Rick Ross, Limp Bizkit, NFT tickets announced for Bamboozle
It’s no to nostalgia and yes to NFTs for the 20th anniversary Bamboozle Festival, set for May 5-7, 2023, at Bader Field in Atlantic City.
Hip-hop legend Rick Ross, “Mr. Clean” rapper Yung Gravy, nu-metallers Limp Bizket and EDM superstar Steve Aoki were among the first wave of artists announced Nov. 22 for the upcoming party. The Bamboozle have historically been associated with pop-punk and emo, but so far no top-line act has been included.
Ross, Gravy, Limp Bizkit and Aoki were referred to as “seniors” in the scholastic-themed social media announcement. Boys Like Girls, E-Town Concrete, Finch, Jax, Mayday Parade, Saosin, Say Anything, The Spill Canvas, Valencia and We The Kings are “alumni.” Babytron, Diablo, Gideon, Kaonashi, Left To Suffer, Scowl, Sueco, Tallah, Teddy Swims and Wrecks are marked as “newbies”. Puddle’s Pity Party is “the class clown.”
Tickets will not be sold. Instead, NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, are required to gain admission. They go on sale Friday the 25th. November via bamboozlefestival.com. The price has not been revealed, but it is recommended that concertgoers open a BAM Wallet app on their phones for tokens.
“Through this platform, fans will find low ticket prices and most importantly reduced ticket fees,” festival founder John D’Esposito previously said on social media. “NFTs will allow us to send fans our digital and hand-crafted artwork, daily lineups, set times and much more. … The NFTs will also offer ‘Easter Eggs’ and some great games for all fans to have fun with.”
“The future of ticket sales is in NFT, not Ticketmaster or any major ticket company. NFT allows us to engage and be closer to the fans and their experiences.”
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The Coachella festival in California, Afterparty in Las Vegas and Way Out West in Sweden have integrated NFT technology into their events. The Bamboozle is the first major music festival to base its ticketing platform on NFTs.
Previously held in Asbury Park and the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, the party featured emo, hip-hop, rock and pop A-listers such as Drake, Bon Jovi, Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, My Chemical Romance, Jonas Brothers, Bruno Mars, Demi Lovato and more during a 10-year run.
Phase two of the 20th anniversary Bamboozle exhibition comes with a “Winter Semester.”
Blink-182 and Paramore will headline the first Adjacent Music Festival, set for May 27 and 28 on the beach in Atlantic City, three weeks after Bamboozle’s return.
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Chris Jordan, a Jersey Shore native, covers entertainment and features for USA Today Network New Jersey. Contact him at @chrisfhjordan; [email protected].
