Rock am Ring and Rock im Park

infobox music festival
music_festival_name = Rock am Ring Rock im Park


location = Nürburgring, Germany (Rock am Ring) Nürnberg, Germany (Rock im Park)
years_active= 1985 - present
dates = usually Pentecost weekend, but may vary from year to year, simultaneously with Rock in Park next: 5-7 June 2009
genre = Rock Metal Punk Indie Alternative rock
website= [http://www.rock-am-ring.com/ www.rock-am-ring.com] [http://www.rock-im-park.com/ www.rock-im-park.com] The Rock am Ring ("Rock at the Ring") and Rock im Park ("Rock in the Park") festivals are two simultaneous rock music festivals held annually in Germany. While "Rock am Ring" takes place at the Nürburgring racetrack in the west of Germany, "Rock im Park" takes place in and around the Frankenstadion in Nürnberg, in the south east of Germany.

Both festivals are usually regarded as one event with a mostly identical lineup for both festivals. All artists perform one day at Nürburgring and another day at Nürnberg during the three day event. There have been minor exceptions in the past years where an artist will be announced for one of the festivals only.

Together Rock im Park and Rock am Ring are the largest music festivals in Germany and one of the largest in the world with a combined attendance of just over 150,000 people in 2007, selling out both events in advance for the first time [http://www.rock-im-park.de/index.php?navi=1&rid=1&artid=513 (in german, google translate: http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rock-im-park.de%2Findex.php%3Fnavi%3D1%26rid%3D1%26artid%3D513)] .

2008 festival

The 2008 festival took place on 6-8 June 2008. 91 acts have been officially confirmed. Both festivals were sold out on 1 May.

Confirmed acts: [ [http://www.rock-am-ring.de/newsitem.html?objId=21 Rock-am-Ring 2008: Ring frei für Rock am Ring und Rock im Park 2008] ] [ [http://www.rock-am-ring.de/newsitem.html?objId=23 Rock-am-Ring 2008: Fans sind heiß auf Rock am Ring und Rock im Park] ] [ [http://www.rock-am-ring.de/newsitem.html?objId=24 Rock-am-Ring 2008: Rock am Ring und Rock im Park auf Rekordkurs] ] [ [http://www.rock-am-ring.de/newsitem.html?objId=25 Rock-am-Ring 2008: Sensationelles Zwischenergebnis für Ring und Park] ] [ [http://www.rock-am-ring.de/newsitem.html?objId=27 Rock-am-Ring 2008: 85.000 Ringrocker übertreffen alle Erwartungen] ] [ [http://www.rock-am-ring.de/newsitem.html?objId=28 Rock-am-Ring 2008: Endspurt in Nürnberg] ] [ [http://www.rock-am-ring.de/newsitem.html?objId=29 Rock-am-Ring 2008: 3 Doors Down für Ring und Park bestätigt] ]
3 Doors Down (replacing Chris Cornell, who backed out to record an album [ [http://www.rock-am-ring.de/newsitem.html?objId=29 Rock-am-Ring 2008: 3 Doors Down für Ring und Park bestätigt] ] ), 36 Crazyfists, Against Me!, Airbourne, Alpha Galates, Alter Bridge, Animal Alpha, Babyshambles, Bad Religion, Bedouin Soundclash, Black Dahlia Murder, Black Stone Cherry, Black Tide, Bloodlights, Booka Shade, Bullet For My Valentine, CSS, Cavalera Conspiracy, Chiodos, Coheed & Cambria, Culcha Candela, Danko Jones, Die Toten Hosen, Dimmu Borgir, Disco Ensemble, Disturbed, Eagles of Death Metal, EL*KE, Fair To Midland, Fettes Brot, Fiction Plane, Filter, Finger Eleven [ [http://www.fingereleven.com/site/tourjournals.asp Finger Eleven official website] ] [ [http://www.myspace.com/fingereleven Finger Eleven myspace profile] ] , From First To Last, Gavin DeGraw, Gavin Rossdale, High On Fire, HIM, Hot Chip, In Case Of Fire, In Flames, Incubus, Infadels, Jimmy Eat World, Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong, Johnossi, Jonathan Davis, Justice, Kate Nash, Kid Rock, Kill Hannah, Lostprophets, Madsen, Manic Street Preachers, Masters of Reality, Metallica, Motörhead, Nightwish, Oomph!, Opeth, Paramore, Pete Murray, Queens Of The Stone Age, Rafael Weber, Rage Against the Machine, Rival Schools, Roisin Murphy, Rooney, Rose Tattoo, Saul Williams, Saxon, Seether, Serj Tankian, Silverstein, Simple Plan, Söhne Mannheims, Sonic Syndicate, Sportfreunde Stiller, Stereophonics, Steriogram, Takida, The Fall of Troy, The Fratellis, The Futureheads, The Hellacopters, The Offspring, The Prodigy, The Streets, The Verve, Tokyo Police Club, Turisas and ZOX.

Glory of Joann's [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=121562414 MySpace profile] lists them as performing at Rock am Ring, and [http://www.ringrocker.com/lineup.php?op=showall&menu=42&cat=22 ringrocker] lists them as officially confirmed.

History

Rock am Ring was originally planned as a one-time festival celebrating the inauguration of a newer, shorter version of the track in 1985, but due to its commercial success (with 75,000 audience members), it was decided to make the concert an annual event. However, after a dip in attendance for the 1988 event, the festival was put on hiatus for two years.

In 1991, the festival returned with a new concept: as well as featuring well-known artists, event organizers present lesser known up-and-coming bands to the public. Some of the little-known artists who got their start at Rock am Ring and have gone on to achieve commercial success include INXS and Alanis Morissette.

In 1993, Rock im Park took place for the first time in Vienna. For the 1994 event, Rock im Park moved to the disused Munich-Riem airport, and the following year to Munich's Olympiastadion, where it found a home for the 1995 and 1996 event. Since 1997, Rock im Park is held at the Frankenstadion or the surrounding area in Nürnberg.

The 2007 festival was used in a science experiment to test the effects of large bodies of people simultaneously jumping. The experiment data was used to calculate the result if the entire Chinese population were to jump in unison. The experiment concluded no significant results would come from the theoretical event. [cite web | title="Rock Festival as Human Experiment" | work=blog.sciam.com | url=http://blog.sciam.com/index.php?title=rock_festival_as_human_experiment_hip_ho&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1&ref=rss]

Past dates & headliners

* 25. – 26. May 1985
**with U2, Joe Cocker, Foreigner, Marius Müller-Westernhagen, Marillion, Chris de Burgh, Rick Springfield, Gianna Nannini, The Alarm, Lone Justice, Immaculate Fools, REO Speedwagon, Saga, Mink de Ville, Russ Ballard, Night Ranger, Huey Lewis and the News
* 14. – 15. May 1986
**with INXS, Simply Red, Talk Talk, The Bangles
* 6. – 7. June 1987
**with Udo Lindenberg, UB40, David Bowie, Eurythmics
* 6. – 7. June 1988
**with Marius Müller-Westernhagen, Fleetwood Mac, Chris Rea, Imperiet
* 28. – 30. June 1991
**with Toto, INXS, Sting, The Sisters of Mercy, The Jeremy Days
* 5. – 7. June 1992
**with Marillion, Saga, Bryan Adams, Elton John, Pearl Jam
* 29. – 30. May 1993
**with Faith No More, Brian May, Ugly Kid Joe
* 21. – 23. May 1994
**with Aerosmith, Peter Gabriel, Clawfinger, Nina Hagen, Rage Against the Machine, The Smashing Pumpkins
* 3. – 4. June 1995
**with Van Halen, Bon Jovi, Megadeth, Otto Waalkes, The Pretenders
* 24. – 26. May 1996
**with Rage Against the Machine,KISS, Bryan Adams, Herbert Grönemeyer, Die Toten Hosen, Sting, The Fugees, Alanis Morissette, Héroes del Silencio, Bush, Mike & the Mechanics, Sepultura, Rancid, Paradise Lost
* 16. – 18. May 1997
**with KISS, Aerosmith, Die Ärzte, Supertramp, Texas, Neneh Cherry, Faith No More
* 29. – 31. May 1998
**with Bob Dylan, Genesis, Ozzy Osbourne, Rammstein, BAP, The Prodigy, Bad Religion, The Smashing Pumpkins
* 21. – 23. May 1999
**with Metallica, Bryan Adams, Alanis Morissette, Xavier Naidoo, Robbie Williams, Faithless, Skunk Anansie
* 9. – 11. June 2000
**with Pearl Jam, Die Toten Hosen, Sting, Oasis, Eurythmics, Korn, Rage Against the Machine
* 1. – 3. June 2001
**with Blackmail, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Radiohead, Alanis Morissette, Kid Rock, OutKast, Reamonn, HIM, Hed PE
* 17. – 19. May 2002
**with Lenny Kravitz, Carlos Santana, Faithless, Neil Young, Jamiroquai, Wyclef Jean, P.O.D., Ozzy Osbourne, Alien Ant Farm, System of a Down, Natalie Merchant Bad Religion
* 6. – 8. June 2003
**with: Iron Maiden (Headliner), Metallica, Placebo (substituting for Linkin Park as a result of Chester Bennington being hospitalized with an abdominal parasite infection), Audioslave, Evanescence, Apocalyptica, Marilyn Manson, Deftones, Queens of the Stone Age, Zwan, The Cardigans, Maná, Lifehouse, The Donnas, Murderdolls, Reamonn, Silverchair, The Hives, The Dandy Warhols, Die Happy, blackmail, Mia, Joachim Deutschland, Whyte Seeds, Stone Sour, Clawfinger, Emil Bulls, Dave Gahan, Stereophonics, Badly Drawn Boy, Turin Brakes, Tomte, The Ark, Saybia, Surrogat, Disturbed, Boysetsfire, Moby, Beginner, ASD (Afrob & Samy Deluxe), Patrice, Saian Supa Crew, Deichkind, Kool Savas, Creutzfeld & Jakob, Rolf Stahlhofen
* 4. – 6. June 2004
**with Red Hot Chili Peppers, Muse ,Nickelback, Evanescence, Die Toten Hosen, Faithless, Bad Religion, The International Ninja Demolition Squad, Avril Lavigne, Wir sind Helden, Linkin Park, Lostprophets, Motörhead, Sportfreunde Stiller, The Rasmus, Seeed, Korn, 3 Doors Down, Lagwagon, H-Blockx
* 3. - 5. June 2005
**with Iron Maiden (Headliner), R.E.M., Melody Club, HIM, Green Day, Incubus, The Hives, Slayer, Marilyn Manson, 3 Doors Down, Helmet, Billy Idol, Velvet Revolver, Feeder, The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers, Slipknot, Mötley Crüe, Fettes Brot, Mando Diao, Subway To Sally, Apocalyptica, Wir sind Helden, Die Toten Hosen, Wednesday 13, Dir en grey, Kagerou, Maroon 5, Papa Roach, Within Temptation
*2. - 4. June 2006
**with Kaizers Orchestra, Metallica, Guns N' Roses (Rock am Ring only), Angels & Airwaves, Trivium, Alter Bridge, Avenged Sevenfold, Cradle of Filth, Depeche Mode, The Darkness, Placebo, Morrissey, Franz Ferdinand, Korn, Deftones, Editors, Bela B., Nelly Furtado, Sportfreunde Stiller, Kaiser Chiefs, Tool, Jamiroquai, Dir en grey, Atreyu, In Flames, Opeth, The Bloodhound Gang, Kagerou, Danko Jones, Bullet for My Valentine, Alice in Chains, Stone Sour, PointBlank, The Zutons, Strapping Young Lad
*1. - 3. June 2007
**with headliners Linkin Park, Smashing Pumpkins, Die Ärzte and Slayer, Evanescence, Korn, The White Stripes, Velvet Revolver, Muse, Beatsteaks, Billy Talent, Mando Diao, Wir sind Helden, Dave Matthews Band (withdrew from the event), The Hives, Arctic Monkeys, My Chemical Romance, Kaiser Chiefs, Jan Delay & Disko No. 1, MIA., The Kooks, Wolfmother, Stone Sour, 30 Seconds to Mars, Amy Winehouse (withdrew from the event), As I Lay Dying, Bloodsimple, Breed 77, The Cat Empire, Chimaira, The Cribs, Fair to Midland, Disco Ensemble, Enter Shikari, The Fratellis, Funeral for a Friend, Ghosts, Gogol Bordello, Good Charlotte, The Higher, Hinder, Killswitch Engage, Lamb Of God, Little Man Tate, Machine Head, Maxïmo Park, McQueen, Megadeth, Mr Hudson & The Library, Paolo Nutini, Papa Roach (canceled Rock im Park performance due to vocal problems), Razorlight, Scissor Sisters, Silverstein, The Sounds, Sugarplum Fairy, Tele, Type O Negative, Under the Influence of Giants, The Used, Zoot Woman, Aiden, Miasma, Charlotte Hatherley, DevilDriver, Down Below, DragonForce, Finley, Gallows, Groove Armada, Head Automatica, In This Moment, Kilian, Lez Zeppelin, The Long Blondes (Rock im Park only), Lost Alone, Mute Math, Ohrbooten, One Fine Day, Paramore, Pohlmann, Revolverheld, Saosin, Smoke Blow, Sunrise Avenue, Turbostaat, The Last Exit to Anywhere
*6. - 8. June 2008
**with headliners Die Toten Hosen, Rage Against the Machine, Metallica. also The Prodigy, Incubus, Sportfreunde Stiller, The Verve, The Offspring, Motörhead, HIM, Queens of the Stone Age, Fettes Brot, Culcha Candela, The Fratellis, Serj Tankian, Bullet for My Valentine, Babyshambles, Nightwish, Lostprophets, In Flames, Kid Rock, Simple Plan, Madsen, Dimmu Borgir, Bad Religion, Justice, Disturbed, 36 Crazyfists, Rooney, Stereophonics, Manic Street Preachers, Airbourne, Saxon, Pendulum

References

External links

* [http://www.rock-am-ring.com Official Rock am Ring site]
* [http://www.rock-im-park.com Official Rock im Park site]
* [http://www.ringrocker.com Ringrocker.com]
* [http://www.parkrocker.net Parkrocker.net]
* [http://www.rockpalast.de/konzerte/2007/rock_am_ring/ Rockpalast - Rock am Ring 2007]
* [http://www.newmixes.com/live_at_rock_am_ring-0601-0603-dab-2007.html Rock am Ring live sets audio files archive, Rockpalast broadcast]