Rival Sons confirmed on Rock in Rio Lisboa’s New Stage

Rival Sons is the most recent confirmation for the festival’s new stage and will perform on June 15th in the special edition to celebrate the festival’s 20th anniversary in Portugal. The Rock in Rio Lisboa concert is part of the European tour, which will take place between June and July 2024, by the Californian band already known for the extensive tours to which they have accustomed their fans. To perform at Parque Tejo Lisboa, Rival Sons bring the two albums released last year Darkfighter and Lightbringer, but also certainly the hits with which they have won over legions of fans all over the world.

Vocalist Jay Buchanan took his first steps as a solo artist and Rival Sons were the first rock band he worked with. The enthusiasm with which the debut album, Before the Fire, by the newly formed band was received in 2009, led Jay Buchanan to dedicate himself to Rival Sons full-time. After surprising critical and public acclaim, Rival Sons were invited to act as a support band for AC/DC and Alice Cooper, and two years later, in 2011, they were recording their second album Pressure & Time, which was considered Rival Sons’ most notable work to date.

The album reached number one on Amazon’s Hard Rock Best Sellers chart and number 19 on Billboard’s Hot 100. Storm Thorgerson, who had created album covers for Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and Genesis, did the cover art pro bono due to his admiration for the band. In 2012, Pressure & Time was named second album of the year and Rival Sons was nominated for New Artist of the Year by Classic Rock Magazine.

In 2016, after the release of Hollow Bones, Rival Sons went on the road with two other unmissable names in the history of Rock, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath. Three years later, the band released the album Feral Roots, whose lead single “Do Your Worst” reached number one on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart. The album was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 2020, in the categories of “Best Rock Album” and “Best Rock Performance” for the song “Too Bad”. In 2024, back on the road with two new albums to present, Rival Sons returned to Portugal to perform at Rock in Rio Lisboa!

For Roberta Medina, Executive Vice-President of Rock in Rio: “There is no doubt that we continue to have Rock at Rock in Rio Lisboa. June 15th will be the day that Rock invades Parque Tejo Lisboa on all stages, with national and international artists, for all generations!”

The 10th edition of Rock in Rio Lisboa is scheduled for the 15th, 16th, 22nd and 23rd of June 2024, in Parque Tejo-Lisboa, where the new City of Rock will be built and will host the historic edition that celebrates the 20 years of the festival in Portugal. This will, without a doubt, be a special edition that will offer a lot of music, a lot of entertainment and many other new features that are yet to come.

Rock in Rio is the international brand responsible for the biggest music and entertainment event in the world. Created in 1985 in Rio de Janeiro, it is an important part of the history of world music. The event has already had 22 editions, 130 days and more than 3,816 musical attractions. Over the years, more than 11.2 million people have passed through Rock Cities in Portugal, Brazil, Spain and the United States.

In Portugal, nine editions have been held to date and over the 44 days of the festival, more than 3 million people and more than 1,100 musical attractions have visited Lisbon’s Rock City. The festival invested more than 225 million euros, generated more than 87 thousand jobs (direct and indirect), allocated around 5.6 million euros to socio-environmental causes and promoted numerous actions, including the installation of photovoltaic panels in schools, burnt forest reforestation project, equipping hospitals and IPSS, construction of sensory rooms for young people, among others. In 2024, the festival is back on the 15th, 16th, 22nd and 23rd of June for a special edition that celebrates 20 years of Rock in Rio Lisboa, with great news including a new location – in Parque Tejo Lisboa. The new Cidade do Rock will feature a new stage, a new Route 85 and a new space that will celebrate 20 years of “For a Better World”, in addition to the already known Palco Mundo, Palco Galp, Rock Street, Super Bock Digital Stage , Chef’s Garden, ESC Online Sports Bar, Ferris Wheel Pisca Pisca, Slide Pepsi, VIP Area Gato Preto, among others.

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