Rock am Ring

Rock am Ring je rockový hudobný festival, ktorý sa každoročne koná v Nemecku na pretekárskom okruhu Nürburgring od roku 1985. Je to najväčší hudobný festival v Nemecku a jeden z najväčších festivalov v Európe.

Na 20. ročníku organizovanom v dňoch 2. až 4. júna 2006 vystúpili interpreti: Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Angels & Airwaves, Trivium, Alter Bridge, Avenged Sevenfold, Cradle of Filth, Depeche Mode, Placebo, Morrissey, Franz Ferdinand, Korn, Deftones, Editors, Die Ärzte, Nelly Furtado, Sportfreunde Stiller, Kaiser Chiefs, Tool, Jamiroquai, Dir en grey, Atreyu, In Flames, Opeth, Bloodhound Gang, Kagerou, Danko Jones, Bullet for My Valentine a Alice in Chains.

V roku 2007 sa festival Rock am Ring konal v dňoch 1. až 3. júna. Toho roku si zahrali: Linkin Park, Good Charlotte, The Smashing Pumpkins, Die Ärzte, The White Stripes, Muse, Beatsteaks, Billy Talent, Mando Diao, Evanescence, Korn, Wir sind Helden, Slayer, Velvet Revolver, Travis, Dave Matthews Band, The Hives, Arctic Monkeys, My Chemical Romance, Kaiser Chiefs, M.I.A., Jan Delay & Disco No.1, The Kooks, Wolfmother, Stone Sour, 30 Seconds to Mars, Maxïmo Park.

Festivaly Rock am Ring 
 25 – 26. mája 1985
 zahrali: U2, Joe Cocker, Foreigner, Marius Müller-Westernhagen
 14 – 15. mája 1986
 zahrali: INXS, Simply Red, Talk Talk, The Bangles
 6 – 7. júna 1987
 zahrali: Udo Lindenberg, UB40, David Bowie, Eurythmics
 6 – 7. júna 1988
 zahrali: Marius Müller-Westernhagen, Fleetwood Mac, Chris Rea
 28 – 30. júna 1991
 zagrali: Toto, INXS, Sting, The Sisters of Mercy, The Jeremy Days
 5 – 7. júna 1992
 zahrali: Marillion, Saga, Bryan Adams, Elton John, Pearl Jam
 29 – 30. mája 1993
 zahrali: Faith No More, Brian May, Ugly Kid Joe
 21 – 23. mája 1994
 zahrali: Aerosmith, Peter Gabriel, Clawfinger, Nina Hagen, Rage Against the Machine, The Smashing Pumpkins
 3 - 4. júna 1995
 zahrali: Van Halen, Bon Jovi, Megadeth, Otto Waalkes, The Pretenders
 24 – 26. mája 1996
 zahrali: KISS, Bryan Adams, Herbert Grönemeyer, Die Toten Hosen, Sting, The Fugees, Alanis Morissettová, Héroes del Silencio, Bush, Mike + The Mechanics, Sepultura, Rancid, Paradise Lost
 16 – 18. mája 1997
 zahrali: KISS, Aerosmith, Die Ärzte, Supertramp, Texas, Neneh Cherry, Faith No More
 29 – 31. mája 1998
 zahrali: Bob Dylan, Genesis, Ozzy Osbourne, Rammstein, BAP, The Prodigy, Bad Religion, The Smashing Pumpkins
 21 – 23. mája 1999
 zahrali: Metallica, Bryan Adams, Alanis Morissettová, Xavier Naidoo, Robbie Williams, Faithless, Skunk Anansie
 9 – 11. júna 2000
 zahrali: Pearl Jam, Die Toten Hosen, Sting, Oasis, Eurythmics, Korn, Rage Against the Machine
 1 – 3. júna 2001
 s Blackmail, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Radiohead, Alanis Morissettová, Kid Rock, OutKast, Reamonn, HIM, (həd) pe
 17 – 19. mája 2002
 zahrali: Lenny Kravitz, Carlos Santana, Faithless, Neil Young, Jamiroquai, Wyclef Jean, P.O.D., Ozzy Osbourne, Alien Ant Farm, System of a Down, Bad Religion,System of a down
 6 – 8. júna 2003 
 piatok, 6. júna 2003, Nürburgring: Iron Maiden, Zwan, The Cardigans, Maná, Lifehouse, The Donnas, Murderdolls, Reamonn, Silverchair, The Hives, The Dandy Warhols, Die Happy, Blackmail, Mia, Joachim Deutschland, Whyte Seeds
 sobota, 7. júna 2003, Nürburgring: Placebo, Audioslave, Evanescence, Apocalyptica, Stone Sour, Clawfinger, Emil Bulls, Dave Gahan, Stereophonics, Badly Drawn Boy, Turin Brakes, Tomte, The Ark, Saybia, Surrogat 
 nedeľa, 8. júna 2003, Nürburgring: Metallica, Marilyn Manson, Deftones, Queens of the Stone Age, Disturbed, Boysetsfire, Moby, Beginner, ASD (Afrob & Samy Deluxe), Patrice, Saian Supa Crew, Deichkind, Kool Savas, Creutzfeld & Jakob, Rolf Stahlhofen
 4 – 6. júna 2004
 zahrali: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Muse , Evanescence, Die Toten Hosen, Faithless, Bad Religion, The International Ninja Demolition Squad, Avril Lavigne, Wir sind Helden, Linkin Park, Lostprophets, Motörhead, Sportfreunde Stiller, The Rasmus, Seeed, Korn, 3 Doors Down, Lagwagon, H-Blockx, Nickelback
 3 - 5. júna 2005
 zahrali: Iron Maiden, R.E.M., Melody Club, HIM, Green Day, Incubus, The Hives, Slayer, Marilyn Manson, 3 Doors Down, Velvet Revolver, Feeder, The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers, Slipknot, Mötley Crüe, Fettes Brot, Mando Diao, Subway to Sally, Apocalyptica, Wir sind Helden, Die Toten Hosen, Wednesday 13, Dir en grey, Kagerou, Maroon 5, Lostprophets
 2 - 4. júna 2006
 zahrali: Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Angels & Airwaves, Trivium, Alter Bridge, Avenged Sevenfold, Cradle of Filth, Depeche Mode, Placebo, Morrissey, Franz Ferdinand, Korn, Deftones, Editors, Bela B., Nelly Furtado, Sportfreunde Stiller, Kaiser Chiefs, Tool, Jamiroquai, Dir en grey, Atreyu, In Flames, Opeth, Bloodhound Gang, Kagerou, Danko Jones, Bullet for My Valentine, Alice in Chains, Stone Sour

 1 - 3. júna 2007
 zahrali: Linkin Park, Korn, Evanescence, Good Charlotte , Lamb of God, Killswitch Engage, , Slayer, Arctic Monkeys, The Smashing Pumpkins, Stone Sour, My Chemical Romance, Muse, Billy Talent a iní.

 6 - 8. júna 2008

 zahrali: Metallica, The Offspring, Rage Against the Machine, Incubus, The Prodigy, Fingel Eleven, Bad Religion, Opeth, Disturbed, In Flames, Die Toten Hosen, Simple Plan, Serj Tankian, HIM, Kid Rock, Bullet for My Valentine a iní.

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