The Netherland’s Pinkpop Festival was already on their way to a stellar lineup with Red Hot Chili Peppers and Rammstein. Then they added Paul McCartney to close out the weekend (June 10-11, 2016). And now they’re just vomiting out an epic cast of artists like Lionel Richie, Kygo, James Bay, Bastille, Bring Me the Horizon, Major Lazer, and James Bay.
Here’s your daily breakdown so far:
Friday, June 10
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS / JAMES BAY / BASTILLE / THE COMMON LINNETS / MAJOR LAZER / YEARS & YEARS / GARY CLARK JR. / DE STAAT / BEAR’S DEN / STORKSKY / SKIP&DIE (dj-set) & FRIENDS / ONE OK ROCK / THE STRUTS
Saturday, June 11
RAMMSTEIN / DOE MAAR / LIANNE LA HAVAS / JAMES MORRISON / WALK OFF THE EARTH / PUSCIFER / GHOST / SKILLET / HALESTORM / ROBIN SCHULZ / NOTHING BUT THIEVES / MATT SIMONS / LUCAS HAMMING / NOISIA / PARQUET COURTS / THE SORE LOSERS
Sunday, June 12
PAUL McCARTNEY / LIONEL RICHIE / KYGO / JOHN NEWMAN / DOUWE BOB / SKUNK ANANSIE / BRING ME THE HORIZON / ALL TIME LOW / TOM ODELL / BALTHAZAR / VINTAGE TROUBLE / JAMIE LAWSON / ST. PAUL & THE BROKEN BONES DJ’S WAXFIEND & PRIME / SEVN ALIAS (live) / BROEDERLIEFDE (live) / GRAVEYARD / THE LONDON SOULS / SLAVES
To celebrate landing McCartney as a headliner, Pinkpop also released this not-at-all inspired by the Beatles lineup poster:
