Linkin Park, Green Day, Korn & Shinedown To Headline 2025 Welcome to Rockville Festival
Written by djfrosty on November 14, 2024
The 2025 Welcome to Rockville festival announced its power-packed 2025 lineup on Thursday morning (Nov. 14), including headliners Shinedown, Green Day, Linkin Park and Korn. The four-day event that will take place at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL from May 15-18 bills itself as North America’s largest rock festival.
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The 14th edition will also feature Rob Zombie and Three Doors down supporting Shinedown on night one (May 15), Alice in Chains and Good Charlotte (in only their second show since 2019) backing up first-timers Green Day on night two (May 16), Incubus and Pierce the Veil taking the stage with the recently rebooted Linkin Park on Saturday night (May 17) and Bad Omens and Marilyn Manson warming up for Korn on the final night.
According to organizers, last year’s event drew more than 200,000 fans from all 50 states and 57 countries for sets form Zombie, Tool, Slipknot, Deftones, Pantera and more.
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Among the 150 bands who will perform on five stages at this year’s festival are: Sublime, Knocked Loose, Halestorm, Mudvayne, I Prevail, Jimmy Eat World, Motionless in White, Beartooth, Crossfade, Seven Hours After Violet (marking the East coast debut of the new band from System of a Down bassist Shavo Odadjian), Bush, Chevelle, Taking Back Sunday, Hollywood Undead, Killswitch Engage, New Found Glory and many more.
“We take this very seriously…it’s symbolic and a massive honor to be a headliner at Welcome To Rockville. This is the biggest rock festival in North America, so LET’S GO!!!!,” said Shinedown singer Brent Smith in a statement.
Next year’s show will feature a number of firsts and notable reunions, including Shinedown returning to their home state and headlining Rockville for the first time, Alice in Chains’ first Rockville show since 2013, one of the first appearances of Sublime with new singer Jakob Nowell, Body Count’s first Florida show in more than two decades, the U.S. debut of Swedish progressive metalcore band Allt and reunion gigs by Three Days Grace, the Dillinger Escape Plan, It Dies Today, All Shall Perish, Power Trip, Chiodos, Dry Kill Logic, Chimaira, Evans Blue and Snot.
“We can’t wait to turn the World Center of Racing back into the World Center of ROCK once again as we will be welcoming back one of the largest rock music festivals in the world, Welcome To Rockville!” said Daytona International Speedway president Frank Kelleher. “Rockville always delivers a high level of electric energy in the fan friendly festival atmosphere. Rockville will yet again continue its tradition of hosting top-tier bands in rock, metal, and alternative genres.”
Single day GA, VIP and Daytona Owners Club passes are on sale now, with 4-day weekend GA, VIP and DOC passes still available; full details are available here. Passes can be locked-in via layaway starting at $1 down (or 10% of the total purchase), with access to nearby hotels, shuttle service and other exclusives.
Check out the full 2025 Welcome to Rockville lineup poster below.