The line-up for the 4th Aerodrome festival is nearly complete. Festival organizers now announce another four bands which will perform alongside previously confirmed headliner Linkin Park, who returning to Prague after a decade.

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Canadian group Simple Plan have released five studio albums over nearly twenty years, bringing them more than thirty nominations and twelve wins at prestigious musical awards such as the Juno Awards, MTV, NRJ and Teen Choice Awards. Their singles regularly top radio charts, feature in movies (see Disney’s Prom), and play at such prominent events as the closing ceremony for the Winter Olympic Games 2010 in Vancouver.

One of the hottest names on the American hip-hop scene, Richard Colson Baker, known as Machine Gun Kelly (MGK), will return to the Czech Republic again this year. He is currently dominating the hip-hop charts (both his albums, Lace Up and General Admission, hit the top 10 albums on Billboard), but the soundtrack for his adolescence and early career were mainly punk and rock groups such as Limp Bizkit, Guns N’ Roses or Blink-182. MGK’s playlist often features Kid Rock and covers of Rise Against and Blink-182, which he also regularly plays at his explosive live shows.

The UK’s Enter Shikari have won hundreds of thousands of fans around the world, and the Czech Republic is no exception. Their debut album Take to the Skies (2007), combined two seemingly incompatible elements, trance and hardcore, bringing them among other things also a NME award for musical innovation. They are now often recognized as pioneers of “electronicore”. Enter Shikari are also known for their extremely energetic live sets, which regularly bring Czech audiences to their feet.

Swedish Royal Republic are often compared to older Swedish group The Hives. Their modern take on rock ’n’ roll has featured in four albums so far, and although they first came to Czech Republic in 2011, today their electrifying live performances are so popular here that every concert is hopelessly sold out.

Aerodrome festival 2017 will take place on June 11th at the Letňany Airport. Linkin Park, Simple Plan, MGK, Enter Shikari and Royal Republic will be joined in the next month or so by another name to kick off the whole almost 10-hour marathon. Tickets are sold exclusively on www.ticketportal.cz.

More info:
www.aerodrome-festival.eu
www.fb.com/aerodrome.festival