It has been revealed that Alice in Chains, Godsmack and Muse (in their first announced, and only American festival performance of 2018) are to headline the three-day music festival on May 4th-6th 2018. This years lineup is bringing the heat with mass of notable and diverse talents. The rest of the lineup features Queens of the Stone Age, Five Finger Death Punch, Godsmack (celebrating their 20th anniversary), Incubus, Shinedown, Billy Idol, Breaking Benjamin, Stone Sour, Halestorm, Stone Temple Pilots, In This Moment, The Used, Bullet For My Valentine, The Struts, Underoath, Clutch, Greta Van Fleet, and many more.
Alice in Chains will get the first shot in the limelight headlining the opening night of Carolina Rebellion on Friday, May 4th. Joining them on the May 4th ticket will be Shinedown, Stone Sour, Stone Temple Pilots, Bullet for My Valentine, Underoath, Parkway Drive, Pop Evil, Sevendust, Avatar, Red Sun Rising, Andrew W.K. Tremonti, Texas Hippie Coalition, Power Trip, He Is Legend, Turnstile, Stick to Your Guns, Counterfeit and The Wild.
Godsmack, who have regrouped in 2017 to work on their next project, will be joined on the Saturday (May 5) ticket by Five Finger Death Punch, Breaking Benjamin, Halestorm, In This Moment, The Used, Trivium, Black Veil Brides, Asking Alexandria, Hatebreed, Butcher Babies, New Years Day, Shaman’s Harvest, From Ashes to New, Emmure, Toothgrinder, Palaye Royale, Palisades, Bad Wolves, Joyous Wolf and Them Evils.
Muse, in their only American festival performance, will have the honor of closing out the music weekend. The band got back in the studio in early October with producer Rich Costey and had tinkered with the idea of changing their release plan, possibly doing singles or EPs rather than albums. They may have new music to promote. Muse will be joined on Sunday’s (May 6) bill by Queens of the Stone Age, Incubus, Billy Idol, The Struts, Clutch, Greta Van Fleet, Thrice, Baroness, Quicksand, The Sword, Red Fang, Code Orange, The Bronx, Mutoid Man, The Fever 333, The Blue Stones, Black Foxxes and Spirit Animal.
The 8th annual Monster Energy Carolina Rebellion will take place at Rock City Campgrounds at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Charlotte, NC. The Rock Festival features over 60 bands performing on four stages, plus outstanding barbeque offerings in the Pig Out Village, and top-notch camping facilities. In 2017, Monster Energy Carolina Rebellion lineup starred Soundgarden, Def Leppard, Sum 41 and Avenged Sevenfold. Tickets for this years fest are available through the official website.
Photo Credit: Boston Lynn Schulz
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