Iggy Pop, Billy Idol Confirmed For Foo Fighters-Curated Cal Jam 18 Festival
Iggy will reunite for the show with his ‘Post-Pop Depression’ band including Queens Of The Stone Age personnel and Arctic Monkeys’ Matt Helders.
Foo Fighters will again headline and curate the popular Cal Jam 18 Festival which returns with 20+ bands on four stages on 5-6 October. This year’s other major stars include Garbage, Billy Idol, Tenacious D and Iggy Pop, reuniting with his Post-Pop Depression band featuring Queens Of The Stone Age mainstays Josh Homme, Dean Fertita and Tray Van Leeuwen and Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders.
Promoted by Live Nation, the Cal Jam 18 festival returns to Glen Helen Regional Park and Amphitheater in San Bernardino, CA, for an even more monolithic second incarnation of what the Los Angeles Times cited as the reason fans “come to music festivals: to feel connection and catharsis.”
Tickets begin at $99 (plus taxes and fees) for one day GA. This year, Saturday ticket holders have the option to buy a Friday night ticket for $30 (plus taxes and fees). All camping packages include free entrance to the Friday night Party. Tickets and camping packages go on sale this Thursday, May 17th at 10AM PST. Visit the festival website and Live Nation for more information.
The festival kicks off on the Friday, 5 October 5 with a headliner from 80s punk legend Billy Idol. Also on the bill is Bridget Everett, the comedian who Jerry Seinfeld called: “one of the greatest live performers I have ever seen in my life,” and Mexico City’s Mexrrissey, performing their set of Smiths and Morrissey cover songs in Spanish, plus so much more. Friday night attendees will also have first crack at the carnival rides and the Rock-N-Roll Museum.
On Saturday, 6 October, Cal Jam will continue last year’s tradition of a 12-hour rock extravaganza where anything can happen. Foo Fighters will close the proceedings with one of their traditional rock marathons, bringing back what Forbes called “another great rock and roll party from the band who does them better than anyone else today.” And where last year’s inaugural festival was the beginning of the Foo Fighters’ Concrete and Gold Tour, this year’s appearance brings it full circle as the tour’s final show in the LA area.
This year Dave Grohl and crew will be have set themselves up to play after literally the single hardest act to follow in the history of live music: the legendary Iggy Pop. Iggy’s Cal Jam 18 performance will be an exclusive one-off reunion with the all-star Post Pop Depression band that backed him on the handful of shows played in support of the album of the same name.
Jack Black and Kyle Gass of Tenacious D will bring ‘The Metal’ to the masses, and alternative pop-rock icons Garbage will be bring their powerhouse live show to the stage. Also joining the bill will be some of the best that rock and roll has to offer from around the world with the likes of Greta Van Fleet, Silversun Pickups, Manchester Orchestra, Krist Novoselic’s new band Giant In The Trees, Slaves (UK), Gang of Youths, Black Mountain and more performing throughout the day.
In addition to the full day of shred, the festival will include a number of activities open to attendees. Campers will be treated to outdoor midnight movies and access to the water park. As well as the newly christened Friday Night Comedy Tent curated by comedian Tim Hanlon.
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