp Bizkit , Bullet for My Valentine , Broilers , Amon Amarth , A Day to Remember , Bring Me the Horizon , Asking Alexandria , The Ghost Inside , Love and Death , Fritz Kalkbrenner , Moonbootica , Kakkmaddafakka , Modestep , MC Fitti , Wax , The Royal Concept , Egyptian Hip Hop , Exclusive , The Prodigy , Volbeat , Stone Sour , The BossHoss , Airbourne , Papa Roach , Hacktivist , The Bloody Beetroots , The Killers , Hurts , Phoenix , Tocotronic , Biffy Clyro , Stereophonics , Jake Bugg , Leslie Clio , Palma Violets , Filius Nox , Selig , Bosse , Graveyard , Beatsteaks (surprise performance) , Disco Ensemble , Clutch , Hanni El Khatib , The Bots , Vierkanttretlager , Killerpilze , Green Day , Sportfreunde Stiller , Kraftklub , Simple Plan , Bad Religion , Royal Republic , All Time Low , Seeed , Casper , The Wombats , Dizzee Rascal , Bastille , ASAP Rocky , Blumentopf , Die Orsons , Five Finger Death Punch , Coheed and Cambria , Coa l Chamber , Newsted , Escape the Fate , In This Moment , Nekrogoblikon , Bullet , Pierce the Veil , Hawk Eyes 83 bands
3 stages 		87,000 150 €
(later 170 €)
5th-8th June 2014 257ers , Awolnation , Against Me! , Alligatoah , Alter Bridge , Anthrax , Architects , Avenged Sevenfold , Babyshambles , Battlecross , Black Stone Cherry , Booka Shade , Boysetsfire , Breton , Buckcherry , Chevelle , Coldrain , Crazy Town , Cro (surprise appearance ) , Crossfaith , Crystal Fighters , Darlia , Der Wieland , Die Fantastischen Vier , Editors , Example , Fall Out Boy , Falling in Reverse , Georg auf Lieder , Gesaffelstein , Ghost , Ghost Town , Gogol Bordello , Haim , Heaven Shall Burn , Huntress , In Extremo , Iron Maiden , Jake Bugg , Jan Delay & Disco No. 1 , John Newman , Josh Record , Kaiser Chiefs , Karnivool , Kasabian , Kings of Leon , Klangkarussell Live , Kvelertak , Left Boy , Linkin Park , Lonely the Brave , Mando Diao , Marteria , Mastodon , Maxïmo Park , Metallica , Milky Chance , Miss May I , Nessi , New Politics , Nine Inch Nails , Nothing More , Of Mice & Men , Opeth , Pennywise , Portugal. The Man , Powerman 5000 , Queens of the Stone Age , Quicksand , Radkey , Rea Garvey , Rival Sons , Rob Zombie , Rudimental , SDP , Seether , Sierra Kidd , Slayer , Suicide Silence , Teesy , The Brian Jonestown Massacre , The Fratellis , The Offspring , The Pretty Reckless , The Treatment , Triggerfinger , Trivium , Walking Papers , We Are Scientists , Woodkid , Young the Giant 91 bands
3 stages 		over 80,000 189 €, from December 16: € 199, from March 1: € 209
  • In 2014 the festival lasts 4 days instead of the usual 3 days
  • 50,000 tickets were sold after just 2 weeks
5th-7th June 2015 A Day to Remember , All That Remains , AnnenMayKantereit , Antilopen Gang , Asking Alexandria , Bad Religion , Bastille , Beatsteaks , Bilderbuch , Blues Pills , Body Count feat. Ice-T , Bombus , Broilers , Callejon , Clueso , Clutch , Code Orange , Deichkind , Die Toten Hosen , Dolomite Minor , Donots , Eagles of Death Metal , Enter Shikari , Feine Sahne Fischfilet , Fences , Foo Fighters , Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls, Fritz Kalkbrenner , Godsmack , Hollywood Undead , Hozier , In Flames , Interpol , In This Moment , Jamie T , Kadavar , King 810 , KIZ , Kraftklub , L7 , Lamb of God , Lower Than Atlantis , Mallory Knox , Marilyn Manson , Marsimoto , Maxi Jazz & The E-Type Boys feat. Elliott Randall , Mighty Oaks , Modestep , Motionless in White , Motörhead , MS MR , Netsky , OK Kid , Papa Roach , Parkway Drive , Pop Evil , Prinz Pi , Rise Against , Royal Republic , Schmutzki , Siriusmo deselektor , Skindred , Slash feat. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators , Slaves , Slipknot , Sondaschule , The Ghost Inside , The Prodigy , Three Days Grace , Tocotronic , Trailerpark , Tremonti , Turbostaat , Tüsn , We Are Harlot , While She Sleeps , Yellowcard , Zebrahead , Zugezogen Masculin 78 bands 2 open air stages

2 large tents

over 90,000 160 €, from 10 November: 170 €, from 28 December: 180 €
3rd to 5th June 2016 257ers , Amon Amarth , Architects , August Burns Red , Bebetta , Billy Talent , Black Temple , Breaking Benjamin , Britta Arnold , Bullet for My Valentine , Cane Hill , DCVDNS , Deftones , Dirty Doering , Disturbed , Frittenbude , Heaven Shall Burn , Issues , Karate Andi , Kid Simius , Killswitch Engage , Larkin Poe , Lexer , Lexy & K-Paul , Madmotormiquel , Major Lazer , Markus Kavka , Niconé , Of Mice & Men , One Ok Rock , Panic! at the Disco , Puscifer , RAF Camora , Red Hot Chili Peppers , Rudimental , Sascha Braemer , Schlepp Geist , Shinedown , Tenacious D , TesseracT , The 1975 , The BossHoss , Volbeat , Walking on Cars , We Came as Romans , While She Sleeps
Die The following bands were announced but did not appear due to the storm:

Alligatoah , Beach Slang , Biffy Clyro , Birdy Nam Nam , Black Sabbath , Bring Me the Horizon , Caliban , Chefboss , Fettes Brot , Foals , Graveyard , Halestorm , Heisskalt , Henning Wehland , Johnossi , Korn , Labrinth , Lonely the Brave , billion , Olson , Rival Sons , Schnipo Schranke , SDP , Sixx: AM , Skillet , The Amity Affliction , The Struts , Trivium , Wage War , Walk the Moon , We Are Scientists , Wirtz

92,500

(Record attendance) sold out at the end of February

VVK from October 30th: 170 €
  • In 2016 the festival was canceled after the second day due to severe storms.
2-4 June 2017 187 Strassenbande , 2Cellos , Airbourne , AnnenMayKantereit , Basement, Bastille , Beartooth , Beatsteaks , Beginner , Bonez MC & RAF Camora , Broilers , Claptone, Crystal Fighters , Dat Adam , Dead! , Die Toten Hosen , Don Broco , Donots , Feine Sahne Fischfilet , Five Finger Death Punch , Genetikk , Henning Wehland , In Flames , Jake Bugg , Kaiser Franz Josef , Kraftklub , Lemo , Liam Gallagher , Macklemore & Ryan Lewis , Marteria , Motionless in White , Pierce the Veil , Prophets of Rage , Rag 'n' Bone Man , Razz , Simple Plan , Skindred , Sleeping with Sirens , Sondaschule , Sum 41 , Suicide Silence , System of a Down , Welshly Arms , Wirtz 3 open-air stages, 1 large tent 87,000 VVK from October 20th: 185 €
  • In 2017 the festival was interrupted on the first day due to a terror warning. The announced appearance by Rammstein was canceled.
1st - 3rd June 2018 6ix9ine , Alexisonfire , Alma , Alt-J , Andrew WK , Andy Frasco , Antilopen Gang , A Perfect Circle , Asking Alexandria , Astroid Boys , Avatar , Avenged Sevenfold , Babymetal , Bad Religion , Baroness , Bausa , Beth Ditto , Bilderbuch , Black Stone Cherry , Body Count feat. Ice-T , Bullet for My Valentine , Bury Tomorrow , Caliban , Callejon , Casper , Chase & Status , Don Broco , Ego Kill Talent , Enter Shikari , Foo Fighters , Giant Rooks , Good Charlotte , Gorillaz , Greta van Fleet , GURR , Heisskalt , Hollywood Undead , Jimmy Eat World , Jonathan Davis , Kaleo , Kettcar , Kreator , Mantar , Marilyn Manson , Mavi Phoenix , Meshuggah , Milky Chance , Billions , Moose Blood , Muse , Nothing but Thieves , Nothing More , Parkway Drive , PVRIS , RAF Camora , Rise Against , Scarlxrd , Seasick Steve , Shinedown , Snow Patrol , Starcrawler , Stone Sour , Taking Back Sunday , The Bloody Beetroots , The Maine , The Neighborhood , The Night Game , Thirty Seconds to Mars , Thy Art Is Murder , Trailerpark , Ufo361 , Vadim Samoylov , Vitalic , Walking on Cars , Yungblud , Yung Hurn . 77 bands
3 open air stages 		70,000 VVK: 149 € + costs for campsite
7th-9th June 2019 Adam Angst , Against the Current , Alice in Chains , Alligatoah , Amon Amarth , Arch Enemy , Architects , Atreyu , Badflower, Bastille , Behemoth , Black Rebel Motorcycle Club , Blackout Problems , Blind Age, Bonez MC & RAF Camora , Bring Me the Horizon , Die Antwoord , Die Ärzte , Drangsal , Dropkick Murphys , Eagles of Death Metal , Feine Sahne Fischfilet , Foals , Godsmack , Graveyard , Halestorm , Hot Water Music , I Prevail , Jadu , Kadavar , KC Rebell , Kontra K , Kovacs , Left Boy , Marteria & Casper , Power Trip , Sabaton , SDP , Slash feat. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators, Slayer , Slipknot , Starset , Tenacious D , The 1975 , The BossHoss , The Fever 333 , The Smashing Pumpkins , Three Days Grace , Tool , Trivium , Seiler und Speer , Underoath , Welshly Arms , While She Sleeps 75 bands
3 open air stages 		85,000 VVK: 149 € + costs for campsite
canceled
planned for 5. – 7. June 2020 		Airbourne , Alan Walker , Alter Bridge , Amaranthe , August Burns Red , Babymetal , Baroness , Picture Book , Billy Talent , Black Veil Brides , Bosse , Boston Manor, Broilers , Bush , Creeper, Deftones , Devin Townsend , Disturbed , Ego Kill Talent, Eskimo Callboy , Gang of Youths, Gojira , Green Day , Heaven Shall Burn , Korn , Motionless in White , Neffex, NF , Of Mice & Men , Powerwolf , Rea Garvey , Refused , Royal Republic , Schmutzki , Seasick Steve , Skillet , SSIO , Stone Broken , System of a Down , Tempt, The Menzingers , The Offspring , The Pretty Reckless , Toxpack , Trailerpark , Trettmann , Volbeat , Wage War , Wanda , Weezer , We Came as Romans , Yungblud - - VVK: 149 € + costs for campsite
  • As part of the measures to contain the Corona crisis, all major events in Germany were prohibited until August 31, 2020. This was announced at a press conference with the Federal Chancellor on April 15, 2020.
11-13 June 2021 Green Day , System of a Down , Volbeat , Airbourne , Alan Walker , Bilderbuch , Billy Talent , Broilers , Deftones , Fall Out Boy , Korn , NF , Powerwolf , Rea Garvey , Royal Republic , SSIO , The Distillers , The Offspring , Trettmann , Weezer ... ... Exchange of the previous year's ticket possible

Media partner

The WDR Rockpalast was at Rock am Ring from 2001 to 2008 and partially recorded both stages completely from the afternoon onwards. The festival was broadcast live on ARD until 2002 : live from around 11 p.m. and then the bands in reverse order until early in the morning. With the emergence of MTV, both broadcasters have come to terms with each other, worked together backstage and shared the program and technology. The music channel MTV was a media partner that recorded the events for several years. In the meantime, Südwestrundfunk has been a media partner with its radio programs SWR3 and Dasding as well as the digital television channel EinsPlus . In addition, the SWR offered a festival radio under the name SWR3-RaR or SWR3-Rock am Ring on its own FM frequency on the festival site, which could also be received via DAB + in the SWR broadcasting area.

Since 2018 bigFM has taken over the media partnership for Rock am Ring and offers in the area around the festival a special radio offer under the name “bigFM Ring Radio” on the VHF frequency 87.7 MHz. In addition, live from the Nürburgring was broadcast on June 2, 2018 in 3sat from 8.15pm to 0.20am. On June 8, 2019, 3sat once again broadcast a 4-hour special. This featured both recorded and live performances by Alice In Chains, Bring Me The Horizon, The Smashing Pumpkins, SDP, Foals and The 1975.

literature

  • Christof Graf: Rock am Ring - 30 years is not enough. 1985-2015. 1st edition. Hannibal Verlag, Höfen 2015, ISBN 978-3-85445-433-5 .

Web links

Commons : Rock am Ring  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ute Spangenberger: Corona crisis hits the region around the Nürburgring hard. June 5, 2020, accessed June 7, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Jan Lindner: This is how the first rock festival on the Ring failed. In: Rhein-Zeitung. June 28, 2014, accessed June 4, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Ursula Samary: No planning security at the Nürburgring: Legendary festival Rock am Ring on the dump. In: Rhein-Zeitung . June 12, 2012, accessed June 4, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Rock festival has to move - organizer declares the end of Rock am Ring at the Nürburgring. In: Focus.de. May 30, 2014, accessed June 4, 2016 .
  5. ↑ The end of “Rock am Ring” in the Eifel: The expensive legend is about to move. In: Rhein-Zeitung. May 30, 2014, accessed June 4, 2016 .
  6. ^ Ralf Jüngermann, Inga Methling, Klas Libuda: “Rock am Ring” in Mendig - New three-day festival for Mönchengladbach. In: RP-Online.de. September 17, 2014, accessed June 4, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Interview with Marek Lieberberg - “There is incredible support in Gladbach”. In: RP-online.de. September 11, 2014, accessed June 4, 2016 .
  8. ^ "Rock am Ring" but not in Mönchengladbach. (No longer available online.) In: Frankfurter Neue Presse. September 17, 2014, archived from the original on June 4, 2016 ; accessed on June 4, 2016 .
  9. ↑ "Rock im Revier" instead of Green Hell. In: Sueddeutsche.de . April 2, 2015, accessed June 4, 2016 .
  10. ↑ Rock am Ring in Mendig - three lightning bolts, 33 injured. In: SWR.de. June 6, 2015, accessed June 4, 2016 .
  11. ↑ Lightning strikes at Rock am Ring in Mendig - 15 seriously injured, more than 50 injured. In: SWR.de. June 4, 2016, Retrieved June 4, 2016 .
  12. ↑ Music festival: Rock am Ring is interrupted after a storm. In: Spiegel Online . June 4, 2016, Retrieved June 4, 2016 .
  13. ↑ Temporary interruption of the event and game operations. (No longer available online.) Rock am Ring, June 4, 2016, archived from the original on June 4, 2016 ; accessed on June 4, 2016 .
  14. ↑ a b Festival “Rock am Ring” is finally canceled. In: welt.de. June 5, 2016, accessed June 5, 2016 .
  15. ↑ Interview with Marek Lieberberg: "The decision to end the festival early was wrong". In: Rheinische Post. June 5, 2016, accessed June 5, 2016 .
  16. ↑ Rock am Ring back to the Nürburgring. (No longer available online.) December 5, 2016, archived from the original on December 5, 2016 ; Retrieved December 5, 2016 .
  17. ^ "Rock am Ring" music festival temporarily suspended. In: sueddeutsche.de . June 2, 2017. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
  18. ↑ Traffic control led to "Rock am Ring" cancellation. In: faz.net , June 6, 2017.
  19. ↑ Jörg Diehl: The background to the terror alarm at Rock am Ring. In: Spiegel Online . June 7, 2017. Retrieved June 7, 2017 .
  20. ↑ Sold out festivals on the Ring and in the park canceled until August 31st due to the ban on major events. In: Rock am Ring. April 16, 2020, accessed April 16, 2020 .
  21. ↑ Svenja Nowak: All information about “Rock am Ring” and “Rock im Park” ticket refunds 2020. In: Rolling Stone. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .
  22. ↑ Svenja Nowak: Rock am Ring / Rock im Park 2021: Headliners. In: Rolling Stone. June 10, 2020, accessed June 21, 2020 .
  23. ↑ Sebastian Kessler: preliminary injunction against Rock am Ring: legal dispute over names. In: Metal-Hammer. June 12, 2014, accessed June 4, 2016 .
  24. ↑ Kristina Baum: Judgment on “Rock am Ring”: Lieberberg does NOT own the festival name alone! In: Musikexpress.de. June 30, 2014, accessed June 4, 2016 .
  25. ^ Name dispute: Lieberberg is allowed to call his festival "Rock am Ring". In: Spiegel Online . August 29, 2014, accessed June 4, 2016 .
  26. ^ "Rock am Ring": Decision in the dispute over naming rights postponed. In: Rhein-Zeitung . June 21, 2016. Retrieved August 18, 2016 .
  27. ^ History. In: rock-am-ring.de
  28. ↑ - ( Memento from August 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  29. ↑ Rock am Ring 2007. In: Rockpalast Archive
  30. ↑ The Ring in Flames. In: DerWesten.de , June 9, 2008
  31. ↑ Press release November 25, 2011 ( Memento of November 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  32. ↑ Press release January 17, 2012 ( Memento from January 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  33. ↑ RP-Online, September 17, 2014
  34. ↑ Rock am Ring: it continues on Saturday - without Rammstein. In: Metal Hammer , June 3, 2017, accessed June 3, 2017
  35. ↑ Lineup. Rock am Ring, 2018, accessed April 27, 2018 .
  36. ↑ Rock am Ring - Tickets. Retrieved November 1, 2017 .
  37. ↑ Lineup. Rock am Ring, 2018, accessed June 10, 2018 .
  38. ↑ 35th anniversary: ​​First information about tickets and dates for Rock am Ring 2020! . June 9, 2019. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  39. ↑ Rock am Ring - Tickets. Retrieved June 10, 2017 .
  40. ↑ 35 years of Rock am Ring - 25 years of Rock im Park - Rock am Ring 2020. Accessed on September 20, 2019 .
  41. ↑ Rock am Ring 2020. Retrieved September 20, 2019 .
  42. ↑ Press conference on Corona measures. In: Youtube. welt.de, April 15, 2020, accessed on April 15, 2020 (German).
  43. ↑ Tickets 2020. Accessed May 23, 2020 .
  44. ↑ bigFM Ring Radio

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