Orion Music + More 2013 Lineup Announced: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Deftones, Tomahawk, The Dillinger Escape Plan

by Ryan Minic | Feb 25, 2013

The lineup has been announced for Metallica’s second annual “Orion Music + More” festival, set to take place in Detroit, MI on June 8-9.

Tickets for the public go on sale Friday. On the bill:

Metallica
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Rise Against
Deftones
Bassnectar
Dropkick Murphys
Gogol Bordello
FLAG
Silversun Pickups
Foals
Tomahawk
Destroid
The Joy Formidable
Datsik
Borgore
Japandroids
Dillon Francis
Adventure Club
12th Planet
Death Grips
The Dillinger Escape Plan
DirtyPhonics
The Dirtbombs
DEATH
Fu Manchu
The Bronx
Fidlar
The Orwells
Battlecross
All Shall Perish
Cauldron

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