Loudwire Music Festival June 2015

Prepare for next summer to be an extraordinarily loud one–in the high desert of western Colorado–asTownsquare Media launches the LOUDWIRE MUSIC FESTIVAL at Jam Ranch near Grand Junction, CO.

Already known as one of the leading websites in the rock world, Townsquare Media’s LOUDWIRE will now host their very own music festival in 2015.  Set to debut June 26, 27, and 28, the LOUDWIRE MUSIC FESTIVAL will feature Grammy award-winning and multi-platinum artist Linkin Park as the first of three announced daily headliners.

“We’re really excited to play the first ever Loudwire music festival,” says Chester Bennington, lead vocalist ofLinkin Park. “This will be one epic rock show!”

The inaugural LOUDWIRE MUSIC FESTIVAL will feature some of the world’s greatest rock bands from all genres of rock—hard, classic, alternative, metal and indie–performing across three stages.  Additional artists will be announced in the months leading up to the festival.

”We are very excited to launch the Loudwire Music Festival at Jam Ranch,” remarked Dhruv Prasad, Executive Vice President, Live Events for Townsquare Media. “Loudwire is one of our flagship brands–spanning broadcast radio, syndicated radio and a national website–so the addition of a live festival seemed a natural way to evolve the brand and deliver a great experience to rock music fans.”

Festival-goers will have the option of a fully immersive weekend with the festival’s on-site camping selections.  Camping options range from standard (within walking distance to the festival grounds) starting at $95  to premier (the closest camping to the festival grounds) and VIP (campgrounds for VIP ticket holders only, close to festival grounds), starting at $180.

Weekend ticket options include General Admission weekend passes for $79. Reserved Seating starts at$225, and the VIP Seating & Experience starts at $400. Additional festival information, including ticketing and camping options, can be found here.  Stay connected with up-to-date information on the LOUDWIRE MUSIC FESTIVAL on Facebook or by following @LoudwireFest on Twitter.  Cheat Tweets:  @LoudwireFest announces @LinkinPark headliner for #LoudwireFest

LOUDWIRE MUSIC FESTIVAL is produced by Townsquare Media, Inc.

About Townsquare Media:

Townsquare Media, Inc. is an integrated and diversified media and entertainment and digital marketing services company that owns and operates market leading radio stations, digital and social properties, and live events in small and mid-sized markets across the United States, delivering national scale and expertise to the communities it serves on a local level.  The Company owns and operates 311 radio stations, over 325 search engine and mobile-optimized local websites, and approximately 500 live events in 66 small and mid-sized U.S. markets, making Townsquare Media the third largest owner of radio stations in the United States by number of radio stations owned.  The Company supplements its local offerings with the nationwide reach of our owned, operated, and affiliated music and entertainment websites, which, on a combined basis, attracted approximately 78 million U.S. based unique visitors in June 2014, as well as certain large-scale live events. For more information, please visit www.townsquaremedia.com.

About Linkin Park:

LINKIN PARK is a Grammy-Award-winning, multi-platinum alternative rock band comprised of co-lead vocalist, Chester Bennington, drummer/percussionist, Rob Bourdon, guitarist Brad Delson, bassist Dave ‘Phoenix’ Farrell, DJ, programmer Joe Hahn and  Mike Shinoda–co-lead vocals, keyboards, guitar. The band has sold over 50 million albums worldwide, and is the biggest band on Facebook–with over 67 million fans and counting. In the span of time since 2000, when Linkin Park debuted on the Billboard 200–no other artist has had more top 10 singles on the Alternative chart, and no other band has achieved more  #1 albums this century. Their sixth studio album, The Hunting Party reached #1 in the iTunes store of 67 different countries. In 2005, Linkin Park founded Music For Relief, a 501 © (3) non-profit organization dedicated to providing aid to victims of natural disasters and the prevention of such disasters. Since its inception, Music For Relief has raised over 6 million dollars for victims of multiple disasters across four continents. The organization was recognized by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon for the Download to Donate program to raise funds and awareness in the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake. In recognition of its humanitarian work, Linkin Park received a 2011 Global Leadership Award from the United Nations Foundation.

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