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Here's the full lineup for the 2022 Boston Calling Music Festival

From left, Van Buren Records, Miranda Rae and Frances Forever will all play the 2022 Boston Calling Music Festival. (Courtesy Boston Calling Music Festival)
From left, Van Buren Records, Miranda Rae and Frances Forever will all play the 2022 Boston Calling Music Festival. (Courtesy Boston Calling Music Festival)

Foo Fighters, The Strokes and Metallica will headline the Boston Calling Music Festival for its planned 2022 event, which is slated for Memorial Day Weekend, May 27-29, at the Harvard Athletic Complex in Allston. The Strokes and Metallica replaced Rage Against The Machine at the top of the marquee, after it was announced Thursday that the influential rap metal band would no longer appear as scheduled.

Other top-line acts include HAIM, Weezer and Avril Lavigne.

The full Boston Calling lineup features 51 artists, 18 of which have ties to Massachusetts: Van Buren Records, Cam Meekins, Born Without Bones, Avenue, Ali McGuirk, Ripe, Crooked Coast, Aaron and the Lord, Miranda Rae, Coral Moons, Paper Tigers, Dutch Tulips, The Chelsea Curve, Frances Forever, Oompa, Julie Rhodes, Charlotte Sands and Cliff Notez.

Boston Calling did not respond to WBUR's query about why Rage Against The Machine had pulled out of the festival, though the band posted on social media that the entire first chunk of its spring tour had been canceled.

The COVID-19 pandemic precipitated the cancelation of the last two Boston Callings. The 2022 festival will be the first since 2019, provided the event goes on as planned.

Here is the complete 2022 Boston Calling lineup:

Friday, May 27, 2022

Foo Fighters
Rüfüs Du Sol
HAIM
Avril Lavigne
Cheap Trick
Oliver Tree
The Struts
Paris Jackson
The Backseat Lovers
Grandson
Paris Texas
Mob Rich
Pom Pom Squad
Born Without Bones
Avenue
Miranda Rae
The Chelsea Curve

Saturday, May 28, 2022

The Strokes
Run The Jewels
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Black Pumas
EARTHGANG
Orville Peck
KennyHoopla
Sudan Archives
Celisse
Hinds
Frances Forever
Charlotte Sands
Julie Rhodes
Van Buren Records
Ali McGuirk
Coral Moons
Dutch Tulips

Sunday, May 29, 2022

Metallica
Weezer
Glass Animals
Modest Mouse
Goose
Ripe
Japanese Breakfast
Cults
Peach Tree Rascals
Horsegirl
Djo
Cam Meekins
Oompa
Cliff Notez
Crooked Coast
Aaron and the Lord
Paper Tigers

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Amelia Mason is an arts and culture reporter and critic for WBUR.

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