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Green Day, Korn, Bruno Mars, Coldplay And More Join Virtual PlayOn Festival

Warner Music Group has announced PlayOn Fest, a virtual music festival that benefits the WHO’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response. The three-day event will feature rare concert footage from Warner’s vaults previously unavailable on YouTube. The festival will take place April 24th-26th from noon to midnight EDT on SongKick’s YouTube channel.

Performances include Cardi B’s 2018 Global Citizen performance from New York’s Central Park, Coldplay’s 2017 show in São Paulo, Green Day’s concert at MTV’s World Stage Seville during the 2019 EMAs, Panic! at the Disco’s 2019 gig at London’s O2 Arena, Weezer’s 2019 Coachella set, Paramore’s 2018 Bonnaroo debut, The Flaming Lips’ The Soft Bulletin 20th anniversary concert at Australia’s Sydney Opera House in 2019, and Nispey Hussle’s Victory Lap album release show at the Hollywood Palladium.

Other artists to be featured include Janelle Monáe, Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, Charli XCX, Death Cab for Cutie, Bebe Rexha, Anderson .Paak, Alt-J, Rico Nasty, Slipknot, The Head and the Heart, The War on Drugs, Gucci Mane, Brandi Carlile, KORN, Andra Day, Twenty One Pilots, Lil Uzi Vert, Gary Clark Jr., Portugal. The Man, Wiz Khalifa, and more.

Check out the full line up here.

PlayOn Fest 2020

 

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Ashley Perez Hollingsworth

Ashley Perez is a freelance music journalist based in Chicago. Her work has appeared on AXS, Chicago Innerview, New City, The Millions, and Illinois Entertainer. She also runs her own music blog at Radio Not Found. Some of her favorite bands include Nirvana, The Cure, Muse, Creeper, and Green Day.

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