Emma Ruth Rundle, Lingua Ignota, and more join Ulver, Sólstafir, Alcest, Backxwash, Russian Circles, Full of Hell, Nothing in the Netherlands to redefine heavy.
Roadburn, the premiere tastemaker festival, has added a slew of new artists to the 2022 lineup. Lingua Ignota, Emma Ruth Rundle, 40 Watt Sun, and Mizmor will be joining the already jam-packed lineup.
Artistic director, Walter Hoeijmakers, comments:
“Roadburn 2022 will be a festival of hope; a celebration of underground music by Roadburn alumni and young and upcoming bands alike. It feels so great to offer them a platform and it’s equally great to offer our community their much missed home away from home. Despite the difficult circumstances with live music we remain optimistic and move forward with caution. It’s not easy but we’re really hopeful to be able to welcome you to Roadburn 2022. The idea of celebrating together makes everything worthwhile.”
These names join previously announced artists including Ulver, Sólstafir, Alcest, Backxwash, Russian Circles, artist in residence – Full of Hell and many others. Roadburn Festival will take place between April 21-24 in Tilburg, The Netherlands.
Roadburn’s 2022 curators are Milena Eva and Thomas Sciarone of the Dutch band GGGOLDDD; as well as hand-picking elements of the festival line up, they will join the rest of the band to perform the commissioned music they wrote for this year’s Roadburn Redux event – a piece entitled This Shame Should Not Be Mine.
Hoeijmakers further comments:
“After two years of not being able to host a physical festival, we’re extremely excited to actually return in 2022. Given the circumstances, everything about this has been a real challenge, but we wanted to make sure that next year’s Roadburn will be a stronghold for the forward-thinking artists we all love so much – whether genre-defining established acts or young, up-and-coming artists. We really want to reconnect them with our international community – artistically, musically and physically – and to see them do what they do best: be on stage. We want to give them a platform in front of a live audience again, as it’s time to celebrate the music they’ve written over the past two years, or the much acclaimed albums that helped us through these strange, unprecedented times.
It’s equally exciting to have Milena Eva and Thomas Sciarone as our 2022 curators; their commissioned music project for Roadburn Redux, ‘This Shame Should Not Be Mine’, elevated GGGOLDDD to a whole new level, as it made such a huge impact – musically, emotionally, and spiritually. The intimate connection felt by everyone online will be greatly amplified at Roadburn 2022, and we could think of no one better than Milena and Thomas to get us all reconnected”
Also joining the event are: The Bug (with Flowdan and Logan), Sordide (performing Les idées blanches in full), Sum Of R (performing their upcoming album Lahbryce), Messa (performing Close), Hangman’s Chair (performing A Loner), Cloud Rat (playing two sets, including “a special Do Not Let Me Off The Cliff electronic-based performance”), Uniform (performing Shame), HEALTH, Kælan Mikla, KANGA, Smote (performing Drommon), Fågelle, Kanaan, Kollaps, Kungens Män, Pinkish Black, and Wyatt E.
Tickets for Roadburn 2022 are on sale now. Friday and Saturday day tickets are sold out. Thursday and Sunday day tickets, 3-day and 4-day tickets remain in limited numbers. Tickets and accommodation options are available HERE.
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