Tons of Rock 2025: in Oslo the rock of the summer with Muse, Green Day, Kaizers Orchestra and Avenged Sevenfold – Rockon.it

The Norwegian capital is preparing to become the Mecca of hard rock in late June with Tons of Rock 2025. From the 25 to 28 June The Ekebergsletta park will host four days of explosive concerts. After celebrating the tenth anniversary in 2024 with a record edition (over 150,000 spectators), the festival returns in 2025 more ambitious than ever. Tons of Rock It was established as the largest rock/metal event in Norway. Now he aims to consolidate his role among the top European summer festivals.

A respectable lineup for the 2025 edition

Over 60 artists appear on the bill, with four exceptional headliners never seen before on the Tons of Rock stage: Muse, Green Day, Kaizers Orchestra And avenged sevenfold. They will lead the evenings from 25 to 28 June, bringing exclusive and very expected Oslo Show.

The program crosses all shades of rock and metal. We move from the spectacular rock of the Muses and the progressive metal of the Dream Theater (on stage on 25/6) to the rebellious punk of the sex pistols – with Frank Carter as Frontman – and to the overwhelming alternative of the Weezer (26/6). The day of 27/6 will feature the Norwegian worship band Kaizers Orchestrathe extreme metal of Dimmu Borgir and Meshuggah and the return of the with Temptation, in addition to the irreverent Steel Panther. The epilogue of 28/6 promises to enter the Annals: the very high Avenged Sevenfold will join the thrash titans Megadeth And Machine Head and the dark EMperortogether with guests of the caliber of Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains) and Tarja Turunen (ex Nightwish).

There will be a tribute to the local scene: veterans Backstreet girls They will remember their late frontman Bjørn Müller on stage. In total, the mixture of legends of the past and new talents makes the lineup 2025 one of the richest ever. Director Jarle Kvåle has already called him “historically strong” for the Festival, and the expectations of the fans are to the stars.

From 2014 to today: a festival on the rise

Born in 2014 in the suggestive fortress of Fredriksten in Halden, on the Swedish border, Tons of Rock He immediately put in place high -sounding names and a unique atmosphere. In 2019 the Festival moved to Oslo, in the great Prato of Ekeberg, to accommodate a growing audience and facilitate logistics. The bet paid: the 2024 edition went Sold out with beyond 150,000 spectators from 80 countries. In a few years Tons of Rock has become a leading appointment in the European rock/metal panorama, hosting legends like Ozzy Osbourne, Kiss, Alice in Chains, Slayer And Black Sabbath. The combination of Star Lineup, a fascinating location and impeccable organization has made Oslo a summer capital of rock, recalling fans from all over Europe and consecrating Tons of Rock among the festivals not to be missed.