Rock the Bells


































Rock the Bells
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Genre Hip hop music
Dates Mid to Late Summer
Location(s) United States
Years active 2004 – 2013
Founded by Guerilla Union
Website Rock The Bells – Official Website

Rock the Bells was an annual hip-hop festival that originally took place in Southern California only, but has since toured throughout the world. The concert featured a line-up of high-profile alternative hip-hop artists, often headlined by a more mainstream artist. The first festival was held in 2004, featuring a re-united Wu-Tang Clan, who performed four months before Ol' Dirty Bastard's death. That festival is covered in depth by a documentary film also called Rock the Bells.




Contents






  • 1 Festivals


  • 2 Club Tour


  • 3 2007 Festival Series


    • 3.1 New York City Dates




  • 4 2008 Festival Series


  • 5 2008 International Festival Series


  • 6 2009 International Festival Series


  • 7 2010 Festival Series


  • 8 2011 Festival Series


  • 9 2012 Festival Series


  • 10 2013 Festival Series


  • 11 See also


  • 12 References


  • 13 External links





Festivals







































Date
City
Country
Venue
Lineup
July 17, 2004

San Bernardino

United States
National Orange Show

Wu-Tang Clan, Redman, Sage Francis, Supernatural, DJ Nu-Mark of Jurassic 5, Fantastik 4our, DJ Mark Luv, DJ Icy Ice, DJ Abel.
November 13, 2004

Anaheim

Anaheim Stadium Parking Lot

A Tribe Called Quest, Xzibit, Cypress Hill, Jurassic 5 – Special Guest, Little Brother, The CMA, Crown City Rockers, Self Scientific, DJ Revolution, DJ Mark Luv, DJ Icy Ice.
July 30, 2005
San Bernardino
National Orange Show

Nas, KRS-One – Special Guest, Redman, Raekwon and Ghostface Killah (Cuban Linx), Living Legends, DJ Qbert, Guru from Gang Starr, Cut Chemist from Jurassic 5, DJ Muggs from Cypress Hill, Non Phixion, Supernatural, The Visionaries, Oh No, Med, Percee P
August 5, 2006

Wu-Tang Clan, Lauryn Hill- Special Guest, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Redman, De La Soul, Dilated Peoples, Living Legends, Aesop Rock w/Rob Sonic & DJ Big Whiz, Immortal Technique, B-Real from Cypress Hill, The Visionaries, Murs 3:16, Planet Asia, UGK, Dirty Heads w/ DJ Rocky Rock, Supernatural. Surprise performances by Black Sheep, DJ Kool and Sen Dog (alongside B-Real).
August 6, 2006

Concord

Sleep Train Pavilion

Wu-Tang Clan, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Redman, De La Soul, Living Legends, Immortal Technique, Murs 3:16, Zion I, Supernatural, Planet Asia, Dirty Heads w/ DJ Rocky Rock.


Club Tour


The concept was taken from the original, highly successful annual West-Coast hip-hop festival and transformed into a full-fledged United States tour.





















































































































Date
City
Country
Venue
November 21, 2006

Washington, D.C.

United States
9:30 Club
November 22, 2006

Myrtle Beach
House of Blues
November 24, 2006

Greensboro
The N Club
November 25, 2006

Hartford
Webster
November 26, 2006

Allentown
Crocodile Rock Café
November 28, 2006

New York City
BB Kings
November 30, 2006

Boston
Avalon
December 1, 2006

Providence
Lupos Heartbreak Hotel
December 2, 2006

Buffalo
Buffalo Ballroom
December 3, 2006

Burlington
Higher Ground
December 6, 2006

Chicago
House of Blues
December 8, 2006

Park City
Harry O
December 9, 2006

Denver
Ogden Theatre
December 12, 2006

Vancouver

Canada
Plush Nightclub
December 13, 2006

Seattle
United States
The Showbox
December 14, 2006

Portland

December 15, 2006

Sacramento
Empire
December 16, 2006

San Francisco
Mezzanine
December 20, 2006

Los Angeles
House of Blues
December 21, 2006

San Diego
House of Blues
December 22, 2006

Anaheim
House of Blues




Lineup

Redman, Raekwon, Keith Murray, Supernatural, EPMD, Ghostface Killah, Pharoahe Monch, Smif-n-Wessun, Dirty Heads, DJ Kool.


2007 Festival Series




Wu-Tang Clan performing at the Tweeter Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts on the opening night of the 2007 tour.


Rock the Bells 2007 had 3 major venues scheduled; July 28 and July 29 in New York, August 11 in San Bernardino, and August 18 in San Francisco. These select shows were headlined by a reunited Rage Against the Machine, and co-headlined by Wu-Tang Clan. The artists appearing in the shows appeared in rotating slots over the two-show weekend in New York, and selected performances for the remaining duration of the 20 shows, which were head-lined by the Wu-Tang Clan. Five cities also had a second stage called the Paid Dues Independent Hip Hop Stage. Rage Against the Machine was the festival's first non-hip hop act to be featured.



























































































Date
City
Country
Venue
July 26, 2007

Mansfield

United States
Tweeter Center
July 28, 2007

New York City
Randall's Island*^
July 29, 2007
August 2, 2007

Atlanta
Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheatre
August 3, 2007

Charlotte
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
August 4, 2007

Miami
Bayfront Park Amphitheatre
August 7, 2007

Dallas
Smirnoff Music Center
August 8, 2007

Houston
Reliant Park
August 11, 2007

San Bernardino
Hyundai Pavilion at Glen Helen*^
August 12, 2007

San Diego
Coors Amphitheatre (parking lot)^
August 18, 2007

San Francisco
McCovey Cove (parking lot)*^
August 21, 2007

Salt Lake City
USANA Amphitheater
August 22, 2007

Denver
Red Rocks Amphitheatre
August 25, 2007

Minneapolis
The Myth
August 26, 2007

Chicago
Charter One Pavilion
August 29, 2007

Clarkston
DTE Energy
September 1, 2007

Honolulu
Blaisdell Arena





Lineup
Main Stage: Rage Against the Machine*, Wu-Tang Clan, Cypress Hill, The Roots, Public Enemy, Erykah Badu, Rakim, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Nas, Black Star* (Mos Def and Talib Kweli), EPMD, Pharoahe Monch, Immortal Technique, Jedi Mind Tricks, David Banner, UGK, Supernatural, Rahzel, Murs 3:16.

Paid Dues Independent Hip Hop Stage^: MF Doom, Living Legends, Felt, Sage Francis, Murs 3:16, Brother Ali, Cage, Mr. Lif, Living Legends, The Grouch & Eligh, Hangar 18, Blueprint, Lucky I Am, The Coup, Blackalicious, Ice Water Inc., Sen Dog from Cypress Hill, Hieroglyphics.


New York City Dates


In July 2007, the Rock the Bells festival came to New York City, and this event became particularly noteworthy. Upon selling out the massive Randall's Island venue very quickly, the one-day stop in NYC was expanded to two days, and a number of new and exclusive guests were added to the bills. The festival included the full Paid Dues festival lineup performing on a second stage, reunited headliners Rage Against the Machine and Wu-Tang Clan, guest appearances during the show (including Scott Ian performing Bring the Noise with Public Enemy), a special performance of Black Star from Mos Def and Talib Kweli and one of the near-final performances of noted hip-hop luminary Pimp C.




















New York City
July 28, 2007
July 29, 2007
Guerilla Union Main Stage
Paid Dues Independent Stage
Guerilla Union Main Stage
Paid Dues Independent Stage

Rage Against the Machine

Wu-Tang Clan

Public Enemy

Cypress Hill

The Roots

Black Star

EPMD

Pharoahe Monch

Doom

Immortal Technique

Jedi Mind Tricks


Hosted by Rahzel, Supernatural and Hi-Tek

and featuring Mike Relm, Icy Ice, C-Minus, DJ Rocky Rock and DJ Mark Luv



Felt

Living Legends

Brother Ali

Sage Francis

Cage

Mr. Lif

Grouch & Eligh

Hangar 18

Blueprint

Lucky I Am



Rage Against the Machine

Wu-Tang Clan

Public Enemy

Cypress Hill

Erykah Badu (did not perform)

Rakim

Mos Def

Talib Kweli

Pharoahe Monch

Immortal Technique

Boot Camp Clik

UGK

Jedi Mind Tricks


Hosted by Rahzel, Supernatural and Hi-Tek

and featuring Mike Relm, C-Minus and DJ Rocky Rock



Felt

Living Legends

Brother Ali

Sage Francis

Cage

Doom

Mr. Lif

Grouch & Eligh

Hangar 18

Blueprint

Lucky I Am




2008 Festival Series





Rakim performing at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Maryland on July 27.


2008 also marks the first year that Rock the Bells went global with four stops in Europe and one in Japan. Highlights of the series include a first time date in Toronto, plus a return to the Glen Helen Pavilion in San Bernardino where last year's show sold out with a capacity crowd of 45,000 people.






























































Date
City
Country
Venue
July 19, 2008

Tinley Park

United States

First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
July 20, 2008

Toronto

Canada
Canada Arrow Hall
July 26, 2008

Mansfield
United States

Comcast Center*
July 27, 2008

Columbia

Merriweather Post Pavilion*
August 2, 2008

Miami

Bicentennial Park
August 3, 2008

Wantagh

Jones Beach Theater*
August 9, 2008

San Bernardino

Glen Helen Pavilion*
August 16, 2008

Mountain View

Shoreline Amphitheatre
August 23, 2008

Greenwood Village

Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre*
September 6, 2008

George

The Gorge Amphitheatre*





Lineup
Main Stage:A Tribe Called Quest, The Pharcyde- Special Guests, Nas, Ghostface and Raekwon, MF Doom, Rakim, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, De La Soul, Method Man & Redman, Immortal Technique, Dead Prez, Murs, Blue Scholars, Sage Francis, Little Brother, Jedi Mind Tricks.
Bigbox Culture Club Stage*:Spank Rock/Amanda Blank, The Cool Kids, Kidz in the Hall, DJ Afrika Bambaataa, Flosstradamus, Wale, Santogold, Kid Sister, B.o.B, Tyga, Jay Electronica, Devlin & Darko, Ninjasonik, Blaqstarr, Tyler Pase , Plastic Little, The Pack.


2008 International Festival Series













































Date
City
Country
Venue
October 31, 2008

Prague

Czech Republic
T-Mobile Arena
November 1, 2008

Amsterdam

Netherlands
Heineken Music Hall
November 4, 2008

Stockholm

Sweden
Annexet
November 5, 2008

Helsinki

Finland
Helsinki Ice Hall
November 9, 2008

London

England
Indigo2 @ The O2 Arena
November 10, 2008

Paris

France
Zenith




Lineup

Nas, Mos Def, De La Soul, The Pharcyde, Supernatural & Scratch, Epmd.


2009 International Festival Series





































































Date
City
Country
Venue
June 27, 2009

Tinley Park

United States
First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
June 28, 2009

Clarkston
DTE Energy Music Theater
July 5, 2009

Toronto

Canada
Molson Amphitheatre
July 12, 2009

Columbia
United States
Merriweather Post Pavilion
July 18, 2009

Mansfield
Comcast Center
July 19, 2009

Wantagh
Jones Beach Theater
August 1, 2009

Burnaby
Canada
Deer Lake Park
August 2, 2009

Calgary
Shaw Millennium Park
August 6, 2009

Morrison
United States
Red Rocks Amphitheatre
August 8, 2009

San Bernardino
San Manuel Amphitheatre
August 9, 2009

Mountain View
Shoreline Amphitheatre













Rock the Bells '09
Main Stage

Paid Dues Independent Hip Hop Stage
Surprise Acts

Nas & Damian Marley

Wu-Tang Clan (New York City only)

Cypress Hill (Calgary only)

Mos Def (Toronto only)

Ice Cube (San Bernardino only)

The Roots

Common

Busta Rhymes

Big Boi

EPMD

House of Pain featuring La Coka Nostra

Reflection Eternal

Tech N9ne

Dragon Fli Empire

K'naan

Raekwon

Chali 2na

The Knux



Rza

Gza

Slaughterhouse

Slum Village

Evidence & The Alchemist

M.O.P.

Psycho Realm

Buckshot

Necro

Sage Francis

Eyedea & Abilities

Tabi Bonney

Mystik Journeymen

Mickey Factz

B. Dolan

Short Dawg

Hosted by KRS-One, Supernatural, Murs and Pete Rock



Washington, D.C.

Skillz

AZ

Styles P

Pharoahe Monch

Boston

Krizz Kaliko

Kutt Calhoun

New York City

Jadakiss

Ice-T

The Lox

DJ Premier

Styles P

Method Man

U-God




2010 Festival Series


On the evening of May 24, 2010 Guerilla Union held the Rock the Bells Launch Party at Key Club in Hollywood, CA. The launch party featured surprise guest performances, and the official announcement of the 2010 season lineup. New to the festival this year is a "Classics" theme; the headlining acts will be performing the following classic hip-hop albums in their entirety: A Tribe Called Quest performing Midnight Marauders, Snoop Dogg (with Warren G, Tha Dogg Pound, The Lady of Rage and RBX) performing Doggystyle, Wu-Tang Clan (entire group, with Boy Jones – first son of Ol' Dirty Bastard) performing Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), Rakim performing Paid in Full, KRS-One performing Criminal Minded, Slick Rick performing The Great Adventures of Slick Rick, and DJ Premier and Lauryn Hill as special guests. Unannounced guest appearances included The Madd Rapper, Large Professor, Busta Rhymes, Skyzoo, Swizz Beatz, and Nas.






























Date
City
Country
Venue
August 21, 2010

San Bernardino

United States
NOS Events Center
August 22, 2010

Mountain View
Shoreline Amphitheatre
August 28, 2010

New York City
Governor's Island
August 29, 2010

Columbia
Merriweather Post Pavilion












Rock the Bells
Main Stage
Second Stage

Snoop Dogg

with Warren G, Tha Dogg Pound, The Lady of Rage and RBX

A Tribe Called Quest

Wu-Tang Clan

(with Boy Jones, ODB's first-born son)

Lauryn Hill

Rakim

KRS-One

(with Black Moon)

Slick Rick

DJ Premier



Street Sweeper Social Club

Murs & 9th Wonder

Wiz Khalifa

Clipse

Immortal Technique

Brother Ali

Jedi Mind Tricks

Supernatural

DJ Muggs with Ill Bill

DJ Rocky Rock

Big Sean

Yelawolf

Hosted by Peter Rosenberg, D. Schwartz and K-Salaam




2011 Festival Series


On the evening of May 24, 2011 Guerilla Union once again held the Rock the Bells Launch Party. Rapper Supernatural revealed the lineup for this year's edition of the festival. Keeping in the spirit of the 2010 artists, the more prolific acts on this year's festival will be performing a selection of "classic" albums in their entirety. These include Lauryn Hill's The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Nas' Illmatic, Erykah Badu's Baduizm, Cypress Hill's Black Sunday, Mos Def & Talib Kweli's Black Star, Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx..., Mobb Deep's The Infamous, Gza's Liquid Swords, Souls of Mischief's 93 'til Infinity, Black Moon's Enta da Stage and Masta Killa's No Said Date. Additionally, Currensy and Mac Miller will be appearing exclusively on the west coast dates while Evidence will appear only on the East Coast. More recently, rapper Common has been added to three shows, performing his album Be.[1]






























Date
City
Country
Venue
August 20, 2011

San Bernardino

United States

San Manuel Amphitheater
August 27, 2011

Mountain View

Shoreline Amphitheatre
September 3, 2011

New York City
Governor's Island
September 24, 2011 (CANCELLED)

Mansfield
Comcast Center














Rock the Bells '11
Rock the Bells Stage
36 Chambers Stage
Paid Dues Stage

Nas

with AZ, Pete Rock and DJ Premier

Ms. Lauryn Hill

Erykah Badu*

Cypress Hill

Black Star

Common*

Random Axe*

Hosted by Peter Rosenberg



Raekwon + Ghostface Killah

Mobb Deep

Genius/Gza

Black Moon

Mac Miller*

Currensy*

Childish Gambino

Masta Killa

Killah Priest

Hosted by the Rza, Supernatural and Boy Jones



Immortal Technique

Doom

Slaughterhouse

Big K.R.I.T.

Souls of Mischief

Evidence*

Blu + Exile + Fashawn

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis*

Freddie Gibbs

Roc Marciano

Hosted by Murs



  • *Denotes that the artist will be appearing only in select cities


2012 Festival Series


From early May to June, Guerilla Union unveiled the full lineup for the latest Rock the Bells festival series.[2] It was also revealed that this year's festival will consist of three, two-day weekend events, with two shows on the west coast and one in the east.














Rock the Bells '12
San Bernardino
Mountain View
Holmdel

Nas

Bone Thugs-n-Harmony

Kid Cudi

Wiz Khalifa

J. Cole

Atmosphere

Common

Ice Cube

Method Man & Redman

DMX + Eve

Jadakiss

Wu Block

(featuring Raekwon + Ghostface Killah +

Jadakiss + Sheek Louch + Styles P)

Dipset

Kendrick Lamar

Currensy

Sean Price

Deltron 3030

Hit Squad

2 Chainz

Tyga

Pusha T

Immortal Technique

E-40 & Too Short

DJ Quik

Naughty by Nature

Salt-N-Pepa

Big Daddy Kane

DJ Lance Rock & Friends

Yelawolf

Murs + Fashawn

Prodigy

Zion I + Grouch + Eligh

Schoolboy Q

Ab-Soul

Future

Dom Kennedy

YG

Watsky

Jay Rock*

Hosted by Rza & MC Supernatural



Nas

Bone Thugs-n-Harmony

Kid Cudi

J. Cole

DMX + Eve

Mac Miller

Atmosphere

Common

Ice Cube

Method Man & Redman

Wu Block

(featuring Raekwon + Ghostface Killah +

Jadakiss + Sheek Louch + Styles P)

ASAP Rocky

Dipset

Kendrick Lamar

Deltron 3030

Hit Squad

2 Chainz

Tyga

Pusha T

Immortal Technique

DJ Quik

Mix Master Mike

Naughty by Nature

Salt-N-Pepa

Big Daddy Kane

DJ Lance Rock & Friends

Yelawolf

Murs + Fashawn

Slick Rick

Zion I + Grouch + Eligh

Schoolboy Q

Ab-Soul

Dom Kennedy

Action Bronson

Watsky

Jay Rock

Hosted by Rza & MC Supernatural



Nas

Bone Thugs-n-Harmony

J. Cole

Big Sean

Common

Ice Cube

Method Man & Redman

DMX + Eve + Jadakiss

Wu Block

(featuring Raekwon + Ghostface Killah +

Jadakiss + Sheek Louch + Styles P)

Dipset

Currensy

Sean Price

Deltron 3030

Hit Squad

2 Chainz

Tyga

Pusha T

Immortal Technique

DJ Quik

Mix Master Mike

Naughty by Nature

Salt-N-Pepa

Big Daddy Kane

DJ Lance Rock & Friends

Yelawolf

Murs + Fashawn

Prodigy

M.O.P.

Slick Rick

Zion I + Grouch + Eligh

Schoolboy Q

Ab-Soul

Future

Dom Kennedy

Action Bronson

Watsky

Jay Rock

Hosted by Rza & MC Supernatural




2013 Festival Series


On May 14, Guerilla Union held a launch party in Los Angeles. At that event they announced performances by Black Hippy, Big K.R.I.T., Brother Ali, Chase & Status, Common, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony (including a virtual performance by the late Eazy-E), Currensy, Danny Brown, Dilated Peoples, Dizzy Wright, Dom Kennedy, E-40, Earl Sweatshirt, Hit-Boy, Hopsin, Immortal Technique, Jhené Aiko, Joey Badass and the Pro Era, Juicy J, Jurassic 5, Kid Cudi, Lecrae, Logic, Mimosa, Rakim, Riff Raff, Snow Tha Product, Talib Kweli, Tech N9ne, Too Short, Tyler, The Creator and Wu-Tang Clan (including a virtual performance by the late Ol' Dirty Bastard). Other performers added by the start of the festival included ASAP Mob, Girl Talk, J Cole, Jurassic 5, KRS-One, Deltron 3030, Slick Rick, Doug E. Fresh, Chief Keef, and a New York only headline performance by Pretty Lights. The 2013 series was hosted by Murs and Hot 97's Peter Rosenberg. To mark the 10th anniversary of Rock the Bells, Wu Tang Clan was meant to reunite, but Raekwon and Ghostface Killah did not make appearances. Originally the series was scheduled for eight dates, two nights each in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., and New York City. However, due to poor sales, the east coast shows were canceled. [3]



See also







  • List of hip hop music festivals

  • List of electronic music festivals



References





  1. ^ Tickets and Lineups The Boston show originally scheduled for September 10 was postponed until September 24 before being officially cancelled. Problems cited include: weather and scheduling conflicts.


  2. ^ 2012 Lineup


  3. ^ http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2013/05/rock-the-bells-2013-to-feature-hologram-performances-of-ol-dirty-bastard-and-eazy-e/



^ Tickets and Lineups The Boston show originally scheduled for September 10 was postponed until September 24 before being officially cancelled. Problems cited include: weather and scheduling conflicts.



External links



  • Rock The Bells – Official Website

  • Guerilla Union – Official Website

  • Paid Dues – Official Website

  • – Live photos from the 2009 Stop in Toronto

  • [VIDEO] Rock The Bells 2010 – Hip Hop Quotables

  • Exclusive Footage of the Tour – Official Website

  • Rock The Bells – Official Website for the film covering the 2004 festival

  • Rock the Bells 2010 Announcement

  • [PHOTOS] Rock The Bells 2011









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