Metallica will also play at Sonic Temple for the first time in 2025 as part of their “No Repeat Weekend,” in which they will perform two different sets across Friday and Saturday. Over 100 bands are set to perform during the four-day event, including Saturday headliner Linkin Park, with new co-vocalist Emily Armstrong.

Ohio’s Sonic Temple, one of America’s biggest racetrack-friendly active-rock festivals, has announced its lineup for next year’s edition, which goes down 5/8-11 at Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus. As with so many of these festivals,

The 2025 Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival lineup is finally here in full, and it’s going to be a wrecker. Following news that Metallica would be headlining two of the four nights at Columbus, Ohio's Historic Crew Stadium next May, fest organizers have now confirmed that the other marquee artists are going to be Korn and the reunited Linkin Park.