Amnesia Rockfest announces first names for 2015

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Canada’s largest rock festival, Amnesia Rockfest, will take place between June 18th and 21st 2015 for its 10th Edition, and today the first confirmed acts to play have been announced.

LINKIN PARK and SYSTEM OF A DOWN will headline the event in Montebello, Québec.

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The festival has also tapped three artists to perform their classic albums: The Offspring will play 1998’s Americana, Rancid will recreate 1995’s And Out Come the Wolves and the Deftones will perform 1997’s Around the Fur. Other big name acts set to play this year include Slayer, Snoop Dogg, Tenacious D, Sublime with Rome, Bad Religion, Flogging Molly and Refused.

Amnesia Rockfest was started in 2005 by then-17-year-old Alex Martel. It has since become Canada’s largest rock festival, attracting over 200,000 attendees in 2014. To celebrate the festival’s 10th anniversary, this year’s Amnesia lineup was co-curated by Rancid’s Tim Armstrong & NOFX’s Fat Mike.

As ever, Amnesia Rockfest will feature an eclectic lineup featuring Gogol Bordello, the Buzzcocks, Thrice, the Melvins, Coheed and Cambria, Story of the Year, Parkway Drive, Down, Atreyu, Goldfinger, Less than Jake, Bouncing Souls, the Descendants, Michale Graves of Misfits, Tony Hawk, Tom Green, Steve-O of Jackass, CKY, Skinny Puppy, Ministry, Fear Factory, Hatebreed, Good Riddance, Groovy Aardvark, Dillinger Escape Plan, Catch 22, Evergreen Terrace, From Autumn to Ashes, Cro-Mags,, Les Cowboys Fringants, Subb, Reset, Banlieue Rouge, Propagandhi and Bigwig. For more info check out THE ROCKFEST WEBSITE, where fans can also purchase tickets.

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TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW VIA THE ROCKFEST WEBSITE

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