Tom Morello for Hard Rock Calling

plus Karima Francis, The Dirty Youth, Lawson, and more

By Scott Williams | Published: Tue 15th May 2012

Hard Rock Calling 2012 - Rage Against The Machine
Photo credit: Danielle Millea

Hard Rock Calling 2012

Friday 13th to Sunday 15th July 2012
Hyde Park, London, W2 2UH, England MAP
£60 for Saturday - sold out, £55 for Sunday, £50 for Friday
Daily capacity: 50,000

Rage Against the Machine / Audioslave guitarist Tom Morello - The Nightwatchman joins the Saturday line-up at this summer's Hard Rock Calling in Hyde Park.

Rage Against The Machine
Tom Morello
Six more new acts have also been added to the line-up across the weekend. The Nightwatchman, is Morello's acoustic/folk alter ago, a politically inspired solo project mixing acoustic melodies with his legendary electric guitar riffs. He's released four studio albums and one live album under this alias, and this summer marks his debut solo performance at Hard Rock Calling.

Other acts announced for Hyde Park are Karima Francis, Brit rockers The Dirty Youth, Lawson, Irish singer/songwriter Ryan Sheridan, The Night, and Dylan LeBlanc.

Soundgarden, and The Mars Volta headline on Friday. Bruce Springsteen returns to headline the Saturday night. Sunday sees Paul Simon performing the album 'Graceland' in its entirety, along with some of his greatest hits. He'll be joined on stage by Jimmy Cliff, and Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Also confirmed are Iggy & The Stooges, John Fogerty, Alison Krauss, Cold Chisel, Lady Antebellum, Christina Perri, Black Stone Cherry, Amy MacDonald, Big Country, Kids in Glass Houses, Dawes, Guillemots, Skindred, Gary Clark Jr, Punch Brothers, Life In Film, Needtobreathe, Robert Randolph, The Night, Robert Ellis, Jonathan Wilson, Marlon Roudette, and Marcus Foster. For the line-up details, as available, please click here.

The established London open air music event showcases well known international acts, and a few legends over three days, from Friday 13th until Sunday 15th July 2012, and has a genuine festival feel to it.

Tickets for Friday are priced at £50. Tickets for Sunday at Hard Rock Calling are on sale priced at £55. Tickets were priced at £60 for Saturday and have sold out.

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