Rock in Rio 2011
Sep 23– Oct 02, 2011
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Rock in Rio is a series of rock festivals held in Brazil and later in Portugal and Spain. Three incarnations of the festival were in Rio de Janeiro, in 1985, 1991 and 2001, four in Lisbon, in 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010, and two in Madrid in 2008 and 2010. The shows were organized by Brazilian entrepreneur Roberto Medina. In 2011, Rock in Rio will take place in its original home, Rio de Janeiro. Rock in Rio has been the largest rock festival in the world, with 1.5 million people in the first edition, 700,000 in the second, about 1.2 million in the third, and about 350,000 people in each of the 3 Lisbon editions.
Important Links
the lineup
| Above & Beyond | official |
| Angra | official |
| Boys Noize | official |
| Buraka Som Sistema | official |
| Capital Inicial | official |
| Ceu | official |
| Claudia Leitte | official |
| Coheed and Cambria | official |
| Coldplay | official |
| Danny Tenaglia | official |
| Elton John | official |
| Esperanza Spalding | official |
| Evanescence [new!] | official |
| Ferry Corsten | official |
| Guns N’ Roses | official |
| Guy Gerber | official |
| Hercules and Love Affair | official |
| Ivete Sangalo | official |
| Jay-Z | official |
| Katy Perry | official |
| Lenny Kravitz | official |
| Metallica | official |
| Mike Patton's Mondo Cane | official |
| Motorhead | official |
| Nx Zero | official |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | official |
| Rihanna | official |
| Sepultura | official |
| Shakira | official |
| Skank | official |
| Slipknot | official |
| Snow Patrol | official |
| Steve Aoki | official |
| Stone Sour | official |
| System of a Down [new!] | official |
| The Asteroids Galaxy Tour | official |
| The Twelves | official |
Who's attending?
No one is attending this festival yet
