Monsters of Rock festival is officially returning to Brazil in 2023 and will have a new destination besides São Paulo! The event will have an edition in Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state, in April, as announced by the local production company Fábrica de Eventos.
After seven years without new editions in the country, Monsters of Rock has announced an edition in São Paulo, which will take place at Allianz Parque on April 23, with Scorpions and KISS as headliners. But before landing in the Southeast of the country, the event will pass through Manaus for the first time on April 12, 2023.
Although it hasn't yet been officially announced on the social media channels of Monsters of Rock or Mercury Concerts , the production company responsible for the festival in Brazil, the Manaus edition has already been confirmed by Fábrica de Eventos, an Amazonian production company that has previously brought bands like Scorpions and Guns N' Roses to the state capital.
Monsters of Rock in Manaus: what's the lineup and where is the event taking place?
In addition to the announcement made on the production company's social media, journalist José Norberto Flesch , known for announcing shows before official confirmation, also confirmed that Monsters of Rock in Manaus and revealed that the event's lineup will only include a portion of the bands confirmed for São Paulo ( learn more here ).
The information is consistent with a spoiler revealed by businesswoman Bete Dezembro , CEO of Fábrica de Eventos. In a conversation with journalist Natan Balieiro , she said that the event will feature three of the acts from Monsters of Rock . "It's going to be a festival, with three bands on stage for the first time. If we already did international shows, now we're going to do international shows with three bands on stage," she said.
The only certainty in the lineup so far seems to be KISS. According to the newspaper A Crítica , in October of this year, the manager shared that KISS would be performing in Manaus at the Arena da Amazônia, therefore this must be the venue for Monsters of Rock in the city.
KISS returns to Brazil with farewell tour.
After touring four Brazilian cities in 2022 with their farewell tour, The End Of The Road , Kiss plans to celebrate their 50-year career with dates around the world, as revealed by manager Doc McGhee in a conversation with fans on the Kiss Kruise in October.
“Kiss is turning 50, so I think we’ll do 50 shows to celebrate Kiss’s 50th anniversary around the world. South America, Europe, the United States, Canada. There are places in Brazil that we’re checking out now. I want to take them to Manaus. We’ve never played there,” said the manager, according to a transcript of the conversation published by the website Igor Miranda .
Scorpions already performed in Manaus in 2007.
The German band Scorpions is also expected to be confirmed for the 2023 edition of Monsters of Rock in Manaus, as they previously performed there with their Humanity World Tour in 2007, also produced by Fábrica de Eventos.
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