Graspop Metal Meeting – 16-19 June 2022 – Dessel (BE)

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Unfortunately the 25th anniversary edition of Graspop Metal Meeting will be postponed to 2022.

Gear up and sound the charge! Join us from 16-19 June 2022 for a no-holds-barred celebration of a quarter century of Graspop Metal Meeting in Dessel. Tens of thousands of metalheads from across the globe united as one at the most versatile hard rock & metal festival in the Benelux. From heavy to black, from metalcore to hard rock, from punk to classic rock and lots more. #GMM22, the high mass of armour-piercing, spine-ripping, pit-smashing mayhem no metalhead wants to miss out on. The countdown has started!

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Amaranthe, Creeper and Suicidal Tendencies have been confirmed for Thursday.

On Friday Perturbator and The Pretty Reckless are joining the party and we’re also adding more prominent names to our Saturday line-up with Ihsahn, Monster Magnet and the very successful A Day to Remember. The Florida natives always manage to impress with their unusual but thrilling mix of punk rock and metalcore. ‘You’re Welcome’ is the title of their latest effort that was scheduled for a 2020 release until Covid-19 decided otherwise. The guys themselves have promised another spine-breaking effort and we’ll take their word for it!

New on Sunday are Megadeth, a prominent member of the Big Four and always in for a blistering thrash party. For the better part of four decades, master composer and band leader Dave Mustaine has thrilled metal audiences worldwide with stellar compositions and extraordinary riffs. But there’s more fun to be had on the closing day of the 25th edition of GMM. The Americans from Spiritbox are dropping by and Belgian war machine Bütcher has vowed to raze the festival grounds.

Following the returns period a number of tickets have become available for our upcoming 25th edition. Get ready to pounce if you don’t have your ticket(s) yet. Presales start again as of 10 am next Monday 26 October 2020. More details here.

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On 15 April we announced with a heavy heart that the 25th edition of GMM was postponed until 2021 but not to worry! Our painstaking efforts to make the four-day XL edition one for the history books did not go to waste. From 17- 20 June 2021 we will celebrate the 25th anniversary of our festival with a vengeance!

Despite having to work in often difficult circumstances the GMM team hasn’t been twiddling its thumbs in recent months. The goal was to roll over the entire line-up of the 25th XL edition to next year and barring a few exceptions we managed to do just that. We also have the bands to thank for this because they’re obviously straining at the leash for some live action.
Previously AEROSMITH were reconfirmed as our headliner for Sunday. The band fronted by Steven Tyler and Joe Perry can’t wait to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their inception with the fans and they plan to see GMM2021 out with a bang.
We have a new headliner for Thursday: Danish rock rebels VOLBEAT have always delivered a flawless performance in the past and they’ll settle for nothing less this time around.
We’ll get back to you with our main stage 1 headliner for Friday but what we can confirm is that we are welcoming back FAITH NO MORE to headline main stage 2.
There are no changes on Saturday and meanwhile both JUDAS PRIEST and KORN have confirmed their appearance.

NEW NAMES

To put the icing on the cake for our postponed anniversary edition we’ve added a bumper crop of new bands to the line-up and some of those names are finger-licking good. On Thursday 17 June BARONESS, BLACK STAR RIDERS, DROPKICK MURPHYS, GOJIRA, VOLBEAT, WARDRUNA and WHILE SHE SLEEPS are joining the party.
On Friday we’re unleashing AMENRA, JINJER, STICK TO YOUR GUNS, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER and TWIN TEMPLE.
On Saturday JOYOUS WOLF, KONTRUST, LEVARA and SAXON will pull out all the stops.
nd we’re also adding fresh blood to our Sunday roster with CROSSFAITH, DIAMANTE and ENTHRONED.

Discover the 102 confirmed acts for #GMM21 HERE. More names to follow!

TICKETS

In the meantime the lion’s share of metal fans have indicated they want to roll over their ticket for our cancelled 2020 edition. As of 15 September 2020 your ticket(s) for GMM2021 will be available for download on your Ticketmaster profile. This applies to all festival tickets (day and combi tickets) and all accommodations (rental tents at Camping Boneyard, Flexotels at Camping Skullotel, slots or festihuts at Camping Metal Town, cottages or hotel rooms at Devil’s Lake and bungalows or hotel rooms at Metal Park). Needless to say, any Graspop tokens bought in advance also remain valid. In short, ticket holders have no reason to worry, everything remains as planned for last year. Moreover, Ticketmaster will shortly contact all ticket holders in person with additional information.

You hadn’t bought your ticket(s) to GMM2020 yet? Ticket sales for GMM2021 will start later this year. By now you know that the early bird catches the worm so register to our newsletter asap or follow us on social media to be the first to receive updates.