The Summer Sonic Festival is an annual two-day rock festival held at the same time in Osaka and Tokyo. The majority of the bands playing in Osaka the first day go to Tokyo the following day and vice versa. The lineup contains many Japanese rock musicians from both major and indie record companies, and also international acts.
Headliners
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Festival lineup
- 5 Seconds of Summer
- Above and Beyond
- Axwell Λ Ingrosso
- Big Gigantic
- Black Eyed Peas
- Blood Orange
- Breathe Carolina
- Calvin Harris
- Charli XCX
- Circa Waves
- Communions
- Daya
- Declan McKenna
- Dua Lipa
- Foo Fighters
- G-Eazy
- Good Charlotte
- Hey Violet
- Honne
- Jose James
- Justice
- Kaleo
- Kasabian
- Kehlani
- Kesha
- Kungs
- LANY
- Liam Gallagher
- Man With a Mission
- New Found Glory
- Pennywise
- Phoenix
- Pond
- R3HAB
- Rick Astley
- Royal Blood
- Sum 41
- Sundara Karma
- The Struts
- Whitney
- You Me At Six
- Zara Larsson
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Festival News and Rumors
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