“Is it 1999 yet?” With hi-vis jacket and a heroic glint in his eye, Fred Durst gazes out into an ocean of red hats and wobbly day-drinkers in Belfast’s Ormeau Park. A mere plastic glass throw of Tennent’s from the Woodstock Road—the closest any of us will get to the cursed promised land in question—Limp Bizkit are midway through ‘Hot Dog.’ It’s there, floating in song three of a fourteen-song set, where you’ll find me plundering my pea-sized brain for an answer to the question posed by our messianic nu-metal binman. As I try to catch a glimpse of him…
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Limp Bizkit are coming to Belfast next year. The nu-metal legends – who have also just revealed that they are headlining next year’s Download Festival – will play Ormeau Park in Belfast on Wednesday, 12th June 2024. Specials are to be announced. It’s the latest big name announced for Belsonic 2024, with the likes of Sting and Blondie, and Scooter (two separate shows but imagine) announced for next June. Tickets for Limp Bizkit go on sale this Friday, 8th December at 9am.
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Yes, Limp Bizkit are still a thing. And just to prove it, Mark Earley took photos of the American band at Dublin’s Olympia on Tuesday, February 11, when they headlined the 2014 installment of the Kerrang! tour. Joining the nu metal veterans on the night was Japanese Metalcore five piece Crossfaith and goblin core band Nekrogoblikon. Check out Mark’s photos from the nostalgic moshing-inducing session below.