2021 Album Fictional Festival Series: Classic Rock Lineup

I previously introduced this new series, which is a spinoff of previous Fictional Festival series, one only featuring artists who released albums in 2021.  This is the newest post in the series is a lineup, a festival set up to be a classic rock festival.  For more information about the series in general, please see this post.

After I finalized this lineup, 1 artist was replaced for touring/retirement reasons.

As a note, I would not set up a classic rock festival in this format.  I plan on recording a podcast spinoff related to this after I complete the series in which I will discuss why I wouldn’t and how I would arrange it.

 

Lineup

Friday

1.       Bruce Springsteen

2.       Sting

3.       Deep Purple

4.       Jackson Browne

5.       Lindsey Buckingham

6.       Dropkick Murphys

7.       Mammoth WVH

8.       Steve Perry

9.       Patti Smith

10.   Gang of Four

11.   Fuel

12.   Bonnie Tyler

13.   Robin Trower

14.   Paul Weller

15.   Dirty Honey

16.   The Darkness

17.   L.A. Guns

18.   Premiata Forneria Marconi

19.   Strawbs

20.   Joan Armatrading

21.   Ellen Foley

22.   Chris Cain

 

Saturday

1.       Def Leppard

2.       Whitesnake

3.       Steely Dan*

4.       Rod Stewart

5.       Cheap Trick

6.       The Doobie Brothers

7.       Blondie

8.       Ronnie Wood

9.       Billy Gibbons

10.   Melissa Etheridge

11.   Uriah Heep

12.   Accept

13.   Nancy Wilson

14.   Joseph Williams

15.   Edie Brickell & New Bohemians

16.   Dion

17.   Susanna Hoffs

18.   Saxon

19.   Killing Joke

20.   Daniel Lanois

21.   Pino Palladino & Blake Mills

22.   Colin James

23.   Beatallica

 

Sunday

1.       Paul McCartney

2.       The Beach Boys

3.       Ringo Starr

4.       Kansas

5.       Sammy Hagar

6.       Styx

7.       Joni Mitchell

8.       Nick Cave and Warren Ellis

9.       Sparks

10.   Dee Snider

11.   Los Lobos

12.   Steve Earle

13.   Candlebox

14.   Crowded House

15.   Wolfmother

16.   Steve Cropper

17.   Marianne Faithful

18.   The The

19.   Samantha Fish

20.   Matthew Sweet

21.   Steve Conte

22.   KK’s Priest

23.   Hubert Lenoir

 

*Steely Dan is replacing Genesis, whose potentially final tour ended prior to the release of this lineup.  I originally had Genesis coheadlining with Def Leppard but changed it to have the latter be the sole headliner.

 

 

Schedule

Friday

Main Stage 1

·         10:00-12:00:  Bruce Springsteen

·         8:00-9:00:  Deep Purple

·         6:15-7:00:  Lindsey Buckingham

·         5:00-5:30:  Mammoth WVH

·         4:00-4:30:  Fuel

·         3:00-3:30:  Paul Weller

Main Stage 2

·         9:00-10:00:  Sting

·         7:00-8:00:  Jackson Browne

·         5:30-6:15:  Dropkick Murphys

·         4:30-5:00:  Gang of Four

·         3:30-4:00:  Robert Trower

Side Stage 1

·         6:15-7:00:  Patti Smith

·         5:00-5:30:  Strawbs

·         4:00-4:30:  The Darkness

·         3:00-3:30:  Joan Armatrading

·         2:00-2:30:  Ellen Foley

Side Stage 2

·         7:00-7:45:  Steve Perry

·         5:30-6:15:  Bonnie Tyler

·         4:30-5:00:  L.A. Guns

·         3:30-4:00:  Dirty Honey

·         2:30-3:00:  Premiata Forneria Marconi

·         1:30-2:00:  Chris Cain

 

Saturday

Main Stage 1

·         10:00-12:00:  Def Leppard

·         8:00-9:00:  Steely Dan

·         6:15-7:00:  Cheap Trick

·         5:00-5:30:  Ronnie Wood

·         4:00-4:30:  Accept

Main Stage 2

·         9:00-10:00:  Whitesnake

·         7:00-8:00:  Rod Stewart

·         5:30-6:15:  The Doobie Brothers

·         4:30-5:00:  Uriah Heep

·         3:30-4:00:  Nancy Wilson

·         2:30-3:00:  Joseph Williams

Side Stage 1

·         7:00-7:45:  Blondie

·         5:30-6:15:  Billy Gibbons

·         4:30-5:00:  Edie Brickwell & New Bohemians

·         3:30-4:00:  Saxon

·         2:30-3:00:  Killing Joke

·         1:30-2:00:  Colin James

Side Stage 2

·         6:15-7:00:  Melissa Etheridge

·         5:00-5:30:  Susanna Hoffs

·         4:00-4:30:  Dion

·         3:00-3:30:  Daniel Lanois

·         2:00-2:30:  Pino Palladino & Blake Mills

·         1:00-1:30:  Beatallica

 

Sunday

Main Stage 1

·         10:00-12:00:  Paul McCartney

·         8:00-9:00:  Ringo Starr

·         6:15-7:00:  Sammy Hagar

·         5:00-5:30:  Nick Cave & Warren Ellis

·         4:00-4:30:  Candlebox

·         3:00-3:30:  Crowded House

Main Stage 2

·         9:00-10:00:  The Beach Boys

·         7:00-8:00:  Kansas

·         5:30-6:15:  Styx

·         4:30-5:00:  Los Lobos

·         3:30-4:00:  Steve Earl

·         2:30-3:00:  Wolfmother

Side Stage 1

·         6:15-7:00:  Sparks

·         5:00-5:30:  Steve Cropper

·         4:00-4:30:  Marianne Faithful

·         3:00-3:30:  Samantha Fish

·         2:00-2:30:  KK’s Priest

Side Stage 2

·         7:00-7:45:  Joni Mitchell

·         5:30-6:15:  Dee Snider

·         4:30-5:00:  The The

·         3:30-4:00:  Matthew Sweet

·         2:30-3:00:  Steve Conte

·         1:30-2:00:  Hubert Lenoir

 

 

What do you think about this lineup?  Let me know in the comments!

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