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Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Rammstein to headline Netherlands' Pinkpop 2016

and Foo Fighters will not be headlining in 2016

By Scott Williams | Published:

PinkPop 2016 - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Photo credit: Steve Collins


Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Rammstein will headline Pinkpop Festival the annual rock festival held in the city of Landgraaf, 134 miles from Amsterdam, near the city of Heerlen and situated in the most South bound province of Limburg, Netherlands.

After cancelling their headlining show at the festival in 2015 after singer Dave Grohl broke his leg, Foo Fighters will not be returning to Pinkpop in 2016, Jan Smeets the festival boss told a Dutch radio station last week.

The festival is held annually on the Whitsun weekend (Pinksteren in Dutch, hence the name), the 47th edition will be held from Friday 10th until Sunday 12th June 2016.

There are no other acts confirmed for the festival which has a capacity of 60,000 and three days of music on three stages.

There are various festival camp-sites near the arena which have toilets, hot showers, supermarkets, Information points, a camping store, a First Aid stand, cash registers and food and drink available.

Ticket prices have not been announced and are not on sale until Saturday 20th February 2016.