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Nickelback and Creed will headline this year’s Summer Of ’99 festival – check out the full line-up below.The nostalgic rock festival, now in its second year, will see the bands co-headline this summer at Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, Wisconsin. The event takes place from July 18-19.It marks the 25th anniversary of Creed playing there in 2000, while it is 18 years since Nickelback made their debut there in 2007.

Nickelback bassist Mike Kroeger has said the hate his band received in their early days was a “training ground for cyber bullying”.The early ‘00s rockers often found themselves being used as an easy target, with many music fans in that era choosing to vocally express their distaste for the band.Kroeger – the brother of the band’s frontman Chad – even spoke to NME earlier this year about the phenomenon. Reflecting on how they have been treated over the years, he said: “The thing we came to realise through all of this is as much as the word ‘hate’ is used, it’s pretty overstated because people don’t really care that much.”“If Nickelback is the thing you get most upset about, you’re living a charmed life.

Nickelback have defended Deadpool & Wolverine against haters and “anyone thinking about even criticising the film.”The Canadian rock band – comprised of Chad Kroeger, Ryan Peake, Mike Kroeger, Daniel Adair – took to their official social media accounts to share a video of them promoting the third instalment of the Deadpool film series and defending it from any kind of hate.Dressed in Deadpool and Wolverine masks, frontman Chad Kroger says: “We’re Nickelback, experts in navigating irrational hate in the face of tremendous success. We have an important preemptive message for anyone thinking of criticizing the film Deadpool & Wolverine or Ryan Reynolds.”The ‘How You Remind Me’ singer then goes on to list off the film franchise’s list of accomplishments, including that the first two Deadpool films grossed over $1.5 billion at the box office, and awards that the franchise has one such as two Critics Choice Awards, four MTV Movie & TV Awards, one GLAAD Award, a People’s Choice Award, two Teen Choice Awards and more.A post shared by Nickelback (@nickelback)Kroger then went on to add: “As for Mr.

walking out the front door. Alt-rock group Nickelback discussed how they dealt with nearly two decades of mockery in their tell-all documentary “Hate to Love: Nickelback,” which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival this weekend, reports Entertainment Weekly.“Nobody picks up a guitar to be the most hated band in the world,” said vocalist Ryan Peake, 50, in the new film.

Nickelback’s Chad and Mike Kroeger open up on how “great” it was to have their mom be a part of the band’s new musical documentary.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Justice for Nickelback? “Hate to Love,” a documentary about one of the most ragged on bands of all time, had its world premiere on Friday afternoon at the Toronto Film Festival and (maybe?) shed new light on the Canadian rockers. But given their reputation on some corners of the internet, Cameron Bailey, the CEO of TIFF, admits he questioned whether or not to program the film as part of this year’s lineup.

Lizzo gave Nickelback major props the Canadian rock band's responding, and they're super flattered.The band's verified Instagram account re-posted the «About Damn Time» singer's 2019 interview with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Music for its "Jam or Not a Jam" segment and when Nickelback's 2001 track «How You Remind Me» came on the songstress immediately declared it's a jam by vibing to the song and letting out an exciting yelp.«Why do people not like Nickelback?» she asked. «I feel like Nickelback gets way too much s**t.

Karen Bliss Nickelback’s induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame at Monday’s Juno Awards called for a local hero — and who better to introduce the honorees than Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid. “The LeBron of hockey,” as Junos host Simu Liu called the athlete, is currently regarded as the NHL’s best player. In Edmonton, not far from the tiny town of Hanna, Alberta (where a sign welcoming visitors reads, “Proud to be the home of Nickelback”), the rock band is equally respected. To wit: an introduction by Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds in an 11-minute video chronicling their start as a cover band to global rock act with sales of over 50 million albums. “They played a show here a number of years ago and I met them backstage and ended up having a really good time together,” McDavid — who is from Toronto and joined the Oilers in 2015 — tells Variety. “I think there’s always a mutual respect for athletes to musicians and musicians to athletes, and we definitely bonded over that.”

Nickelback track ‘Side Of A Bullet’.As reported by Guitar World, Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger once played the track, which appears on the band’s fifth studio album ‘For All The Right Reasons’, to Dimebag’s brother, Vinnie Paul, asking if the Pantera drummer would redo the drum parts. While he declined, he suggested the Canadian band use some of Dimebag’s unused material instead.The two groups had a close friendship and ‘Side Of A Bullet’ was written from the lyrical perspective of a Pantera fan seeking revenge for Dimebag’s death.With permission from Dimebag’s girlfriend Rita Haney, Nickelback were sent a number of solo outtakes from Pantera’s albums ‘Vulgar Display Of Power’ and ‘Far Beyond Driven’.“They were our brothers,” bassist Mike Kroeger said in a previous interview (via Guitar World).

Nickelback have revealed they are working on a new album, their first in four years. 

Nickelback bassist Mike Kroeger has revealed that the band are working on a new album.Speaking to Tulsa Music Stream, Mike – who is the brother of frontman Chad Kroeger – confirmed that the Canadian rockers are currently working on the follow-up to 2017’s ‘Feed The Machine’.“That is happening right now,” he said of the forthcoming LP. “Music is being composed and recorded up in Canada. We were out there, and something came up and our producer had to take some time off.

After surprising fans with an announcement on Twitter, Nickelback dropped a new cover track on Friday.