Final headliner will be metal band Disturbed
We now have the full lineup for the Wind Creek Steel Stage at Musikfest ’22.
Triple-platinum chart-topping heavy metal rockers Disturbed will perform on Aug. 10, closing out the list of diverse headliners for the Lehigh Valley’s largest music festival.
Formed in Chicago in 1994, Disturbed has released seven studio albums, with five debuting at number one on the Billboard 200, a feat only accomplished by Metallica and The Dave Matthews Band. The group has had 11 number one singles and has sold more than 16 million records worldwide.
They are best known for hit songs “Down with the Sickness” and “Stupify.”
In 2015 the group released a cover of “The Sound of Silence,” featured on both their studio platinum album Immortalized and Live at Red Rocks, gaining multiple award nominations, including a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Performance, and winning iHeartRadio’s Rock Artist of the Year in 2017.
The group has toured extensively during its career, often headlining heavy metal summer tours like “Ozzfest” and “Mayhem Festival. For its most recent album the group broke from its signature sound with the release of Evolution. The studio recording was broken into two sections: “Ballad” and “Heavy.” The “Ballad” section included acoustic guitar, piano and even a didgeridoo for tracks like “A Reason to Fight.” Following the release, the band put a call out to its die-hard fans for help choosing the first single. “Are You Ready,” a song filled electronics and stadium filling riffs from the “heavy” side was selected for release and was well received.
Musikfest ’22 will run Aug. 5-14 and is ArtsQuest’s biggest event, drawing nearly 1 million visitors every year.
Other headliners will be:
Boyz II Men: Aug. 4
Kip Moore: Aug. 5
Willie Nelson & Family: Aug. 6 Poison: Aug. 7
Counting Crows: Aug. 8
Ziggy Marley: A Live Tribute to His Father: Aug. 9
Kelsea Ballerini, Aug. 11
Ja Rule and Ashanti will perform together on Aug. 12
Alabama: Aug. 13
Olga Tañón: Aug. 14
Tickets are on sale at musikfest. org.