Welcome To Rockville sells out Metropolitan Park
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Published by Sareth Ney on June 4, 2019 at 3:29 a.m.
Updated on June 4, 2019 at 3:37 p.m. |
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Welcome to Rockville celebrated nine years at Metropolitan Park. It was sold out with 99,000 in attendance.
Amigo The Devil, Secret Social Club and a special guest performed at the Welcome To Rockville pre-party at 1904 Music Hall.
Black Label Society honored Vinnie Paul and Dimebag Darrell of Pantera. Evanescence returned to the festival after two years away. Judas Priest performed “Out In The Cold” for the first time, in over three decades. Papa Roach paid tribute to the passing of The Prodigy’s Keith Flint, with their rendition of “Firestarter”. The Damned Things reunited after 11 years. Tool debuted two songs, “Invincible” and “Descending”. They were two of the band’s new songs, in over a decade.
Other performances at Welcome To Rockville were: Amigo The Devil, Architects, Badflower, Beartooth, Black Pistol Fire, Boston Manor, Bring Me The Horizon, Chevelle, Circa Survive, Cleopatrick, Crobot, Dead Girls Academy, Demob Happy, Dirty Honey, Fever 333, Flogging Molly, Grandson, Hands Like Houses, Hydro The Hero, In This Moment, Incubus, Judas Priest, Killswitch Engage, Korn, Light The Torch, Mark Lanegan Band, Meshuggah, Movements, Papa Roach, Reignwolf, Rob Zombie, Shinedown, Skillet, The Crystal Method, The Cult, The Interrupters, The Struts, Tom Morello, Tremonti, Wage War, Wilson, Yelawolf, Yungblud and Zeal & Ardor.
Rhythm of Fear, Wage War, and special guests performed at the official Welcome To Rockville after-party at 1904 Music Hall.
A pop-up of Boilermaker featuring Metallica’s Blackened Whiskey and Enter Night Pilsner was at Welcome To Rockville. The late Master Distiller, Dave Pickerell, distilled Blackened. Enter Night Pilsner was a collaboration with Stone Brewing Company.
There were acoustic performances by Beartooth, Fever 333, Grandson, Shvpes, Wilson and Dirty Honey during the Zippo Sessions. Maynard James Keenan’s (Tool, A Perfect Circle, Puscifer) Caduceus Cellars & Merkin Vineyards Wine Garden, Heavy Tiki Bar, Monster, f.y.e. Fan Experience, The Music Experience, Take Me Home, Fxck Cancer / Dyin’ 2 Live Dreams Program were on-site experiences.
Sponsors and experiences of Welcome To Rockville included: Bud Light, Cigar City Brewing, Demons Behind Me, f.y.e. Fan Experience, Fearless Records, Fxck Cancer / Dyin 2 Live Dreams Program, Jack Daniel's, Jose Cuervo, Kraken Black Spiced Rum, Monster Energy, Roadrunner Records, Sweetwater Studios, Take Me Home, The Music Experience, Three Olives and Zippo.
Welcome To Rockville is produced by Los Angeles-based Danny Wimmer Presents.
For more information on Welcome To Rockville, visit:
Website: www.WelcomeToRockvilleFestival.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/welcometorockville
Twitter: www.twitter/rockvillefest
Instagram: www.instagram.com/welcometorockville
Amigo The Devil, Secret Social Club and a special guest performed at the Welcome To Rockville pre-party at 1904 Music Hall.
Black Label Society honored Vinnie Paul and Dimebag Darrell of Pantera. Evanescence returned to the festival after two years away. Judas Priest performed “Out In The Cold” for the first time, in over three decades. Papa Roach paid tribute to the passing of The Prodigy’s Keith Flint, with their rendition of “Firestarter”. The Damned Things reunited after 11 years. Tool debuted two songs, “Invincible” and “Descending”. They were two of the band’s new songs, in over a decade.
Other performances at Welcome To Rockville were: Amigo The Devil, Architects, Badflower, Beartooth, Black Pistol Fire, Boston Manor, Bring Me The Horizon, Chevelle, Circa Survive, Cleopatrick, Crobot, Dead Girls Academy, Demob Happy, Dirty Honey, Fever 333, Flogging Molly, Grandson, Hands Like Houses, Hydro The Hero, In This Moment, Incubus, Judas Priest, Killswitch Engage, Korn, Light The Torch, Mark Lanegan Band, Meshuggah, Movements, Papa Roach, Reignwolf, Rob Zombie, Shinedown, Skillet, The Crystal Method, The Cult, The Interrupters, The Struts, Tom Morello, Tremonti, Wage War, Wilson, Yelawolf, Yungblud and Zeal & Ardor.
Rhythm of Fear, Wage War, and special guests performed at the official Welcome To Rockville after-party at 1904 Music Hall.
A pop-up of Boilermaker featuring Metallica’s Blackened Whiskey and Enter Night Pilsner was at Welcome To Rockville. The late Master Distiller, Dave Pickerell, distilled Blackened. Enter Night Pilsner was a collaboration with Stone Brewing Company.
There were acoustic performances by Beartooth, Fever 333, Grandson, Shvpes, Wilson and Dirty Honey during the Zippo Sessions. Maynard James Keenan’s (Tool, A Perfect Circle, Puscifer) Caduceus Cellars & Merkin Vineyards Wine Garden, Heavy Tiki Bar, Monster, f.y.e. Fan Experience, The Music Experience, Take Me Home, Fxck Cancer / Dyin’ 2 Live Dreams Program were on-site experiences.
Sponsors and experiences of Welcome To Rockville included: Bud Light, Cigar City Brewing, Demons Behind Me, f.y.e. Fan Experience, Fearless Records, Fxck Cancer / Dyin 2 Live Dreams Program, Jack Daniel's, Jose Cuervo, Kraken Black Spiced Rum, Monster Energy, Roadrunner Records, Sweetwater Studios, Take Me Home, The Music Experience, Three Olives and Zippo.
Welcome To Rockville is produced by Los Angeles-based Danny Wimmer Presents.
For more information on Welcome To Rockville, visit:
Website: www.WelcomeToRockvilleFestival.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/welcometorockville
Twitter: www.twitter/rockvillefest
Instagram: www.instagram.com/welcometorockville
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sareth Ney is the journalist for A Quarter and Dream Pictures. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communications from Colorado State University-Pueblo. He is a former apprentice to master of horror, Clive Barker. He is a Wu-Tang Clan inspired superhero, Wu-Man Chu. He is an award-winning short filmmaker, a stand-up comedian, motivational speaker, philanthropist, founder and co-host of Pueblo's Independent Multimedia Podcast, is the festival director at Sareth-Fest Music and Comedy Festival, Corazon Comedy Festival and hosts “Confessions of the Corazon: A Night of Storytelling” at the Corazon Cinema and Café every last Thursday of each month.
