Guns N’ Roses will perform in Hradec Kralove at a special Birthday day for the 30th anniversary of the Rock for People festival!
The Rock for People Festival has pulled an ace out of their sleeve in celebration of their 30th birthday together with Live Nation CZ, who are among the first of their congratulators.
The four-dayfestival from 11-14 June 2025 will be followed by a special added Birthday day on 15 June starring the legendary Guns N’ Roses and other bands. One of the greatest rock bands in music history, featuring Axl Rose, Slash, Duff McKagan, Dizzy Reed and more, will perform at Hradec Králové’s Park 360 on Sunday following the Rock for People festival. “When the opportunity arose to invite a name from the highest league of rock legends, Guns N’ Roses, to join our 30th anniversary celebration in collaboration with Live Nation, I didn’t hesitate for a minute,” says festival director Michal Thomes, adding: “This year’s festival will be a sort of five-day festival, with other bands joining this legend on Sunday. Our current lineup is every promoter’s dream and I really couldn’t askfor more!” Ondřej Pojzl, spokesperson for Live Nation, comments on the collaboration: “We would like to congratulate the biggest Czech festival Rock for Peopleon its 30th birthday and wish it many more successful years. To celebrate this important milestone, we are happy to join forces and bring one of the greatest rock legends of all time to Hradec Králové.” The organizers of Rock for People have already announced the big names of the next edition, including the most talked about bandin the world Linkin Park, the kings of metal Slipknot and guitar legends Avenged Sevenfold. The festival lineup will also include Biffy Clyro, Fontaines D.C., Sigrid, Skillet, IDLES and In Flames.
The festival’s website is currently running an adventcalendar, in which every day fans discover one new band that will perform at the festival. On Christmas Eve, the organisers will reveal the lineup divided into days. Sunday, June 15, 2025 featuring Guns N’ Roses is Birthday day, newly added after 4 days of the Rock for People Festival. All full-festival ticket holders have the opportunity to purchase Sunday day tickets at a discounted price starting Thursday December 12 at9:00am, when pre-sale begins. Official sales begin a day later on Friday at 9:00am. There are also single tickets for Sunday Birthday Day only, as well as five-day tickets forRock for People + Birthday Day on 15 June. One-day Saturday tickets with headliner Linkin Park are currently sold out. Special festival tickets such as VIP, Comfy+, Junior, Senior and Disabled tickets are also on sale.
Guns N’ Roses, who will celebrate 40 years on the scene nextyear, have made an indelible mark on Los Angeles’ burgeoning rock scene. Two years after their formation, they captivated the worldwith their record Appetite for Destruction, which became the best-selling American debut of all time, selling more than 30 million copies worldwide. In 1991, they followed up with the seven-times platinum albums Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II, which reached the top two spots on the Billboard Top 200 shortlyafter their release. Now, over the past decade, Guns N’ Roses have sold out shows and headlined festivals around the world in support of the platinum-selling Chinese Democracy. They are one of the most streamed rock bands in the world, with an average of 24million monthly listeners on Spotify. After the Reunion of the Century, they headlined the Coachella festival and sold over 5 million tickets for the Not In This Lifetime… Tour. Guns N’ Roses are one of the most important and influential bands in music history and have thrilled millions of fans around the world with their concerts.
Having become a leader of the Czech music scene over the last couple of years, Rock for People brings over 150 artists every year, including the world’s biggest stars. The dramaturgy of each day is carefully arranged so that the program includes a diverse selection of certified, energetic, guitar-driven acts, trending bands, and also newcomers. Aside from foreign artists, the Czech & Slovak music scene is also represented; the first announced local name of the upcoming edition is Ewa Farna, one of the most successful Czech-Polish singers of today, who will come back to Park 360 a year after supporting superstar Ed Sheeran on his two shows in July 2024. More information on www.rockforpeople.cz/en.
LINEUP ROCK FOR PEOPLE:
11.-14. 6.
Avenged Sevenfold, Linkin Park, Slipknot
Biffy Clyro, Fontaines D.C., IDLES, In Flames, LornaShore, Motionless In White, Poppy, Sigrid, Skillet, Spiritbox
6arelyhuman, Archers, Arrows In Action, Cam Cole, Castle Rat, Circa Waves, Creeper, Currents, Dead Poet Society, Deafheaven, Dream State, DZ Deathrays, Eagels Of Death Metal, Ewa Farna,Halocene, House of Protection, Horkýže Slíže, Jerry Cantrell, KarenDió,
Kittie, Polaris, RUWORR!ED, Static Dress, Superheaven, Thrice,Unprocessed, Yard
Birthday day 15. 6.
Guns N’ Roses and many more
Behind Rock for People is the agency Ameba Production, which also hosts dozens of concerts yearly aside from the festival. Thisyear’s 29th Rock for People, led by Bring Me The Horizon, The Offspring, The Prodigy, and Yungblud, was a huge success not only among fans, of whom there were nearly 40,000, but also in the eyes of the media, raising the bar higher once again. In July, Park 360 inHradec Králové also hosted two megashows of world superstar Ed Sheeran. Ameba Production also runs the popular baby-punkfestival Kefír and co-organizes music conferences and showcases of Prague Music Week.