First confirmed acts for Friday 19 June!

Discover them now! 

Following yesterday’s announcement of Limp Bizkit, Megadeth and Within Temptation for Thursday 18 June, it’s now time to reveal our headliners for Friday 19 June. Volbeat will be closing out the South Stage. Twisted Sister will do the honours on the North Stage! We’re also adding Breaking Benjamin to the roster for the North Stage. 

‘Danish Dynamite’ aptly describes the lads in Volbeat. Their one-of-a-kind blend of rockabilly, hard rock and metal is a guarantee for an energetic, riff-laden show that keeps the crowd moving until the final note dies down. Earlier this year they dropped their ninth full-length, ‘God of Angels Trust’. Gear up for a memorable performance bursting with new material and Volbeat classics!

Half a century of Twisted Sister! If that isn’t cause for celebration, we don’t know what is! Dee Snider and the boys will conclude North Stage festivities on Friday 19 June on the Belgian leg of their 50th anniversary tour. Their previous shows at GMM were nothing short of legendary so lubricate those vocal chords and roar along with Dee Snider as the band celebrates 50 years of heavy rock. 

GMM newcomers Breaking Benjamin are definitely one to look out for in this year’s line-up. The alternative metal band fronted by Benjamin Burnley rarely tours Europe and is making its first appearance on Belgian soil. Ready to finally hear ‘The Diary of Jane’ and ‘I Will Not Bow’ live? See you in front of the North Stage on 19 June!

Tickets for GMM 2026 go on sale at 10 a.m. on Saturday 8 November through Ticketmaster. Mastercard holders can get their hands on presale tickets between 10 a.m. on Thursday 06 November and 9 a.m. [festival and VIP tickets only]. Go to priceless.com/music for full details.

About GMM: For four days, Graspop Metal Meeting 2026 will once again transform the quiet town of Dessel into the roaring epicentre of the hard rock and metal scene. Five stages, awesome headliners, raging riffs, emerging metal gods and colossal mosh pits will shake the earth to its very core. For its 29th edition, Graspop Metal Meeting is billing the cream of the international hard rock and metal scene. From 18-21 June, tens of thousands of metalheads will converge on Dessel to experience the biggest and most diverse metal festival of the Benelux. GMM2026: be there or be square!

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