Boston Calling

Kwani Lunis talks to the boys from Brockton about their music and their big performance at Boston Calling.

Boston Calling 2022: Finally, a ‘slice of normalcy’ amid the pandemic

After people attending Day 2 of Boston Calling were told to seek shelter due to severe weather, the music festival is back on. Severe thunderstorm warnings were issued in parts of Massachusetts and Connecticut Saturday afternoon, but have since expired. Click here to see the latest weather alerts. “For your safety, everyone onsite should calmly proceed to the main entrance…

Headlining acts at the music festival include the Strokes, Metallica and Nine Inch Nails, as well as Weezer, Cheap Trick and Modest Mouse.

The Strokes have pulled out of this weekend’s Boston Calling due to a positive COVID-19 case, organizers of the music festival announced Friday night. “Due to a positive COVID case in The Strokes, who were scheduled to headline on Saturday, May 28th, the band will no longer be able to perform at the festival,” Boston Calling announced on Twitter....

Derek Zagami and Kwani Lunis preview this weekend’s Boston Calling festival, which highlights local breakouts like Ali McGuirk and headliners Nine Inch Nails, The Strokes, and Metallica.

The Boston Calling Music Festival announced a new headliner after the Foo Fighters pulled out following the death of Taylor Hawkins. Nine Inch Nails is in, plus we’ve got the headliners of the other two nights.

Nine Inch Nails will be the new headliner on the first night of Boston Calling after the Foo Fighters pulled out due to the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins. The Foo Fighters were initially slated to close out the music festival’s first day on Friday, May 27. The band announced last month that it would cancel its remaining tour dates…

Boston Calling announced its full 2022 lineup on Friday, one day after revealing that one of its headliners, Rage Against the Machine, had backed out of the three-day music festival. Previously announced headliner the Foo Fighters will play Friday night, with The Strokes and Metallica serving as the headliners on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. Other big names included on the…

Rage Against the Machine, one of two previously announced headliners, will not play at Boston Calling this year, the music festival’s organizers announced Thursday. They did not give a reason, but said they will be unveiling the full lineup for the three-day concert at 10 a.m. Friday. The festival is scheduled for May 27 to May 29. Rage Against the…

Boston Calling’s 2022 lineup is continuing to take shape.  HAIM, Sudan Archives and Celisse will all perform at the three-day music festival in Boston’s Allston neighborhood next year, festival organizers announced Friday.  The three acts will join the festival’s headliners, the Foo Fighters and Rage Against the Machine, as well as Run the Jewels and Black Pumas, which were...

Rock icons Rage Against the Machine and Foo Fighters will headline Boston Calling when the music festival returns in 2022, organizers said Wednesday. The two bands — who were slated to play the popular local festival in 2020 before it was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic — will be among some 60 musical acts when the event takes place…

Boston Calling music festival organizers announced Monday that they have decided to cancel the 2021 Memorial Day weekend festival due to the coronavirus pandemic. The festival had been scheduled for Friday, May 28 to Sunday, May 30. “After exploring all possible options for hosting Boston Calling this year, we have made the difficult decision in conjunction with local and state…

The Boston Calling 2020 music festival has been canceled because of the new coronavirus, its organizers said on the festival’s website Tuesday. “After several weeks of consultation with local and state authorities, we have made the difficult decision to cancel Boston Calling 2020 due to the ongoing pandemic,” the statement said. The organizers said the health and wellbeing of all…

Boston Calling Music Festival will be back in May with new additions to its food and drink lineup, including an iconic Boston pizzeria. Regina Pizzeria, once named the best pizza place in the United States, is making its festival debut this year, along with Greek restaurant chain GreCo, Brookline’s Taqueria El Barrio, Brighton pub Brato Brewhouse, food truck and...

A legal analyst said it was highly unusual for a judge to have thrown out the extinction conviction of two aides to Boston Mayor Marty Walsh in the Boston Calling festival case.

It had long been rumored, but now it’s official. Rage Against the Machine will join Foo Fighters and Red Hot Chili Peppers as headliners for this year’s Boston Calling Music Festival.

Ahead of the 10th edition of Boston Calling, we talked to co-founders Mike Snow and Brian Appel about how they founded and launched the first major music festival in the northeast.

More than 50 bands are set to rock the stages at Boston Calling 2019 this weekend. Major headliners, local acts and other forms of entertainment — in addition to some 30 food vendors from around the city — are all a part of the experience this year. Boston Calling 2019 lands on Memorial Day weekend from May 24 to 26 at the Harvard Athletic Complex in Allston.