Linkin Park, YUNGBLUD, Sleep Token, Hayley Williams, Ghost and more…

2026 GRAMMY Nominations and Major Festival Lineups

The 2026 GRAMMY nominations include Linkin Park, YUNGBLUD, Sleep Token, Hayley Williams, Ghost, Turnstile, Deftones, and more, all competing across various categories.

Download Festival 2026 Headliners and Lineup

Download Festival confirmed three headliners for 2026: Limp Bizkit, Guns N’ Roses, and Linkin Park. The event will also feature Bad Omens, Cypress Hill, Trivium, Halestorm, Architects, among others.

Top Rock and Metal Albums of the 21st Century

For National Album Day 2025, Official Charts revealed that Green Day’s American Idiot tops the Top 40 list of the biggest rock and metal albums released in the 21st century.

Upcoming Rock Festivals

The first lineup announcements for the 2026 German mega-festivals Rock am Ring and Rock im Park have been made, with several more artist additions expected.

Linkin Park’s Return to Australia

Marking their first Australian appearance since the 2013 Soundwave festival, Linkin Park will be touring the country again in 2026.

New Releases and Performances

Mimi Barks released a cover of Linkin Park’s classic song Crawling, her first track under Easy Life Records.
Linkin Park recently gathered 75,000 fans across generations for their largest headline concert to date.
At the Czech Republic’s Rock for People festival, big acts like Guns N’ Roses, Slipknot, and Linkin Park energized attendees over a five-day run.

Linkin Park’s 2025 and 2026 Plans

Although still touring during 2025, Linkin Park are already preparing for major European shows in the summer of 2026.

“You know where you are? You’re in the Czech Republic, baby!”

Author’s summary: Linkin Park and other top rock acts dominate upcoming festival headliners, major award nominations, and notable music milestones across 2025–2026.

Kerrang! — 2025-11-09