Who Should Play Welcome to Rockville 2025

>Barely a week had passed before fans were making their wish lists for who they thought should play the 2025 edition of Welcome to Rockville. The main problem with these lists is that they are either acts that have already played this festival at least twice over or just boring radio rock fodder. In the current economy, big-dollar mainstream rock festivals could find themselves burning out unless they change their formula. After all how many times can you book the same old bands before people get tired of it? This does not mean they should dilute the rock theme by adding crap like Megan the Stallion or Imagine Dragons but getting more creative would be nice. I came up with a line-up that would other fresh blood, while still including relevant big names who put butts in arenas. So here is who should play Welcome to Rockville 2025. 

 

Thursday 

Vortex stage 

155- 225 - Left to Suffer

305- 335- Nails 

415- 445- Kvelertak 

535-6:10- Integrity

7:10 to 7:50 -Thursday 

Octane Stage

1:55 to 255- Narrow Head 

3:05- 3:35- Hight Vis 

4: 15 - 4: 50- the Menzingers

5:40 -6:20- Idles 

7:10- 8:00- the Stooges

Inferno Stage

1:25- 1:50- Terminal Nation 

2:15- 3:00 Snapcase

3:40-4:10- the Cro-mags 

5:00 - 5:30 -Failure

6:30-7:05-AFI

8:00-845- Brand New 

Apex Stage-

1:20-1:50 - Gouge Away

2:30-3:00- Drug Church

3:40-4:10- Callous Daoboys

4:55-5:35-Reverend Horton Heat 

6:25-7:25- FEAR

8:05-9:05- Bad Religion 

10:15-11:35- the Misfits 

FRIDAY 

Vortex Stage 

12:40- 1:05- Night Goat 

1:15-1:45 Sumo Cyco

2:`10-2:40- Spotlights 

3;15-3:45-Unto Others 

4:30-5:00 -Chelsea Wolfe

5:40-^6:20- Crosses 

7:20-8:00 Ville Vallo 

Octane 

2:10-2:40 Cruel Intentions 

3:20-3:50-Warrior Soul 

4:30-5:05- Placebo

5;45-6:25- Dokken

7:20- 8;10-The Darkness 

9;10-10:10- Muse

Inferno

1:40-2:05 - Reckless Love

2:45- 3:05- the  Hellacopters

3:50-4:20- LA Guns

5:15- 5:45- 69 Eyes 

 6:40-7:15- WASP

 8:10- 8;55- Twisted Sister 

Apex Stage

2:45-3:15-Cancer Bats

3:55-4:25-Royal Thunder

5:10-5:40-  Whitesnake

8:15 - 9:05-  Scorpions 

10:15- 11:45 -AC.DC 

Saturday 

Vortex Stage

1:50-2:20- Predatory Void 

3- 3;30- Bloody Hammers 

4;20- 5:00- Author & Punisher

5;45-6;15-Chvrches

7:05-7;45- Carpenter Brut 

Octane

1:50-2;20- Astarie Nite

3:00-3:30- Deathstars  

4:05- 4:35 My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult 

5:30- 6:10- Godhead 

7:00-7:50- Mindless Self Indulgence 

9:10-10:10- Faith No More

Inferno

2:25- 2:55- Strvngers

3:35-4:05- Lords of Acid 

5:25-5:55 -KMFDM

6:25-7:00- HEALTH 

7:55-8:55- Coal Chamber 

Apex

2:45-3:15- Hangman's Chair

3:55-4:25-Porcupine Tree 

5:10-5:40- Opeth 

8:15 - 9:05-  Mercyful Fate

10:15- 11:45 -Iron Maiden 

Sunday 

Vortex  Stage 

2:25-3:05-Vision Video 

3:30- 4:05-Talk Show

4:30 -5:05 - the Jesus Lizard 

5:30- 6:05- Glassjaw 

6:30- 7:05- Hum 

7:30-8:10-Danny Elfman 

Inferno 

12:40- 1:05- Maul 

1:15-1:45 -200 Stab Wounds

2:`10-2:40- Frozen Soul

3;15-3:45-Life of Agony 

4:30-5:00 -Tribulation

5:40-^6:20- Katatonia

7:20-8:00  Behemoth 

Octane 

2:25-3:05-Troller 

3:30- 4:05-Black Magnet 

4:30 -5:05 - Snow Strippers 

5:30- 6:05- Sevens Hour to Violet 

6:30- 7:05-Die Antwoord 

7:30-8:10-Linkin Park 

 Apex Stage

1:45-2:15- Ratboys 

2:45-3:15-Fontaines DC

3:40- 4:15 -Lydia Loveless

5:10- 5: 40- Sliversun Pickups 

8:0 5 - 9:05- the Pixies 

10:15 - 11:40 Pearl Jam

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